Piero Luiz offers fake passports, again. Couldn't they offer something new and interesting?
Foreclosure advice in off-topic. At least they got the right forum this time.
They dared invade our pristine, new, innocent worlds! This means war!
Or at least involvement of moderator.
Invading our create-a-world game! The horror! The alien horror!
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Invading our create-a-world game! The horror! The alien horror!
*reads posts*
HAHAHAH! YOUR HTML HAS NO POWER HERE!
Thank you!
Hmm... +237 9 - a Kameroon mobile number.
I don't get it... Are people actually so stupid to respond to these scams that such spamming is worth time invested?!
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I don't get it... Are people actually so stupid to respond to these scams that such spamming is worth time invested?!
Replace "stupid" with desperate and/or non-internet savvy. There are huge swaths of the United States and global population in general that have little to no computer literacy. Not out of stupidity but out of lack of access. I've ranted about this topic before, so I'll spare this thread a rehash. :) This kind of scam/spam is particularly despicable in my view because it is usually exploiting the poor, the desperate and/or elderly who haven't had any or enough computer literacy to understand that this is a scam and the ramifications of falling prey to them.
Anyway, sometimes people respond out of stupidity, sometimes greed, but often a huge part of why people get taken in by this stuff is a basic lack of computer educational experience. Worse, often time the spam/scams are set up in a way to get the victim roped into something quasi-illegal so the victim doesn't want to tell authorities to prosecute. Its really easy to dismiss scams like these because they seem so silly, who would fall for it? But the truth is they are nasty, vicious and a blight on humanity.
Hope that helps people understand the problem a bit better!
I don't get it... Are people actually so stupid to respond to these scams that such spamming is worth time invested?!Replace "stupid" with desperate and/or non-internet savvy. There are huge swaths of the United States and global population in general that have little to no computer literacy. Not out of stupidity but out of lack of access. I've ranted about this topic before, so I'll spare this thread a rehash. :) This kind of scam/spam is particularly despicable in my view because it is usually exploiting the poor, the desperate and/or elderly who haven't had any or enough computer literacy to understand that this is a scam and the ramifications of falling prey to them.
Anyway, sometimes people respond out of stupidity, sometimes greed, but often a huge part of why people get taken in by this stuff is a basic lack of computer educational experience. Worse, often time the spam/scams are set up in a way to get the victim roped into something quasi-illegal so the victim doesn't want to tell authorities to prosecute. Its really easy to dismiss scams like these because they seem so silly, who would fall for it? But the truth is they are nasty, vicious and a blight on humanity.
Hope that helps people understand the problem a bit better!
I am not referring to the deeper tier of id theft involved in spams and other computer exploits - I meant the superficial level of the offers: someone in the net offers top sale counterfeit money, counterfeit ids, magical spells... What computer illiteracy has to do with the sheer stupidity of trying to buy fake money unless you are criminal savvy in the first place? Not knowing how to use computer does not equate not knowing that responding to offer of selling fake money or getting fake id isn't reasonable course of action unless you are experienced criminal or has right connections? That is stupidity I am referring to.
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There might be an issue in the forums which I'm sure you folks already know about. A lot of threads in the PF forums with ph no's it looks like. Anyway, just thought I'd mention. Carry on your excellent work and thanks again (as always) for Paizo's fantastic customer service! :)
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I am not referring to the deeper tier of id theft involved in spams and other computer exploits - I meant the superficial level of the offers: someone in the net offers top sale counterfeit money, counterfeit ids, magical spells... What computer illiteracy has to do with the sheer stupidity of trying to buy fake money unless you are criminal savvy in the first place? Not knowing how to use computer does not equate not knowing that responding to offer of selling fake money or getting fake id isn't reasonable course of action unless you are experienced criminal or has right connections? That is stupidity I am referring to.
Its kind of a crazy combination of not getting how easy it is to be screwed with online security, not understanding how things like money order scams work, not getting that these spammers are making the deal to millions of emails or messageboards, not getting how telling the scammer a bit of the wrong information can allow them to social engineer their way into the victims accounts or being just conceited enough to think they can get one over on the scammer and come out ahead, mix in a bit of greed or desperation and the fact that money laundering and/or fraud type stuff seem like enough of a white collar crime that some people feel they can get away with it without it being to ethically compromising. Some of the stuff that ends up spamming the Paizo forums... well... its pretty clear is gonna be a *miss* for the scammer, but if they hit enough sites, they are hoping to get lucky with someone falling victim.
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Its kind of a crazy combination of not getting how easy it is to be screwed with online security, not understanding how things like money order scams work, not getting that these spammers are making the deal to millions of emails or messageboards, not getting how telling the scammer a bit of the wrong information can allow them to social engineer their way into the victims accounts or being just conceited enough to think they can get one over on the scammer and come out ahead, mix in a bit of greed or desperation and the fact that money laundering and/or fraud type stuff seem like enough of a white collar crime that some people feel they can get away with it without it being to ethically compromising. Some of the stuff that ends up spamming the Paizo forums... well... its pretty clear is gonna be a *miss* for the scammer, but if they hit enough sites, they are hoping to get lucky with someone falling victim.
I am not referring to the deeper tier of id theft involved in spams and other computer exploits - I meant the superficial level of the offers: someone in the net offers top sale counterfeit money, counterfeit ids, magical spells... What computer illiteracy has to do with the sheer stupidity of trying to buy fake money unless you are criminal savvy in the first place? Not knowing how to use computer does not equate not knowing that responding to offer of selling fake money or getting fake id isn't reasonable course of action unless you are experienced criminal or has right connections? That is stupidity I am referring to.
I read an interesting paper a while back, that suggested that the level of apparent stupidity is actually a feature. The basic idea is that they--the scammers--want to minimize the amount of time and effort they spend cultivating people who are going to wise up at the last minute and back out. So it's so incredibly obvious that anyone with the sense God gave an onion will not even bother responding,... and therefore, anyone who responds is the sort of nit-wit that will believe anything.
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Well, in this case, at least he/she's honest about it. :p
Looks like this guy, shastriji, just hit the general forum with a ton of spam right after midnight Pacific Time. 18 spams and counting
Looks like this guy, shastriji, just hit the general forum with a ton of spam right after midnight Pacific Time. 18 spams and counting
http://paizo.com/people/shastriji
There's spam in that review for Inner Sea Gods!
There's spam in that review for Inner Sea Gods!
That review is especially infuriating as there is no report button for spammy reviews (as opposed to spammy posts).
Question: If reviews of products had to be read by a real person to ensure that they are real reviews and not spam before they were allowed to be published, would that be too labor intensive for the staff?
Or perhaps a report button could be added to reviews?
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Can I add all my hate to this spammer? Spamming the forum is bad enough, but spamming the reviews (and with a 1 star review for a good product too).
He even spammed the store blog post for the book.
Let your mouse fall upon that Flag button like the sword of Ragathiel.
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Let your mouse fall upon that Flag button like the sword of Ragathiel.
I'm petitioning the tech team to add this to the forum FAQ. ;-)