ULPT: When people write their venmo/cashapp on car windows, request money

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A_MESS_OF_A_CAT@reddit

I want to do this for my dogs bday coming up but would this put me at risk for this? I just want to give my dog a special day and give people a chance to join in.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I mean, I like animals more than people, so it's more acceptable? I still wouldn't do it, but that's me

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Yeah I posted on a cashapp subreddit asking for advice if it would be safe and now I’m basically being told that I’m a horrible person for wanting to do this. One of the people that check me out at the self serve bath place all the time gave me the idea. Kinda wish I never asked.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Hey, if you wanna do it, do it, fuck em. Who cares what people think, people are idiots

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A_MESS_OF_A_CAT@reddit

I’m thinking I might not. If this is how online people react how are people going to react? I was already on the fence about it and it might just be a bad idea.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

That's the thing, people online are assholes. Do it for 2 days, then wipe it off. A lot of people who aren't terminally online will probably think it's cute. It's obviously not something you see around you all the time, that's my issue. I see a lot of them and I don't give a fuck about Madisyn's 22nd

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A_MESS_OF_A_CAT@reddit

Yeah I thankfully live in an area that isn’t commonly seen. This made me feel a little bit better. I might try it and see but I’ll still be on high alert. Thank you.

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Salt2273@reddit

On a recent vacation in Charlotte SC. I saw a honda TEST DRIVE licence plate on a car. From Carervilles Georgia honda dealership. On the back window written in

Pink "Buy her a drink!

White: "Tiffanys Bach 24

green: CASH APP

Had not idea what it meant. But it looks like they got a FREE test drive car then drove it 6 hours (350 miles) from Georgeo to Island of the Palms beach with that big Ad on the back window.

So do people then see that and look up cash app for a name Tiffanys Back24 ?

Wonder what they made as they did have to buy some gas. Grifters will do anything for a buck

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Maingunda@reddit

Buying cashapp accounts at good rate

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Crustypoos@reddit

How much

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ginganinja09@reddit

Even better- save the username and request at like 2am on Saturday night when they are all already drunk and more likely to not be thinking clearly.

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DarkBlackCoffee@reddit

Someone I know almost fell for pretty much this exact scenario. Hit people at the right time and keep the number reasonable, and it will work more often than people realize.

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bigdave41@reddit

Won't they be able to contact customer service and reverse the payment though?

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Lanky_Possession_244@reddit

If they realize what happened. If they're drunk and out of town, they may never realize it. You'd be surprised how many people have charges they don't know about. I know someone who had over 100 bucks a month going to subscriptions he didn't know he was paying for for three years.

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luxxlemonz@reddit

Lowkey thought this was about to be an ad 🤓😮‍💨

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Crackytacks@reddit

That person is a companies wet dream. Unrelated, can you send them my info? I have a monthly subscription they may enjoy for five days and then forget about for two years. You also have to call to cancel, and it's really hard to get a real person.

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TigerPixi@reddit

Nah, certified mail to cancel, like a damn gym membership.

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SubstantialBass9524@reddit

Some gyms require you to visit the original location in person and can’t cancel via phone or another location. That’s really fun

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Peterthinking@reddit

Phone companies. They rent you a $25 phone for $5 a month for 30 years. Nobody even blinks. I always returned the phone and bought one. Whenever I see someone has a landline I ask them to look at their bill.

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bigdave41@reddit

I guess so - seems like the kind of thing you could get away with for years, until you have a long history of what effectively is financial fraud and someone decides to look into it.

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CaptainStickMan1@reddit

Remember what sub this is

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bigdave41@reddit

Oh I know, I just enjoy arguing the hypotheticals with people. It's r/UnethicalProLifeTips, not r/TipsThatWillSendYouToPrison lol

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throwawayprnaccount2@reddit

r/subsifellfor

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thefinpope@reddit

Is it actually financial fraud? It's just asking someone for money and them giving it to you.

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p44v9n@reddit

Yes lol

Fraud = deception intended to result in financial or personal gain

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freemason777@reddit

its only deception if youre literally illiterate though. 'I wasnt paying attention' and 'I regret it tho' are not valid legal defenses

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bigdave41@reddit

It's still deception if you don't fall for it. I get what a lot of you are saying, sure, and you could try to explain it a load of different ways, but you're literally trying to trick someone into giving you money. You're sending a message to someone you don't know, hoping they think it's one of their friends or family and pay it without thinking or because they're drunk. If they're not deceived and they realise you're someone they don't know, they don't pay it.

People do a similar thing of sending random invoices to company billing departments and seeing if their accounting staff are incompetent enough to pay them without checking. It will be seen as fraud by any court, the only uncertainty is whether or not they can prove your intent, which I admit is difficult. That's why I said you might get away with a few, but if you have a pattern of doing this with dozens or hundreds of people, it's not difficult to see what you're doing.

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Creative-Disk563@reddit

Yes, but saying "you owe me money" is a lie. So that's deception. Saying, "can I please have some money?" is not a lie. It's a request they can either accept or deny.

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bigdave41@reddit

It's not the request itself that's a lie, it's the fact that people know the app interface is potentially misleading and people can mistake "can I have some money?" for "here's some money!".

The actual stated reason for doing it in this post, is that you think they'll accidentally approve it or they'll be too drunk to know the difference. The only way you get money is if someone makes a mistake, a mistake that you know they're likely to make, you're setting them up to make, and you benefit financially from them making.

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Creative-Disk563@reddit

Welcome to sales!

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bigdave41@reddit

Lol...good joke but not even remotely the same thing. Salespeople might inflate how good their product is or overcharge someone, but the customer is clear that they're buying something. If the customer is not clear that they're buying something, that's akin to the tourist scams where they shove something into your hand and then ask for money for it. Again a classic con trick and a deliberate misleading of someone else for profit.

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freemason777@reddit

sure, but it would be totally justified if all the company vehicles had the billing department's venmo account on their windshields as they'd literally be advertising it

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bigdave41@reddit

In what way would it be justified? If someone has their credit card number tattooed on their forehead is it justified to steal from them? It would certainly be very foolish to open yourself up to fraud, that doesn't mean the person committing it has any kind of legal or moral justification.

How far do you take that? If someone's front door is unlocked is it justified to walk in and take their TV?

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Creative-Disk563@reddit

No. If you use someone's credit card without authorization, that's fraud. Just because you know their credit card number, or because they left their physical card somewhere you were able to take it, doesn't change the fact that it's not your card, you know it's not your card, you don't have permission to use it and you're using it anyway. When you use someone else's credit card, you are pretending to be them. You are deceiving the store where you spent, the owner of the card, and the financial institution. That is in no way comparable to asking someone for money.

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bigdave41@reddit

I've had so many people say this same thing to me now, it's not as simple as saying "hey can I have $100?" and you know it's not, because if it was it would almost never work.

If you want a real life equivalent I guess it's similar to running up to someone in the street and saying "Hey! $100?" and they say "yeah sure, I'd like $100" and you then take $100 out of their pocket. Asking if you can use their card to buy a new TV is not the same because it's clear to them what you're asking and they can decide while in possession of all the relevant information.

The way the app interface currently works makes it misleading in this way because it's not immediately clear at a glance whether the money is being given or taken. It's blowing my mind how many people seem to think this is something they can do and be completely ok legally.

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freemason777@reddit

go the other direction. how open to it and complicit would someone have to be in giving their money away before asking for their money isnt fraud in your eyes?

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Lukewill@reddit

Deception = the action of deceiving someone

There is no deception involved. It's literally a clearly worded request for money that appears on the screen and then you select approve or deny.

It's the same exact thing with contract law. If you sign the damn contract without even reading it, then that is 100% your legal responsibility.

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NurseKaila@reddit

That’s not true; Contracts are often found to be invalid when signed under duress or when they include illegal terms.

https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-warns-against-deception-in-contract-fine-print/

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/annoying-fine-print-may-not-even-be-legal-flna1c7700505

https://review.law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/03/Furth-Matzkin-Sommers-72-Stan.-L.-Rev.-503.pdf

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Lukewill@reddit

Yes, neither of which apply in this situation.

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NurseKaila@reddit

I didn’t say that did apply in this situation. I was correcting your elaboration that all contracts are “100% your legal responsibility” when that’s clearly not true.

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Lukewill@reddit

Sorry, I thought it was understood that I was referring to a perfectly legal and binding contract. Completely beside the point, though.

My point was that if you choose not to read it and sign it anyway, you are still bound by the terms within. Which was just an analogy for the original topic, which was Venmo.

I'll try to be more specific with my analogies in the future and you can try to be less pedantic.

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NurseKaila@reddit

Your point is still incorrect.

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Lanky_Possession_244@reddit

No, it's not. You're requesting money and getting it. Then not paying attention and being an idiot doesn't constitution fraud and even if someone did take that case, it would never win in court.

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schellenbergenator@reddit

Is it fraud tho if you just ask for money and they give it to you?

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bigdave41@reddit

Well, you knew you had no legitimate reason to ask for it, and that they wouldn't have sent it if they hadn't mistaken your request for money being sent to them. Whether or not that can be proven is what's gonna be decided in court I guess.

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freemason777@reddit

if there was a law saying you needed to deserve the things you ask for we would have free college, free doctors, concert and sports tickets would top out at ten bucks, and water would be free everywhere. toll roads wouldnt exist

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bigdave41@reddit

Nothing to do with deserving, you're requesting money because you hope someone might fall for your trick - not that it's not a cool trick, but it is gonna be seen as fraud.

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Leading-Force-2740@reddit

this is not the definition of fraud.

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bigdave41@reddit

Dictionary definition I can find is "wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain". By sending a request to someone you don't know, you intend to gain financially, and I believe it counts as wrongful deception because you're hoping they either mistake the request for a received payment, or they mistake your request for a legitimate request from someone they know.

In this scenario you have no legitimate reason to request money from them, the only way you receive the money is if they make a mistake. As I've said to many other commenters, it might be difficult to prove your intent in court, but don't act like that isn't the intent in this situation.

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Lanky_Possession_244@reddit

Proving that with little enough doubt would be pretty difficult unless you made a post about it and even then, with there being two buttons to press to send money via a request, it being unintentional is not a great defense. No court is charging you with fraud over that. They may attempt to get you to take a plea deal if they are bored, but the paperwork wouldn't be worth the time. Any decent lawyer would be able to get you off pretty easily, if they even pressed charges, which they probably wouldn't.

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bigdave41@reddit

For a single instance, sure. I was saying if you do this for years and you have a pattern of receiving random payments from people who then complain about it, what is your defence gonna be exactly?

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Lanky_Possession_244@reddit

I didn't force them to send me money. I sent a request and they obliged. Even if I said I was fishing, nothing is illegal about requesting money for doing nothing. When you promise something in return, but don't deliver, that's when it would be fraud.

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bigdave41@reddit

Like I said, on a one-off you might get away with that excuse, but be honest with yourself that it's an excuse surely? This is not the same as a beggar asking you for money in the street - in that situation you know exactly who they are and what they're asking for, and you could make the decision with all the information.

You know that person wouldn't pay you if they knew you're a random person requesting money - you're hoping they think you're a friend requesting money legitimately, or you're hoping they think they're getting money when actually they're sending it. If it's the latter then they're not entirely blameless themselves, but then all the best cons have an element of that.

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PremiumUsername69420@reddit

Could I please have some of your money?

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schellenbergenator@reddit

I see what you're saying. I think if the court can show your intention was to trick them into giving you money then that may constitute fraud. They'd have to show intent first tho which may be hard to do. Maybe you accidentally messed up and you wanted to send them money but hit request money by accident.

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Sirdroftardis8@reddit

Me too, but then I downloaded MissileCash and found out how much money I was spending on subscriptions, like my ten MySpace accounts I was still paying for

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Plumb_n_Plumber@reddit

Omitting /s Much? /s

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Sirdroftardis8@reddit

No, this is an ad read for my new app that's definitely not a ripoff of rocket money. Please give me your money

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tcrudisi@reddit

That app sounds awesome. Can I subscribe to it?

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Sirdroftardis8@reddit

Yes, it's only one easy payment of all your money

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WaferOk6759@reddit

Also curious : Won’t they notice the recipient’s username/phone number when they become sober and then try calling/reporting them to Venmo/Zelle for fraud?

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ipeezie@reddit

what fraud?

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M1STER_GR1M@reddit

Payment can ONLY be reversed or canceled by the recipient, not by the sender.

I know from personal experience, but fortunately not from being scammed lol

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bigdave41@reddit

Presumably if a complaint is made and law enforcement are involved there's a way of at least tracking it if not reversing it

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M1STER_GR1M@reddit

Possibly, but I'm not sure how well that would work considering it's in their company policy. That's why they have you verify and double-check the info before confirming the transfer. It's not their fault if someone chooses not to check the information before blindly accepting a transfer no matter if it's sending or retrieving a transfer.

It's like if someone on the street asked you for money, you gave it to them, and then you tried to call the police to have them give it back. The odds are most likely not in your favor in that case.

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_not2na@reddit

Probably not, you have very little protections on Venmo/Cashapp/Zelle

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yzlautum@reddit

I couldn’t get back about $4,000 I had sent in total to an old friend to help her with bills and she was going to pay me back. Took advantage of me when I was in a mental low point and knew I was drinking again and I’m a very empathetic person and it was just bad. Venmo did NOTHING to reverse the transactions. I did it 3 times within 2 weeks and would wake up freaking out. Fuck Venmo.

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Lukewill@reddit

I believe big companies should take moral responsibility for what they do, but I'll be real with you. That is not Venmo's responsibility. Venmo didn't know you were drinking. You did and your friend did and Venmo had no part in the agreement, they just handled the money.

Your shitty friend asked for money and you said yes. Venmo was just the delivery method.

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tacotacotacorock@reddit

They do that then anyone and everyone could reverse charges and that would cause chaos and distrust in their product. Unless you can prove fraud no financial institution is going to do much for you unless it's in their service guarantee, which most would never do.

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yzlautum@reddit

Your shitty friend asked for money and you said yes. Venmo was just the delivery method.

For sure. She is an oxy addict.

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GeorgeSantosBurner@reddit

Not very empathetic of you.

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bigdave41@reddit

That's nothing to do with them though - if you didn't send the initial transaction in error, and contact them immediately afterwards. Sounds like what you needed was small claims court.

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sm012@reddit

I did it 3 times within 2 weeks and would wake up freaking out. Fuck Venmo.

That sure sounds like a YOU problem... 3 times and it's Venmo's fault???

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BanjosAndBoredom@reddit

If you'd mailed her a check, would you want USPS to repay the money because they delivered it?

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SuperFLEB@reddit

Venmo did NOTHING to reverse the transactions. I did it 3 times within 2 weeks and would wake up freaking out. Fuck Venmo.

Why should they? Their job is to send money to the people you ask them to send money to. You asked them. They sent it. Their job is done and done without error. That's like getting mad that the post office won't hunt down and take back a check you mailed to someone after you regretted sending it. You need to get that money back from the friend, not the courier.

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yzlautum@reddit

I simplified a complicated situation into 1 small paragraph.

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tacotacotacorock@reddit

Blaming others for your actions is never a good move for your character. Own up to your actions and learn from them.

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scienceislice@reddit

Your first mistake was giving anyone $4k. Don’t do that

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Non-unionQuestion@reddit

lol

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oldirtydrunkard@reddit

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lord_flamebottom@reddit

Usually not. When it comes to "friends and family" money transfer services like Venmo, customer service tends to lean towards "if you weren't hacked, it's not our problem".

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Shora-Sam@reddit

Cash app and venmo are used for scams because there's almost no way to get a refund for "friends and family" transactions.

Unless you specifically do a sale (and pay whatever fees / taxes on it) you have no "protection". Contacting support would get you nowhere.

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noob_angler@reddit

From years of scamming, only one person has been able to reverse a charge.

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Commercial_Education@reddit

Make the message something like "shots!!!" Or "part of the tab". Makes it seem like you are Part of the drinking party

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fomalhottie@reddit

I can't wait to try this.

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Herd_O_Angry_Turtles@reddit

Fuckin diabolical

Slipping this card into the ol' pocket of hilarious ideas

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Party-Ad-4046@reddit

Clean.

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drapehsnormak@reddit

Thanks for the new idea

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PushTheTrigger@reddit

This is a solid ULPT. Hats off to you

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Nice!

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Caspers_@reddit

this is devious lmao i'll try it next time

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Superb-Ad2397@reddit

yeah thats so wei- daveaki

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appleseedjoe@reddit

uuhhh what? ive never seen this before is that like a thing you see normally? also where do u guys live if you do see this on the regular?

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

All the time. I live in a college town, it's popular at vacation spots, etc

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appleseedjoe@reddit

daym i live in boston but i guess most those kids are pretty well off. what state are you in?

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Go Dawgs!

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appleseedjoe@reddit

im confused lol. i dont follow sports

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I live in Go Dawgsville, USA

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No_Amoeba_6476@reddit

Just saw someone post in choosing beggars that their friend netted 900 in 2.5 hours with a buy the bachelorette a drink message. Can’t blame people for checking if such a rumor could be true. But if the messages get too common then the success rate will probably go way down. So can’t blame people for not spreading the word if such a rumor is true.

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ACaffeinatedWandress@reddit

Shit, I might use this to sponsor my move.

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ForgeIsDown@reddit

Happy 8 yr cake day

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TillCertain1769@reddit

Happy butt sex anniversary!

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freeparKing33@reddit

My fiancée just got $800 for her bachelorette group’s bar tab from her friends there requesting other friends. Just happened on Saturday

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BigCountry76@reddit

So they were asking friends that weren't at the bachelorette party to fund their partying?

I'm not sure if that is better or worse than asking random people to do the same.

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Hmmhowaboutthis@reddit

I mean asking friends to chip in is pretty different than writing on your window….

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bbllaakkee@reddit

easy money

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Competitive-Tap-3810@reddit

Just costs your dignity so for many people… ya not a problem

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No_Amoeba_6476@reddit

I’m glad to have never seen these window messages in my area tho.

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Justin__D@reddit

I see them everywhere in my area. Then again, I live in a place that tends to be a destination for those kinds of folk.

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freemason777@reddit

why? would it hurt you in some way?

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No_Amoeba_6476@reddit

Decline of culture. New type of tip jar for a new type of panhandling.

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BPKofficial@reddit

I saw one just yesterday. All it said was "Buy me a coffee! Venmo: (insert whatever)".

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ForgeIsDown@reddit

Happy 8 yr

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StyrofoamUnderwear@reddit

What happens if you venmo them .01 and put it as not a gift? Will they get charged fees?

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Hmm, idk. Let's find out!

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Empty401K@reddit

I did this to a scammer trying to get $50 back in December or January. In the notes I put “payment for [item] - thank you so much!” or something to that effect. Then they threatened to have the FBI kill my family. I rode that high for months.

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Kwerby@reddit

Doing the lord’s work

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FubarTheFubarian@reddit

Don't leave us hanging. Did your family survive?

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Empty401K@reddit

They were beaten to death with jumper cables. They left a note saying “Our friend Kyle George in India who is also best friends with the president of our American United States said ‘fuck to your mother.’”

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Goldilocks1454@reddit

Well I hope that 50 bucks was worth it

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Empty401K@reddit

It paid for breakfast, cat food, and a nice reusable shopping bag to keep everyone’s ashes in. RIP 🙏

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Ok-Ferret-2093@reddit

How did you fit so many urns in one bag??

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Empty401K@reddit

Open them up and dump them in, of course. Easy peasy ❤️

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calamitylamb@reddit

The jumper cables guy strikes again!

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amd2800barton@reddit

The ‘real’ jumpercable guy is /u/rogersimon10 but he’s been inactive for years now :(

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Leading-Force-2740@reddit

i didnt know about this guy, i had to stop reading his posts cause the laughing was starting to hurt too much.

jfc.

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michaelmvm@reddit

man I can't believe it's been that long

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PremiumUsername69420@reddit

Kyle George, lmao I love when they pick two first names.

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Linesey@reddit

Lol the fool. we all know it’s the CIA that would come for you.

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shadowhawkz@reddit

Amateurs, they will send the MIB.

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artvandalism@reddit

Sorry I don’t quite understand this. What item?

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fuishaltiena@reddit

He pretended to be sending a payment for some item that the scammer was "selling", scammer clicked Accept and lost 50 bucks.

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artvandalism@reddit

Ahh i got it now! Thanks!

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Empty401K@reddit

He was claiming to sell a ridiculously expensive product for an obscenely cheap price he said belonged to his son, but his son was hit by a car on Christmas and killed so he just wanted to give it away for free (other than the $50 shipping fee) to someone that really deserved it.

Same text you see copy/pasted by scammers all over Facebook Marketplace. r/scambait is full of examples

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Stage_Party@reddit

Americans : communism is unamerican

Also americans: share your money with me

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beige-dumps@reddit

communism is more of the “taking” kind of share than the “giving” kind of share bud

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unreeelme@reddit

Maybe read about the history of unions.

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beige-dumps@reddit

the ‘humor’ in your comment implies communism good, Americans dumb.

communism is not good.

Americans are not dumb.

..

Alright. I’ll admit Americans are kinda dumb SOMETIMES. (still beat you to nuclear bombs, the moon, and aliens tho)

But the comments you made afterwards made it pretty clear that you’re dumber than me.

are you interesting in giving your life for the clandestine services? If so, pm me

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unreeelme@reddit

Communism as a totalitarian dictatorship is bad, however there are still things to learn from reading about the ideals behind communism as a theory…

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beige-dumps@reddit

sure!

strong social services are a hallmark of a healthy, developed nation.

Which, while imperfect, capitalism provides countless more of.

what else is communism good for?

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unreeelme@reddit

Social services, and workers rights are pretty important parts of modern first world nations.

Without economic intervention, capitalism fails. Pure capitalism doesn’t exist in the same way that pure communism never existed. They are based on ideals and theories that cannot be implemented at scale in a democratic society.

Personally social democracy is way more practical than either communism or capitalism

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beige-dumps@reddit

then don’t tout communism like it’s the be-all-end-all solution.

“..democracy is way more practical than…communism”

say it louder

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unreeelme@reddit

Capitalism isn’t inherently democratic either just like socialism isn’t.

I think you are confused, I never said anything about communism being any kind of solution but that it has ideals and history worth understanding.

It seems like you just want someone to yell at.

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beige-dumps@reddit

Then explain the humor behind your original comment if you don’t mind, please?

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unreeelme@reddit

There was no humor, you have poor critical reading skills.

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beige-dumps@reddit

reading comprehension but good try man you’ll win the next argument

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unreeelme@reddit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_reading

It’s literally a section on the SAT if I remember correctly…

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beige-dumps@reddit

unions are voluntary dipshit

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unreeelme@reddit

I am talking more about the history of workers rights as they stemmed from communist and socialist ideologies starting in the 1800’s. Why are you so angry?

Without communists and socialists from the 19th century children might still be working in mines without ppe.

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beige-dumps@reddit

your condescending tone is all.

but sure, do communism again

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unreeelme@reddit

You say I have a condescending tone? lol. I am not a communist

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DeeJae911@reddit

Take it a step further, call it vendor gratuity and type a nice message about how great the reception was and how happy you were to be able to support them on their special day.

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Koalakings97@reddit

How is this any different than panhandling?

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Blocked-Author@reddit

Do it to scammers too. Have them send your their Venmo or whatever app and then request the money.

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internetgeriatric@reddit

People do this...?

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

All the time, I guess you're lucky enough not to have encountered it

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internetgeriatric@reddit

This must be a coastal thing. But the more you know.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I live in a big college town, so that's why for me. Someone else mentioned Vegas, and Florida(popular vacation spots), so checks out

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unreeelme@reddit

Spring break destination more than nicer vacation or resort area.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Absolutely. Grandpa ain't putting his routing number on the windows

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unreeelme@reddit

Or wealthy tech couple or whatever.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I'll start sending them that way then! Our market is saturated, morale is low

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unreeelme@reddit

Send them to Vegas

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internetgeriatric@reddit

Yeah, that makes sense. Thanks, man.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I've found through this post it's a lot more common in some places

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LoudMusic@reddit

Unethical is writing your venmo crap on your car.

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Repostbot3784@reddit

It wouldn't be unethical to make a gofundme that just says please give me money so why would it be unethical to do it on your car?

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unreeelme@reddit

Some people find begging when not in need unethical.

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zackattack89@reddit

Not unethical. Stupid? Yes. It’s not unethical though.

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Party-Ad-4046@reddit

Thought this was a thing most people did, because free money!

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raduque@reddit

I've been seeing this on the window of 2023 and 2024 model cars driven by freshly graduated 18 year old girls.

I hate these people. Their parents have tons of money, and they're begging for more on their brand new car window, while I'm driving a car without working AC and barely making rent working 45hr a week? GFY.

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Efficient_Fish2436@reddit

Sigh.. I feel this. I hate it.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Yes, you get it. Unfortunately it works with all the rich old sugar daddies that come to my town

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Dizzydisasters@reddit

Where you at? 🧐

💀😂

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WakandanRoyalty@reddit

So I know of a certain online platform that’s full of drunk people posting their cash apps…only problem is requesting money takes two clicks and enough cash to fulfill the request.

I wouldn’t normally scam people (just corporations) but I’ve been unemployed for too long and I got a daughter to take care of.

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The-Entire_USSR@reddit

Lmao I've been doing that for months with one lady. Occasionally I get free coffee out of her.

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zoeheriot@reddit

I like leaving my cashapp in random places cause it makes me giggle and I like to see who is gonna request some shit, or, very rarely, send me some shit.

That said, $lmaogtfo

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1brusslesprout2go@reddit

Living in vegas i see this way to much. Im def going to be trying it out now next time i see a car with that on the window.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Hell yeah!

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Broad-Ad-8005@reddit

Here is the one for yall to request on Venmo- @Taylor-Chamber

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evdjj3j@reddit

I don't consider this unethical. They gave you their info.

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PestCemetary@reddit

I always wondered if this ever works

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airbrat@reddit

If you dress it up as a female (draw lil hearts, flowers, etc..) you'd be surprised how easy this works

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awmaleg@reddit

All it takes is one wrong click!

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Joesome5@reddit

Instructions unclear, sent SBF 10 bitcoin.

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andreyred@reddit

I just tried it with my wife and it actually takes 2 clicks to send someone money from a request.

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Appropriate-Economy5@reddit

Saw this exact thing but it was for the kid’s HS graduation. Mother had on her back windshield, “Congrats to my son, Class of 2024,” and then her Venmo. 🤢

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Drunkenaviator@reddit

This also works great on those marketplace "just send a deposit" scammers.

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jmims98@reddit

The real ULPT is to do the opposite. Pretend you’re just engaged, at a bachelor party or something, and get paid to go out for drinks.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

I would become the thing I swore to destroy!

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freemason777@reddit

poison the well in both directions lol

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Dragonr0se@reddit

If you can't beat them, join them 🤷‍♀️

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AcceptableOwl9@reddit

Where do you advertise to though? Social media?

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Imhereforboops@reddit

You advertise literally how this post is talking about

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AcceptableOwl9@reddit

I’ve never seen that before in my life, and I seriously doubt you’d get more than one or two people per week contributing. Even then I doubt it would be for more than $5-10.

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Nickbronline@reddit

Better than the $0 a week you’re getting from crying on reddit

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

It's extremely common around me. And it must work, because I keep seeing it. I live in a college town, so I see "buy me a drink, it's my 21st! Venmo @richbeggar!" That one's extra stupid, because you can just get free drinks at bars on your birthday here

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OHPAORGASMR@reddit

Beer money

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rockthe40__oz@reddit

Better than nothing

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Limeila@reddit

And double-check the venmo notifications

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richbeezy@reddit

You see signs for this on ESPN's College Game Day, make a point to try it during the upcoming College football season.

Probably best to wait an hour after seeing the sign to ensure they are extra drunk.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Ha, I'm in a town that ESPN College Game Day frequents

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NotThatSpecialToo@reddit

This is not a prolifetip at all its a griefer tip.

Why not just ignore it move TF on?

Anyone that takes their own personal time to do this is petty AF and accomplishing literally nothing but inconveniencing yourself and someone else.

trash humans :/

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Goats_for_president@reddit

I do this it. It hasn’t worked yet

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

Yeah same. I take solace in annoying them. If we all do it, maybe they'll stop

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movingmouth@reddit

What skin is it off your nose? Easy enough to ignore, just like panhandlers.

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

The possibility of free money is cool too

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Puceeffoc@reddit

Literally doing what they're doing but reverse... If they're fine advertising then I'm fine asking! Whatever happened to not being the center of attention?

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

And I have more respect for panhandlers, at least they look the part. They're driving a 2023 Honda Pilot, they're doing better than me

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sideshowbvo@reddit (OP)

More likely than ME sending THEM money :)