The catfishing scam putting fans and female golfers in danger

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jakubmazanec · 2h ago

oriettaxx · 2h ago

thanks for the link: I cannot stand their pay wall, but

pretty weird:

this website (archive.ph) is banned for Italian by law

"Ministero dell'Interno Dipartimento della Pubblica Sicurezza Direzione Centrale per la Polizia Scientifica e la Sicurezza Cibernetica Servizio Polizia Postale e Sicurezza Cibernetica

STOP !

PAGINA INTERDETTA DAL CENTRO NAZIONALE PER IL CONTRASTO DELLA PEDOPORNOGRAFIA ONLINE (C.N.C.P.O.)"

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oriettaxx · 1h ago

"The gist of the con goes like this: Social media user is a fan of a specific golfer; scam account impersonating that athlete reaches out and quickly moves the conversation to another platform like Telegram or WhatsApp to evade social media moderation tools; scammer offers a desirable object or experience — a private dinner, VIP access to a tournament, an investment opportunity — for a fee; untraceable payments are made via cryptocurrency or gift cards. Then, once the spigot of cash is turned off, the scammer disappears."

nathanaldensr · 1h ago

So, standard pig butchering scam.

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The catfishing scam putting fans and female golfers in danger

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