Time Investment Company, Inc.

Some interesting things I’ve learned about scammers Lately I’ve been spamming the hell out of scammers from India. It was all fun and games because trolling someone for the greater good was kind of fun! But what good was spamming these call centers actually doing? That depends on how big the operation is. There’s low tier operations that are just made of a small group of people that don’t have a very serious set up. It’s typically based in someone’s house and is not too technical. Then there are bigger operations that have ties to companies that supply them with different numbers to change to, and companies that supply leads. If you have a vm set up, a vpn, and a fake phone number, the smaller operations are easy to take down. But the larger operations can be much more complex, and to take them down completely, it takes a lot of time investment. You could just use a software to flood them with calls constantly, right? Wrong. They have an automated voice system to get past the spam calls so when you call, it doesn’t go directly to them. But spamming them manually does a slight bit of good. This is because every time they have to change their number to prevent spammers, it costs their company money! Believe it or not they spend thousands and thousands of dollars a year to change their numbers! So every time they have to change their number because of you, it’s costing the “company” money. DO NOT USE ANY PERSONAL NUMBERS AND BE SAFE :)

Possible Phishing Scam? Hey guys! I got a series of emails recently that I think are phishing but I want to know if I should be worried or not. I've had accounts made at Newegg, Sephora and now Ulta that use my name and email but have different shipping addresses and credit card numbers. They proceed to buy very expensive things (say, a $750 smartphone or $400 worth of beauty products) which appear in my email inbox as receipts. I did not make these accounts, I am not paying for them, and I am not the one receiving the products, but it is using my name and email. I reacted very quickly to the Newegg one and it was a registered account (so not just an email spoofed to look like a report from Newegg) that was then shut down due to fraudulent activity after I submitted a report. Now I'm receiving more notifications of new accounts and big purchases made with this mystery credit card and shipping address, but with my name and email. What would I do? Anything? React and cancel each of these accounts using customer service? That sounds like a big time investment. Plus, it'd a huge hassle to change my email as it is linked to just about everything I do in my personal life.