Thursday, May 30, 2019

Ways to waste a scammer's time

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You come home and find a few missed calls. Often, they don't leave messages. Or you pick up the phone and a guy with an Indian accent claims to be from Microsoft and that there's a virus on the computer. Just in case you don't know, they are scammers. They steal from people everyday and tend to get vulgar if they find out they can't scam you. I like to do what many others do and waste their time so they have less time to scam others per shift. The longer you waste their time, the less time they have to scam others! Plus, if you can record it, you may be a popular YouTuber! So here are some suggestions:

  1. Stop for multiple distractions. Every 5 minutes, pretend someting comes up. If it's an interest rate scammer, you could make up 5 numbers for your credit card (I don't suggest a real one because they may still be able to scam you) and say you have to go to the bathroom. Then you could give a fake expiration date and say you have to answer a knock at the door. Continue to do this until they hang up! (For a hilarious example of this, watch this video:) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_ll_qnBNTY
  2. Ask to have every instruction repeated. These scammers prey on ignorance, so there's not much risk in having them explain everything. Ask for every single instruction to be repeated, and question every detail. Say that's there's no key labeled 'Enter' on your machine. Ask them whether you need to left-click or right-click every single time. Explain that your machine is very slow and will take a long time to boot up.
  3. Have them explain to you even the smallest tasks in the most detail possible. With a computer scammer, ask how to turn the computer on. When you finally turn it on, they will instruct you on how to open a "Run" window (Windows key and letter R). Ask exactly which finger to use and how long to press it down. If it's a Healthcare scammer, ask which eye to read your card out of and how to find the front and back of the card.
  4. Get emotional! Act really desperate and lonely like you need a friend and they called at just the right time. Ask all about them, where they live, relationship status, kids etc. Eventually you'll creep them out. Then start crying and complaining about how they're the only one who loves you, play a gun shot sound effect and drop the phone.
  5. Have multiple converstations. Every time the scammer asks you a question, shout the question to someone else in the room. If no one else is around, do it anyway and pretend to hear someone (which might make the scammer think you're crazy!) Once you have answered their question, answer a really personal question! (Are you a virgin? What's your Social Security number?)
I love wasting a scammer's time. It makes for good YouTube videos! Let me know how you waste a scammer's time!

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