Anatomy of a Scam

VV Valentine
8 min readOct 7, 2023

A Cautionary Tale

This is so not from Amazon.

Like millions of Americans, I’ve been looking for ways to supplement my income. As a professional dog walker, it made sense to open a Rover account and post a profile featuring my dog walking services. It’s a whole process, joining Rover, including a paying a fee for a background check. What’s thirty-five bucks when I could potentially make that amount per hour walking dogs, right?

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VV Valentine

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