In a recent text message of this kind, I thought I'd indulge the scammer and play along to see how much effort they'd put into this. That's 1 hour of time the scammer wasted for nothing -- an hour he could have used to really scam others. Was thinking -- in a more crowd-sourcing kind of way -- if others can also take some time and waste this scammers time, then it might just frustrate them and make them think their MO isn't cost effective. Imagine if at least 100 people pretend to have a conversation with a scammer for one day just to make them busy, the promise of Php150 load might seem un-interesting. It was noted by TRM researchers that the global attention and the eagerness of people to help Ukraine by donating created the perfect opportunity for scammers to promote fake fundraisers. These scammers would use seemingly convincing campaign names such as Support Ukraine and Ukraine-Fund. The wallet IDs indicated in the email are not associated with the official Ukraine Twitter account and are clearly owned by scammers. Read more in our articles including "A conversation with a Text Scammer" and "Nearly Half of Crypto Donation Campaigns for Ukraine are Scams, says blockchain research report".
Every now and then, we’d get this seemingly random text messages about a supposed relative…
May 5, 2011
While the war between Ukraine and Russia continues to ravage on, many have looked to…
Apr 3, 2022From broadcasting live traffic, to being a surveillance and security device by the DND, we’ve seen drones…
Aug 6, 2015We’ve been hearing news about hoverboards in the past, but so far we’ve seen nothing but concepts.…
Aug 5, 2015Are you an adventurer that spends most of your time outdoors? Here’s something nifty from The…
May 6, 2015A recent report from Afghanistan police states that they have discovered a large bird wearing…
Dec 2, 2014In a recent text message of this kind, I thought I'd indulge the scammer and play along to see how much effort they'd put into this. That's 1 hour of time the scammer wasted for nothing -- an hour he could have used to really scam others.
Was thinking -- in a more crowd-sourcing kind of way -- if others can also take some time and waste this scammers time, then it might just frustrate them and make them think their MO isn't cost effective. Imagine if at least 100 people pretend to have a conversation with a scammer for one day just to make them busy, the promise of Php150 load might seem un-interesting. It was noted by TRM researchers that the global attention and the eagerness of people to help Ukraine by donating created the perfect opportunity for scammers to promote fake fundraisers.
Our coverage of birkin scammer includes: "A conversation with a Text Scammer"; "Nearly Half of Crypto Donation Campaigns for Ukraine are Scams, says blockchain research report"; "This startup company delivers weed using drones". Each article provides unique insights and information.