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hey everyone welcome back to our Channel
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where we uncover scams and help you stay
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safe online today we're diving into
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treasured drop.com a website claiming
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you've won a Samsung family Hub fridge
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sounds amazing right but hold on this is
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nothing more than a scam let's break it
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down together so you can avoid falling
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into their trap stick with us because
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we've got important tips for staying
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safe first let's talk about the website
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itself have you noticed how many Dam
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sites are offering free mobils
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appliances laptops or gift cards these
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days treasured drop.com fits right into
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that category it's unprofessional poorly
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designed and frankly screaming scam from
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visit here's something strange when you
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visit treasured drop.com homepage it
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doesn't even load properly all you see
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is a 400 for error page what kind of
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legitimate website fails to have a
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functioning homepage scam sites often do
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this because their real goal isn't to
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provide a service it's to trick you into
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giving up your personal and financial
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information now let's discuss their main
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trick they claim you've won a fancy
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Samsung family Hub fridge but there's a
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catch they ask you to pay a small
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shipping fee sounds reasonable right
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wrong think about it if a company was
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genuinely giving away a high value item
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like a fridge would they really ask for
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a small shipping fee it's all designed
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to sound believable but the truth is
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once you pay them that fee you're left
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empty-handed that's right you won't get
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anything no fridge no freebies just
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disappointment these scammers are simply
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after your credit card details once they
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have that they can misuse it for
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activities now let's point out another
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glaring issue lack of transparency
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legitimate companies have proper social
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media Pages contact details and physical
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addresses but treasure drop
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none of that no links to social media no
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phone number no address nothing that
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proves they're a genuine
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business and here's what we've noticed
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this isn't unique to treasur drop.com
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we've seen countless scam websites just
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like this one and they've all racked up
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tons of complaints from people who fell
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victim to their schemes it's the same
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Playbook just a different
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name to wrap this up here are some quick
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safety tip tips if it sounds too good to
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be true it probably is never share your
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credit card details on Shady websites
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always check for contact information
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social media links and reviews before
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site so let's make this clear treasur
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drop.com is a scam the so-called free
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Samsung family Hub fridge is just bait
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to lure you in and steal your
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information don't fall for it if you've
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encountered treasur drop.com or similar
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