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The bank's policies and those like it are the root cause of these scams. There are countless things like this where real "legit" behavior is completely indistinguishable or sometimes even worse than scams.

There will always be people that are "wallet inspector" stupid that you can't really shield from scams. But common sense practices and consistent messaging would solve a lot of the problem. There needs to be better accountability for companies that have these insecure practices. The same way they'd be held accountable for a data breach. Oh, wait...



This seems obligatory: Identity Theft, by Michell and Webb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9ptA3Ya9E




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