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by Godel_unicode 1401 days ago
They ban thousands of accounts per day. Every day. If you can solve this problem you will have discovered a license to print money, so by all means try. But the problem is much harder than you are making it sound.
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On the other hand, how many do you think would reach out when they get blocked? Most actual fraudsters wouldn't. Of those that do, you can take a look at what they are sending and quickly see if they are actually doing fraud or not.

I could say the same thing to you, you're making it sound harder than what it is. But if you're set to the mindset of saving money, I understand minimising work makes sense.

> Most actual fraudsters wouldn't.

Of course they do. It’s just email/twitter/telegram/WhatsApp, and fraudsters are literally professional messaging automators. They open support cases, email execs, I have seen cases of them paying call center workers to call support lines and complain. Fraud is a serious business run by serious people, many of whom have a decade plus of experience.

You cannot attempt to stop fraud with manual effort if you operate at any kind of scale. Full stop.