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by 0cf8612b2e1e 356 days ago
I think of it like the xz backdoor. A long time investment of goodwill over months before you tighten the noose.

The more sophisticated attempts seemingly do not straight up ask for cash. They offer an investment opportunity on a scam website which will report the investment doing well, so the victim will independently invest more money.