“The most commonly reported fraud among older adults last year was tech support scams, in which criminals pose over the phone as technical or customer service representatives. In one such scam authorities say is rising in popularity, criminals impersonate technology, banking and government officials to convince victims that foreign hackers have infiltrated their bank accounts and instruct them that to protect their money they should move it to a new account — one secretly controlled by the scammers.”
FBI: Scammers stole more than $3.4 billion from older Americans last year.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by LemmyQuest@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world
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LemmyQuest@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Steve@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
I got my dad to watch Kitboga
slumberlust@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
NotACult
voxthefox@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I can believe it…whenever I visit my father in laws house, who is 82, he gets a phone call like every 10 minutes, and it’s almost always one of these.
letsgo@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
You should get him a call blocker. If TrueCall exist in your part of the world I can highly recommend them. They have a few profiles available from mostly open to absolutely locked down with a whitelist.
Konstant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
We need more Kitbogas!!
korny@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Scammer Payback and Jim Browning are other great heroes doing the same.
themeatbridge@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’m just thinking about some of the old, ignorant bigots I know… I should learn more about how these scams work.
boatsnhos931@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Man, I’ve been working in the wrong industry
pop@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
A drop in a bucket for what US has stolen. From the native americans to countless wars abroad.
Karma works in mysterious ways.
MonkderDritte@feddit.de 2 weeks ago
So FBI fired them?
cowfodder@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
4x that if you include donating to Trump.