Tem42 comments on Attention! Financial scam targeting Less Wrong users - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 05 March 2016 08:15:21PM 1 point [-]

It does mean that not-scams should find ways to signal that they aren't scams, and the fact that something does not signal not-scam is itself strong evidence of scam.

Comment author: Tem42 17 June 2016 03:24:28PM 0 points [-]

Surely scammers will be more motivated to find good signals, and will have more opportunity to experiment with what works and what does not. Someone effectively signaling that they are a non-scam should be a hallmark of a scam.... which is why smart people like us need a long thread like this to explain to us how the scam works.