OT - scams you've received and not fallen for.

[Geoff Parkstone]

The bank ones are all very scattergun - they try to avoid naming the bank quite often referring to being from "your bank". As Im with 6 different banks thats no help.....

[ramAnag]

One I havent seen in a while is from the person who has filmed me looking at **** sites and filmed me cranking out one off the wrist. the threat is then to send it to all your email contacts unless I pay x in ***coins (other cryptos are available) to an account somewhere. Went through a phase of getting several of them a few years back

Not just on here you’re a bit of a ****** then.

[Geoff Parkstone]

Not just on here you’re a bit of a ****** then.

Yep, me and MA, who made the observation simultaneously, must be international ****ers....

[Andy_Faber]

I also like to play along with scams. The trick, is to seem confused, as that's what they prey on. My favourite tactic is to choose a television show of my liking, then respond only with quotes from the show that would roughly align to their messages. They get annoyed after a while, and I've had some fun, whilst hopefully distracting them long enough to avoid someone else being scammed.
There are lots of scam baiting YouTube channels, where they really wind them up, and in some cases reverse the scam and call in the law for a raid. It's handy to be familiar with how scams operate, to give yourself a better chance of not falling victim, or noticing signs if a friend or family member is being scammed, so I'd recommend watching some.

Its great fun playing the scammers. I've had a fellah screaming threats and obscenities down the line at me after stringing him along for ages, the penny finally dropping when I asked him 'can you call me back on my burner phone?'