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by JimmyRuska 1004 days ago
Scammers are sending me geeksquad invoice emails every week. Scammers sent fake invoices to GOOG and META and receive 100m for it [1]. This feels no different, just scan for sites using your font and send invoices frequently whether they have a license or not. It's a very hacker/scammer type of approach to making money, or I guess you could call it a private equity font-industry-vertical 10x secret sauce.

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/25/706715377/man-pleads-guilty-t...
1 comments
eli 1003 days ago
That's just straight up fraud. This company demanding payment really does own the font.
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JimmyRuska 1003 days ago
They're sending people a bunch of invoices without any due dilligence. You're going to get companies that double pay because they're not sure/don't have time to review licensing contracts. The business model is very scam inspired.
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