Using these tools is rarely a victimless act. Here are the primary dangers:
Many providers (like AT&T, Cricket, or various regional cable companies) include Max for free with certain unlimited or high-tier plans.
The HBO Max account he’d stolen? It wasn’t real. It was a honeypot—a stolen account from another victim, used as bait to lure people like him into running the fake generator. By logging into “Elena’s” account, Marco had unknowingly triggered a script that reversed the hack. He was the target all along.