Comment on My friend on social refuses to see how this is a pyramid scheme
uphillbothways@kbin.social 7 months ago
It's a mild scam. More like chain letters used to be than Amway or something with a structure putting a bunch of wealth in the hands of one person. But, you're right. It's stupid, even if mostly harmless.
thetreesaysbark@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
As someone else said, it may be to see who’s likely to fall for more sinister scams, or a phishing scam to get people’s addresses etc
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 7 months ago
There is an large electronic store near me. At the cash register they have "mystery boxes" where you can buy random shit that you don't know what you get, ranging from 10 to idk, 500 dollars. I always imagine every time someone buys irl lootcrates, they end up on some sort of list, because these people would buy anything.