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When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy

Posted by timothy on from the human-engineering-with-phony-humans dept.

ancientribe writes "Phony AV scammers posing as Microsoft dialed the wrong number when they inadvertently phoned a security researcher at home. He lured them into a honeypot to study their actions, and posted the video online here. His main takeaway: they were 'Stone Age' when it came to their tech know-how."

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  1. Re:Bummer is, it works by Colonel+Korn · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Scammers (and spammers) wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.

    I don't think that's true. Let's try it on some other examples.

    Serial killers wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.
    Lotto customers wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.
    Beggars wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.
    Antivax zealots wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.
    Snake charmers wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.
    Traditional chinese medicine believers wouldn't wouldn't eat those endangered animal penises if it didn't pay off.
    Slashdot first poster trolls wouldn't do this stuff if it didn't pay off.

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  2. Re:Sounds familiar by L4t3r4lu5 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    -1 Redundant.

    (Bonus points for +5 insightful, -2 off-topic.)

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