Random Spam Victims Got Back At Their Spammers (12 items)

• (#10) A Redditor Led On A Spammer For A Month

  If spammers are to be believed, Nigerian princes are in constant need of financial assistance. One former Redditor detailed their attempt to "help" one such spammer. They admitted to keeping the spammer occupied for several months as they strung them along.

  The spammer asked for money orders through Western Union, and the Redditor was happy to oblige. They would tell the spammer that they sent the money to the account number provided, but the spammer would insist they never received payment. When the Redditor responded with the account number they supposedly sent money to, it was always off by one or two digits.

  The Redditor continued to make the same "mistake" for a month before the spammer realized what was happening. 
• (#6) A Redditor Apparently Got A Spammer Fired

  Redditor /u/sledge-oatmeal-deer claims to normally ignore spammers, except on one special occasion. The man asked them to sign up for some account with a referral code, and the Redditor reacted by getting the spammer fired. 

  Apparently, the spammer was using his company's servers to engage in fraudulent activity, and the Redditor managed to track down the business. As it turns out, the spam messages they were being sent were far from legal, and the spammer could be fined up to $750 per message.

  The Redditor emailed the company about what their employee was up to during work hours, and a little while later the man's picture was removed from the company website. 
• (#9) Brian Weinreich Made A Bot That Never Stops Asking Spammers Questions

  If your goal is to waste a spammer's time, you probably don't want to waste too much of your own in the process. Luckily, Brian Weinreich worked out the perfect solution. He created an automated system that's designed to waste time by sending the spammers an unending series of questions. This encourages the spammer to keep in contact and protects the time you might have wasted replying to them. 

  The Sp@mLooper, as it's called, is an open source program with which anyone can tinker. It sends a series of questions every time it receives an email. Some examples are:

  "Hmmm... I like what you're saying, but can you provide me with just a little more information? Looking for specifics."

  "Very nice! Where abouts are you located?"

  "Wow! This sounds like an awesome opportunity. Can you tell me a little more about it?"
• (#4) A 77-Year-Old Man Beat His Spammers At Their Own Game

  When 77-year-old Herman Marmon received an email from someone calling themselves Davidson Boone, purportedly a representative of Budweiser, he was instantly suspicious. Boone had a business proposal for Marmon, saying he could get paid if he agreed to cover his car in Budweiser advertisements. Marmon ignored the email, but a short while later, he received a similar pitch from "Samsung" that offered him $350 a week for up to three months. 

  Marmon decided to play along, and soon enough this spammer was sending him false checks for a hefty sum of money. Marmon did his best to waste as much time as possible, and eventually called the spammer out on the scheme. 
• (#5) A Spammer Got Charged $40 By UPS After A Redditor Sent A Box Of Gravel

  Redditor /u/AngelOfLight pulled the ultimate troll move on a spammer, managing to trick the spammer out of $40 in the process. The Redditor posted an ad for their PS2 on eBay, then received an email from a person claiming to be an African pastor. The pastor was hoping to get the PS2 at a reduced rate for their orphanage, and the Redditor agreed.

  After a little digging, the Redditor tracked the spammer's location to an internet cafe in Lagos, Nigeria. The spammer sent a prepaid UPS label to the Redditor, who slapped it onto a box full of gravel. The spammer was infuriated when they got the package, for which they were charged a $40 delivery fee.

  To add insult to injury, the Redditor falsely claimed they had contacted the FBI and given over the spammer's information. 
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  (#2) Somebody Pretended To Be Arthur Weasley To An Oblivious Scammer

  Some revenge can be downright magical. This story starts with a supposed postal mix-up, with the spammer claiming that a package worth $5 million was accidentally shipped to the Chicago airport instead of the intended recipient. In the email, the spammer said all that was needed to claim the package was the payment of a $350 storage fee.

  The reply they got back was straight out of the Wizarding World. The intended target claimed to be Arthur Weasley, saying they were dismayed by the postal mistake, typical of Muggle delivery systems. "Mr. Weasley" then suggested the next package be sent by owl, inquired about how much $5 million would be in gold galleons, and provided the following address: 

  Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office 
  Ministry of Magic 
  London, England

  According to a reply from the spammer, the address was acceptable.

   

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