Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

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Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down
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Paywall

It just shows pop up to subscribe. I can read the whole story.

The pop up blocks my whole screen except for a tiny part at the bottom. I guess I could read it by scrolling 1 line at a time but at that point, it’s a pay wall.

Right click, inspect element, select pop-up in DOM tree, delete it, read article in full screen. Actual paywalls only transmit a teaser of the article to the frontend.

Note I haven't tested this in this case since I'm on mobile. But it works if the actual text is available in your browser and it sounds that's the case.

Good idea!, thanks! that’s one of those, “Whack! I coulda’ had a V8” moments, won’t work for me here (I’m on a mobile as well).

It just shows pop up to subscribe. I can read the whole story.