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Cory Doctorow gets scammed
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this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2024
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Props to him for talking about it. A lot of people get too embarrassed to tell anyone they got scammed. The reality is that phishing works on a ton of people and we should avoid shaming the victims. Everyone's acts like they're a digital security expert until their credit card gets stolen.
Told a family member the same when she almost got tricked by a scammer & called me to see if it was legit. They wouldn't try it if it wasn't convincing enough to catch people in the scam to make it worth their time to do this crime instead of some other.