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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/kumquat_repub on 2023-08-30 08:08:55.

Original Title: TIL In 2010, to prove the Better Business Bureau was a pay-to-play scam, a group of business owners formed a fictional company called “Hamas” (like the militant group in Palestine). Hamas paid the BBB $425 and received a rating of A minus.