Jun 1, 2023 - This Is Catfishing on an Industrial Scale

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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium From the Editor's Desk This Is Catfishing on an Industrial Scale This wasn’t Supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for a better look at the profile photo and, sure enough, saw the face of an old rugby friend looking back at him. Just weeks earlier, Liam, whose name has been changed to protect his privacy, had been living in Waterford, in Southeast Ireland, about to start his second year at university. Then Covid-19 shut down the city and his university’s campus. On any Saturday on the main street, there were now more pigeons than people. Pubs and cafés shut their doors, and job opportunities dried up. “Money-wise it was worrying,” he says. Continued here TradeBriefs: Newsletters for Decision-Makers! Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. 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I see them as a reminder of the person’s individuality, strength and uniqueness.” Work Decade After Decade, RAV4 Helps Toyota Lead With American Buyers     Base prices for RAV4 are around $27,000, average for its class, but the price climes to $32,000 for the midrange XLE Premium trim, while top-of-the-line Limited trim starts at a price of nearly $36,000. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe (one-click) You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) Followers Blog Archive ►  2024 (35) ►  May (1) ►  April (4) ►  March (2) ►  February (10) ►  January (18) ▼  2023 (834) ►  December (20) ►  November (54) ►  October (44) ►  September (108) ►  August (91) ►  July (29) ▼  June (68) How CRISPR is making farmed animals bigger, strong... 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