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Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by at-fates-hands »

oktwtf wrote: post #41
binarymax wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is this the guy who got a scammer to carve a wooden keyboard? Legendary

419 Eater was a place to show-off, coordinate, discuss tactics, etc. Topic: Scambaiting I believe it's origins were going directly after the scammers behind an advance-fee scam, a.k.a. the "Nigerian prince scam". 419 is in reference to some criminal code.

You are correct:

The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by 29athrowaway »

SirMaster wrote: post #37
29athrowaway wrote: post #27

The "do not redeem" video is the Kitboga's gift to humanity. Scamming old people out of their retirement is the worst thing someone can do. I have no empathy for those scammers.

I thought a lot of them don't even know they are running scams, and that is all coming down from the top. They are barely paid phone workers just doing scripts and doing what they are told just so they can feed their families.

It is crime.

And many of those scammers make a lot of money, they operate under commisions and bonuses, according to videos from hackers that break into their systems and steal their data.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by themagician »

rossdavidh wrote: post #54

Can these people actually be this stupid? I am having a hard time believing it. I would expect scammers to be more aware of the possibility of deceitful behavior by others. Incredible if true, but hard to believe...

It depends. A lot of these scammers are extremely desperate. Some are forced into it. For others it's just an office job like any other.

Some firms actually do both legitimate support/customer service work and scamming side by side. I've called legit companies support lines before and the person picking up starts off doing some scam and them I'm like, "I thought this was Brand X," and they switch, "Oh yes, sorry about that. What was your order number?" That's how bad it's gotten.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by mensetmanusman »

EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK wrote: post #48

You are all laughing, but I was just presented with an impossible captcha trying to login into my OpenAI account, that I pay $20/month for. To solve the captcha, I need to click the puzzle 80 (!) times, and if I make a mistake, I should start everything anew. That's totally not funny. Had to cancel the subscription. Anyway, Phind is faster and better quality.

If you have multiple services that are suspicious of your CC transactions, someone might be trying to rob you.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by 29athrowaway »

reidjs wrote: post #55
SirMaster wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought a lot of them don't even know they are running scams, and that is all coming down from the top. They are barely paid phone workers just doing scripts and doing what they are told just so they can feed their families.

That is the sad reality of this. Most the scammers would probably prefer to work a legitimate job, but circumstances have forced them into this. I don’t think most of them willingly choose to rip off people, but given the choice between stealing from a stranger, painlessly, or having their children starve, we’d all make the same choice. That doesn’t make it OK, but that is probably how they justify stealing other peo…

They are forced to become criminals and scam old people. Yeah sure.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by esrauch »

rossdavidh wrote: post #54

Can these people actually be this stupid? I am having a hard time believing it. I would expect scammers to be more aware of the possibility of deceitful behavior by others. Incredible if true, but hard to believe...

I've been in the phone system for multiple hours with Comcast just to try to get my service activated, so it doesn't seem that inherently ridiculous that one hour with a small company support would result in an unfortunate disconnect at the end.

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Post by singleshot_ »

SirMaster wrote: post #37
29athrowaway wrote: post #27

The "do not redeem" video is the Kitboga's gift to humanity. Scamming old people out of their retirement is the worst thing someone can do. I have no empathy for those scammers.

I thought a lot of them don't even know they are running scams, and that is all coming down from the top. They are barely paid phone workers just doing scripts and doing what they are told just so they can feed their families.

That’s correct. Their employers should be held liable, squeezed for every last nickel, and forced to shut down permanently. That the employees chose their criminal employment unwisely or unwittingly is regrettable.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by 29athrowaway »

jstarfish wrote: post #69
SirMaster wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I thought a lot of them don't even know they are running scams, and that is all coming down from the top. They are barely paid phone workers just doing scripts and doing what they are told just so they can feed their families.

Don't bring white guilt into this. Desperation doesn't excuse depravity, nor should it. On the other end of the phone call are people being forced into the same position of desperation through deception. That's their reward for a lifetime of presumably- honest work. The noble savages aren't that dumb either. These aren't credit default swaps so abstracted from the underlying assets that the product's toxicity is unre…

White guilt? noble savages?

What are you talking about?

Expressing your thoughts through racial stereotypes makes you look with a person with poor judgment and no common sense.

Re: I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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Post by hateful »

rossdavidh wrote: post #54

Can these people actually be this stupid? I am having a hard time believing it. I would expect scammers to be more aware of the possibility of deceitful behavior by others. Incredible if true, but hard to believe...

The further I get into the video (I'm not quite done yet), the more I'm convinced that most of the people calling aren't actually scammers, but are people that have been scammed by the scammer to call to get their bitcoin.

As if they've hijacked the wrong side of scam.

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