So I look through the whole son died PS5 on Facebook thing. I know a number of them will block you if you point out it’s a scam so I try to warn people through messaging privately. But I’ve found someone I want to mess with. But yeah I told them I live in Indiana and they told me they live in. Wisconsin. I tell them that’s just 2 states away I can go all the way there. They still do insist on paying shipping. So I want to find a way to mess with them and waste their time thinking they have a potential victim.

  • @Orangenkuchen@lemmy.world
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    269 months ago

    I’ve really enjoyed the videos of James Veitch on annoying scanners. Especially this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MHDDSekvcE. The scammer wants him to contact this “bank” and open an account. He than makes up, that he read somewhere that you get a free toaster with any new account. He than goes on and on about the free toaster until the scanner asks him to stop emailing him.

  • CaptainBasculin
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    79 months ago

    The addresses they’ll send are mostly shipping companies that take stuff and ship them directly to another country. Check their address, you’ll very likely see such a building that advertises to ship stuff.

  • Call me Lenny/Leni
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    79 months ago

    Tell them to contact you in ways they’re not designed to, maybe stretch them thin in the process.

  • @pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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    29 months ago

    I think I saw a video of someone using ChatGPT voice feature and hand it over to the scammer, who thought they’re dealing with a real person.

  • wuphysics87
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    19 months ago

    Block them and move on. Half of scamming is getting money. The other half is trolling by wasting the target’s time.

    I get it though. These assholes piss everyone off. Wanna counter them? Get really good at a hobby. Fall in love. Make a fuck ton of money. Etc.

    Wasting even a moment of your time on these pieces of shit is time you aren’t doing the above. Don’t let them take from you that which you owe yourself