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Hi_Im_Dadbot t1_j57ea26 wrote

So it was a … fishing scam.

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GetlostMaps t1_j57tlqu wrote

I'm bowled over by this comment. I understand it was a fin-ancial crime..

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Zenmedic t1_j57vy00 wrote

Glad it ended well, would hate to see his credit score tank.

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LightBluePen t1_j59tp5d wrote

This story had me hooked from its headline.

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_dead_and_broken t1_j5a3zhp wrote

Y'all aren't going to bait me into joining this comment chain.

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Vidla t1_j5acvvd wrote

You’ll be alright, if you tackle it from a different angle.

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jordantask t1_j5b51nq wrote

Eh I dunno. Whole thing seems a little fishy to me.

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niobiumnnul t1_j57ku6q wrote

> They also exposed his credit card information to everyone watching.

Bad fish.

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Thomas_JCG t1_j57y29e wrote

This is legitimately one of the funniest stories I seen this year.

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TheOddEyes t1_j5b97q9 wrote

Well we’re only 20 years into the year but I agree

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Rocketlucco t1_j57r6z7 wrote

I really like the fish named itself Rowaway.

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Polymersion t1_j5ao1im wrote

More like Rowawa¥ (with a monetary symbol), which is far funnier to me given the "heist" angle

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Stealthy_Facka t1_j59nmam wrote

The craziest part about the whole story to me is Nintendo granting the refund

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KeaboUltra t1_j5i6sga wrote

I remember my mom had nintendo refund a digital DSi purchase after I bought a game without her permission. they refunded her but in turn, my console/account was completely barred from using any credit card. Years later I called them back to try to undo it because I still use the account to this day. I had to explain the reasoning but thankfully was able to undo it.

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HellYeaTriangles t1_j57bnci wrote

if Nemo released in 2023 he would have escaped by bankrupting the dentist it seems

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voretaq7 t1_j592muz wrote

This is exactly the sort of thing my fish would have done.

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EvansAlf t1_j5969j6 wrote

Gives a whole new meaning to phishing.

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OlyScott t1_j5a24vb wrote

The fish cost him 500 yen, which is $3.86 American. I wouldn't have bothered to ask for a refund.

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Chariots487 t1_j57h85a wrote

This is what happens when Yoshi is allowed to influence the youth.

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SuperKrusher t1_j59lgjd wrote

Not great at Pokemon, but very adept at credit theft and trolling.

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SqueakSquawk4 t1_j59m2d1 wrote

I'd say it's rather good at Pokemon. I mean, it's the only fish I know that completed a pokemon game!

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AgentOfASignal t1_j5a50bg wrote

> In a freak series of seemingly random events

Emphasis on "seemingly". I think the fish is being let off too easily here.

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Polymersion t1_j5aux35 wrote

They named themselves ROWAWA¥, money symbolism and all.

Just wait for the new album where they talk really fast (by fish standards) about how they pulled it off and don't feel sorry about it, and maybe something about guns and women.

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Unperfectblue t1_j5an7qy wrote

This the next Micheal Reeves video

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betillsatan t1_j57n5mh wrote

guess I know what we're having for dinner.

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JuuzoLenz t1_j5aa92p wrote

How???

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That_guy1425 t1_j5af2g7 wrote

Its that guy who set up a motion capture on his fish bowl to play pokemon games, he did it previously for pokemon sapphire. While doing the new violet, the game crashed to the switch home page while still accepting inputs and the fish managed to open the Eshop and buy something

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things_inspire_me t1_j5bifcu wrote

I didn't know fish could do this, is there anything else we don't know? 🤨😂

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wildefire776 t1_j5b5xm6 wrote

Wow he really got him by the gills didn't he ?

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ChuckFina74 t1_j5ce8ow wrote

bloop bloop Do you have any games on your phone bloop

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emeraldrose484 t1_j59z64z wrote

So do you not get a notification to email or something when a purchase is made on Switch?

Or is this fish just really that crafty?

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SherifGames t1_j5a36t8 wrote

you could just read the article

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frygdxhmnb688 t1_j5a9ccr wrote

The article wouldn’t answer that question

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Zenatun t1_j5b5cqy wrote

The article did in fact answer the question. There are screenshots of the email showing the confirmation.

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frygdxhmnb688 t1_j5bn5r9 wrote

I didn’t see any of that written in the article. I did see it on the YouTube video attached.

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Cringe_Meister_ t1_j57s5mz wrote

U smell what's The Rock cooking? that's right it's a fish cake😤😎

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jellin55 t1_j59dbby wrote

Wut

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