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I think I've only encountered one scam so far (that I'm aware of). Some guy outside a Cheesecake Factory in Chicago was passing out "free" physical copies of The Onion, and if you accepted he'd push a postcard on you that was also "free" but came with a suggested donation. How is this scam supposed to play out? He just gave me the Onion, which I accepted because I was a dumb midwestern tourist, and when he told me I also had to take the postcard I just said no and he sulked off dejected. I just read the Onion while waiting for my table at the restaurant. He was still outside when we were done and pestered me about it until we got a taxi.
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I guess I just assumed because the guy looked homeless and the only thing he was "selling" were random postcards. Could have been legit. I felt bad for a fraction of a second before the guy started getting obnoxious about it. This was 8 at night in a sprinkling of freezing rain too, which seems like a weird place for a legit operation to sell their wares.
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Apr 2, 2016 18:45
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Lareine posted:The Onion is already free unless they've changed something. It's a scam. Yeah, it was free but it was apparently being offered alongside a postcard that had a "suggested donation" attached to it. It didn't occur to the guy that some people might want one but not the other I guess.
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