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dyauspitr • today at 6:19 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Or they can just take your money and not send out anything.

Alternatively, you just act as a middleman drop shipper and slightly raise the price more than Amazon’s and skim the difference. It might be a while before they find out.


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pjmlp • today at 6:28 AM

Example, parking places with QR codes for paying webapps.

Currently a plague in some European countries.

It looks like the real site, and you pay twice, in the fake app, and later the police.

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King-Aaron • today at 6:24 AM

Yep. On a small scale, you could skim money off transactions. On a large scale, you could break global distribution and logistics chains.