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jmcgoughtoday at 4:26 AM4 repliesview on HN

The live scammers targeting kids are pretty vile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYTPI57GLac

Seems like it's just a game of whack-a-mole, nothing is really being done to stop scammers from making new accounts and continuing their scams.


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walthamstowtoday at 8:59 AM

The only defense is parenting. And no, I'm not one of those childless people who tells parents to parent better.

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tty456today at 5:10 AM

A lot of it is straight up sponsored by card makers too

intendedtoday at 6:50 AM

This is the other side of the coin when it comes to the push for ID verification.

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andrepdtoday at 5:55 AM

There are really only two businesses in the modern economy, fraud and gambling. Some are both.

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