Comments on: Tech Central in South Africa trolls the tech support scammers https://dfarq.homeip.net/tech-central-in-south-africa-trolls-the-tech-support-scammers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tech-central-in-south-africa-trolls-the-tech-support-scammers David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Dave Farquhar https://dfarq.homeip.net/tech-central-in-south-africa-trolls-the-tech-support-scammers/#comment-38614 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 00:58:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7336#comment-38614 In reply to Ripley Stevens.

It’s absolutely a crime–even before they delete the first file they’ve broken several laws–but they’re outside of a friendly jurisdiction. I’ve actually had them tell me before that they don’t care about my Missouri laws in India.

It makes me wonder if tracing the call would even do any good. Maybe I’ll ask one of the scammers. :> It may be that the best thing for us to do, for now, is to troll them for a while and slow them down. I’ll certainly continue to write about my call center scam adventures. It probably won’t be long before I get another one.

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By: Ripley Stevens https://dfarq.homeip.net/tech-central-in-south-africa-trolls-the-tech-support-scammers/#comment-38612 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 21:20:13 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=7336#comment-38612 This is not just annoying. It sounds like a federal (across state lines) crime which should be investigated as a case of malicious hacking (cracking).

I hope the fact that I’m using a pseudonym on Tor doesn’t makek me a cracker.

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