Extreme prejudice requires getting one's hands on their worthless necks!
There is something about SCAMmers that prey upon the naive and elderly (my Mom, 89, with no computer, gets a "Windows computer detection" call about once a month) that makes me wish we still had hangings on the Courthouse Square 😠
These critters have even resorted to the original methods - snail mail. I had to stop my 25y/o son from calling on a Spanish Prisoner one a few weeks ago. They had hijacked a real sole-proprietor business (an award winning TV videographer and media designer) using her real address and had real banks and everything (Google Street view is handy). The $$$$.$$ made his eyes cross I guess, because when I read it it even had a "click here" on an email address on a piece of paper!!
Let's not forget the door-to-door "Gypsy Home-improvement" scammers - almost got my hands on them but they fled before the cops came (snatched a $600 check from my Mom's hand as she was handing it over)
As long as there is the kind of $$ to be made - est. $100Billion worldwide on cybercrime alone - we are relatively helpless
www.theguardian.com › Technology › Cybercrime
Oct 30, 2013 - Online fraud costs global economy much more than $100bn, expert says ... told that the annual cost of cyber crime was around 100 billion US dollars. ... UK faces mass 'ransomware' email attack from cybercriminal gangs.
NOTE that insurance and credit card fraud are a separate tally.
I have little sympathy for "investment" scam victims though... the victims are willing participants that want profits that others cannot share.
sorry for the rant - on topic though!! - I woke up to Cable TV issues this AM...
