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Nictuku

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7. Definitely a Scam
Fri Jun 13, 2025, 04:20 PM
Jun 13

I watch this channel called "Scammer Payback" and they go after these thieves. The example is a fake 'Norton' scam, but they use paypal over charges, and many many many more fake issues. They get the victim to think they are going to get the money (that was never actually charged) 'refunded' and then get the victim to believe they screwed up and were over-refunded, and that is the scam, when the victim re-pays the 'over refund'. They get access to your computer (and thus your bank account) and drain you funds.

They make Billions on US victims, mostly elderly people. I try to spread the info on how to recognize a scam like this to help protect people.

The Youtube channel is 'Scammer Payback', and here is a video that gives the outline of this scam:



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