When a stranger calls

Yeah. I think scam-baiting doesn't necessarily hurt the people running the scam - just those at the very bottom, who may have been forced into it. There can be different levels of gang hierarchy to manage a scam.

I think back to the famous Commodore 64 scam-bait...
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/06/how-to-trick-an-online-scammer-into-carving-a-computer-out-of-wood/305903/

...and have to wonder if the poor person who did the carving was either completely unaware of why the item was required (for fraud) and/or a practical (or actual) slave for the people in charge of the scam.  Probably never know.

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brvx wrote:

Now I just say that's very odd because I don't own a computer.

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Best answer by far!  Gives them no comeback. :smileyvery-happy:

Yeah. I think scam-baiting doesn't necessarily hurt the people running the scam - just those at the very bottom, who may have been forced into it. There can be different levels of gang hierarchy to manage a scam.

I think back to the famous Commodore 64 scam-bait...
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/06/how-to-trick-an-online-scammer-into-carving-a-computer-out-of-wood/305903/

...and have to wonder if the poor person who did the carving was either completely unaware of why the item was required (for fraud) and/or a practical (or actual) slave for the people in charge of the scam.  Probably never know.

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brvx wrote:

Now I just say that's very odd because I don't own a computer.

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Best answer by far!  Gives them no comeback. :smileyvery-happy: