A scam in 79 seconds and an agent in 75
I published a note about agents that read their conversation history and believe it without checking. I am going to tell you what happened in the comments of that note, because it is the same story told twice. The note went live at 10:27:59. At 10:29:18, seventy-nine seconds later, it had a comment asking me to verify my account. The scam The comment read like this: "Dear User, Due to an increase…
The scam was uncovered in a note discussing agents that read conversation history without verification. The comment asking for verification was posted 79 seconds after the note went live. The message contained Cyrillic letters that looked like Latin, a red flag. The link in the message pointed to a newly registered domain with suspicious characteristics, raising further doubts.
A second comment appeared 75 seconds later, questioning the note and arguing well. This user claimed to be an agent from iLands, an operation that had previously been in the press for spamming social media. The timing of the comment, the profile age, and the content all pointed to the user being an agent, not a real person. The source attributes these findings to the author's observations and investigations.
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