Chinese Criminals Made More Than $1 Billion From Those Annoying Texts (msn.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/10/16/1934236/chinese-criminals-made-more-than-1-billion-from-those-annoying-texts
- Source link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/chinese-criminals-made-more-than-1-billion-from-those-annoying-texts/ar-AA1OtOzx
> Your highway toll payment is now past due, one text warns. You have U.S. Postal Service fees to pay, another threatens. You owe the New York City Department of Finance for unpaid traffic violations. The texts are ploys to get unsuspecting victims to fork over their credit-card details. The gangs behind the scams take advantage of this information to buy iPhones, gift cards, clothing and cosmetics.
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> Criminal organizations operating out of China, which investigators blame for the toll and postage messages, have used them to [1]make more than $1 billion over the last three years , according to the Department of Homeland Security. Behind the con, investigators say, is a black market connecting foreign criminal networks to server farms that blast scam texts to victims. The scammers use phishing websites to collect credit-card information. They then find gig workers in the U.S. who will max out the stolen cards for a small fee. Making the fraud possible: an ingenious trick allowing criminals to install stolen card numbers in Google and Apple Wallets in Asia, then share the cards with the people in the U.S. making purchases half a world away.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/chinese-criminals-made-more-than-1-billion-from-those-annoying-texts/ar-AA1OtOzx
Trump should blow up scammers (Score:2)
not random boats.
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Inside of China's borders? Good luck!
I mean "good luck" to any of us still breathing after after WW3.
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As much as I don't like what the administration is doing in the Gulf, there is a bigger picture to all of it, and weirdly enough it's related to a 200 year old policy, the Monroe Doctrine, particularly it's later addition the Theodore Roosevelt Corollary which was Teddy R's justification that the US should leverage the Monroe Doctrine to justify acting as world police in the affairs of Latin America (all of which is highly against agreed-to treaties such as the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS),
Australia (Score:3)
In Australia this is a mostly solved problem.
Our phone companies track spammers and our phones say, spam caller.
Since that has happened, the volume of spam calls dropped off a cliff.
I see maybe one every 2 weeks.
But the again Australia stiles a good balance between corporate power and the people. ie
Universal 4 weeks holiday where you are paid 17% extra.
10 paid sick days.
11% on top of your salary goes to a superannuation fund you can choose.
The retail price you see is what you pay at the register.
Strong consumer rights for things like warranties.
Universal free healthcare + private healthcare if want it.
Mostly well maintained infrastructure.
Very low gun crime.
Kangaroos.
Metric!
We also have some of the most useless politicians in the world!!, would you Americans like some?
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> We also have some of the most useless politicians in the world!!, would you Americans like some?
No thanks, we're full up on those too. The rest of the list sounds good though. Maybe not the kangaroos. I'd love to see one in person out in the wild, but from what I understand they are like the deer here: They seem to be attracted to car bumpers.
Let me guess... this would be considered fine... (Score:2)
... by the authorities if only domestic criminals had made one Billion by sending annoying texts full of lies to everyone, right? After all, that is what the whole "advertisement industry" is about.