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Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by soueuls »

bravesoul2 wrote: post #9

One step removed would be a site like those visa sites that list each country and give insights into the real estate market. What to watch out for. Your legal protections. Is it safe. Sounds like Thailand may not have the legal protections required to make real estate investment safe. Sounds like you did everything carefully and still got scammed. This makes me think Thailand may not be a wise place to buy property.…

It's something I am considering, not just talking about whether a country is safe or not, but listening to whistleblowers and listing scammers by name / pictures / estimated amount / connections / and publishing personal information (phone / address / school for the children, etc).

Only after collecting enough hard evidences, of course.

If they plan to scam hundreds of people, they might as well take the associated risks of scamming the wrong people who have nothing else to lose.

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by cank »

If this happened to my mom, I’d create a YouTube channel and upload several editorial-style or documentary-style videos laying out all the evidence (redacting anything too sensitive), with voice-over, good editing, and a solid script.

I’d also write one or more long-form articles on a dedicated website—PDFs, images, all the evidence laid out clearly so there’s no doubt it’s real. I’d include a contact phone number and email too.

Then I’d buy some backlinks and make it SEO-friendly so it ranks well on Google.

I’d set up a Facebook page, post updates regularly, and drive people to both the site and the YouTube channel. I’d run Facebook ads for months—whatever I could afford, ideally at least $2k, but the more, the better.

I’d reply to every comment and encourage people to share and speak up.

Once that’s all set up, I’d reach out to media outlets—ask them directly how much it costs to feature my site in their digital editions, and from there, figure out what it takes to get something printed in physical form.

Depending on how things go after the first month, I’d even consider renting 1 or 2 billboards.

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by soueuls »

v5v3 wrote: post #13

Post starter - there a number of replies on here that are flagged as dead that you may want to read regardless (turn on the dead replies in Settings)

Yes I was also surprised, at least one of those comments looked legit to me, not written with AI or a anything.

I will check the settings

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by soueuls »

cank wrote: post #12

If this happened to my mom, I’d create a YouTube channel and upload several editorial-style or documentary-style videos laying out all the evidence (redacting anything too sensitive), with voice-over, good editing, and a solid script. I’d also write one or more long-form articles on a dedicated website—PDFs, images, all the evidence laid out clearly so there’s no doubt it’s real. I’d include a contact phone number an…

I used AI to write press releases in every languages I know there are victims.

I am trying to look for someone who can help me shoot / edit short videos, and I will try to use Heygen to translate them.

Posting on TikTok might be useful, but usually the content can only be seen from the country you are posting.

Do you know of any tools where you can feed a bunch of content / documents / pictures / etc and it generates many pages ranking on their names / brand / company / etc?

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by soueuls »

cipherhood wrote: post #5

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I am willing to take pretty much any legal risks, I don’t want to give up on my mother, regardless of how it can backfire.

I flee out of Thailand several months ago, because I was receiving some death threats, so I should be safe on that matter.

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by areyourllySorry »

soueuls wrote: post #16
cipherhood wrote: post #5

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I am willing to take pretty much any legal risks, I don’t want to give up on my mother, regardless of how it can backfire. I flee out of Thailand several months ago, because I was receiving some death threats, so I should be safe on that matter.

this is also a scammer.

Re: Ask HN: How would expose a scam involving a powerful figure?

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Post by soueuls »

areyourllySorry wrote: post #17
soueuls wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am willing to take pretty much any legal risks, I don’t want to give up on my mother, regardless of how it can backfire. I flee out of Thailand several months ago, because I was receiving some death threats, so I should be safe on that matter.

this is also a scammer.

Yeah, I did not click on any links and knew the comment was written with AI
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