# The "Seed Scam" - What is the end goal?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 29, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729 "2020-07-29T16:36:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 29, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-seed-scam-what-is-the-end-goal/916729/5 "2020-07-29T17:00:03Z")

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See [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/received-unordered-merch-cant-find-any-evidence-ive-been-charged-im-sensing-a-scam/854208/29) thread. The seeds being seeds is irrelevant–all they care about is having something light and cheap to ship. (Other stuff is being shipped, but there is no department of hairclips and plastic schoolbuses to put out warnings about those.)

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