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New FTC data spotlight report shows job scams up very sharply
- Complaints tripled from 2020 to 2023
- First half of 2024 up sharply; losses of $220 million
- These “jobs” often involve tasks like clicking on websites
- Initial contacts usually by text
- Have victims send crypto
WSJ: Brian Kregs and his fight against hackers
Indiana: Man in China indicted for malware that hacked tens of thousands of firewalls
Should we deport scammers and those who knowingly help them? There are many people present in the US who are integrally involved in scam operations. If they have overstayed a student visa or are convicted of fraud should they be deported after serving their sentences? Homeland Security tells me that policies charge ten years or more ago, and that these people are now allowed to stay in the US.
