Re: Indian Phone Scammers

[Adrian Crenshaw <irongeek () irongeek com>]

If the person on the other end of the call was understandable, or could ad
lib off script, I could see it being effective. In this case, they have to
find someone both gullible and patient as hell waiting for the scammer to
get to the point.

Thanks,
Adrian

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Josh More <jmore () starmind org> wrote:

> Yes, people fall for this.  If they didn't, attackers wouldn't do it.
>
> We tend to forget that both people like ourselves and the
> stereotypical "stupid user" are at the *far* ends of a very wide
> spectrum. Any attack that works anywhere on the spectrum is viable, it
> just comes down to cost of launch vs likelihood of and magnitude of
> reward.  The fact that bereavement scams are still viable indicates
> just how many people there are out there being taken advantage of.
>
> -Josh More
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Aaron <subdriven () gmail com> wrote:
> > Other than the other side being hard to hear, this is good.
> > These guys are idiots... do people really fall for this crap? I should
> > start answering these "unknow" calls and recording them.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Conrad Constantine <conrad () 1211 net>
> wrote:
> > > On 7/19/2012 10:48 AM, Adrian Crenshaw wrote:
> > > > Got one of the calls recorded, but they hung up on me once they figured
> > > > out I was "tech savvy". How do these guys make any money? I can't
> > > > imagine even a tech illiterate person being patient enough to hang on
> > > > the line.
> > > >
> > > > Adrian
> > >
> > >
> > > I couldn't keep a straight face beyond 'IBM OS/2 Warp!'
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