that's a lot of overhead and effort for a scam. It would be easier to just to ha...

dwild · on Feb 5, 2020

> It would be easier to just to have a normal job such as being a software developer.

Sure it is, but there's a whole world outside of the US, where jobs aren't as easy to find, nor as well paying as software developer job in the US.

DrScump · on Feb 7, 2020

Lots of overhead to set up but minimal marginal cost to deploy for multiple use cases and audiences.

It wouldn't surprise me if scammers package their strategy/toolsuite and resell the mechanism to other scammers. Ticket brokers bot networks do this.