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My PC is hacked (lemmy.world)

I just received a call from an indian microsoft technician. He informed me that my PC is sending a ton of error messages to microsoft. Most likely it has been hacked, and he would help me by remoting in and fixing the problem for me. I just wonder... Is it my PopOs or my Manjaro PC that sends all this info to microsoft?

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[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 153 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You reminded me of those YouTube vigilantes that troll Indian scammers. One installed the remote desktop app they use and let them access a honeypot linux machine just to mock their incompetence and confusion. Then proceeded to take control of their machine steal their data and wipe out their computers. Their reactions are hilarious. It's sad that a lot of very smart people are dragged into it by thugs that leverage debt and physical threats to force them into the scam call centers.

[-] DharmaCurious@startrek.website 116 points 1 year ago

I ended up on a massive Whatsapp group populated primarily by Indian women after I took a content writing class a few years ago. Made several very good friends. I've asked them about the whole Indian scammer thing. One of them said she knows a few, and they do it because they literally don't have other options for employment. Which makes sense. Rampant, unfettered capitalism forces people to make decisions that go against their conscience for the sake of survival. I feel bad for scammers sometimes, other times I feel less charitable when they're scamming my dad...

Whole situation just fucking sucks.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 61 points 1 year ago

If I had the opportunity, I’d still wipe the scammers computer.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

You absolutely should.

Scammers escaping poverty by putting a bunch of others into poverty is the very definition of a capitalist and cancer.

Eat the rich just as you would zap cancer.

[-] Maalus@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

It's always an excuse that criminals make - that they don't have any other options for employment. It's a shitty excuse when 95% of the country is employed and don't scam people. It's easy money for them, nothing more.

[-] Halosheep@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

To be fair, India has about a 10% unemployment rate as of 2023.

[-] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 0 points 1 year ago

Those people chose to not scam people I assume, otherwise they would count in the employed (by scammers)

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've done a lot of thinking about the scam market, and there is no way it isn't some kind of "CIA is behind the cartels" situation.

Primary target? Elderly Americans.

Objective? Bring generational wealth to institutions.

FCC could stop the vast majority of this shit by using techniques similar to DKIM via VOIP to stop spoofing (STIR/SHAKEN). This problem is solved. Has been for a while.

I can only assume they don't drop the hammer because they can take a cut instead.

[-] DaGeek247@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I can only assume they don’t drop the hammer because they can take a cut instead.

you have way too much faith in a government agencies ability to see, understand, and act on a situation.

[-] irmoz@reddthat.com 0 points 1 year ago

Thinking they're too dumb to do this shit is exactly what they want from you

[-] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

Do you really think only Americans are targeted by scammers?

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think 80 year old Americans have a disproportionate amount of global wealth, so they are a, as I said, primary target. Yes.

Give it 15 years and then focus will shift to be predominantly toward UAE.

[-] Reacher@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

As a European I can assure you 80 yo Americans are living in poverty compared to most Europeans.

I know that Americans can't see the other side of the ocean but scam calls are made everywhere.

I love these Americans who live in their tiny bubble of "America is rich as hell". In Europe we mostly compare America with countries like Russia and other large but poor countries.

[-] foggy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Americans wealth index only trails behind Iike 3 EU countries. Your statement is googlably false. (Germany, Norway. Not France Not Britain, not Spain, not Italy...not most of Europe).

Edit: also, laughs in GDP

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you’re buying that explanation that a scammer is escaping poverty by putting a bunch of someone else’s into poverty?

You just defined Bezos. Lol. You just got double scammed.

[-] Smoogs@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

As much as a person could find a reason to feel sorry for them they unnecessarily verbally abuse people they are scamming and that was a choice they made. Their hands are not clean from playing a villain.

And escaping poverty by putting someone else in poverty …that’s the capitalist game. No ethics is part of the package. They are not victims.

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I didn't say they were only victims. I just say it's a sad situation all around.

[-] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 9 points 1 year ago

Have you watched the latest Kitboga? Pretty heartbreaking, though it has a happy ending.

[-] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Honestly, my favorite of his was putting scammers through the Neal.fun password game. That thing is hard enough if you know what's going on

[-] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 3 points 1 year ago

That one is brilliant. Watched it with friends in voice chat near enough when the video came out.

[-] Norodix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have seen those, so first I played along a bit. "Oh, these hackers must be very good. Please help me". But I had things to do so I cut it short.

I never thought one of them would call me. I'm so much outside the target demographic. They might be getting desperate to find targets.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

You don’t need threats, that’s the career path for CS degrees

this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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