Your usual broker suddenly has a new number and now they want to move the conversation to WhatsApp?
According to Benjamin Wilkens, that’s a “huge, huge red flag”, and he says the same tactic shows up in everything from romance scams to freight fraud.
If the communication channel suddenly… Read more
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