Cash App and Mischief Get ‘Weird’ for New Scam Prevention Campaign

The ads imagine phishing texts if they happened in person

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If you’ve spent any time on the internet dodging messages from random strangers offering financial windfalls, or texts and emails from suspicious “customer service agents” alerting you to an issue with your account, this new scam prevention campaign from Cash App may be as triggering as it is entertaining.

The “If It’s Weird For Real, It’s Weird For Real” campaign coincides with the holiday season—an especially busy time for scammers, with a AARP report finding 80% of U.S.

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