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.

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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

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Reminds me of a presentation I saw a few months ago by netsafe which is an new zealand non profit that has an ai driven system to keep scammers busy. You can try it out or learn more about it here: https://rescam.org/

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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.

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Similarly, this guy would let Lenny handle it: https://youtu.be/XSoOrlh5i1k?si=PA1FWk4x3pYRpr3x

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