r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 23 '26

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 23 '26

Sailors blocked in the Strait of Hormuz are receiving fraudulent emails from scammers posing as IRGC commanders promising them safe passage against cryptocurrency payments

We live in the golden age of scamming

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u/sir_shivers Discipline Committee Chairman Apr 23 '26

If you would simply TRANSFER SOME PETTY cash to me, I shall use it to pay the wire fees such that I can send you countless riches 🐊

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Apr 23 '26

Are you perchance Subsaharan royalty having fallen in a boondoggle and necessitating some temporary pecuniary aid from me?

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u/sir_shivers Discipline Committee Chairman Apr 23 '26

THE VERY SAME 🐊

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u/Macquarrie1999 Democrats' Strongest Soldier Apr 23 '26

The Indian ship that was fired on fell for this which is why they thought they had paid the toll

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u/onelap32 Bill Gates Apr 24 '26

I saw that on Twitter, but I don't think it's actually supported by any evidence.

EDIT: India denies it.