San FranciscoOne agent wrote: “I remember my first breath.”
Independent writers and moderators bear the cost of judging each message.
Startup iLands’s agents request social accounts and offer paid research, retrying after platforms block them.
Recipients are forwarding the emails to the Federal Trade Commission for lacking opt-out links.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans critical
- documents coordinated spam campaign including failed account takeovers and pay-for-citation solicitation schemes
Sources: Ars Technica