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I Was Shaken Down by Wikipedia’s Blackmail Bandits

Banned

Dayramir Gonzalez faced threats if he didn’t pay up for edits to his Wikipedia page. Now, his scammer and 380 other blackhat editors have been banned for blackmail.

Robert Coolman
Robert Coolman
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Robert Coolman

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