Comment by llamageddon01 on 20/10/2021 at 12:26 UTC*

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Scams

Soliciting of any kind on Reddit is against the rules, but it absolutely still happens in private[1] and very much in public in posts displaying t-shirts[2], posters, mugs, prints, stickers - basically anything saying “look at my cool stuff” or similar. Why you should not buy T-shirts/hoodies/mugs linked in comments.[3] Don’t be tempted by anything you see because you run the very real risk of being scammed[4] along with getting yourself permabanned from the sub along with the OP and all the other replies. If you really REALLY want that thingy, you should try to find a reputable dealer elsewhere. Or Amazon.

1: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/pluwsn/isnt_soliciting_on_reddit_against_the_rules/

2: https://www.reddit.com/r/FruitsBasket/comments/dcnuyv/psa_there_is_a_tshirt_scam_ring_active_on_reddit/

3: https://www.reddit.com/r/httyd/comments/cl3el6/

4: https://old.reddit.com/r/quityourbullshit/comments/3jss04/meta_spammers_how_they_work_and_how_to_spot_them/

Some interesting reads on Reddit about scams are this AMA with an Internet scammer[5] and when someone asked Reddit if anyone had ever been scammed[6] it prompted over 8,000 comments.

5: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9x7lu/iama_internet_scammer_ama/

6: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/canjua/have_you_ever_got_scammed_what_happened/?sort=top

• *Because there is a Subreddit for everything:**

r/Scams is the place to let people know about any online, offline, email, SMS or postal scams you might encounter; r/scammers indexes scam details to help people not get scammed and r/scambait users waste scammers’ time and resources to keep them away from real victims.

• *See Also:**

• Advertising and Self-Promotion[7]
• Adverts[8]
• AMA[9]
• Hacked Accounts[10]
• “If you want this t-shirt, say yes in the Comments”[11]
• Karma Farms[12]
• Safety on Reddit[13]
• Shill[14]
• Spambots[15]
• T-Shirt Posts[16]

 

7: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8klv2/

8: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhgm8c/

9: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhhhani/

10: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hh8yldo/

11: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhle0an/

12: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhllvsj/

13: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/p8t966/reddit_and_karma_explained/h9ssyt6/

14: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhcsj0z/

15: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhu1bx6/

16: https://www.reddit.com/r/NewToReddit/comments/qbb173/comment/hhcvbfx/

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