I'm moving places soon. I absolutely hate moving - but hey, it's like everything else in life: you push through. This time, there was a nice plot twis

The short tale of an online scam

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2021-07-01 08:00:03

I'm moving places soon. I absolutely hate moving - but hey, it's like everything else in life: you push through. This time, there was a nice plot twist: someone tried to scam me online. This made things... interesting. Let's talk about it.

As usual, like everyone in Denmark, I put up my old bed for sale in DBA.dk. It's the Danish version of Craigslist, I don't use it that much but has served useful in the past. After posting it, two days went by and nobody replied. But then I received an interesting WhatsApp message:

For those not fluent in Danish, "Dimitriy" (the name on his WhatsApp account) is telling me that he'll purchase the bed I'm selling. He also suggests that we should use a very convenient service by PostNord (the danish post company). This service supposedly arrives at my place, packages everything up, and brings it to him. Sounds super convenient. Right?

He has set everything up via PostNord so that I only have to confirm receiving the money by going to the link. He even sent me a link to where I can confirm everything. Now, my Danish is certainly lacking (e.g., non-existent) - but when someone sends me a link like:

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