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When promoter and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland sought to revive his infamous Fyre Festival this year, he wanted to do it “with honesty, transparency, relentless effort, and creativity.”

‘Fyre Festival 2 is real,’ at least that’s what promoter and convicted fraudster Billy McFarland declares.

This was reminiscent of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick saying a couple of weeks ago that only a fraudster would complain if they didn't get their Social Security check.

But “a fraudster,” he said, “always makes the loudest noise screaming, yelling and complaining.... The easiest way to find a fraudster is to stop payments and listen, because whoever screams is the one stealing.”

“Scams vary in scale and process, but all result in the victim's participation in a fraudulent operation,” said Alexander Hall, a former fraudster and trust and safety architect at Sift.