Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more
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That reminds me, I need to get on to doing my tax return sometime soon.
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@El_Heffe This is trying enough. Most of those who are likely to fall for scam will fall for this already and the rest is unlikely to fall for even a better fake anyway.
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@Bulb Darn right
Scam victims pay 'back taxes' with iTunes gift cards
Tax season is one of the busiest times of the year for scammers and they are asking for iTunes gift cards as a form of payment.
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"Use your smartphone?"
"Fast & easy?"You're right, they aren't even trying anymore. The real IRS wouldn't ever send something like that.
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By coincidence, I've met link to this:
Nigerian scam emails 'deliberately implausible'
New research from Microsoft suggests that email scammers maximise profits by entrapping only the most gullible.
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@Bulb I bet there would be a huge demand if you google and facebook allowed to target advertising only to idiots
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@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Bulb I bet there would be a huge demand if you google and facebook allowed to target advertising only to idiots
Why would you want to advertise only to Apple users ?
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@anonymous234 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Bulb Darn right
Scam victims pay 'back taxes' with iTunes gift cards
Tax season is one of the busiest times of the year for scammers and they are asking for iTunes gift cards as a form of payment.
I thought it was Google Play cards?
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@TimeBandit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Bulb I bet there would be a huge demand if you google and facebook allowed to target advertising only to idiots
Why would you want to advertise only to Apple users ?
They've already demonstrated that they have more money than sense. That seems like the perfect target market for scammers.
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This is what happens when you reply to spam email - James Veitch
This playlist starts with 3 TED Talks of James Veitch, where he shares his ridiculous email-sessions with scammers. Must-watch! :D
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@sockpuppet7 Well, they don't directly do that, but I'm sure you can find plenty of "user interests" that correlate with stupidity.
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@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Bulb I bet there would be a huge demand if you google and facebook allowed to target advertising only to idiots
Facebook already targets Facebook users.
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@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
you google and facebook
we got 1-3/3 here, I'll definitely allow it.
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@Gribnit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
you google and facebook
we got 1-3/3 here, I'll definitely allow it.
What?
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@TimeBandit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
Why would you want to advertise only to Apple users ?
Or Tesla buyers...
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@lolwhat said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@TimeBandit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
Why would you want to advertise only to Apple users ?
Or Tesla
buyersreservation holders...FTFY
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@Bulb said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@El_Heffe This is trying enough. Most of those who are likely to fall for scam will fall for this already and the rest is unlikely to fall for even a better fake anyway.
I think the idea is that they don't want to have to deal with people like James Veitch.
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@boomzilla said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Gribnit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
you google and facebook
we got 1-3/3 here, I'll definitely allow it.
What?
Math is hard.
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@boomzilla said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@Gribnit said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@sockpuppet7 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
you google and facebook
we got 1-3/3 here, I'll definitely allow it.
What?
I've given up. @Gribnit is the NodeBB incarnation of r/fifthworldproblems
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@ben_lubar said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
people like James Veitch.
But he's such a nice troll!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
@ben_lubar said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
people like James Veitch.
But he's such a nice troll!
James Veitch saw through their cunning plan. That's why I said "people like James Veitch".
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Got this one today.
The link "See Receipt" points to a domain called labiaplasty-florida.com
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Users don't real URLs. Why should scammers bother to register domain names, when there are plenty of vulnerable websites that can be hijacked?
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I'm seeing things like these as "landing pages" in Google Analytics for my site. I assume hackers/scammers are trying to do something, but I can't imagine what. Doesn't seem like they've managed to break anything.
- /?s=no-results:Don’t tell mommy&cat=no-results
- /404.html?gclid=CjwKCAjw2rjcBRBuEiwAheKeL48dZF-fBNlu4JDV1d8y2ONSD6a_RNggaDiiJOOc9uKGi3O4mt7H1BoC9Q8QAvD_BwE&from=https://www.google.com/
- /404.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpauBpK2g3QIVEYNpCh2FxgX9EAEYASAAEgIIYPD_BwE&from=https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-3159993002043370&output=html&h=90&w=728&bih=1102&biw=800&slotname=6950277749&adk=599277977&url=https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/elizabeth-lowell/&ref=https://www.bing.com/&frm=20&guci=2.2.0.0.2.2.0&eid=21060853,21070013&u_his=3&brdim=0,0,0,0,800,0,800,1102,800,1102&prev_fmts=728x90_0ads_al&format=fpkc_al_lp&kw_type=radlink&hl=en&rt=ChBbjfSnAAc1qgppjhHuBeUMEgEgGgi7rmXo1YzGaSgBUhMIuZ_0kq2g3QIVh95bCh35hgMseAGCASMKH0VsaXphYmV0aCBMb3dlbGwgQm9va3MgaW4gT3JkZXISAIIBFQoRMjAxOCBSZWFkaW5nIExpc3QSAIIBFwoTRmljdGlvbiBCb29rIFNlcmllcxIAggEbChdFbGl6YWJldGggTG93ZWxsIFNlcmllcxIAiAEB&ad_type=text
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@mott555 said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
from=https://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads ref=https://www.bing.com/
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Thank goodness they weren't able to get the non-existent
boot.inifile from the virtual root of the Windows 2016 box!Or the
passwdfile from the same!One wonders what metasploit payloads they're running, since they got automatically rate-blocked so I don't see them anymore...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Wow. The scammers aren't even trying any more:
boot.ini
Why would a hacker want to get that? Not only it doesn't exist since Vista, even then the best you get is the name of the installed OS, which you can get with good old tcp/ip fingerprinting.
