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I understand. But you don't really know if you don't even try to report it. And on this case.. I mean, this has to do with taking in income while posing as som

I understand. But you don't really know if you don't even try to report it. And on this case.. I mean, this has to do with taking in income while posing as someone else, which ultimately affects the IRS, so I suspect there might be more interest at the FBI level than you think. But who knows. I'd be curious to know how common this is / is becoming. It's certainly novel to me.

jstarfish 4y ago
If you still have faith in the system, more power to you. You seem to think all these three-letter agencies exist to help each other. I shared your optimism before I started having to deal with them on a professional basis. The most the FBI will do with such reports is, if substantive enough, occasionally tip off industry partners to current trends from two years ago. Useful intel, but woefully outdated. The hardest part is even getting them to listen to you in the first place-- you need to bring them hard evidence and facts. Like taking on sprint tasks you know you can't achieve, they will not take on cases that cannot be resolved.
viridian 4y ago
I really doubt they care, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze for them. Its an incredibly difficult crime to prosecute for, even if the people were operating in the US, which they almost certainly are not. They really only care about the highest of high people cyber crimes (silkroad, anontalk, lulzsec, etc), because it takes a dozen or more agents months to years to resolve a single one. Generally when it comes to this sort of stuff, if you cant hand them all the evidence with a bow on it, they don't care unless it involves an imminent terror attack, or major drug/CSAM ring. This doesn't just apply to us average joes either, every cop I know (so, 3) who has ever tried to pass something they viewed as important to the feds, has been stiff armed and told that it's not a priority.

jstarfish 4y ago

If you still have faith in the system, more power to you. You seem to think all these three-letter agencies exist to help each other. I shared your optimism before I started having to deal with them on a professional basis. The most the FBI will do with such reports is, if substantive enough, occasionally tip off industry partners to current trends from two years ago. Useful intel, but woefully outdated. The hardest part is even getting them to listen to you in the first place-- you need to bring them hard evidence and facts. Like taking on sprint tasks you know you can't achieve, they will not take on cases that cannot be resolved.

viridian 4y ago

I really doubt they care, the juice just isn't worth the squeeze for them. Its an incredibly difficult crime to prosecute for, even if the people were operating in the US, which they almost certainly are not. They really only care about the highest of high people cyber crimes (silkroad, anontalk, lulzsec, etc), because it takes a dozen or more agents months to years to resolve a single one. Generally when it comes to this sort of stuff, if you cant hand them all the evidence with a bow on it, they don't care unless it involves an imminent terror attack, or major drug/CSAM ring. This doesn't just apply to us average joes either, every cop I know (so, 3) who has ever tried to pass something they viewed as important to the feds, has been stiff armed and told that it's not a priority.