INeedAttention.com

Rants on business, science, technology, society, politics, police, and justice, plus life hacks and tricks, since 2003.

INeedAttention.com header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Epic reverse prank call on telemarketer that can’t hang up

October 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments

One of the keys to effective scambaiting is keeping the scammers focused on you instead of some actual hapless victim. Telemarketers will usually hang up if you seem resistant, figuring they will just get the next sucker. But today, I received a call on one of my honeypot phone numbers that blew me away. It […]

[Read more →]

Tags: Spam and Telemarketing · Telephones

Fuckin’ magnets… how do they work?

May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I was reminded of my favorite Insane Clown Posse song earlier, it goes a little something like this:
I see miracles all around me
Stop and look around, it’s all astounding
Water, fire, air and dirt

[Read more →]

Tags: Computers

Scam Alert: Domain Registry of America

May 28th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Relax, INeedAttention.com isn’t expiring. But we did get this rather amusing letter suggesting that it was, from one of the oldest players in the domain slamming industry – the “Domain Registry of America” (DROA). It read:

[Read more →]

Tags: Computers · Spam and Telemarketing

2010 Facebook Privacy Guide

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

If you are reading this, then you probably already have a Facebook account, and you probably are complicit in sharing your personal information with the world whether you mean to or not. This guide will address some Facebook privacy settings and how we recommend you set them for maximum privacy control.

[Read more →]

Tags: Computers · My Thoughts · Technology

Scam baiting and the art of reverse prank calls

December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

The name’s James Bond – James – Bond. As far as you know, if you’re a telemarketer. Enter the world of scam baiting – according to 419 Eater, perhaps the #1 scam baiting forum, scambaiting is “[entering] a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will […]

[Read more →]

Tags: pwn3d! (Hacks and Tricks) · Spam and Telemarketing · Telephones