I don't get it. Do they think I will use Quickbooks or call that number because they spam it 100 times?

[Bionic_Flea]

I mean . . . come on!

[JasperStone]

So true!

Did not click on one

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You know, since I have your attention

Let's discuss extending your car warranty

 

[Snarky]

You will dooooooo eeeeeeeeet

[GM Crumpet]

I assume it's just the volume of spam. Just the odd click by accident here and there adds up.

 

It's like spam email. Most of us delete it unread, a few people click thinking it's legit, and a few click out of fear. I regularly get the "we have put a trojan on your PC and captured video of you enjoying yourself on porn sites". Lots of threats of sending the videos to all my friends and family and work colleagues if I don't pay thousands in bitcoin. I don't go on those sites and I don't have a web cam. But there are enough people who are naïve and think it's real so pay up. Volume is the key.

[starro]

Sadly the numbers support the scammers.  Even one / one thousandths of a return rate and one / one hundred thousandth of a hit after that the scammers get money and they keep going.
 

i supported an email system once many years ago and hourly 99.7 - 99.9% of incoming inbound internet was junk or spam caught by the various tools. I could not imagine the numbers today.

 

ty Homecoming team for cleaning that up,  I appreciate you keeping the site clean. 
 

 

[Snarky]

28 minutes ago, GM Crumpet said:

I assume it's just the volume of spam. Just the odd click by accident here and there adds up.

 

It's like spam email. Most of us delete it unread, a few people click thinking it's legit, and a few click out of fear. I regularly get the "we have put a trojan on your PC and captured video of you enjoying yourself on porn sites". Lots of threats of sending the videos to all my friends and family and work colleagues if I don't pay thousands in bitcoin. I don't go on those sites and I don't have a web cam. But there are enough people who are naïve and think it's real so pay up. Volume is the key.

I can guarantee no one has pictures of me enjoying myself.  I have been miserable since long before cameras were invented.  

[Go0gleplex]

Spam spam the magical fruit...the more you click the more they loot! 🎶

 

 

[GastlyGibus]

Yeah, it's a volume thing. It's like scam calls. If you call 1,000 people, even if 999 people recognize the scam and hang up, as long as that one gullible/naive person says yes, that's a payday, and they have programs and bots to automate this process sending out hundreds of thousands of calls/emails/message a day for pennies on the dollar. People always say "how can anybody fall for this?" Sometimes they're old and they just don't know any better, maybe they're really young and don't know any better (a friend of mine in college almost fell for the "you owe the IRS taxes" scam call), or maybe they just really are that stupid. Whatever the reason, all it takes is one click and they get a good chunk of change. Scamming is a multi-billion dollar industry. They wouldn't do it if it wasn't profitable.

[GM Crumpet]

29 minutes ago, Snarky said:

I can guarantee no one has pictures of me enjoying myself.  I have been miserable since long before cameras were invented.  

you show up on film?

[Snarky]

8 minutes ago, GM Crumpet said:

you show up on film?

as long as the film / plate does not use a silver compounds.  that can seriously degrade or ruin the finished product.  only affects some vamps, and modern tech does not use.

[Water]

The one who is born every minute has clicked the link.

[Snarky]

7 minutes ago, Water said:

The one who is born every minute has clicked the link.

There is an alt in there somewhere.  Regen I think, gonna need a rez power

[Monty Haull]

45 minutes ago, Go0gleplex said:

Spam spam the magical fruit...the more you click the more they loot! 🎶

 

 

The more they loot, the more they spam, so click the link whenever you can.

[DoctorDitko]

Probably a false flag endevour by H&R Block!

[Frostbiter]

7 hours ago, DoctorDitko said:

Probably a false flag endevour by H&R Block!

 

No, Intuit is just that evil.

[DoctorDitko]

29 minutes ago, Frostbiter said:

No, Intuit is just that evil.

Ah, you are not wrong.  The DRM that writes to off-limits areas of your hard drive was the deal-breaker for me.

[High_Beam]

I clicked the link and entered my credentials but  . . . wait a second.

[srmalloy]

On 12/21/2023 at 8:50 AM, Snarky said:

I can guarantee no one has pictures of me enjoying myself.  I have been miserable since long before cameras were invented.  

And what's ten seconds one way or the other?

[Jimmy]

On 12/21/2023 at 3:04 PM, Bionic_Flea said:

I mean . . . come on!

 

Hi, I'm here looking for assistance with my taxes. Can you help me?

[Bionic_Flea]

But Jimmy, how can I help you when you disappear?

[Saiyajinzoningen]

in a logical world

companies would realize that ill placed ads have a negative effect

causing consumers to dislike that ad and/or product and/or company

[Scarlet Shocker]

to be completely serious for a moment here - they aren't hoping you'll buy something, they want to disrupt our environment as much as possible.

 

That this is the worst they can do is a pretty good appraisal of the security here so good on the team!

[Yomo Kimyata]

On 12/21/2023 at 10:04 AM, Bionic_Flea said:

I mean . . . come on!

 

Hmm, so you are saying these books, are quick?  You make a compelling argument.

[Shenanigunner]

It's the price we pay for choices long ago. Email was new and wonderful and un-regulated and free and pure liberty for all, so we failed to organized and regulate it. Now it needs massive monitoring and filtering just to remain almost-usable.

 

Which is more or less the history of every online technology, and why I flinch when this week's tech bros brag about how free and open their system is.

[Bionic_Flea]