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I wonder if these are “real” cybercrime groups or just people from poor countries trying to make a living by scamming each other. I would expect these FB group
by ryanlol 8y ago
I wonder if these are “real” cybercrime groups or just people from poor countries trying to make a living by scamming each other.
I would expect these FB groups to be more like scam sites Alboraaq or Cardmafia than “real” crime forums like Verified.
- HenryBemis 8y agoSo when poor people are scamming other poor people 'it is ok'? It is only bad when middle class or rich lose money? I am surprised Krebs is doing that and e.g. Western Union (as he mentioned in his article - Twitter) isn't actively hunting these down every-single-day!!
- cronix 8y agoWhere did you read that GP said it was "OK," or whether they thought anything was "bad" or not?
- jtbayly 8y agoImplication is there by saying it wasn't "real" cybercrime
- codetrotter 8y agoI don’t think it necessarily implies that. He could mean in terms of scale and sophistication for example.
- ryanlol 8y agoThe implication was that these groups probably mostly consist of scammers scamming scammers and may act to deter the kind of cybercrime which actually affects innocent people.
- rhizome 8y agoThe scare quotes imply that it's unclear what definition of "cybercrime groups" is being described.