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Prison Inmates Catfished $560,000 Out of Military Service Members in Sextortion Scam, NCIS Says (gizmodo.com)
Hundreds of military service members reportedly got caught up in a sextortion scam run by prison inmates using cellphones, according to a release issued by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). From a report: Military agents from multiple criminal investigation groups have served summons and issued warrants for arrests related to the scheme. According to the NCIS, South Carolina and North Carolina prison inmates, assisted by outside accomplices, sought out service members through dating sites and social media, then took on false identities, feigned romantic interest, and exchanged photos.
Once the inmates had successfully catfished their targets, they would then pose as the father of the fake persona, insisting their child was underage and that the target had therefore committed a crime by exchanging photos. In some situations, the "father" claimed he wouldn't press charges if the target gave him money. Sometimes the catfisher would pose as law enforcement requesting money for the family.
Once the inmates had successfully catfished their targets, they would then pose as the father of the fake persona, insisting their child was underage and that the target had therefore committed a crime by exchanging photos. In some situations, the "father" claimed he wouldn't press charges if the target gave him money. Sometimes the catfisher would pose as law enforcement requesting money for the family.
This is why bitcoin will always have a use.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
It's hard to tell who the bad guys are in this story?
I intend to be offensive. Fuck the American culture of hero-worship of anyone in a uniform and with a gun.
It's not just familiarity, it's that there's an increase in malfeasance. Sure, it's not every service person that misbehaves, but seeing a couple will make far more of an impression than dozens that are behaving themselves.
But, there's also the issue that an awful lot of those places with bases are also places with people that are educated enough to know that the biggest threats to America come from the things that the military does. 9/11 was a direct consequence of the military's involvement in the Middle East and the CIA's funding of Osama Bin Ladin.
We'd be far safer if the military would just stay out of foreign conflicts that have nothing to do with us.
You give thanks to the marines who, right or wrong, faught for your freedom, your rights, and your way of life, for you.
Wars are seldom just, often over resources, and are often due to a total failure of the political and investor class to treat those they are supposed to look after with self-respect and dignity. Sometimes society makes mistakes, and sometimes a lot of people get drug into the gutter right along with those mistakes. Long history there if you care to go look.
Frankly, Fuck the people who don't make investments in politics and their own interests to keep us from getting there in the first place.
Buy a Marine a beer. Not every one of em' is good at what they do, but at least they did it for you.