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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    13 days ago

    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.

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      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

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        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.

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      I try not to mess around with ANY voice calls, so I usually just hang up shortly after I realize what’s happening.

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        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.