Topic: Messing With a Bitcoin Scammer (Read 1887 times)

I would disagree. By responding to the scammer, the OP made it known that his email address was valid and was (somewhat) regularly read. This will open him up to a number of additional attacks in the future.

I do like the fact that someone attempting to scam was messed with in some way, but I do believe that this was ultimately not a good idea.

Nice, its always fun to keep it going with scammers!

clean
https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/2e6f3f997f30800d902e7cbe79c93d83634258ce2b8311e9506d339be977dfee/analysis/1406781752/

not clean..
http://quttera.com/detailed_report/www.thecleverest.com

That was a good one thanks for sharing
Got to love people sometimes XD

 
I would also be doing this if someone will try to. Having to anonymity really drives them to scam every now and them.

I think you just wasted the cost of a stamp. And the money went to.....the post office. In some ways this is worse then the scammer getting money from you.

YOU SIR WON THE INTERNET

I wonder what he would say if he replied.

funny, but the problem is, you are dealing with a low-level guy, most likely someone who is extorted into doing the dirty work for some serious gangsters. If you make too big a fool of them, their higher ups may actually kill them or harm their family. organized crime is like that, they make examples of people over slights. Best to simply ignore. You don't need to victimize some poor soul any further than he is being victimized already, do you? I know they are trying to con you, but if its that obvious it isnt worth worrying over. If you feel a need for vindication simply educate potential victims.  That will hurt the goons the most.

Well done
I like this thing with the address, I might tip you a bit if this one is your real address. please write down your real address and we will be happy to tip Lot of people can confirm i like to tip
You did too less to this scammer. I like to go further with scammers and try to investigate more about them.
BR

The best thing you can do to scammers is steal their time, you did an excellent job, well done.

Haha, that is pretty funny. I hope he replies

This was an interesting read, thanks for sharing the link OP. I'm getting sick from all the scam emails that I get. I might just do something like this to get back at them.

Did he reply?

Which URL shortener did you use? The original link seemed OK in Firefox browser.
I'm sure your follows will be thrilled. 

I posted this link to Twitter, and not one, but two malware notifications got in my way when I tested the link after I posted it.

Quite funny.

But I would be careful answering scammers at all. You don't know who they are. They're criminals and might even resort to violence if they find out your identity.

ya.ya.yo!

That is pretty clever. Gave me a smile on a rough day. Thanks!

i love messing with scammers. just got one to delete his post, he was attempting to extort 40BTC from the community with a plea about the ukraine bombing today.

the funny thing is that at first glance of a 2 minute news video the emotional side of people would think "oh no big crises the whole country of ukraine is being bombed"

although i dont condone any bombing, i do hate exaggerated propaganda. same as i hate scammers.

so i told him that i am speaking with a ukrainian now (which i was) who had no problems in his town bar a few protests. and that the bombing was only done in a small part of one city. meaning people did not need to run thousands of miles.

i then pointed him out to the propaganda in the video he linked.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-28559482

just watch the first 8 seconds atleast.
at the 3rd second you see a women running into a building and this in viewers eyes would make you think "oh no she is running for her life i hope she wont get killed by guns bombs or shrapnel",, right.

watch it again. but this time look to the left.

a plump woman casually walking out, not ducking down. simply talking on the phone.

.. its like watching a nurse that has been called in to work to hlp out, but she is late.. and using it to make you think she is running for her life.

after this revelation the scammer deleted the thread.

now that has been said again i do not condone the bombing nor do i take those poor souls that have lost life or limb that happen to be innocent victims. but to use incidents like this, and to manipulate them for people/media's own agenda is worse then what i have to say

There are people dedicated to scam or at least troll the 'Nigerian Scammers' who send all those spam mails and tell you about an inheritance and stuff. They demand proof that those people assume some crazy pose or hold up a sign with bogus messages in order to proof their legitimacy. It's funny to see those people get scammed back. On the other hand those people often are just some poor fellas who do the dirty work for the bosses over there.