https://www.youtube.com/@scammerpayback
equal in entertainment is when a voice actor starts scamming the scammers, see IRL Rosie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_0osV_nf2b0sIbm4Wiw4RQ
I listen to them when I code...
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/world/asia/cambodia-cyber...
> The victims say they answered ads that they thought were legitimate, promising high salaries. Once trafficked into these scam compounds, they were held captive and forced to defraud people. Many were told to entice victims online with fraudulent investment opportunities, the promise of interest-free loans or the chance to buy items on fake e-commerce apps. If they performed badly, they were sold to another scam mill. Those caught trying to escape were often beaten.
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The scammer at a minimum needs to look like they're making progress and doing everything they can to scam you. Their life depends on it.
There's no joy to be found anywhere here. Its all crap. Just don't interact with the scam groups at all.
In the context of scamming there seems to be an easy fix for that - abandon the conversation if it isn’t going well for the scammer.
Even a counter-bait is an option: continue the conversation after it’s not going well and gradually lower the model’s complexity, eventually returning random words interspersed with sleep().
I guess some counter-counter-bait is possible too, along with some game theory references.