Scammers

Don’t Get Scammed By Scammers

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I recently found out that a friend of mine fell victim to one of the many Amazon scams going around. They managed to convince to pay a fee (via gift cards of course) for an item that she didn’t put in her cart… and the worst part was that she knew something was up, but didn’t know how to get rid of them. I was pissed when I found out, that something like this can happen so easily.

I’m sure anyone reading this already knows not to talk to these people, but… don’t talk to them, unless you’re wanting to troll their asses. Instead I recommend watching and sharing scambaiting videos, especially to older people and the technologically impaired who tend to be their easiest targets. They can be educational, and even entertaining:

If I had more time in my busy work schedule I’d love to make some special VM’s for them to fuck around in, or just play dumb as fuck over the phone. I used to troll sales people over the phone when I was a kid, and it would be kinda fun to unleash some creative energy on these bottom feeders.

Guilty Pleasures: Scambaiting

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A friend from work introduced me to the world of scambaiting, where people will deliberately waste a scammer’s time in one form or another. There’s just something entertaining about having someone connect unknowingly to a VM for god tier trolling.

I’ve already been well aware of all kinds of scams that are going around these days, but a lot of these kinds of videos do a good job of not just trolling the scammers, but provide in depth analysis of how these scammer groups operate. I praise these people for their art, education and dedication to both keeping people informed and saving potential victims by wasting their time.

I actually wouldn’t mind doing something like this; in fact I’ve done it a couple of times at work when they call up pretending to work for TehGoogle. THey must have been busy, they didn’t seem a tad interested in the fact that I lived in the State of Germany and consolidated three stores into one building. I’m not one to usually boast, but I’d say that’s pretty durn impressive.