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0xEF ◴[] No.41199904[source]
I hate that it kicks off with "DISCLAIMER: This is not my work. I would never and don't condone illegal hacking of scammers"

You know what? I do. We all should. These scammers are awful people and deserve to be attacked. I am tired of toothless authorities like CISA and the alphabet agencies in the US doing next to nothing about it unless some YouTube scam baiter does the work for them. Scammers destroy people, not just financially, but emotionally as well, even driving some victims to suicide. As far as I am concerned, any wannabe hacker out there should be using these scammers for target practice.

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jsbisviewtiful ◴[] No.41201617[source]
> These scammers are awful people and deserve to be attacked.

Some of them are being held prisoner and are being forced to run these scams under threat of torture. There was a Search Engine episode about this in the last year.

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ChrisMarshallNY ◴[] No.41201700[source]
John Oliver did a great segment on it.

I won't link to it, because he seems to piss some of the folks, hereabouts, off.

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fragmede ◴[] No.41203260[source]
Not sure why the chilling effect for linking to it, you have 26k karma, but here it is:

John Oliver: Pig butchering scam.

https://youtu.be/pLPpl2ISKTg

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1. ChrisMarshallNY ◴[] No.41203392[source]
It's not a karma thing. It's a basic desire to play well in the community.

I'm quite aware that not everyone is on the same page, and this just helps to indicate a basic respect for others that may not like him.

As you can see, that didn't actually work, as just the mention of his name, got a ding.