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I may well be too old-fashioned, but I tend to make some distinctions between different kind of scams (not necessarily online). The victim may well be a poor i
by jaclaz 9y ago
I may well be too old-fashioned, but I tend to make some distinctions between different kind of scams (not necessarily online).
The victim may well be a poor innocent (possibly elderly or kids) not-the-sharpiest-knife-in-the drawer, as it happens (example) for those scam calls promising they will fix your computer that has a virus or similar, or solicitng for an unpaid (non-existing) invoice but a large part of the scams are based on the victim having some form of "greed" or "lust" or however the will to do something that would not be entirely legal or morally acceptable.
So, I personally find difficult to call "victims" someone that thought they could get a zillion dollars "helping" a poor Nigerian Prince (or his widow) to collect the fortune he accumulated offshore or those that are blackmailed because they showed nude (or worse) on a webcam believing that on the other side there was a nice looking girl.
This said, the data in the "form" for sextortion/blackmail "victims" here:
https://www.scamsurvivors.com/blackmail/form/form.html https://www.scamsurvivors.com/blackmail/form/form.html
is IMHO something that noone, including and especially a "victim" of an online scam should even think of filling and sending to anyone (if not - if it is the case - Law enforcement officials).
"Wayne May" is asking for exactly the same data that would make a scammer/blackmailer happy:
1) Name
2) Date of birth
3) Location
4) E-mail address
...
5) Link to (eventually uploaded) compromising video
Most probably "Wayne May" and his helping volunteers are in good faith and have the best of the intentions, and this data will never leak, but it is a huge, huge risk.