Scamerican dream
Chapter 56. Addendum. 4th opinion
You asked me to talk in more detail about drops themselves as I see them. Everything is pretty simple. I operate under belief that most people both in America and in Russia don’t break the law (although maybe more people do in Russia). Subsequently, they don’t expect others to do it. For the average American, there is only English-language Internet, they haven’t even heard of anything else. I can bet that some of them never left the .com zone. And imagine a crowd of guys who are hunting them determinedly? They’d hide under the bed and never approach their PC again. Then they’ll probably call FBI incessantly. In reality, they are actually being hunted. Real hunt, no other word for it. And they have no clue what’s happening. Their emotional development in this respect is on the level of a child. Especially in the provinces. Towns with population below million, suburbs. Like in that song from an old Soviet movie — lie to him all you want and then do to him whatever you want. They haven’t had a scare yet.
It got easier lately. Work is scarce over there. Everyone is trying to make some cash on the side. For instance, a housewife that had been spending her entire day in front of the telly now tries to get a job and help out her husband. Distance working is common practice there. Here, in Russia, working from home is for craftspeople, disabled people and programmers. Those categories won’t buy it here or there. But over there it’s common for the HR to not come to the office and conduct interviews over the phone. So they keep searching. So what does this housewife need? They need a believable tale, something that looks like a real job. With packages it’s pretty simple. You still need to receive the package. You have to do it right. You know, descriptions without mistakes in them, a serious-looking website, voicemail, something believable. I don’t get involved with men — they are not completely brainless. They start asking questions — retirement pay and all that.
First impression matters most. As soon as they start on the job it get easier, until it’s time to pay up. You choose for yourself, maybe pay some of them. If the place is really provincial, it might take them a while to start getting aggressive. A good delivery channel is worth a lot. If the package is valuable, better send it to a trusted drop. They tend to be responsive. Ask them for a favour: send a WU or take a call. Over a half will agree. It’s sensible to pay.
Other schemes are trickier, for instance if it’s cash. It’s a conveyor; minimal attention to each one. If they agree, send the check. Check cashed yes/no, move on to the next one. I can go through a hundred of those in a month. I will take it if it’s a new scheme. Those volumes will expose you quickly, and you’ll go broke coming up with a new legend for everyone.
If it’s corps, that’s like, exclusive product. Those you can just shuffle through, you have to make targeted strikes. How I find them is a secret. Sometimes you have to call maybe 30 people before you find one.
Are there those who know it’s a scam? Yes, there are some. More lately. Crisis. I understand them. He’s renting a flat, today here, tomorrow — elsewhere. But they have to pay. They say straight up: ‘I know what you’re up to, just pay me.’ Just imagine a block in San Diego. Open Google street view. Typical guys, you’ll vacate a bench they might pick to sit on with some beers. TJs and Jakes and all. Paid higher education, primitive minds. And they can easily wash their hands of those packages… And cops don’t get involved anyway.
Where do the rest come from? You mean globally? Do you think there are so few dumbasses? They have more of those than we do. They live for pleasure, without a thought. Imagine the fuckers rolling in supermarket trolleys, you know? Different types. You’re not gathering an army to fight China, right? 10, 100 people a month. There are like 300M of them, not counting Mexicans, Chinese etc. And new ones keep growing up.
