Comment by hyperpape
21 days ago
> They will sometimes organize recruitment very openly, using the same channels you use for recruiting at any other time: open Facebook groups, Reddit threads, and similar. They will film TikTok videos flashing their ill-gotten gains, and explaining steps in order for how you, too, can get paid.
> As a fraud investigator, you are allowed and encouraged to read Facebook at work.
I tend to believe this, but it would be a lot more compelling with links to a case where Facebook/TikTok posts were useful evidence.
There are tons of these out there.
In late 2024 there was the whole "Infinite money glitch" tiktok trend that was just check fraud.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzp7y8e7vo
Good example, though my impression was that was a quasi-viral TikTok trend that caught up random fools, not organized fraud?
Is that contradictory? Seems like organized fraud would need a supply of random fools, and a viral trend, if you can manage one, isn’t a bad way to get that.
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Yeah, I fail to see the organization.
This is a poor example though, because I don't think anyone got away with it? And it was viral, but not organized.
Here's a rap video, the entirety of which bragging about fraud against the government:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0ck7hTsug8
"I just been swipin' for EDD
Go to the bank, get a stack at least
This ** here better than sellin' Ps
I made some racks that I couldn't believe
Ten cards, that's two-hunnid large"
(For context, "EDD" is California’s Employment Development Department.)
With Google I can find out that he was prosecuted after his video came out. I'll count it. https://abc7.com/post/nuke-bizzle-rapper-edd-fraud/12024561/
It's interesting to note that some states restrict the use of rap music lyrics as evidence:
https://legalclarity.org/using-rap-lyrics-as-evidence-in-cri...
Very related Key & Peele sketch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WE3A0PwVs
Much better bangers about fraud:
Dead Prez - Hell yeah: https://youtu.be/kGjSq4HqP9Y?si=_z6jb0Vfo7_PiITQ&t=82
Maxo Kream - 5200: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kC9j6Zp-kg
Maxo was actually arrested for racketeering, though not due to this song specifically (I don't think).