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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...
If they were that smart, they would have real jobs
Kudos to Kitboga! But let's really think about it, isn't it true that most things in the world are some form of a scam? Growing up in a poor country, I've realized that scams are everywhere, right from the day you start school: 1) Parents resort to scamming the school hiring board using fake addresses just to enroll their children in a good school. 2) In the early years, students learn how to cheat in exams to surviv…
Anyone remember the anti-scammer phone bot that pretended to be a senile old man ('Lemmy' or something)? It waited for the scammer to stop talking, and then said some statement (either a question or some really long rambling story), simultaneously hilarious and expertly crafted to keep the conversation going, often for hours, until it would start repeating itself and the scammer would blow up. It was a bit smarter th…
Lenny: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_(bot) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSoOrlh5i1k https://www.reddit.com/r/itslenny/comments/5lcfwq/lennys_his... Also, I highly recommend the movie, "Sorry to Bother You": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorry_to_Bother_You SORRY TO BOTHER YOU | Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enH3xA4mYcY With LaKeith Stanfield playing Cash, and David Cross playing Cash's "w…
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Were these studies never replicated?
They were not. The Stanford Prison Experiment used to be a case study on people following orders and fulfilling assigned roles, and now it's the case study for the problem of the replication crisis.
The part where someone waits for a super long time in a queue, finally gets connected, but then gets sent to an answering machine that says "the mailbox is full" hit too close to home. I know this was set up on purpose but I've had that exact same thing happen to me on a real & important government system recently. I've been trying to call California EDD to get some back pay for my state paid family leave. There is n…
The twist at the end is wonderful in so many ways. Kitboga, by complete happenstance, directly saves someone from a prolonged scam. Not only that, but he may have inadvertently stumbled upon a new technique to help out victims. Trick the scammers into giving their victims Kitboga's number so he can help them directly. I am excited for his future endeavors.
This situation didn't make any sense to me. Wasn't Kitboga and his team playing the part of the party being scammed? What did this lady have to do with bitcoin receipt/qr-code?
The remaining mystery for me is how the second victim was able to repeat Kitboga's email address to Kraken support. It's possible that the fake transfer site included this email address somewhere on the page.
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I'd rather do assembler than CSS.
You only say that because you have spent more time in assembler (I presume). I've spent enough time doing CSS that I find it to be pretty easy.
- Voice deliberately downsampled to the point where it's like listening to a walkie-talkie on a propeller plane.
- Insanely terrible pause "music", at full volume, downsampled and volume-boosted to the point where it physically hurts.
- Random disconnects.
- Circular redirects.
And this is while being polite and patient with the poor person working for these assholes all day.
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In one of the screenshots, Kitboga's fake page promises them the equivalent of $11k in BTC. Considering a lot of these scams originate from countries with low wages and high unemployment, not really surprising people would be willing to waste a few days for the promise of a year's salary or more.
>low wages and high unemployment Low wages sure, but high unemployment is not correct. Most scammers seem to be based in India where unemployment is around 3%.