Since sleep is hard to come by for me right now, I have fallen into this deep youtube hole of watching scambaiting videos. kitboga's 36 hour scambait is a masterpiece
It's amazing how angry these guys get, how ridiculous their stories are and how stupid their methods are.
Weirdly enough, according to a Microsoft survey, the elderly are not the most vulnerable demographic to these tech support scams.
f you were asked to pick the most vulnerable demographic to tech support scams, chances are your answer would lean towards the older generation. Traditionally, the elderly have less experience/knowledge of technology, and could therefore be more at risk of falling victim to these scams.
Microsoft’s survey results, however, show that Gen Z, millennials and males are the most vulnerable to tech support scams – a surprising revelation, given that the younger generation is, on the whole, more digitally savvy. This, however, appears to be the cause of their overconfidence and false sense of security – these groups are the most likely to lose money after continuing an interaction with scammers.
How is that even possible, who in their right mind would give someone remote access to your computer and fall for simple HTML edits?
Any of you guys tried scambaiting before? I did it once by responding to a spam mail which claimed I won a lottery, but they got suspicious and stopped replying after like 2 or 3 mails. Never had a scam call though.
