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My PC is hacked
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this post was submitted on 09 Nov 2023
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I've done a lot of thinking about the scam market, and there is no way it isn't some kind of "CIA is behind the cartels" situation.
Primary target? Elderly Americans.
Objective? Bring generational wealth to institutions.
FCC could stop the vast majority of this shit by using techniques similar to DKIM via VOIP to stop spoofing (STIR/SHAKEN). This problem is solved. Has been for a while.
I can only assume they don't drop the hammer because they can take a cut instead.
Do you really think only Americans are targeted by scammers?
I think 80 year old Americans have a disproportionate amount of global wealth, so they are a, as I said, primary target. Yes.
Give it 15 years and then focus will shift to be predominantly toward UAE.
As a European I can assure you 80 yo Americans are living in poverty compared to most Europeans.
I know that Americans can't see the other side of the ocean but scam calls are made everywhere.
I love these Americans who live in their tiny bubble of "America is rich as hell". In Europe we mostly compare America with countries like Russia and other large but poor countries.
Americans wealth index only trails behind Iike 3 EU countries. Your statement is googlably false. (Germany, Norway. Not France Not Britain, not Spain, not Italy...not most of Europe).
Edit: also, laughs in GDP