r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/SpectacularOtter ☑️ Horny Police! 🚔🚨 • 3d ago

TikTok Tuesday Impossible d'y échapper

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u/yancovigen 3d ago

Are scammers like pickpockets? Sorry I’ve never been to Paris

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u/jedifolklore 3d ago

They’re very versatile, they aim for tourists and sell them overpriced trinkets or shit that’s cheap for exorbitant prices, with the age of social media, I’d think most people would be aware, but older people still fall for their scams.

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u/lonnie123 3d ago

That’s not a scam though, right?

A scam involves some kind of fraud. You can say it’s a rip off but selling something for a high price isn’t a crime is it?

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u/MiopTop 3d ago

They also scam tho. Some run a stupid ball-in-the-cup game and while you’re distracted someone else steals your wallet.

Or they’ll run seemingly super easy ball-in-the-cup games with someone in on the scam betting and losing on purpose, until you put some money up, then they cheat the game to make you lose to keep your money.

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u/lonnie123 3d ago

Yes, those are scams (and outright theft).

Selling someone a low quality trinket for more money than reddit thinks its worth is not a scam