Not defending the FBI, I think theyve turned into a political machine over the past few decades. But they do as much as they can within the confines of the constitution and the ACLU. the vast majority of these scams arent even realized until after the fact. the airbnb and hotel use for mules is slick, but not everywhere has cameras after the fact. Remember when an area code and prefix told you where the person calling was from? it wasnt the FBI that wanted the convenience of number portability. Thats probably one of the biggest tools, caller ID spoofing, that gives these knuckleheads success in the scams. We outsourced so much over the last decades that we are more trusting of foreign accents on cold calls. blaming the fbi is like that meme of the person putting the stick in their own bike wheel... Im hoping chuck schumer can get a bill passed banning crime so this can all be squared away
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 2:34 PM Mathew Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > True, but they could at least try to make it look like they're making some > attempt to do something about the problem. > > On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 2:29 PM Steve Jones <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> FBI cant "hack" into the scammers networks and monitor them as easily as >> some webdude can, red tape wise. Can you imagine if the gubmint was the >> ones doing that? ACLU would be suing them on behalf of foreign nationals. >> >> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 1:58 PM Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I am surprised a couple of internet guys can do what we expect the FBI >>> to do. Silly me... >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Mar 23, 2021, at 11:33 AM, Steve Jones <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> This makes me smile >>> Im curious about this guys long term safety though. I worked at a motel >>> for an Indian for a while, his money lender Sam would show up periodically, >>> he looked like a bollywood version of guido. but my boss was always scared >>> of him and he always brought this bollywood gorilla looking guy with him. I >>> kind of expected to see him beat my boss with a pipe to some peppy dance >>> music.. >>> >>> Those mules are complicit, even more so than the guys on the phone in my >>> opinion because they are the first link in the stateside chain that could >>> stop it, and they know full well its probably some old lady. Peel all their >>> skin off I say. >>> >>> On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 11:51 AM Bill Prince <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Saw that on Rober's youtube channel a few days ago. The article >>>> describes it as a "simple" scam, but the explanation was not so simple to >>>> me. A lot of moving parts, and I'm undecided on the complicity of the >>>> "mules". >>>> >>>> >>>> bp >>>> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> >>>> >>>> On 3/23/2021 9:45 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://grahamcluley.com/fighting-back-against-phone-scammers-with-glitter-bombs/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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