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A whopping number of online scams begin with bluffs, the scammer only needs 1% of people to believe them. The instagram account takeover is for emotional leverage to get a person further away from their friends. A second story will be concoted to get money from them.

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Aren't most armed robberies a bluff too? "Give me your wallet or I will kill you."

Even if the robber has no intention of actually killing the victim and just wants their money, this is still very much a threat, and whether it was a bluff or not, it still causes distress and possibly trauma.

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