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Re:The 'brushing' scam that's behind mystery parcels by WalterBright on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @11:17PM (#24416628)
> scams in Europe where someone will grab your hand and put a bracelet on or put a flower in your hair or something and demand payment

This used to be commonplace in the US, particularly in airports, in the 70s. It's the source of a gag in the movie Airplane (or one of those comedies). I don't know why it faded out.

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Re:The 'brushing' scam that's behind mystery parcels by schoen on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @01:39AM (#24417572)
Probably time, place, and manner regulations for expression in airports.

https://www.lawa.org/news-releases/2002/news-release-5

(very many U.S. airports now have free expression booths requiring a permit, and forbid some kinds of expressive conduct or solicitation elsewhere in the airport, which I think the courts are OK with)

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