FenrirIII

A scam call center opened in the office next door. Who do I report them to?

https://lemmy.world/post/39090406

A scam call center opened in the office next door. Who do I report them to? - Lemmy.World

They’ve got a bunch of folding chairs and tables, telecomm equipment, and no company name. Found them using our guest Wifi to access a bunch of scam sites and banks in other countries.

Nov 21 at 3:01amWeb
Show threadt�mNov 21
If in USA: FCC or police could point you too the right dept
Show thread「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Nov 21

Send them a Bomb

…

Glitter Bomb I mean

Show threadsramderNov 21
I think this calls for something stronger; corn syrup, powdered sugar, beef broth, etc.
Show threadJargonWagonNov 21
A fart and glitter bomb
Show threadotterNov 21
But… How to trick them into eating the thing?
Show threadWhatGodIsMadeOfNov 21
Fuck with them… follow them home. Fuck with their families. /S 😉
Show threadTruscapeNov 21

I mean… deploying ransomware to the identified MAC addresses on their guest network shouldn’t be too hard…

Or logging all of their activity for that matter…

Show threadmoseschruteNov 21
But first you gotta make them think they just scored a huge amount of money. Like $1,00,000. Then right as they think they see the money deposit, ransomware
Show threadulternoNov 21
I thing you got the comma separator wrong, considering they are in the US.
Show threadmoseschruteNov 21
That was supposed to be $1,000,000
Show threadulternoNov 21
Oh that makes sense.
In a world where the number of digits between separators were standardised, I would know what the actual typo was, without this explanation.
But this is not that world.
Show threadboonhetNov 21
Not sure who downvoted you, seems they’re not aware of the lakh and crore.
Show threadVarykNov 21

FTC

Report page

Report Fraud

Protect your community by reporting fraud, scams, and bad business practices

ReportFraud.ftc.gov
Show threadWhatGodIsMadeOfNov 21
If this is America… Don’t depend on the government for justice.
Show threadVarykNov 21

How recently did you learn not to trust the US government that you think it is news to anyone?

They’re asking where you report fraud.

The FTC is where you report fraud.

Show threadGhostalmediaNov 21

To be fair, Brandan Carr is who Trump has running the FCC. He is corrupt as fuck, he’s made some bonehead moves, and he drafted large parts of project 2025.

Results may vary if you’re reporting this to his FCC.

Show threadNOT_RICKNov 21
They said the federal trade commission, not the FCC. This guy is the chair
Andrew N. Ferguson - Wikipedia

Show threadfinalarbiterNov 21

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is not the same organization as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Andrew Ferguson, chair of the FTC, was originally appointed to the Commission by Biden in 2023 and was made chair by Trump this year. He’s definitely softer on big corporate monopolies and mergers than his predecessor, but has not been quite as much a blowhard as one would normally expect from Trump’s picks.

Show threadGhostalmediaNov 21
You’re right. I’m an idiot.
Show threadfinalarbiterNov 21
Lol honestly I had to search it to make sure they were actually distinct, especially since the venn diagram between them definitely has a large shared space in regards to regulating tech companies
Show threaddaggermoonNov 21
We all make mistakes, at least you can admit you’re wrong. Also, don’t call yourself an idiot. You’re not.
Show threadbiofaustNov 21
Comments like this is why I love Lemmy.
Show threadFmstratNov 23
Woa, healthy internet discourse. I like it. 😀
Show threadVarykNov 21

To be a catty bitch: oh no shit?

The comments by Americans recently recognizing their shitty government and issuing obsequious, earnest warnings to people who have been aware of the American peril for decades reminds me of student drivers earnestly explaining how important turn signals are to their driving instructors.

Show threadulternoNov 21

student drivers earnestly explaining how important turn signals are to their driving instructors

Wait, what?

Show threadVarykNov 21
What?
Show threadTaldanNov 21
Brendan Carr*
Show threadBarneyPiccoloNov 21
OP will warn them, and they’ll end up charging him with the crime.
Show threadulternoNov 21
Yeah, specially if it’s his WiFi they are using.
Even if they do end up busting the scammers, OP can expect being harassed and have some of his stuff confiscated for investigation.
Show threaddan1101Nov 21
Not right now anyway. But if it’s a small operation with poor or brown people the they will take care of it.
Show threadpachristNov 21
Some kid 50 years from now is going to write a paper on the moral dilemma of calling ICE on a scam center.
Show threadTruscapeNov 21
If they’re using your guest network, identify their MAC addresses and log all of their activity. Alternatively, you could also restrict their access or place a password on the guest network.
Show threadanubis119Nov 21
tips.fbi.gov
Electronic Tip Form | FBI

Show threadzqwzzleNov 21
Forward their info to one of the scam baiters like Jim browning.
Show threadHootinNHollerinNov 21
youtube.com/@jimbrowning
Jim Browning

Tracking and identifying scammers who knock my front door, call me or shove popups onto my computer screen. ** Please do not email me asking for help with hacking issues. I cannot help. I require scammers to connect to MY PC before I have any chance of identifying them **

YouTube
Show threadyou_are_dustNov 21
This is probably the solution that will actually result in something being done. Give it to multiple in fact. Jim Browning, Scammer Payback, Kit Boga. Increase your chances.
Show threadBobby TurkalinoNov 21
Yeah and I feel like since you control their internet access, you could help the baiters pull off some extra zesty fun
Show threadZiglin (it/they)Nov 21
Sounds like a great opportunity to intercept traffic to scam sites and steal their credentials from a site they think they control. Not really legal though.
Show threadSerinusNov 21
If you do multiple, give it time between each.
Show threadhydrashokNov 21
Call in The Beekeeper.
Show threadEndymion_MallornNov 21
First, I'd disable the guest wifi so that you don't get caught up in anything. Then report them first to the management / super. Then maybe the gov't.
Show threadBC_viperNov 21
Electrical fires are very easy to start. And sometimes doors don’t open when they are supposed to.
Show threadCaptainBasculinNov 21
Even if they’re close enough to be detected from their wifi? Dumb idea.
Show threadObiniceNov 21

Might help to know what country you’re in, or continent even?

How does anyone expect to get very nation specific advice like this without giving any hint as to where they’re from - besides it probably being a country that probably has many English speakers as a second language if not first…

Show threadTexasDrunkNov 21

No, no. Didn’t you hear? The Internet is just the US.

Hell, I grew up in and currently live in Texas and even I know better than that.

Show threadneidu3Nov 21
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from working with Texans, it is that they’re Texans first, american second.
Show threadTexasDrunkNov 21
I mean, you’re not wrong. And at one time I felt like it meant something. It meant we didn’t push our religion on others. They were free to do what they wanted. If someone was doing something we didn’t like but wasn’t hurting anyone we just minded our fucking business (usually said about LGBTQIA+ folks). It probably wasn’t nearly as true as I felt, but that’s the kind of thing I was taught growing up. And everyone wonders why I grew up to be progressive, respecting other people’s rights and mistrusting the government as it stands and corporations.
Show threadneidu3Nov 21

I know quite a few who moved here (norway) from Texas, as they didn’t like how the state overall went from being traditionally conservative to radical regressive.

One of them recently got his Norwegian passport and I of course had to accuse him of forgetting the Alamo.

Show threadMinnesotaGoddamNov 22
Show threadaxxNov 21
Sorry, are you talking about Parisians?
Show threadneidu3Nov 21
Might be true there as well. I’ve only met, like, two french people who may or may not be from Paris.
Show threadburntbaconNov 21
No, no, parisians are pretty rural. They won’t have much interaction that you can find. You’ve got to get the suburbs (because the urban areas are generally cool) of dallas, houston, san antonio, or austin to really find the people desperate to show how texas comes first.
Show threadaxxNov 28
I meant Paris, not “Paris, Texas”.
Show threadburntbaconNov 28
whoosh.
Show threadHadriscusNov 21
I’ve never even crossed the Atlantic, yet I identify as a purebred texan
Show threadtitanicxNov 21
I’m sorry
Show threadMinnesotaGoddamNov 22
nonsense there’s nothing outside texas
Show threadnotsosureNov 21
Isn’t it standard practice to protect a guest network with a password?
Show threadGreenKnight23Nov 21
the secret service or FBI.
Show threadHossenfefferNov 21
Take off and nuke the site from orbit.