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Spying on the Scammers UK TV
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tom66:

--- Quote from: Stray Electron on March 03, 2020, 05:23:54 pm ---   Fixed it for you.  While I agree that it shouldn't be allowed, it's impossible to stop and scams have been going on for as long as people have been around and people need to learn not be be so gullible. "Buyer Beware", "A fool and his money are soon separated", "there's a sucker born every minute", "don't buy a pig in a poke", "if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is".  How many times and ways to do you to tell people not to be scammed?   To start with, simply DO NOT do business with telemarkerters, EVER! No ifs, ands, maybes or buts.

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Do you consider senile elderly people to be "stupid" and therefore fair game?
StillTrying:
Would this be a good time to ring up some old people and tell them that their computer has a corona virus.
Gyro:
A bit hard for the police to ignore once it's been on the BBC...


--- Quote ---Scam call centre owner in custody after BBC investigation
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-51740214

Let's hope they go around and check out the neighbours too!
jmelson:

--- Quote from: StillTrying on March 04, 2020, 08:01:04 pm ---Would this be a good time to ring up some old people and tell them that their computer has a corona virus.

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Somebody sent an anonymous post card to our auto repair shop saying their Toyota wouldn't start, does it have the Corolla virus?

They are waiting to see if somebody owns up to sending the gag!

Jon
Buriedcode:
It is always interesting to see people claim that those who fall for scams are just stupid - as often it is that attitude that allows people to be scammed.  Plenty of well educated people fall prey to scams, because of the "well, I'm too clever to be wrong".  Just look at how many Nobel prize winners went off the rails with pseudoscience.   

Engineers are also vulnerable to scams, and whilst its easy to scoff at those victims who fall for it, of course the perpetrators should be punished.
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