Scammer Gets Trolled So Badly, They Ask The Person To Stop Responding
Interview With AuthorIt’s no secret that we live in the age of scammers, hustlers, and con men. One day, they try to lure you into playing a game of three-card monte you would never win, the next, they organize fake charities, pretend to be someone they’re not, or try to swindle your very last money. But thanks to witty people who’re not buying it, some of these scam artists do get a taste of their own medicine.
This is precisely what happened to one scammer who tried to impersonate a neighbor in need of help, aka $50 to fix a flat tire: “Hello it is your neighbor with some car trouble can you assist me.” The target quickly replied saying “What type of neighbor would I be if I didn’t help you” and sooner than the scammer knew it, he was drawn into a full-on neighbor drama full of gossip, revenge, and weekend plans.
The blogger named Amber Says shared the screenshots of the hilarious incident on her Facebook page, and this is the sort of emotional roller coaster that would put anyone off, even the desperate con man.
This exchange between a scammer and his “victim” has gone viral recently
Bored Panda reached out to Amber Jacobs, the woman behind the viral response to the scammer, who agreed to share her experience with scams and how she deals with them. “I’m no stranger to scammers. I recognized the tone immediately. I think we’ve all had that text or phone call that has left us feeling angry or taken advantage of,” Amber said.
The woman who introduced herself as “a small-town massage therapist” said that she finds it offensive when someone comes along under false pretenses and with the intention to take what isn’t theirs. She also said that it’s not the first time someone has tried to fool her. “These days, our information is so accessible that these types of situations don’t surprise me anymore. I just hate that there are some people that aren’t able to recognize when they’re being scammed and taken advantage of.”
And that makes it easier for Amber to waste these guys’ time if she has an opportunity. She added that the hilarious neighbor drama was an easy thing to come up with “when you live in a very small town where everyone knows everything about everyone. This conversation in itself is a reflection of things you’d hear on aisle 5 at the local grocery store.” The characters are not themselves real, but the story was definitely inspired by real-life incidents.
Amber said she has always been a storyteller and aspiring writer so she just uses her imagination when she needs it. “These types of conversations allow me to be as ridiculous as I want. I’m just glad people get enjoyment out of it. I’ve come to love my town with all of its quirks and Lindas with the bad potato salad,” she concluded.
Image credits: amberjsays
What you need to know about text scams
With the rise of internet technologies, social media, and basically all the world going online in times of the pandemic, scammers are getting more and more sophisticated in their attempts to trick us. However, sometimes it doesn’t take a whole lot for con men to trick people, and all it takes is a phone number and an unsuspecting target.
Also known as smishing, SMS phishing or text scam is the fraudulent solicitation of your personal information through the use of text messaging. While every scam is different, there are common hallmarks to watch out for.
First, text scams tend to have unusually long numbers. Simple Texting suggests that “If you were to receive a text message from an unidentified 11-digit number, the odds are high that it’s a scam.” Even if the person who texts you identifies themselves as a legit person, it’s always a good idea to check the number they are writing from.
Random family emergency texts are also something to look out for. The texts are very frightening and this is basically why they work on so many victims. However, it would be smart to reach out to a trusted family member or friend to verify the scammer’s story (even if they say to keep it a secret).
Other common text scams include reactivation and refund scams, as well as the iconic “you won a prize!” scam. If you ever receive any of these, never, ever click on the links in the text message if you have the slightest suspicion it may be a scam.
Also, don’t feel pressured to reply quickly and act immediately because this is precisely what scammers are trying to achieve. It’s always better to slow down, take a step back, and think the situation through. For the future record, it’s best to take a screenshot of the text, but don’t forget to delete the original message and report it to your mobile carrier and/or authorities.
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I'm invested in his barbecue narrative now. I want to know more about these people!
Don't get me started on Louanne! Her daughter Hailey turned vegarian or something and now Louanne wants to bring some unholy c**p made of Satan!
Load More Replies...This was very funny but if a scammer told me to stop, I wouldn't. I would also pass his "new number" to the other "neighbours".
Right!? I was hoping they would've posted the number so we could all continue to trash talk the BBQ
Load More Replies...This is hilarious! Makes me wish someone send this kind of scam message so I can have some fun too!
I got one via email that I was the sole beneficiary of some 'distant relative's' 5 million dollar will. From some tiny little African country, a car accident. I dragged it out for an entire week---then told him how good it sounded, so I'd tell my lawyer to get him the details. Funny; I never heard back after that...
Load More Replies...When I worked for a company that sold high-end BBQ/grilling outfits, I got an email from a guy who wanted to buy two of the best to send to an orphanage in Haiti. It was obviously a scam, but I had a lot of time on my hands, so I played along. First I told him he couldn't just get the barbecues, but had to get the accessories as well. When he agreed to that, I suggested he get the hats and aprons too, so the orphans would look stylish while cooking. After we did this for a while I gave him a total that was well over $10k, which he agreed to, and he wanted to pay by credit card. I said I couldn't do that on an international order, that he had to send me a check. I explained how I got taken by a Nigerian scammer the year before and my boss was really pissed. I assured this guy I knew he wasn't a scammer, but that I would get fired if I disobeyed my boss' new policy. He stopped playing along then.
we did this with a Guy named David Brown who said I had ordered some kind of coverage for my computer and i didn't get it and I was owed $350. Then he went on to say he worked for a refund company. I didn't recall this so it clicked in this guy was a scammer. He was a genius with computers (I'm a bumbling idiot). so we decided to have fun and kept him going for months, what he finally wanted was for us to allow him to put a "thing" in our computer so he knew what we were doing by computer. Well we kept this little boy running his a*s off for months just playing stupid that we didn't know what he was up to. I finally said to him just put the money in the in the damn bank or else! We've notified the fraud squad! Alas no money or no David but a hellva lot of fun.
I laughed so hard that this bought tears to my eyes. The only good thing about scammers is the fun you can have at their expense.
I just had to say this guy is extremely quick witted, that's a true rare talent...very funny...kudos
So, my most epic scammer moment happened when I got called on a Saturday afternoon by "Microsoft Security Research Division.". It was somehow a combination of the Nigerian Prince scam with the "this is microsoft, your computer is sending out viruses" scam. (basically, they wanted to *buy* access to my computer,) Any how, I had those schmucks on the line for four, five hours playing stupid. "The Start menu. go to the start menu-" "Uh, what? My computer doesn't have a start menu? I don't see that anywhere!" the thing is, I use Linux Mint-Debian on all my computers, or some other random distro if I get bored. (What? Don't judge.)
You can really have a lot of fun with those guys. I know it from experience
This is the most awesome and creative way I have ever seen for getting back at scammers.
This is so hilarious! Also, this is an excellent way to annoy scammers! :)
This is funny, save his number, later when he least expect, send him a scam !!!
Had my own experience with a FB messenger scammer. "She" wanted me to buy her a card from Target. I kept going on and on about what kind of card "she" wanted. Birthday card? Anniversary card? Get well quick card?
Had my own experience with a scammer on FB messaging. Wanted me to get "her" a card at the Target. Kept going on and on with "her" about what kind of card "she" wanted. Birthday card? Anniversary card? Get well quick card?
So I just did this. it went great. I was working at my computer and I got a text on my mobile, which was charging on my desk. They used the identity of an acquaintance, first and last name-- Bob. I rolled with it for a half-hour telling the Bob I was happy to oblige since I was at CVS that very moment and the line was long. I kept going back and forth from the pharmacy and the front check out. I kept asking him questions about a board meeting. I told him I would use the company card. He told me it was for his cousin's kid's birthday so I engaged him with that for a while, which kid? etc. after about a half-hour, I told him "Kathy" called be and was having lunch with the kids' mom, and that she a was nixing the gift card because the kids were cyberbullying- something about a gift card scam...Bob? ..Bob?
I did this with a scammer that called me and then swore at me when I wouldn’t do anything. I just kept calling them back even though they kept trying to put on a new act every phone call to try to put me off. They ended up canceling the number as it ended up being unreachable after about a hour of a back and forth of me calling them back..
We usually get these kind of things by phone call in the UK. I've been known to tell them I have Tourette's and solidly abuse them for up to 20 minutes with some of the worst things you could imagine. And once I had one call me, so I made fapping noises and demanded they call me "Mommy". I actually made her cry. And no, I'll never be sorry.
But what happened at the barbecue - I need to know! This is hilarious. I've done something similar with scammers who tell me I've had a car accident.
love it. I do this to cold callers all the time. " yeah sorry can you just hold a minute? Just got to get something out of the oven" I keep them on hold until they hang up.
I think as the "older generation" dies off these scams will become more & more sophisticated. I know to NEVER give out personal information, but had an elderly friend who sent $500 to her "grandson" who had his wallet stolen in Italy. Her grandson really WAS in Italy, which is probably why she got scammed.
I absolutely LOVE this. A scammer pulled this on the large company I worked for, claiming to be one of our equipment dealers' employees, stranded on the beach, claimed he fell asleep and someone robbed him, so all he had was his phone and was walking down the beach in his bathing trunks, no money, no hotel key, nothing. Wanted us to wire him money to rescue him. Called the dealer's employee's home - he was home, suffering from cancer. Same thing happened to my parents - scammer called and claimed to be my son, said he was in an accident, broke his nose and needed money for the hospital. My dad told them to call back and called me right away - stopped the scammers cold.
We used to do this with the Microsoft Tech Support idiots in Karachi. We could string them along for an hour on our virtual PC. At one point most of them would start swearing at us so we would tell them to f**k off in no uncertain words.
If you liked this I think you will like James Veitch's TED talk here >>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pPqRNk2Qhw
OMG Magpie.. that is truly one of the funniest TED talks I've ever heard. I'm killin' my self laughing here.
Load More Replies...not really. It's a business for them. if 10 of 20 never engage, and 5 of ten engage, only for 1 of those five to buy in, doesn't really matter if there's three of those five only engaged to have fun. so they waste, what? Twenty minutes over the course of an hour? Chances are solid they'll get one or two every so often.
Load More Replies...Dude this once happened to me and I started pretending to do the opposite
I had someone call me with a scam call recently, I warned them I have Tourette's (which I don't btw) and gave them the worst abuse you can think of for about 20 minutes until they hung up. And another I made rapping noises at and demanded she call me "Mommy". I made her cry. No, I'm not sorry.
I'm invested in his barbecue narrative now. I want to know more about these people!
Don't get me started on Louanne! Her daughter Hailey turned vegarian or something and now Louanne wants to bring some unholy c**p made of Satan!
Load More Replies...This was very funny but if a scammer told me to stop, I wouldn't. I would also pass his "new number" to the other "neighbours".
Right!? I was hoping they would've posted the number so we could all continue to trash talk the BBQ
Load More Replies...This is hilarious! Makes me wish someone send this kind of scam message so I can have some fun too!
I got one via email that I was the sole beneficiary of some 'distant relative's' 5 million dollar will. From some tiny little African country, a car accident. I dragged it out for an entire week---then told him how good it sounded, so I'd tell my lawyer to get him the details. Funny; I never heard back after that...
Load More Replies...When I worked for a company that sold high-end BBQ/grilling outfits, I got an email from a guy who wanted to buy two of the best to send to an orphanage in Haiti. It was obviously a scam, but I had a lot of time on my hands, so I played along. First I told him he couldn't just get the barbecues, but had to get the accessories as well. When he agreed to that, I suggested he get the hats and aprons too, so the orphans would look stylish while cooking. After we did this for a while I gave him a total that was well over $10k, which he agreed to, and he wanted to pay by credit card. I said I couldn't do that on an international order, that he had to send me a check. I explained how I got taken by a Nigerian scammer the year before and my boss was really pissed. I assured this guy I knew he wasn't a scammer, but that I would get fired if I disobeyed my boss' new policy. He stopped playing along then.
we did this with a Guy named David Brown who said I had ordered some kind of coverage for my computer and i didn't get it and I was owed $350. Then he went on to say he worked for a refund company. I didn't recall this so it clicked in this guy was a scammer. He was a genius with computers (I'm a bumbling idiot). so we decided to have fun and kept him going for months, what he finally wanted was for us to allow him to put a "thing" in our computer so he knew what we were doing by computer. Well we kept this little boy running his a*s off for months just playing stupid that we didn't know what he was up to. I finally said to him just put the money in the in the damn bank or else! We've notified the fraud squad! Alas no money or no David but a hellva lot of fun.
I laughed so hard that this bought tears to my eyes. The only good thing about scammers is the fun you can have at their expense.
I just had to say this guy is extremely quick witted, that's a true rare talent...very funny...kudos
So, my most epic scammer moment happened when I got called on a Saturday afternoon by "Microsoft Security Research Division.". It was somehow a combination of the Nigerian Prince scam with the "this is microsoft, your computer is sending out viruses" scam. (basically, they wanted to *buy* access to my computer,) Any how, I had those schmucks on the line for four, five hours playing stupid. "The Start menu. go to the start menu-" "Uh, what? My computer doesn't have a start menu? I don't see that anywhere!" the thing is, I use Linux Mint-Debian on all my computers, or some other random distro if I get bored. (What? Don't judge.)
You can really have a lot of fun with those guys. I know it from experience
This is the most awesome and creative way I have ever seen for getting back at scammers.
This is so hilarious! Also, this is an excellent way to annoy scammers! :)
This is funny, save his number, later when he least expect, send him a scam !!!
Had my own experience with a FB messenger scammer. "She" wanted me to buy her a card from Target. I kept going on and on about what kind of card "she" wanted. Birthday card? Anniversary card? Get well quick card?
Had my own experience with a scammer on FB messaging. Wanted me to get "her" a card at the Target. Kept going on and on with "her" about what kind of card "she" wanted. Birthday card? Anniversary card? Get well quick card?
So I just did this. it went great. I was working at my computer and I got a text on my mobile, which was charging on my desk. They used the identity of an acquaintance, first and last name-- Bob. I rolled with it for a half-hour telling the Bob I was happy to oblige since I was at CVS that very moment and the line was long. I kept going back and forth from the pharmacy and the front check out. I kept asking him questions about a board meeting. I told him I would use the company card. He told me it was for his cousin's kid's birthday so I engaged him with that for a while, which kid? etc. after about a half-hour, I told him "Kathy" called be and was having lunch with the kids' mom, and that she a was nixing the gift card because the kids were cyberbullying- something about a gift card scam...Bob? ..Bob?
I did this with a scammer that called me and then swore at me when I wouldn’t do anything. I just kept calling them back even though they kept trying to put on a new act every phone call to try to put me off. They ended up canceling the number as it ended up being unreachable after about a hour of a back and forth of me calling them back..
We usually get these kind of things by phone call in the UK. I've been known to tell them I have Tourette's and solidly abuse them for up to 20 minutes with some of the worst things you could imagine. And once I had one call me, so I made fapping noises and demanded they call me "Mommy". I actually made her cry. And no, I'll never be sorry.
But what happened at the barbecue - I need to know! This is hilarious. I've done something similar with scammers who tell me I've had a car accident.
love it. I do this to cold callers all the time. " yeah sorry can you just hold a minute? Just got to get something out of the oven" I keep them on hold until they hang up.
I think as the "older generation" dies off these scams will become more & more sophisticated. I know to NEVER give out personal information, but had an elderly friend who sent $500 to her "grandson" who had his wallet stolen in Italy. Her grandson really WAS in Italy, which is probably why she got scammed.
I absolutely LOVE this. A scammer pulled this on the large company I worked for, claiming to be one of our equipment dealers' employees, stranded on the beach, claimed he fell asleep and someone robbed him, so all he had was his phone and was walking down the beach in his bathing trunks, no money, no hotel key, nothing. Wanted us to wire him money to rescue him. Called the dealer's employee's home - he was home, suffering from cancer. Same thing happened to my parents - scammer called and claimed to be my son, said he was in an accident, broke his nose and needed money for the hospital. My dad told them to call back and called me right away - stopped the scammers cold.
We used to do this with the Microsoft Tech Support idiots in Karachi. We could string them along for an hour on our virtual PC. At one point most of them would start swearing at us so we would tell them to f**k off in no uncertain words.
If you liked this I think you will like James Veitch's TED talk here >>>>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pPqRNk2Qhw
OMG Magpie.. that is truly one of the funniest TED talks I've ever heard. I'm killin' my self laughing here.
Load More Replies...not really. It's a business for them. if 10 of 20 never engage, and 5 of ten engage, only for 1 of those five to buy in, doesn't really matter if there's three of those five only engaged to have fun. so they waste, what? Twenty minutes over the course of an hour? Chances are solid they'll get one or two every so often.
Load More Replies...Dude this once happened to me and I started pretending to do the opposite
I had someone call me with a scam call recently, I warned them I have Tourette's (which I don't btw) and gave them the worst abuse you can think of for about 20 minutes until they hung up. And another I made rapping noises at and demanded she call me "Mommy". I made her cry. No, I'm not sorry.
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