Last month, a 77-year-old woman was using her home computer when the device froze and a message appeared on screen directing her to call a phone number for assistance.
While many younger or more computer savvy targets might recognize this pop-up as part of a tech support scam, the Florida resident was unaware that a malicious app or malware on her computer may have caused the machine to temporarily lock up.
You would think that the FBI...
ReplyDeleteoh well I might as well be asking for the Moon
My opinion of the right thing to do, conflicts with the laws of man.
ReplyDeleteFucking Patels.
ReplyDeleteWhile hangin' is too good for the perpetrators, I have a real problem trying to conjure up a whole lot of sympathy for the victims.
ReplyDeleteMy late mother was taken in by a scam artist and lost her paid-off home because of it.
Even after my brother and I both showed her evidence of the scumbags previous criminal convictions for the same game, she was not dissuaded.
In her case (and others I've seen), it appears that, while the victims may show a lifetime of "intelligent" behavior, in reality, they lack any real reasoning skills or "wisdom".
Sad, but I can't say I'm sympathetic.
These are the same folks who've allowed the world we have now to come into being.
My mother was the same way- too trusting of strangers- but there are too many of these smirking shit stains pulling scams on the elderly- I think sending the perpetrator on vacation to multiple zip codes at the same time is a good start-
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