Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs
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@carma said in Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs:
The most important step against scams is educating potential victims.
But it is nice to see scambaiters wasting scammers' time and occasionally taking down the heads' of operations.
Messing with the mules is less endearing because they're clearly marginalized people who wouldn't need to go this route if they were paid a living wage by their employers.
I agree about the mules to an extent, but they still know what they're doing is wrong. You could argue that the guy sitting in the call center is 'just trying to make a buck and feed his family' but again.. he knows... what he's doing.... is wrong.
At the end of the video though, Mark acknowledges the same thing. The most important part is educating people how not to be victims of scammers.
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@ortallus said in Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs:
I agree about the mules to an extent, but they still know what they're doing is wrong. You could argue that the guy sitting in the call center is 'just trying to make a buck and feed his family' but again.. he knows... what he's doing.... is wrong.
The word you're looking for is criminals. The ones making the calls are criminals who are robbing people. There's no softening that.
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@ortallus said in Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs:
I agree about the mules to an extent, but they still know what they're doing is wrong. You could argue that the guy sitting in the call center is 'just trying to make a buck and feed his family'
The Yuppie Nuremberg Defense, "Everyone's got a mortgage to pay."
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@ominous said in Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs:
@ortallus said in Mark Rober is the Hero This World Needs:
I agree about the mules to an extent, but they still know what they're doing is wrong. You could argue that the guy sitting in the call center is 'just trying to make a buck and feed his family'
The Yuppie Nuremberg Defense, "Everyone's got a mortgage to pay."
Look, I'm not saying that -I'm- arguing that, I'm saying you could, but I agree that at the end of the day these people are all criminals that chose to benefit on the suffering of others.
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@ominous Underrated film
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It has some rough moments owing to the poor transition from novel to film, but it is easily in my top 20.
