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I'm with you. The story progressed way too smoothly. He called the two eBay buyers and both actually talked to him!
by malshe 5y ago
I'm with you. The story progressed way too smoothly. He called the two eBay buyers and both actually talked to him!
- op00to 5y agoI’m more amazed the local police even talked to him.
- zenexer 5y agoI’ve done stuff like this. It doesn’t always work, but people are often happy to help, especially if they already believe something is amiss.
- mindslight 5y agoI imagine that "open source intelligence" means pay-to-play surveillance databases that are generally out of the public's eye. If you call someone directly and sound like a reasonable person, most people will talk to you. To give you an anecdote about how comprehensive these databases are - I signed up for Oracle's free VPS, just to see how it was. I gave one of my vanity VOIP numbers rather than my direct number (it looks like a made up number, think 222-333-4444). Since they have such a high touch sales process, this apparently got personally reviewed and flagged as fraud. Rather than getting an email or call from my card company, an Oracle rep ended up calling the landline of one of my past residences to try and get in touch with me. The number had never been given out as a contact for myself, but seemingly came up on the list all the phone numbers associated with me.