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I trapped scammers in an impossible maze [video]

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

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Post by dap »

naet wrote: post #111

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…

I feel for you about EDD. They still owe us several thousand dollars in unemployment due to a pandemic layoff but I gave up on it after a similar experience to what you’re describing.

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

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Post by JaDogg »

montag wrote: post #183
JaDogg wrote: post #116

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…

Sounds like you are talking about a very specific place. I object to the reduction that "most things in the world are some form of a scam." High-trust societies do exist.

I agree. Extracting individuals from this mindset requires significant effort. -- this applies to me too.

Furthermore, aren't most high-trust societies, such as Japan or European countries have similar stock of people. I am uncertain whether individuals like me, who look different due to skin color / have an accent, would be readily accepted into these high-trust societies.

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

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Post by rickreynoldssf »

netsharc wrote: post #87
TacticalCoder wrote: post #30

I love Kitboda's videos. The one thing that strikes me all the time is how arrogant, smug, full of themselves these scammers always sound. They do profoundly believe they're oh-so-intelligent and don't hesitate to make fun of the old people they (think they) are speaking to. Despicable scum of this earth. Thanks to Kitboga for fighting the good fight and it's great to see banks and crypto-exchanges immediately freezi…

In regards to the arrogance... I imagine they have to be like that in order to be able to sleep at night, they justify the scamming by saying (mostly to themselves) things like the West stole from the developing countries, so this is them stealing back, and they have to believe the victims deserve it so they can, I repeat, sleep at night. Another justification might be "Look at this stupid moron, I won't feel bad ste…

No, 99.9% of them are just scum of the earth criminals. They don't give a shit about who they're scamming.

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

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Post by DrawTR »

asddubs wrote: post #191
boneitis wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was my first thought. Commenters here are thoroughly entertained, but all I see are the efforts of people that mold the internet experience into what I have to deal with on a daily basis. They would make great additions to AI and CAPTCHA teams. /snark It's pretty wild that my $20 subscription earns me a long string of puzzles. Sometimes I am forced to solve so many of the very-difficult-to-solve variety that I j…

Makes me think of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFYFr4Vy8I

Makes me think of this one: https://youtu.be/WqnXp6Saa8Y

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

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Post by JaDogg »

monadINtop wrote: post #199
JaDogg wrote: post #155

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, they definitely believe the West stole their money. This is what you hear every day from government propaganda (based on personal experience; refer to my other comment on the original post). Breaking out of propaganda is not a simple task for any individual. While the West may have colonized these countries in the past, it is the government and corruption that are currently responsible for the theft. Moreover, p…

> I believe one of the worst outcomes of colonization is that these countries lost their monarchies and lacked a natural progression to diplomacy I think this is a very loaded and fraught perspective that ignores a large amount of context. Colonial powers generally co-opt local heirarchies and utilise the pre-existing state machinery to expediate the process of resource extraction and pacification since doing it from…

Apologies, I agree with everything you mentioned in your comment. I realize now that I made a significant mistake in my previous sentence. I understand a different perspective on how someone could interpret and understand it, and I appreciate you enlightening me.

In any case, what I was attempting to convey is that it is preferable to learn from your own rights and wrongs rather than dealing with the aftermath of a mess left by a third party.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

hiatus wrote: post #110
michael_vo wrote: post #50

There should be a software product that protects our elderly by watching their bank accounts and listens to their phone calls. It’s so clearly a scam.

If you're worried about elderly parents spending all of their money and they are accepting of your help, there's a few things you can do. Freeze their credit. Open a new bank account that will be their spending money, transfer money into it on a schedule. Set up regular bills on autopay so they get out of the habit of mailing checks (lots of mail gets sent to elderly ppl making it seem like it's gov and a response is…

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

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Post by monadINtop »

JaDogg wrote: post #205
monadINtop wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I believe one of the worst outcomes of colonization is that these countries lost their monarchies and lacked a natural progression to diplomacy I think this is a very loaded and fraught perspective that ignores a large amount of context. Colonial powers generally co-opt local heirarchies and utilise the pre-existing state machinery to expediate the process of resource extraction and pacification since doing it from…

Apologies, I agree with everything you mentioned in your comment. I realize now that I made a significant mistake in my previous sentence. I understand a different perspective on how someone could interpret and understand it, and I appreciate you enlightening me. In any case, what I was attempting to convey is that it is preferable to learn from your own rights and wrongs rather than dealing with the aftermath of a m…

No worries man

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

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Post by HideousKojima »

4gotunameagain wrote: post #134
bagels wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Calcutta is not a country, but many of them are located in in India or Bangladesh.

I'm very much aware of the fact that Calcutta is a city. The city where most online scammers originate from. Most is the right word, not many.

Got any stats on that? Why wouldn't there be a comparable amount in Mumbai or Bengaluru or any similar large cities?
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