Better Business / Scammers usually do get caughtRandy Hutchinson
These broad sextortion schemes work based on volume, meaning that sextortionists will reach out to as many profiles as they can. The scammers simply hope that a small percentage of profile owners will engage with them and fall into the sextortion trap. Sextortionists attack underage victims as ...
Scammers know that nobody would ever willingly give their private email address, so they find other solutions. That’s when they turn to purchased email lists which already contain millions of email addresses. Fortunately, most people who buy lists and send spam emails get caught very quickly....
Finally, this approach suggests an answer to the question in the title. Far-fetched tales of West African riches strike most as comical. Our analysis suggests that is an advantage to the attacker, not a disadvantage. Since his attack has a low density of victims the Nigerian scammer has an...
题目What should you do if you discover you‘re being scammed(诈骗)? The first thing is to stop all contact with the scammer ( 诈骗者 ) . It’s important to be suspicious because scammers have ways of making their offers seem real . Beware of the false sense of re...
There's a tendency to downplay the compromise of your email address. It's not really much of a secret. However, if scammers get your address there is some mischief they can get into.
Scammers send these emails out as form letters. They include claims about supposed improprieties, often including claims that the sender has evidence of your affairs, has hacked your webcam to take damning photos or videos of you or has evidence of pornographic material you've viewed. ...
Because the scammers are using scripts. All emails you receive are pre-written. If you get one of them, post it up. Come to scamsurvivors.com. We have a forum, you can post them up there, and get that out so other people are warned as well. There’s that side of it, but it...
Have you ever noticed that some scammers want their victims to send over a gift card instead of cold, hard cash? It may seem like an odd choice at first, but asking for a gift card is in the best interests of a scammer who wants to get people's money safely and discreetly. Here'...
Beware of any unsolicited offers you receive to help you recover your money. Fraud recovery con artists swim with scammers like pilot fish with sharks, swooping in to take more bites of what’s left of your cash. Be especially wary of any who ask for their fee in advance—an illegal tac...