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Viliam_Bur comments on Open Thread, Feb 8 - Feb 15, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 11 February 2016 11:30:36PM 14 points [-]

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.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 01 March 2016 10:05:33PM 0 points [-]

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.)