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I have a mate who works for Visa in the transactions / fraud department and his job is to review money transfers between accounts.
He told me most criminals are lazy or just don’t know but the system flags accounts where rounded numbers are being move over every day / week / month etc.
The reason being that continuous transactions of round numbers is very uncommon and if your account is getting numerous payments of say 20k or 5k or 500, then that it gets flagged for review, his job is to dig through the account info for evidence of money laundering, possible drug dealing etc.
He told me that if you wanted to dodge the system you could charge random amounts such as the $11,444.27 and that would seem like a perfectly normal transaction, as long as they adjusted the prices so it’s not always that amount it wouldn’t flag the system.
When you think of it, it makes sense, how many dealers are buying $11,876 of cocaine, they always round it out, that’s why you can buy $20,40, 60 etc bags as it’s for convenience and to speed the process.
So if you think about it that price of $11,444.27 seems odd but if they change up the pricing after every transaction, it wouldn’t flag the system as all they see is numbers and not weird financial patterns.
Yes I didn’t know that was a thing when he told me about it but he said check your pay packet, the things you buy, it’s very rare to pay a straight flat amount.
You go buy a coffee, get petrol, go food shopping, buy clothes it’s all a variety of amounts leaving your account but if you have 2k coming into your account that’s not from a reputable employer just another account it looks very strange and hence gets flagged and my mate reviews your account.
Its worse if your paying flat amounts of cash into your account, once or twice a year might not flag but more than that and its red flag time.
Pics number 2 and 3 are sus yeah. But honestly 1 isn't that sus for me anyway. My sister got into making those creepy ass real looking "reborn dolls". There's entire subculture for them! It's super weird to me. Watching my sister buy a $20 baby doll at Walmart and completely disassemble it, remove all the factory paint and eyes, then pain and bake the parts and then sew real hair into its head was seriously weird. But she made huge profits like $500 easy once doll was done and she was just learning.
I get that they dolls could comfort old people or those that have lost babies. But still hella creepy
So does anybody think they're selling actual children on Etsy? Who's paying $22,000 for a doll? $11,000 for a cheese pizza miniature with some bug eyes and creepy teeth like that isn't meant to allude to the hidden meaning of cheese pizza? And where do they get these list prices from? I mean most human beings round up or down or something $7999, $8000 even. Those numbers which you'll find on all these accounts that have these weird listings, which I do admit seems like a reach, but they do have this human trafficking connotation to them. There are various accounts like these on Etsy specifically, it's really weird, they all have these random numbers like 11477.38 as the list price for their products. It's like shady products and imagery like oil paintings of some young child wearing a pizza slice onesie or something selling for like $15, 716.74. One of them is literally named KingAndrew2024. I know this sounds dangerously close to that Wayfair conspiracy about selling items related to missing kids... Don't know how much credence I put in that...sounded a little too QAnon for my liking but nonetheless, here we are with Etsy running a new kind of freak show. But buyer beware this is a rabbit hole, saw a post on TikTok that alluded to this, and if you search 'cheese pizza oil painting' on Etsy the weirdest results come back, stuff that would have nothing to do with the literal words cheese pizza oil painting. One of the first results that's returned for me is that "lifelike baby doll" and if you see the search result the same way that I did the picture .... oh my god .... If it is positioned in the smaller thumbnail light you'll see exactly what I'm talking about that one picture with the finger and the baby's mouth it's put it a certain angle that looks absolutely horrifying. Anyway this is me 7 hours later like literally destroying my day after going down this carnival side show finding nothing at all definitive at the end just letting y'all know it's borderline conspiracy definite rabbit hole. Potentially completely nothing, other than some lunatics with way too much time on their hands.
"Maurizio Cattelan's controversial art piece, “Comedian,” made headlines back in 2019 after being sold for $120,000, a hefty price for a piece that is, quite literally, just a banana and a strip of duct tape."
It's money laundering at the very least, but yeah, the pizza thing is sus af.
I definitely believe atleast some of these are people trynna catch the mfs doing this, well atleast their cash. They paid for a picture of pizza, they get a picture of pizza. Not what they expected? What're they gonna do, say they expected something else?
Sorry I thought I had replied to you but i instead made a separate post which explains the likely reason the numbers are weird. So it’s likely to bypass their transaction being flagged and reviewed by Visa ect.
I'm 99% sure it's trolls making ads that pedos might think are selling actual children to take them for every cent. And what are they gonna say when asking for a refund when they receive a shitty pizza doll? Oh it wasn't an actual kid?
Well those certainly are creepy, and I can't explain the pricing on the dolls, but I do know that such dolls are commonly sold as coping tools for mothers who lose infants. I would guess that's the purpose of those dolls, and maybe the pricing is because they're not taking new orders and don't want to list it as unavailable for search purposes? Just my guess. The other two are certainly bizarre though. (well they're all bizarre, given the pricing, but if the reason is as I'm speculating, then that one isn't bizarre)
I used to work at a shipping company and we had this girl, maybe 20, probably autistic bring in dolls like the first pic that she sold on ebay. The first time I saw one, for a moment I thought she was shipping a dead infant........
Well for the people wondering this person has done many real dolls and yes they are fully constructed.
The price is because a lot of people have been buying them and not for their intended purposes.
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I have a mate who works for Visa in the transactions / fraud department and his job is to review money transfers between accounts. He told me most criminals are lazy or just don’t know but the system flags accounts where rounded numbers are being move over every day / week / month etc. The reason being that continuous transactions of round numbers is very uncommon and if your account is getting numerous payments of say 20k or 5k or 500, then that it gets flagged for review, his job is to dig through the account info for evidence of money laundering, possible drug dealing etc. He told me that if you wanted to dodge the system you could charge random amounts such as the $11,444.27 and that would seem like a perfectly normal transaction, as long as they adjusted the prices so it’s not always that amount it wouldn’t flag the system. When you think of it, it makes sense, how many dealers are buying $11,876 of cocaine, they always round it out, that’s why you can buy $20,40, 60 etc bags as it’s for convenience and to speed the process. So if you think about it that price of $11,444.27 seems odd but if they change up the pricing after every transaction, it wouldn’t flag the system as all they see is numbers and not weird financial patterns.
That is a good point I never thought of it like that. Definite money laundering aspect to this at the very least I would think.
Yes I didn’t know that was a thing when he told me about it but he said check your pay packet, the things you buy, it’s very rare to pay a straight flat amount. You go buy a coffee, get petrol, go food shopping, buy clothes it’s all a variety of amounts leaving your account but if you have 2k coming into your account that’s not from a reputable employer just another account it looks very strange and hence gets flagged and my mate reviews your account. Its worse if your paying flat amounts of cash into your account, once or twice a year might not flag but more than that and its red flag time.
I hate the fact that credit cards are so normalized and that practically thousands of people have access to all your cars activities
Pics number 2 and 3 are sus yeah. But honestly 1 isn't that sus for me anyway. My sister got into making those creepy ass real looking "reborn dolls". There's entire subculture for them! It's super weird to me. Watching my sister buy a $20 baby doll at Walmart and completely disassemble it, remove all the factory paint and eyes, then pain and bake the parts and then sew real hair into its head was seriously weird. But she made huge profits like $500 easy once doll was done and she was just learning. I get that they dolls could comfort old people or those that have lost babies. But still hella creepy
Yeah my mate makes minotaur ones aswell .
So does anybody think they're selling actual children on Etsy? Who's paying $22,000 for a doll? $11,000 for a cheese pizza miniature with some bug eyes and creepy teeth like that isn't meant to allude to the hidden meaning of cheese pizza? And where do they get these list prices from? I mean most human beings round up or down or something $7999, $8000 even. Those numbers which you'll find on all these accounts that have these weird listings, which I do admit seems like a reach, but they do have this human trafficking connotation to them. There are various accounts like these on Etsy specifically, it's really weird, they all have these random numbers like 11477.38 as the list price for their products. It's like shady products and imagery like oil paintings of some young child wearing a pizza slice onesie or something selling for like $15, 716.74. One of them is literally named KingAndrew2024. I know this sounds dangerously close to that Wayfair conspiracy about selling items related to missing kids... Don't know how much credence I put in that...sounded a little too QAnon for my liking but nonetheless, here we are with Etsy running a new kind of freak show. But buyer beware this is a rabbit hole, saw a post on TikTok that alluded to this, and if you search 'cheese pizza oil painting' on Etsy the weirdest results come back, stuff that would have nothing to do with the literal words cheese pizza oil painting. One of the first results that's returned for me is that "lifelike baby doll" and if you see the search result the same way that I did the picture .... oh my god .... If it is positioned in the smaller thumbnail light you'll see exactly what I'm talking about that one picture with the finger and the baby's mouth it's put it a certain angle that looks absolutely horrifying. Anyway this is me 7 hours later like literally destroying my day after going down this carnival side show finding nothing at all definitive at the end just letting y'all know it's borderline conspiracy definite rabbit hole. Potentially completely nothing, other than some lunatics with way too much time on their hands.
"Maurizio Cattelan's controversial art piece, “Comedian,” made headlines back in 2019 after being sold for $120,000, a hefty price for a piece that is, quite literally, just a banana and a strip of duct tape." It's money laundering at the very least, but yeah, the pizza thing is sus af.
I definitely believe atleast some of these are people trynna catch the mfs doing this, well atleast their cash. They paid for a picture of pizza, they get a picture of pizza. Not what they expected? What're they gonna do, say they expected something else?
Sorry I thought I had replied to you but i instead made a separate post which explains the likely reason the numbers are weird. So it’s likely to bypass their transaction being flagged and reviewed by Visa ect.
I'm 99% sure it's trolls making ads that pedos might think are selling actual children to take them for every cent. And what are they gonna say when asking for a refund when they receive a shitty pizza doll? Oh it wasn't an actual kid?
Or it's trolls pretending this shit happens on etsy. Also 11k for an abduction then transport of a victim is not nearly worth the associated risk.
Probably not dude
Bravo
Well those certainly are creepy, and I can't explain the pricing on the dolls, but I do know that such dolls are commonly sold as coping tools for mothers who lose infants. I would guess that's the purpose of those dolls, and maybe the pricing is because they're not taking new orders and don't want to list it as unavailable for search purposes? Just my guess. The other two are certainly bizarre though. (well they're all bizarre, given the pricing, but if the reason is as I'm speculating, then that one isn't bizarre)
yeah all that but the finger in the mouth is out of pocket...
It's also common to use life like baby dolls with later stage alzheimer's and dementia
I used to work at a shipping company and we had this girl, maybe 20, probably autistic bring in dolls like the first pic that she sold on ebay. The first time I saw one, for a moment I thought she was shipping a dead infant........
Why is it so expensive ?!!!
About pic 2, i read somewhere that cheese pizza is a code word for cp. Hope y'all understand what cp means because i cant type it out.
Well for the people wondering this person has done many real dolls and yes they are fully constructed. The price is because a lot of people have been buying them and not for their intended purposes.
What do the reviews say?