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Scambaiting is a way to fight back against these pukes, who prey on the elderly and trusting souls.
The idea is that every min of their time that you waste is a minute where they can’t take Grandma’s retirement money.
If I am having a slow day, and I get an email announcing a $399 credit card charge for tech support, I’ll call that 844 number for tech support after blocking my number. I tell them that my name is Nigel Tufnell (or sometimes Graham Chapman), and my address is 1060 West Addison in Chicago.
I let the charade run as long as I’m entertained. Sometimes they get a lecture at the end of my call.
Some guys are so good at Scambaiting that they make a living out of it, and stream their calls on Twitch. They can hack into the scammer’s PCs and delete files and steal back gift cards while they get cursed out in a foreign language. It’s hilarious. https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087042/posts
I’ve watched ScammerPayback and love it.
Thanks for helping hold down the fort like that. I don’t have the savvy to do that to people.
One time I got a call and answered it on y cell phone, not landline, and they started with *your computer has a problem* and I just laughed at the guy. I said that this was a cell phone and he had NO idea what computer was tied to this number. And then hung up.
I suppose that all it did was show him that there are people out there wise to them.
Sign me up!