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Re:I wrote “ISIS Beer Funds” in a Venmo memo and the feds de... by whatnotests on Monday April 18, 2016 @05:35PM (#11523334)
I'm pretty sure ISIS would not be so stupid as to actually list their purchases as being intended for "ISIS-" anything.

What kind of morons are writing these scanning bots?

smh

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Re:I wrote “ISIS Beer Funds” in a Venmo memo and the feds de... by teddyuk on Monday April 18, 2016 @05:47PM (#11523394)
I worked on a project with uk banks, there is an international sanction list that is people and organisations and they name match them so this name is on the list hence why it was caught, it isn't very technical.
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