Comment by trinix912
2 hours ago
They say they're a software developer from a poor country looking for someone willing to leave their laptop on overnight for a 50% split of the paycheck. I got one a long time ago, they even mentioned they need help because their can't do the work from an IP of their country. Needless to say I just trashed the email and only figured out it was one of those after reading about the NK employee scandal on here.
Yep! They are rampant on Upwork. You could probably find a cell of them in a day if you wanted, just go looking for jobs with the 'crypto' tag, haha. They have offered me serious sums of money to "simply install RDP and give us access to your network". I imagine people desperate enough take them up on it too.
That... sounds lucrative, and exciting? Use an isolated network, snoop on what device is doing, learn a thing or two about what these threat actors are doing?
I would worry you run a real risk of becoming unbanked once those funds hit your bank account, or worse
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I think you need to give them your identity/bank account to route the payments. Otherwise, 50% is too high for a laptop placement + vpn.
They're mostly harmless residential VPN stuff so people in wherever can pretend to be an American to Netflix or whatever.
The actually "crimey" stuff is the minority. If it weren't it'd be too easy to crack down on. Same math as laundering through a real business.