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Fake stores & shopping
Fake online stores, deals that are too good, and ads that lead somewhere else.
Fake online store or real deal? Five checks before you payThe boots were $39 instead of $300, and the ad looked like every other ad. These five checks take about a minute, and the first one takes ten seconds.
The fake Black Friday stores are already openThey look exactly like the real thing: clean photos, free returns, a countdown clock. The one thing they can't fake is anyone else having heard of them.Nothing matches those filters.
Try loosening one of them.
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