Brazil Police Chief warns that influencers are luring gamblers to black market

[The Buzz]

Alagoas police chief Lucimério Barros Campos informed Brazil's betting Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI) that social media influencers are actively misleading and scamming gamblers.

Appearing before the CPI on Tuesday following "Operation Game Over," Campos detailed how illegal betting sites exploit influencers to attract bets through the online payment service Pix. Gamblers are using channels operated by these influencers to place wagers on the black market.

The police chief emphasized that because influencers are not classified as financial institutions, Brazil's gambling regulator and other federal entities lack the authority to freeze their assets or block the associated transactions. This loophole allows the black market to

From Agência Senado:

The police chief stated that illegal betting houses hire influencers and allow them to use fake accounts on the gaming app to pretend that they have won money from betting and to advertise it to their followers. According to Lucimério, the influencer earns money from the betting house to attract more bettors and not by betting on the platform. He showed the CPI audios and videos from the investigation to illustrate the criminal schemes used.

In order to play, the gambler needs to download an app. That app provided the famous demo account for influencers. They received the real account, where they would post the link for people to click and bet, but they also received an account, another link where they could log in, simulate, record the screen showing how they made the big win. It was all a scam.

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[EvaDav]

This explains a lot about all those “winning stories” flooding Instagram and TikTok lately. �� People get fooled by flashy videos showing fake wins, while the influencers are just using demo accounts. They’re not making money from betting — they’re getting paid to lure others in. Hopefully after “Operation Game Over,” we’ll see less of these shady schemes. It’s scary how easy it is to get tricked these days. Everyone really needs to be more careful with where and through whom they put their money.

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This explains a lot about all those “winning stories” flooding Instagram and TikTok lately. �� People get fooled by flashy videos showing fake wins, while the influencers are just using demo accounts. They’re not making money from betting — they’re getting paid to lure others in. Hopefully after “Operation Game Over,” we’ll see less of these shady schemes. It’s scary how easy it is to get tricked these days. Everyone really needs to be more careful with where and through whom they put their money.

I noticed the same thing and thought it was just me or maybe the algorithm doing its stuff. I’m all for betting sites being able to market themselves, people should be free to weigh the risks and decide for themselves, but using a parallel app to fake wins is too shady for me.