Hacking the Scammers

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I've been hearing more and more about cases where the scammers are getting hacked by the good guys.
The BBC facebook page put this video up that I find very interesting for example.
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/videos/289623162011871/

The podcast Hacking Humans has twice reported on hackers replacing the automatic message in scam calls.
https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/hacking-humans/87/notes
https://thecyberwire.com/podcasts/hacking-humans/86/notes

The YouTube channel by Jim Browning has been working on this topic for a while too.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBNG0osIBAprVcZZ3ic84vw/featured
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xb_rgQ4IDS8&feature=youtu.be

It's thrilling to see a means to get back at scammers and to see how relentless they can be.

I am a huge fan of a feature I have on my Pixel 2 phone by Google called 'call screen'. A demo is seen at the URL below.
https://support.google.com/phoneapp/answer/9118387?hl=en
Basically if I don't recognize a number I can have an automated message pick the up the call. I'll see a text transcript and alternatively hear the call. Then an option is available to either hear more, answer, or hang up and block the call. All without actually answering which would open one up to more vulnerabilities.

Apprehending those that commit these types of crimes is not easy because the crime is difficult to trace in addition to law jurisdiction issues in consideration of the scammers usually are over-seas.





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