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+# Scam Police
+A rust bot for Matrix designed to call out scams
+
+# Build
+`cargo build --release`
+
+# Run
+On first run, you will need to login. To do this, run `cargo run --release [MXID]` where MXID is the Matrix ID of the user the bot will run on. The only currently supported login flow is Password. (SSO planned)