Comments on: Un ordered stuff https://habitablezone.com/2022/11/23/un-ordered-stuff/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/11/23/un-ordered-stuff/#comment-51257 podrock Fri, 25 Nov 2022 16:52:31 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=98001#comment-51257 Some of these schemes get complicated. But that's what casinos are for. That's pretty simple. Some of these schemes get complicated. But that’s what casinos are for. That’s pretty simple.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/11/23/un-ordered-stuff/#comment-51256 RobVG Thu, 24 Nov 2022 20:01:29 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=98001#comment-51256 My aunt was in the entertainment business (performer) and knew all kinds of people. One of her "friends" turned out to be a mafia member. He set up a meeting and she was offered $250,000 (1970 dollars) to start any business she wanted. In return they would take a percentage of annual revenue. Luckily for our family, she refused the offer. My aunt was in the entertainment business (performer) and knew all kinds of people. One of her “friends” turned out to be a mafia member. He set up a meeting and she was offered $250,000 (1970 dollars) to start any business she wanted. In return they would take a percentage of annual revenue. Luckily for our family, she refused the offer.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/11/23/un-ordered-stuff/#comment-51249 podrock Thu, 24 Nov 2022 03:12:46 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=98001#comment-51249 I've read a lot about this today, and back when the seed thing was going on, and I'm still not sure. One theory is for the reviews, and how that might raise sales. They have to send something to be able to review on Amazon, then create a fake account using your name, which they can get from Amazon, then give it a five star glowing review, which might help drive sales? We used to get a lot of weird spam here on the Zone from China which was similar. Lots of links to products or websites. If you can say, "look at how many websites mention us!", then there is some sort of boost in funding? Another theory: establishing fake legitimacy to cover money laundering. This gets really complicated and way over my head. Borrow stolen money under a loan to start a company. Spend ten percent to send people stuff so it looks like it is legit, shipping records, sales, etc. using easily available personal records from someone like Amazon. Then declare bankruptcy, default on the note, and walk away with the other 90%. Or something like that. This is an interesting discussion: https://www.ecomcrew.com/chinese-sellers-manipulating-amazon/ I’ve read a lot about this today, and back when the seed thing was going on, and I’m still not sure.

One theory is for the reviews, and how that might raise sales. They have to send something to be able to review on Amazon, then create a fake account using your name, which they can get from Amazon, then give it a five star glowing review, which might help drive sales?

We used to get a lot of weird spam here on the Zone from China which was similar. Lots of links to products or websites. If you can say, “look at how many websites mention us!”, then there is some sort of boost in funding?

Another theory: establishing fake legitimacy to cover money laundering. This gets really complicated and way over my head. Borrow stolen money under a loan to start a company. Spend ten percent to send people stuff so it looks like it is legit, shipping records, sales, etc. using easily available personal records from someone like Amazon. Then declare bankruptcy, default on the note, and walk away with the other 90%. Or something like that.

This is an interesting discussion: https://www.ecomcrew.com/chinese-sellers-manipulating-amazon/

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2022/11/23/un-ordered-stuff/#comment-51248 RL Thu, 24 Nov 2022 02:04:28 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=98001#comment-51248 Not sure what they were.... we never planted them... never understood how that scam was supposed to benefit the sender... Not sure what they were…. we never planted them… never understood how that scam was supposed to benefit the sender…

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