Scammer Payback Answers Scam Questions - Tech Support - WIRED
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Date: 2024-11-06
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romeoC9968
All viewers need to be aware of something regarding Pierogi's actions. He is not law enforcement. He is not an ethical hacker as the key difference is ethical hackers have permission to attack. If he does have permission, then what's the point in his videos.
Hacking into any system is illegal, pure and simple. Regardless of his motives, morals etc, he is breaking law and has broken US laws (if that is his country. Pierogi is not better than the scam callers hacking into other machines based on the law. basic penetration testers know the rules and obide by them. he does not!
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All viewers need to be aware of something regarding Pierogi's actions. He is not law enforcement. He is not an ethical hacker as the key difference is ethical hackers have permission to attack. If he does have permission, then what's the point in his videos.
Hacking into any system is illegal, pure and simple. Regardless of his motives, morals etc, he is breaking law and has broken US laws (if that is his country. Pierogi is not better than the scam callers hacking into other machines based on the law. basic penetration testers know the rules and obide by them. he does not!
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bmweeny
This should be a special on TV. - forget daytime TV and stick this on.
I provide I. T. support to a lot of very lovely elderly ladies who run holistic businesses and i've lost count of the number of times they just happily send details of card payments, account details etc without giving it a moment's thought.
They're lovely ladies but it's a nightmare trying to politely educate them, again and again.
I think others might have said it in the past - the biggest threat to security isn't necessarily the bad guy - it's someone called Margaret working for a charity.
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This should be a special on TV. - forget daytime TV and stick this on.
I provide I. T. support to a lot of very lovely elderly ladies who run holistic businesses and i've lost count of the number of times they just happily send details of card payments, account details etc without giving it a moment's thought.
They're lovely ladies but it's a nightmare trying to politely educate them, again and again.
I think others might have said it in the past - the biggest threat to security isn't necessarily the bad guy - it's someone called Margaret working for a charity.
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wired
You pretty much got the hooked after you they call YOU back.
How to get there:
Easy, just say: Oh, I need an hour or 2 to drive to the store and buy the gift cards.
Once they call you back they are so certain they got you you can mess with them a lot. I usually end by sending them a funny message via gift card code. Sometimes they are so invested they don't even realize you are playing them. I am serious, I once asked the guy to greet our audience. He did not get it. But I have it all recorded. So it will be a laugh when I use the recording.
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You pretty much got the hooked after you they call YOU back.
How to get there:
Easy, just say: Oh, I need an hour or 2 to drive to the store and buy the gift cards.
Once they call you back they are so certain they got you you can mess with them a lot. I usually end by sending them a funny message via gift card code. Sometimes they are so invested they don't even realize you are playing them. I am serious, I once asked the guy to greet our audience. He did not get it. But I have it all recorded. So it will be a laugh when I use the recording.
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RozekillDeadFlower
When I was a dumb teenager, I almost fell victim to a scam. I was having some issues with Photoshop and needed help, so I went to (what I thought was) the legit website for Adobe Photoshop, and they requested access to my PC to look at what was happening on my end when I tried to do certain things (trying to connect my drawing tablet to it with pen pressure. Immediately red flags were going off and I cut the online chat immediately. Thankfully they didn’t do anything since I didn’t give them access.
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When I was a dumb teenager, I almost fell victim to a scam. I was having some issues with Photoshop and needed help, so I went to (what I thought was) the legit website for Adobe Photoshop, and they requested access to my PC to look at what was happening on my end when I tried to do certain things (trying to connect my drawing tablet to it with pen pressure. Immediately red flags were going off and I cut the online chat immediately. Thankfully they didn’t do anything since I didn’t give them access.
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arcanine_enjoyer
A few months ago my boyfriend got his account hacked because a friend of ours got his hacked, and that compromised account messaged him. It worked because both the friend and the person who scammed our friend (also compromised account) were all in the video game development scene, so a person randomly telling you to try out their game didn't seem suspicious at all. My only regret was being asleep when this all happened, so I wasn't able to stop it.
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A few months ago my boyfriend got his account hacked because a friend of ours got his hacked, and that compromised account messaged him. It worked because both the friend and the person who scammed our friend (also compromised account) were all in the video game development scene, so a person randomly telling you to try out their game didn't seem suspicious at all. My only regret was being asleep when this all happened, so I wasn't able to stop it.
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wired
There is always a bigger fish - Jedi This can be expanded to, there are always people more savage than you. While you might want to bait a scammer, real thugs knocking on your door could follow. Because your phone number isn't difficult to mate with your physical address, and while the person on the phone might be in India, boots on the ground in the US isn't difficult to arrange if you have the money. So. don't mess with these guys, whoever they might be.
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There is always a bigger fish - Jedi This can be expanded to, there are always people more savage than you. While you might want to bait a scammer, real thugs knocking on your door could follow. Because your phone number isn't difficult to mate with your physical address, and while the person on the phone might be in India, boots on the ground in the US isn't difficult to arrange if you have the money. So. don't mess with these guys, whoever they might be.
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kalpea_varis
I worked at a gas station before. We often got scam calls pretending to be our company/a giftcard company asking us to redeem gift card codes to test them. Obviously a scam. Any giftcard company would physically visit the store with an appointment. So whenever they called I acted oblivious, told them I'd get them their giftcard codes asap - put down the phone and just continued working lol. Usually got them angry.
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I worked at a gas station before. We often got scam calls pretending to be our company/a giftcard company asking us to redeem gift card codes to test them. Obviously a scam. Any giftcard company would physically visit the store with an appointment. So whenever they called I acted oblivious, told them I'd get them their giftcard codes asap - put down the phone and just continued working lol. Usually got them angry.
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burke615
I had an elderly relative who got scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars in a romance scam. In this case, it was a non-celebrity who pretended to be a friend of one of her friends. That friend was in the hospital, however, so she couldn't talk to him. By the time he recovered and she found out he had no idea who this supposed friend of his was it was already too late. The money was gone with no hope of recovery.
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I had an elderly relative who got scammed out of tens of thousands of dollars in a romance scam. In this case, it was a non-celebrity who pretended to be a friend of one of her friends. That friend was in the hospital, however, so she couldn't talk to him. By the time he recovered and she found out he had no idea who this supposed friend of his was it was already too late. The money was gone with no hope of recovery.
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Tinjinladakh
As an Indian, most of the scammer are Indian. but most of people like him or in west people don't understand that, they have no shame even you upload them on Internet or even you tip the local police in India for raid but all police are also part of this scam and gets bribe as payment every month. As matter of fact they worship the hindu god called Lakshmi every morning to scam as many as people during the day.
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As an Indian, most of the scammer are Indian. but most of people like him or in west people don't understand that, they have no shame even you upload them on Internet or even you tip the local police in India for raid but all police are also part of this scam and gets bribe as payment every month. As matter of fact they worship the hindu god called Lakshmi every morning to scam as many as people during the day.
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jojo_rose341
If someone calls you hang up and look up the company or person's actual number on an offical website and start asking questions there and ask for proof if you owe money etc without giving them info, they could also be a real company with debt collections and even if the debt is not yours if you give them any info on you they will use that to harass you for the money someone else owes.
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If someone calls you hang up and look up the company or person's actual number on an offical website and start asking questions there and ask for proof if you owe money etc without giving them info, they could also be a real company with debt collections and even if the debt is not yours if you give them any info on you they will use that to harass you for the money someone else owes.
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bluntart6664
My brother and I almost got caught in a scam.
We sent each other and our mum money all the time, so when my mum texted me, she needed 100.
I was going to send it, but something felt off, so I called her, and she said she didn't ask for 100 at the same time my brother called her so where on a 3 way call making sure no money was send and now we have a code word.
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My brother and I almost got caught in a scam.
We sent each other and our mum money all the time, so when my mum texted me, she needed 100.
I was going to send it, but something felt off, so I called her, and she said she didn't ask for 100 at the same time my brother called her so where on a 3 way call making sure no money was send and now we have a code word.
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Taricus
I always start wooing them and get them to tell me the truth about who they are LOL! It's really not hard to actually romance them and get the truth out of them LOL! One left me alone, because he realized I was playing with his heart. There's another that tried to contact me a couple days ago, because he missed me and I called him by his real name and confused him LOL!
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I always start wooing them and get them to tell me the truth about who they are LOL! It's really not hard to actually romance them and get the truth out of them LOL! One left me alone, because he realized I was playing with his heart. There's another that tried to contact me a couple days ago, because he missed me and I called him by his real name and confused him LOL!
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Obelion_
guys dont ever take scam calls! they grow exponentially, the more you take the more valuable your number gets.
one reason you can get hacked many people dont consider is if website x had a data breach a year ago and you use the same password/email combo ob website y they will get access by brute frocing every website with the leaked user/pw combo
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guys dont ever take scam calls! they grow exponentially, the more you take the more valuable your number gets.
one reason you can get hacked many people dont consider is if website x had a data breach a year ago and you use the same password/email combo ob website y they will get access by brute frocing every website with the leaked user/pw combo
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vectorwolf
Pro tip: don't answer the phone. Nomorobo is a decent help, but just letting them hit the answering machine has been the best filter I've found. Bonus points if it's still got the default message.
I may be aging, but they'll never get me with the granny scam, I ran out of relatives two years ago. Sad, yeah, but there's that silverish lining.
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Pro tip: don't answer the phone. Nomorobo is a decent help, but just letting them hit the answering machine has been the best filter I've found. Bonus points if it's still got the default message.
I may be aging, but they'll never get me with the granny scam, I ran out of relatives two years ago. Sad, yeah, but there's that silverish lining.
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lindwurmchen
I still remember having a bad nightmare some years ago, woke up in the middle of the night and was too afraid to go back to sleep. I found Scammer Payback and the video of him acting as Vivienne constantly driving to Target or Walmart and buying the wrong gift cards safed my night. Had some sweet dreams after that.
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I still remember having a bad nightmare some years ago, woke up in the middle of the night and was too afraid to go back to sleep. I found Scammer Payback and the video of him acting as Vivienne constantly driving to Target or Walmart and buying the wrong gift cards safed my night. Had some sweet dreams after that.
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education
The toenails (most useless body part) got into my wish account and ship to the middle of Siberia. I think they will call up the courier company and change the address when the courier pick it up. Never store credit card number on these sites - also check that your wife doesn't store your credit card on these sites.
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The toenails (most useless body part) got into my wish account and ship to the middle of Siberia. I think they will call up the courier company and change the address when the courier pick it up. Never store credit card number on these sites - also check that your wife doesn't store your credit card on these sites.
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Arch3r666
in regards to random numbers added to Paypal accounts, some governments require a number of identification before users are allowed to obtain a cell/mobile number. Report that number to the National cyber security team and let the teams do the back tracing. If it is a phone call, the spoofing issue is hard to solve
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in regards to random numbers added to Paypal accounts, some governments require a number of identification before users are allowed to obtain a cell/mobile number. Report that number to the National cyber security team and let the teams do the back tracing. If it is a phone call, the spoofing issue is hard to solve
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mozzapple
I'm surprised he didn't know the reason for the silent calls.
I've heard somewhere that call centers will just auto-spam-call as many numbers as possible, even if there's no agent ready to respond to the call, so it'll just be silent with nobody there. If an agent WAS available, someone would respond.
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I'm surprised he didn't know the reason for the silent calls.
I've heard somewhere that call centers will just auto-spam-call as many numbers as possible, even if there's no agent ready to respond to the call, so it'll just be silent with nobody there. If an agent WAS available, someone would respond.
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MrPiotrV
while I obviously don't condone scamming this is a bit of a case of low hanging fruit. scammers are desperate people who resort to crime. while some people find it entertaining to watch criminals get a taste of their own medicine it doesn't really fix anything and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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while I obviously don't condone scamming this is a bit of a case of low hanging fruit. scammers are desperate people who resort to crime. while some people find it entertaining to watch criminals get a taste of their own medicine it doesn't really fix anything and it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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DudeWatIsThis
I know a guy whose company got scammed by 2 million dollars. His team identified the source of the scam to have been in Hong Kong, and several lawyers flew there, _to the scam place, _ and managed to get the Hong Kong police involved. They managed to get the money wired back.
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I know a guy whose company got scammed by 2 million dollars. His team identified the source of the scam to have been in Hong Kong, and several lawyers flew there, _to the scam place, _ and managed to get the Hong Kong police involved. They managed to get the money wired back.
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