Bogdan Botezatu
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People employed in these call centers are screened before employment with lie detectors to make sure that they're not undercover cops, to make sure that they will not betray the call center's cause, and so on.
So this is cybercrime incorporated.
It's not a scam business ran out of somebody's basement.
It's
business that cyber criminals have invested money in order to make more money.
No, in the end, everybody's welcome to put their money on the table and leave it there.
That's perfectly fine with cyber criminals, but they have various approaches because they don't have a scamming syndicate yet, right?
They're not unionized in a way that would allow them to organize in order to target demographics.
right?
So what they will do is find out a local scam that converts well, that depends where you are, right?
In some places of the world, for instance, leaking out your social security number is huge, right?
And will bring you a lot of hurt in the foreseeable future.
In Europe, for instance, some parts of Europe, leaking out your social security number doesn't have any value.
It's pseudo-publico.
actually.
So cyber criminals are looking for information or types of scams that convert well in the region.
They don't target demographics, but they are focusing on specific aspects.
Some of them are focused on romance scams, for instance.
They will target men more than women because it looks like men are much more horny and desperate and lonely.
No, careless when it comes to sharing information with partners, right?