Re:FCC will require phone carriers to authenticate calls by ...
by gouggoug on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @11:15AM
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I did something similar to this a while ago, but the scam was happening via text messages.
I spent a full weekend texting back and forth with the scammer.
Although I never went as far as your lorry of circus animals, I did give _many_ hints to him that he was being played with.
Now, the more interesting part is that I was particularly fed with scammers and wanted to see if I could out scam one, which I did.
On the Monday after that weekend, I managed to get my scammers to provide me with his bank account username and password.
Once I got this information, I checked that they were correct credentials and stopped all and every contact. I also did nothing with it as I didn't want to myself be on the wrong side of the law, nor did I want to mess too much with a scammer and get myself in trouble.
I spent a full weekend texting back and forth with the scammer.
Although I never went as far as your lorry of circus animals, I did give _many_ hints to him that he was being played with.
Now, the more interesting part is that I was particularly fed with scammers and wanted to see if I could out scam one, which I did.
On the Monday after that weekend, I managed to get my scammers to provide me with his bank account username and password.
Once I got this information, I checked that they were correct credentials and stopped all and every contact. I also did nothing with it as I didn't want to myself be on the wrong side of the law, nor did I want to mess too much with a scammer and get myself in trouble.