Nice an email address to send shit to. Oh and what’s that? I own my own mail server? I can hook an api from python into said server and generate mail adresses on the fly? With customized urls at the end? And in randomized styles from name.name@url to nickname@url??? And I’m able to send things with the freshly generated addresses over said python-API bridge? Like… randomized codes that are complete bullshit? And I can run this for hours on end without any repercussions due to DNS Proxies? Hmmmmm
Everybody laughs at the "stupidity" of the message till you consider it is in fact intentional. These messages maliciously target the more cognitively vulnerable of society, filtering out people "too smart" for their scam and maximising their" investment". People who fall for this initial post are more likely to comply with the entire con. It's a matter of demographs.
That is true for scams that have more steps, where you're supposed to call and a person gradually makes you panic before making you buy something. This is already an end of process, the next step IS the payment.
My first scam email that I ever got was the one that says they secretly recorded me doing lewd things on my computer through my webcam as I watched porn, so I need to pay up or else the video will be sent to all the ppl in my email. But the only thing is, I didn’t have a webcam. Glad that made spotting scams super easy
I had this on my phone before. It locks the browser tab from going back, but you can just close the tab. It's like being held hostage in an open field with a squirt gun.
Some one actually sat down, wrote this(or gave prompts to chat gpt or whatever) and actually said to themselves "yeah, this will totally trick people into thinking I'm FBI and they'll send me money. Perfect scam!"
had one of these, key logged my password and email and then said if i didn't send money they'd expose me, but they "liked my taste in porn", they got me looking at train track blueprints for factorio, if anything i think that's more embarrassing
I got a email that threatened me to expose me for all the porno I've seen n will email all my contacts I have 3 days to reply... I didn't realize till 3 months later. N besides I don't watch that stuff.
It's the email people. I mean Google wouldn't give out fbiunlock just to anyone. That had to come from the higher ups. The big cheeses.
What I love about it is the 90% success rate that the person receiving it stops for a second and says "Well, yeah, I have been... so...." for just a second... though obviously, sadly, 1,000's pay the
Don't give today's FBI and ideas. "To restore access to your phone, you must buy a beautiful and amazing Trump Unlock Card, in genuine gold color for $499."
dearbluey
Joke's on them. I never exit the internet.
duffman3335
With all the new Trump FBI hires, this checks out.
dragonsdemesne
I could believe this was written by Trump appointees.
Nautas
FBI famously uses a Gmail account lol.
cousteau
And a Signal chat.
DrewThe3DPrinterGuy
That seems like an official government email address to me.
darkwood1971
Seems legit to me...
Kyzyl
Seems legit.
brianComputerPrince
Totally
AgamemnonsMemes
honestly people should be paying me NOT to release my browser history.
poorwegian
YOU FINED!
OldButtStillFat
You finered.
hellsgunslinger
Next stop, place of exit in the internet
PectorialMuscles
Thank fuck SOMEBODY managed to find it.
msporkboy
I fined. You fined. He she it fined. You fined we fined they fined.
Fn0rd
Nice an email address to send shit to. Oh and what’s that? I own my own mail server? I can hook an api from python into said server and generate mail adresses on the fly? With customized urls at the end? And in randomized styles from name.name@url to nickname@url??? And I’m able to send things with the freshly generated addresses over said python-API bridge? Like… randomized codes that are complete bullshit? And I can run this for hours on end without any repercussions due to DNS Proxies? Hmmmmm
RoutemasterFlash
IF NO PAY, WE TELL YOUR MAMA
HOW YOU LIKE THAT
Scalerender
Everybody laughs at the "stupidity" of the message till you consider it is in fact intentional. These messages maliciously target the more cognitively vulnerable of society, filtering out people "too smart" for their scam and maximising their" investment". People who fall for this initial post are more likely to comply with the entire con. It's a matter of demographs.
Xenarion
That is true for scams that have more steps, where you're supposed to call and a person gradually makes you panic before making you buy something. This is already an end of process, the next step IS the payment.
Scalerender
And I assure you, the amount of people paying up isn't going to be 0.
bearsensei
My first scam email that I ever got was the one that says they secretly recorded me doing lewd things on my computer through my webcam as I watched porn, so I need to pay up or else the video will be sent to all the ppl in my email. But the only thing is, I didn’t have a webcam. Glad that made spotting scams super easy
serleth
At the next exit of the internet
ionicseraph
I had this on my phone before. It locks the browser tab from going back, but you can just close the tab. It's like being held hostage in an open field with a squirt gun.
cousteau
At the place of exit in the internet. LOL!
xSicarriix
Some one actually sat down, wrote this(or gave prompts to chat gpt or whatever) and actually said to themselves "yeah, this will totally trick people into thinking I'm FBI and they'll send me money. Perfect scam!"
whadyameanthatnamestaken
All your porn are belong to us
invaderjak
Lol Sincerely, FBI USA
bobislost
had one of these, key logged my password and email and then said if i didn't send money they'd expose me, but they "liked my taste in porn", they got me looking at train track blueprints for factorio, if anything i think that's more embarrassing
Nightcaste
Email them so much porn their Gmail account guys the storage limit
Zuegma197777
I got a email that threatened me to expose me for all the porno I've seen n will email all my contacts I have 3 days to reply... I didn't realize till 3 months later. N besides I don't watch that stuff.
AshenRaine
*aneurysmed*
RoombaTheAssaultVacuum
Thank you for telling me about this Mr. FBI. Do you know Mr. CIA?
SoberToast
How is it, that with chatgpt, so freely available, that this turdly written turd, is still around?
oozabooza
https://media2.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1YnF5YWFrNnRzOWR0Znhjb3g1dzhlenh6YXd4ZGRkdG5qMjdqMWtkZCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/IhPZA76tDZsEGvHHYq/200w.webp
quade
Sincerely, FBI USA. Love that sign-off :)
DukeDarkwood
I was barely holding it together while reading the absolute mess of a message. When I hit that sign-off, I lost it.
Sincersely, Duke Darkwood imgur
usingYourMomAsAHat
Ikr was reading through having a laugh over the obvious scam until I read that and figured this is some serious shit
mickjl
It's the email people. I mean Google wouldn't give out fbiunlock just to anyone. That had to come from the higher ups. The big cheeses.
What I love about it is the 90% success rate that the person receiving it stops for a second and says "Well, yeah, I have been... so...." for just a second... though obviously, sadly, 1,000's pay the
AnythingMuchShorter
I wonder how many paypal cash gift cards they charge you if you get caught smuggling cocaine.
BobAllen2004
Don't give today's FBI and ideas. "To restore access to your phone, you must buy a beautiful and amazing Trump Unlock Card, in genuine gold color for $499."
DarkBusterBaron
Dude it would be cheaper to buy a new phone.
thekeyofe
*made in China
JRaven419
RalphH
available nationwide!
spinballwizardmtg
Don't give him any ideas.
rbudrick
(Digital download only)
Idontneedrealfacts
*Genuine Gold Color is a brand name for artificial gold color, not to be confused with actual gold. may contain lead.
janeQdoe
What a deal!
SnorHEEdenRAden
Would not be surprised if the FBI was conducting their communications through gmail at this point honestly,
barstr7
The old days: hahaha yeah right no government entity would send stuff like that–it's a blatant scam.
Nowadays: …or would they?
ssjalhazred
It does hit a little different these days.
firlefranz
You mean…?
Kittynomnoms
And accepting bribes/payments in the form of paypal gift cards?
bassaro
That's way too modern. They're on MSN or Yahoo.
AxisOfIndifference
Probably Juno.
AxisOfIndifference
Probably Juno.