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by gcheong 6076 days ago
"The other one allows me to block offers I don’t like, and I do this whenever we get complaints about specific ones. That’s not easy because often the customer doesn’t even remember the name of the offer that sucked them in, but I do my best to hunt them down and make sure they’re never seen on our games again. "

Shouldn't it be possible to flag offers as potential scams using something like a spam filter? I'm guessing you have access to the text and can find find print like "$10 monthly charge will be applied" or whatever. You don't have to block it on the first showing but just flag it for follow-up.