I've dealt with uncounted people who call those damned numbers and give the swamis remote access and go so far as to even give them their credit card numbers. I've seen ransomware, hostageware, crippleware and all sorts of 'if I find you, I'm going to kill you in front of your family' type of malicious intrusion on a computer. Sometimes, they get access, activate an admin account with their own password, delete the user account, and then tell the user that they want x-hundred dollars for the password, or they'll never get their own desktop back again. Usually, the ransom they want far exceeds the value of the box they locked the owner out of. These aggressive camel drovers primarily prey on seniors. And once you call, they'll get more and more aggressive if you hang up - they'll make your phone ring 20 times a day and get downright terroristic if you don't comply. I'd love to find one on domestic soil right in the middle of a call and split his curry-sotted melon with a nice, sharp axe. And I want him to see it coming when I swing the blade down. There's a big portion of Homo Sapiens out there that is just diseased, and we need to thin the herd.
