🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoWell deary, I wouldn't want to get in any troublesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up11.53Karrow-down137
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1imageWell deary, I wouldn't want to get in any troublesh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square93fedilink
minus-squareEmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year agoPeople who fall for scams like those aren’t always stupid. They’re not always old people With the IRS scam, they usually use the remote desktop software they direct you to to lock you out of your device Then they’ll extort you for the thousands of dollars worth of gift cards After they have the codes from the gift cards they’ll exchange them for crypto currency and/or sell them for even more than what’s on them And after the scam is done they keep the connections on all the remote desktop apps open so they can spy on them for future scams
minus-squareCringe2793@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoYeah it’s kinda stupid to give people access to your computer like that.
minus-squareDouble_A@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 year agoIf you didn’t already hang up after a few seconds on the phone you are indeed stupid.
People who fall for scams like those aren’t always stupid.
They’re not always old people
With the IRS scam, they usually use the remote desktop software they direct you to to lock you out of your device
Then they’ll extort you for the thousands of dollars worth of gift cards
After they have the codes from the gift cards they’ll exchange them for crypto currency and/or sell them for even more than what’s on them
And after the scam is done they keep the connections on all the remote desktop apps open so they can spy on them for future scams
Yeah it’s kinda stupid to give people access to your computer like that.
If you didn’t already hang up after a few seconds on the phone you are indeed stupid.