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Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 02:57
by Felix the Cat
419eater

Scambaiting is something that I've been doing for some time now. It's very fun, allows you creativity, and helps fight against a crime that drains billions of dollars annually from victims across the world.

The basic idea: find a scammer (any scammer can do). Create an account that does not use your personal details. Write back and string him along as long as possible. There are always problems and the problems are always the scammer's fault.

Advanced modalities ("modalities" is a word that scammers are fond of, and hence has become used in the baiting community) include having the scammers fill out fake forms, take photos of themselves, produce and mail artwork (wood carvings are popular), and "go on safari" which involves getting the scammer to travel somewhere, preferably across an international border.

The point is to drain their time and resources and have them concentrate on you rather than on an actual victim.

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 05:10
by rattle
So you are trolling baddies now. Good job.

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 05:26
by Felix the Cat
rattle wrote:So you are trolling baddies now. Good job.
I've been trolling baddies for a while.

This forum is so easy to troll it's hard to resist, what with all of the easily trollable people on here who will not be named but whose names everyone knows, and the mods all being hippies and wanting to let everyone express their ideas, dude, *toke toke* whoa this weed is really good, dude *toke toke*.

REGARDLESS WE ALREADY HAVE A THREAD IN WHICH WE DISCUSS TROLLING THE FORUM, IT IS CONVENIENTLY LOCATED HERE.

ITT: SCAMBAITING.

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 07:44
by SinbadEV
Dude... wait, what?

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 10:24
by SwiftSpear
Haha, foundation for the ethical trolls of America.

I like the setup that one guy in the letters section has. Get them to send art on the premise that you're offering artistic scholarships, and then string them along as long as possible, then communicate with them impersonating a cop who caught some guy running a fake art scam and get them to fill out a bunch of police forms about how they were victimized.

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 12 Apr 2008, 23:44
by Caydr
I prefer bearblasting.

Re: Scambaiting

Posted: 13 Apr 2008, 05:49
by Zoombie
Humpcatting for me.

It's similar to bear blasting.