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> How does phishing like this scale? I saw in another long blog post how something like 80% of all stolen phones in the world end up in about a half dozen loca
by cyberferret 10y ago
> How does phishing like this scale?
I saw in another long blog post how something like 80% of all stolen phones in the world end up in about a half dozen locations in Asia that act as bulk resellers. (I think the article was about the guy in SF who lost his phone at a bar and it ended being used by an orange farmer in Shanghai?!? - it was a cool story).
I daresay these bulk 'processing' plants for lost/stolen phones may have a team in place that try and identify the previous owners and send out bulk scam emails to try and hook them?
- cosmotron 10y ago> guy in SF who lost his phone at a bar and it ended being used by an orange farmer For those interested: https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-followed-my-stolen-iphone-across-the-world-became-a-celebr https://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/i-followed-my-stolen-iphone-...
- Throwaway23412 10y agoYou two really undersold this. Jesus Christ. How is this first time I've heard of this story? It is absolutely absurd.
- goldenkey 10y agoThat was heart warming!
- rangibaby 10y agoI hope the author gave "Brother Orange" a new iPhone after remote bricking it after all those months.