I just got the weirdest piece of direct messaging spam from a 0 karma account:
Hi good day. My boss is interested on donating to MIRI’s project and he is wondering if he could send money through you and
you donate to miri through your company and thus accelertaing the value created. He wants to use “match donations” as a
way of donating thats why he is looking for people in companies like you. I want to discuss more about this so if you could see
this message please give me a reply. Thank you!
I’m not sure exactly what the scam is in the above, but the plan on the face is so ridiculous that it has to be one (p=95). Is anyone else receiving these, or is it just me since I’m a well know MIRI funder?
Likely a scam whereby he transfers money and then tells you to transfer some money back to him. Afterwards the first transaction get’s flagged as fraud and you lose the money from the first transaction.
Thank you for the explanation! I posted a warning in a separate article. (Ironically, the second private message mentioned in the article was sent to my account.)
I wonder, if the account is banned, does it also prevent them from sending private messages, or merely from posting on the forum (which they don’t do anyway).
Also, could everyone who voted “yes” please confirm whether it was the same account, or whether there are multiple scammer accounts?
I just got the weirdest piece of direct messaging spam from a 0 karma account:
I’m not sure exactly what the scam is in the above, but the plan on the face is so ridiculous that it has to be one (p=95). Is anyone else receiving these, or is it just me since I’m a well know MIRI funder?
Likely a scam whereby he transfers money and then tells you to transfer some money back to him. Afterwards the first transaction get’s flagged as fraud and you lose the money from the first transaction.
Thank you for the explanation! I posted a warning in a separate article. (Ironically, the second private message mentioned in the article was sent to my account.)
Have you received a private message on LW offering to donate to someone “through you”? [pollid:1125]
If you answered “yes”, feel free to give more info in a comment.
I voted no, but I’ve now received exactly the same message, from /u/observer1.
I wonder, if the account is banned, does it also prevent them from sending private messages, or merely from posting on the forum (which they don’t do anyway).
Also, could everyone who voted “yes” please confirm whether it was the same account, or whether there are multiple scammer accounts?
That’s the account that I got the spam from AND they just messaged me again.