real talk, how do you report someone in a different country to authorities? Especially with such a borderline specific reason like lying about where you live to get more clients, he’s still doing the work after all
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Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Fraud, great
Did you report them to their local authorities yet?
shneancy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Call their local police office. For something like this, literally nothing will happen. Ever. No matter what. Online fraud is damn near unenforced.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 year ago
Why would this even classify as fraud? Lying about where you currently are on an internet profile isn’t a crime.
The only possible case for fraud would be if the artist promised to use part of the money to help with Ukrainian efforts or whatever. Instead, he just played everyone by being vague, assuming all he did was change his location and open “emergency commissions”.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 year ago
Lying about who you are to silicate money under a fall pretense is absolutely fraud.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 year ago
I am not familiar with Brazilian law. But filing a form is quicker and easier than figuring out whether their enforcement agencies do their job
marte@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
If you denounced this to brazilian police they would have a laugh and probably say something on the lines of “stupid gringos”
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Snitches get stitches.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Threats? Really? Online?
Grow up
WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
It’s a colloquialism, not a real threat of violence. It is similar to saying loose lips sink ships, but a more street oriented version.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I dont think this even remotely classifies as fraud.
And009@lemmynsfw.com 1 year ago
That’s what fraud means, it’s a false perception.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
The comment was talking about “reporting to authorities” so this was about the legal definition of fraud, not the lexical one.
echodot@feddit.uk 1 year ago
I don’t think literally anywhere in the world would this actually be considered illegal.