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Very good point. Eliminating shame gets them to be interested and ask good questions.
I have been side by side when someone got scammed. They're fucking scum.
She had the windows support scare ware. Called the number. They walked her through putting the remote desktop software. 10 downloads on the queue so they were patient.
Called while i was looking to see damage. Blocked number. They called again from a private line still in character as Microsoft support.
She had 2 factor because her daughter got her to do that so she was safe.
Shit is scary.
Super glad she had the support system to prevent that! People can end up homeless from one little mistake.
I usually try not to say "youtubers are making the world better", but the youtubers who are all about educating about scams and talking about how common they are and how anyone can fall for them I think does help. Everyone would like to imagine "I am too smart to fall for a scam, I'll know right away!"
But that's how they get ya!