Baltimore Prepared Me For Social Engineering
There are people in the hood that will attempt to finesse & hustle you in all sorts of ways if you aren't wise.
You can get hustled out of dice games, other street games, etc.
Maybe there's someone that's jealous / doesn't like you and they want to "line you up" (set you up to be robbed). One way they may do that is by sending an attractive female to come talk to you (if you're a man). If you're dumb enough to trust her, then she may send over some of the intel she gathered on you (where you live, what you got, what you're doing), to people that will eventually come & rob you.
Some females will just rob you outright. You need to be aware of who you're dealing with.
Other people may pretend to offer you "help" and "resources", but really they're trying to make you dependent on them. They will seem very nice, be well-spoken, and perhaps even lie to you and say that they are a pastor, nurse, teacher, etc. (some trusted profession). Their goal is to leave you indebted to them in some way. Once you are - they will collect, one way or the other (with the threat of violence behind it).
Some people will lie to police and say that you sell drugs or set you up to catch a case as part of their plea agreement (i.e., turning in other "dealers" for a 'lighter sentence'). Some people will rob you & then help you look for your missing stuff, all the while pretending to be a concerned friend.
All of these people I described in this message could be your own family members.
Police obviously can't be trusted in the City. They will hurt you. They aren't like police in other cities. There aren't "bad apples" and "good guys", the whole force is corrupt. I've watched them stand outside of their cars and monitor people selling dope & other drugs in full view like nothing was happening because they either work for those peoples' plugs/connects or those people work under them (by "watched", I mean, I was physically present to witness this while someone was asking me if I wanted "2 for 20s" on my way to the gas station). If you think that statement is bullshit, then that shows the gap between our experiences.
This is one of the few cities on planet earth where the presence of police (multiple squad cars), will not make you feel any safer. The city can be very quiet but it is ominously dangerous and you need to be careful about who you talk to and who you tell what to.
Very Similar to Social Engineering Attacks, Right?
Right. But there are not many people from Baltimore in IT, is there? Someone from a good town / environment / background that never grew up around those characters may not think twice when they get a phone call from "Bob" in the "IT department" who just wants to "check out a couple things" or "make sure a bug is fixed".
Someone like me is programmed not to trust people like that.
There are people in the hood that will attempt to finesse & hustle you in all sorts of ways if you aren't wise.
You can get hustled out of dice games, other street games, etc.
Maybe there's someone that's jealous / doesn't like you and they want to "line you up" (set you up to be robbed). One way they may do that is by sending an attractive female to come talk to you (if you're a man). If you're dumb enough to trust her, then she may send over some of the intel she gathered on you (where you live, what you got, what you're doing), to people that will eventually come & rob you.
Some females will just rob you outright. You need to be aware of who you're dealing with.
Other people may pretend to offer you "help" and "resources", but really they're trying to make you dependent on them. They will seem very nice, be well-spoken, and perhaps even lie to you and say that they are a pastor, nurse, teacher, etc. (some trusted profession). Their goal is to leave you indebted to them in some way. Once you are - they will collect, one way or the other (with the threat of violence behind it).
Some people will lie to police and say that you sell drugs or set you up to catch a case as part of their plea agreement (i.e., turning in other "dealers" for a 'lighter sentence'). Some people will rob you & then help you look for your missing stuff, all the while pretending to be a concerned friend.
All of these people I described in this message could be your own family members.
Police obviously can't be trusted in the City. They will hurt you. They aren't like police in other cities. There aren't "bad apples" and "good guys", the whole force is corrupt. I've watched them stand outside of their cars and monitor people selling dope & other drugs in full view like nothing was happening because they either work for those peoples' plugs/connects or those people work under them (by "watched", I mean, I was physically present to witness this while someone was asking me if I wanted "2 for 20s" on my way to the gas station). If you think that statement is bullshit, then that shows the gap between our experiences.
This is one of the few cities on planet earth where the presence of police (multiple squad cars), will not make you feel any safer. The city can be very quiet but it is ominously dangerous and you need to be careful about who you talk to and who you tell what to.
Very Similar to Social Engineering Attacks, Right?
Right. But there are not many people from Baltimore in IT, is there? Someone from a good town / environment / background that never grew up around those characters may not think twice when they get a phone call from "Bob" in the "IT department" who just wants to "check out a couple things" or "make sure a bug is fixed".
Someone like me is programmed not to trust people like that.