SAN DIEGO, Calif. (KSWB/KUSI) – A major international fraud ring responsible for the theft of more than $65 million from thousands of elderly Americans has been dismantled with help from an unexpected source: YouTubers.
Federal prosecutors in San Diego announced Wednesday that 28 alleged members of a Chinese organized crime group had been indicted for operating a far-reaching fraud and money laundering scheme. The group is accused of working with India-based scam call centers to prey on elderly victims across the United States, using fake tech support calls and psychological manipulation to trick them into handing over their money.
Members of the California-based crime ring are accused of posing as government agents, bank employees, or tech support representatives, according to court records. Read MORE
Just wait until the scammers cut loose with AI voice and image fakery.
I wonder if “Anormous” understands the shear irony of its post in this thread…
How can you even watch youtube anymore? – Even with a PAID subscription, they bomb now you with commercials.
For everyone dealing with an outrageous number of advertising especially on you tube I suggest two programs:
1) ublock origin and
2) Unhook – Remove YouTube Recommended & Shorts
These addons make the web somewhat tolerable
I have to disable content blockers on Safari to get YouTube to work. And the ads are getting longer. There is a push to mandate digital Id to even use the internet.
YouTube doing the work the government isn’t.
Death Penalty offenses in a true civilization:
1. Murder
2. Rape, including paedo rape.
3. Kidnapping
4. Distributing kiddie porn
5. Grand larceny, including robbing seniors.
6. Drug trafficking
7. Human trafficking
Careful if you go looking for Brother printer drivers. I almost fell for such a scam last week. Download the drivers, which fail to install. Automatically prompts you call for tech support. Of course, they need to remote in.
Then they slip you a virus and have to “escalate” the call, which of course requires a “one time fee”. That’s where you hang up and run your antivirus software.
As sholes.