German police warn about ransomware.
Windows users being extorted by malicious software into handing over money is nothing new. Fake anti-virus utilities in particular are notorious for warning about non-existent threats and making a computer very difficult to use (if not impossible) until a "license" is bought in order to remove the "infection".
Ransomware on the other hand is even ... [ read the full article ]
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Quote:The German police have warned the public about the "digital extortion" and said that no user affected by the virus should pay under any circumstances.
Well who's fault is it in the first place idiots? You and the rest of copyright monopolists who set up these schemes for legal extortion in the first place. Is it really any surprise real criminals are using these easily spoofed Internet police procedures to scam money? Quick pay up, or the "cyber-police" will jump out of the monitor and arrest you, here comes the Internet sirens *wahahahahahaha* WE HAVE YOU IP, WE TRACE YOU, YOU PIRATE SCUM!
Quote:The German police have warned the public about the "digital extortion" and said that no user affected by the virus should pay under any circumstances.
Well who's fault is it in the first place idiots? You and the rest of copyright monopolists who set up these schemes for legal extortion in the first place. Is it really any surprise real criminals are using these easily spoofed Internet police procedures to scam money? Quick pay up, or the "cyber-police" will jump out of the monitor and arrest you, here comes the Internet sirens *wahahahahahaha* WE HAVE YOU IP, WE TRACE YOU, YOU PIRATE SCUM!
What are you on about? This has no legal grounds at all, unlike copyright. It's blatantly illegal extortion, much like the old SpySherrif Antivirus that made rounds so long ago.
Quote:The German police have warned the public about the "digital extortion" and said that no user affected by the virus should pay under any circumstances.
Well who's fault is it in the first place idiots? You and the rest of copyright monopolists who set up these schemes for legal extortion in the first place. Is it really any surprise real criminals are using these easily spoofed Internet police procedures to scam money? Quick pay up, or the "cyber-police" will jump out of the monitor and arrest you, here comes the Internet sirens *wahahahahahaha* WE HAVE YOU IP, WE TRACE YOU, YOU PIRATE SCUM!
What are you on about? This has no legal grounds at all, unlike copyright. It's blatantly illegal extortion, much like the old SpySherrif Antivirus that made rounds so long ago.
Lack reading comprehension much? I didn't say it had legal ground. I was making a point that when people get used to being legally extorted by silly 'Internet police' and private companies, they can easily get scammed later by fake ones.
Quote:The German police have warned the public about the "digital extortion" and said that no user affected by the virus should pay under any circumstances.
Well who's fault is it in the first place idiots? You and the rest of copyright monopolists who set up these schemes for legal extortion in the first place. Is it really any surprise real criminals are using these easily spoofed Internet police procedures to scam money? Quick pay up, or the "cyber-police" will jump out of the monitor and arrest you, here comes the Internet sirens *wahahahahahaha* WE HAVE YOU IP, WE TRACE YOU, YOU PIRATE SCUM!
What are you on about? This has no legal grounds at all, unlike copyright. It's blatantly illegal extortion, much like the old SpySherrif Antivirus that made rounds so long ago.
Lack reading comprehension much? I didn't say it had legal ground. I was making a point that when people get used to being legally extorted by silly 'Internet police' and private companies, they can easily get scammed later by fake ones.
I don't lack reading comprehension, that's just an awful argument against copyright. You're suggesting that we should do away with policing the internet in general because stupid people believe these "fake police" emails? These are probably the same people who send out emails beginning with "I am a Nigerian Prince" or those phone calls that ddp mentioned.
Just people preying on the ignorant. Even if "internet police" did not exist, I'm confident that these people would still throw away their money on other scams just as quickly.
Originally posted by ddp: or the phones calls from "Windows Technical Support" who say that your computer is infected & for $200 they will fix your problems, Not.
oh come on d,i love those.like to keep them on the line as long as possible to see how much of their time i can waste.LOL
Originally posted by ddp: or the phones calls from "Windows Technical Support" who say that your computer is infected & for $200 they will fix your problems, Not.
LOL...I used to just yell into the phone to "F-Off you scamming A-holes", but then I decided one day to see just how far & long I could string them along until they finally got wise and hung up...73 minutes, that's how long.
And I played big time idiot with the dude, took me 12 tries to find and open Admin tools & when I finally got into the Event Viewer I had TONS of ammo to play big dummy with. Kinda fun actually, the guy swore at me a couple of times and at the end he swore at me in his native language and hung up.
;)
I hope his long distance bill was astronomical!!
Someone told me once that theres a right and wrong, and that punishment would come to those
who dare to cross the line.
But it must not be true for jerk-offs like you.
Maybe it takes longer to catch a total asshole.
