Yeah, I've heard of this David, but I've never encountered it, I have an almost invisible presence on social media --- more now than I have previously held --- & I do not buy on the internet.
But I do not for a moment doubt that it does happen, if there is a way to scam in any field, the scamsters will find it.
We can put as many controls as we like into a system, and eventually a control will pick up a scam, but it is is often the detective control, rather than the preventive control that picks up the scam.
The bad guys are nearly always one step ahead.
Ever heard of Bernie Madoff?
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