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Scary Email Scams...
Just got a beaut... Email claims to have captured me in a compromising video by hacking my webcam and will send it to everyone in my addressbook unless I send $1900 to his bitcoin account. Includ...
"However, I would not do anything to engage these people in any way, not even jokingly, because you validate youe existence and you don't know what they'll do as a response."
MarkJFine, donkeys ago there was a guy in the UK who actually engaged with scammers and tried to scam them back. He kept a hilarious website with email exchanges.
I agree with you, though, and think it's best left to the law to deal with these people.
maratsade wrote:
I agree with you, though, and think it's best left to the law to deal with these people.
Yup. Not worth the effort nor the risk. You know what they say about playing with fire.
Best to play invisible with these guys. That way they don't know that you exist, nor what you're doing.
