1w ago

Who else likes to mess with spammers?

Great news everyone! I've just been offered a position to remotely train an AI and I can make up to $6000 a day!

Yeah, right.

I'm in the middle of a conversation with someone who randomly instant messaged me. I like to play dumb with these people and then occasionally throw some obscure questions at them and watch them squirm, or just toss subtle insults in my replies.

Anyone else get a kick out of messing with these scammers? Any particular shenanigans you like to throw at them, out any good stories that have come from it?

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Honestly I'm too worried about my voice/image being AI spoofed to bother answering any calls I'm not expecting.
While I know I'm not rich enough to be a target I lack the cybersecurity skills to chew what I might bite off if I made it personal by trolling them.
- It’s not necessarily about being rich. You have an identity that can be abused to get stuff like credit and loans and open up accounts depending on what they can get. Obviously they’re not going to get THAT far with just a single recording of you saying “hello”, but I want to dispel the myth that only the rich are targeted by scammers
  
  You have an identity that can be abused to get stuff like credit and loans
  I have grandparents. Don't want them getting scammed.
  And hello isn't enough but a 10 word sentence is plenty.
- I try not to mess around with ANY voice calls, so I usually just hang up shortly after I realize what's happening.
  
  Yea I won't even speak until I hear someone on the other end. Even then I disguise my voice until I'm certain it's a legit caller.
One time I spelled my last name for almost an entire minute without being interrupted. This consisted of me saying random letters at a medium pace throwing in an occasional number or random sound. Everything was great until they hung up but their patience was impressive.
Every time I get called by a spammed I do my best to waste as much of their time as possible and consider it a badge of honour when they get pissed and start swearing at me.
Every minute with me is a minute they aren't stealing from someone's grandma.
- It ain't much, but it's honest work.
I'm pretty sure these scam calls are because the phone companies don't care enough to build better systems. We just all accept a shitty world because Verizon can't be bothered.
I get a lot of SEO spam at work. I usually reply to them that they are not on the first page of Google and then a bit of creativity.
"Is that why your services are cheap?"
"We will be proceeding with someone competent"
Or simply "isn't that funny"
You better not take that AI job. I applied first. It's MINE!!!!! Anyhow... ...there are some great videos on YouTube where people waste the time of spam callers. I also love the call center scammers who have their time wasted.
Ask them how much washing up they could do without any washing up liquid
Maybe if it is very ironic or something, but otherwise just report and move on

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