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No need to jump to those negative conclusions. This type of scam is very effective and can catch anyone. The attackers trick is to psychologically create a sens
by notachatbot123 3y ago
No need to jump to those negative conclusions. This type of scam is very effective and can catch anyone. The attackers trick is to psychologically create a sense of urgency and alarm, whilst providing a solution that makes sense in the scenario they create. It is not easy to not fall for that.
- flerchin 3y agoIt cannot catch anyone, or even most people. It obviously catches some. Literally what happened is "Hi it's me the CIA, give us your money." And she did.
- notachatbot123 3y agoLiterally not what happened. What happened was: - "Amazon" called about suspicious activity - "Amazon" transferred to "FTC investigation" - "FTC investigation" transferred to "CIA" This layered approach is key to the tactic. People are much less resistant to manipulation than they think, as is obvious in the current political craziness.
- flerchin 3y agoIt would be interesting to get the numbers from the perpetrators. What do you imagine their success-rate to be? I think it's quite low, probably sub 1%.
- ejb999 3y ago>>This type of scam is very effective and can catch anyone. I disagree - most people would never fall for this obvious scam.
- trgn 3y agountil you are. The account reads less like a scam, and more her being bullied and strong armed into handing over money.
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoDo you have any evidence of this claim or are you just judging because it “sounds right” to you?
- ejb999 3y agodo you have evidence that I am wrong? ... I thought so.
- SamoyedFurFluff 3y agoYou made the claim, bro.
- GolfPopper 3y agoThis. When I was a pretty fresh college graduate, with my first non-student job, I got a scam call telling me my student loan payments hadn't properly processed and they were about to notify my employer and start garnishing my wages if I didn't immediately bring my payments current. (I can't recall if worse outcomes than that were explicitly stated, or implied just enough to let my imagination take off.) I would have eagerly given them my banking information, but I was panicking so badly I accidentally dropped and broke my only phone (this was was long enough ago that it was a landline handset). I eventually got on my neighbor's landline, called the student loan administration... and found out my loans were up to date, and I'd been the target, and nearly the victim, of a scam that would have cleaned out my bank account. The panic was a key element, and everything about the call from word choice to tone, was designed to encourage it.
- chrisjj 3y ago> I would have eagerly given them my banking information But how would that have allowed: > would have cleaned out my bank account ?
- MightyBuzzard 3y ago[dead]