![]() ![]() One word answers to all of their missives tend to aggravate them in spectacular fashion, if that helps. Outside of that, how you waste their time is really up to you. While some of these tales are humorous in an “Oh no, you did what?” fashion, you really don’t want to get yourself involved in any situation where somebody falls off a cliff and they have a printout in their pants with your “There’s buried treasure 500 miles this way, honest” mail in them. There is a popular form of 419 scam-baiting called “Going on safari,” where the pretend victim manipulates the scammer into a long, potentially dangerous trek into parts unknown. One common spammer trick is to direct you to alternate email addresses to reply to because their main one is liable to be shut down at any moment anyway, so they really won’t care where your time-wasting antics come from.ģ) Don’t tell people to do dangerous things. Mail, voicemail, love letter painted on the side of a cow, anything at all. They don’t care, they’ll reply to anything. Worried that a spammer won’t reply if you reply to them with your new-fangled anonymous/throwaway account instead of the one they sent it to? Don’t be. Avoid work email, personal email, email tied to anything “business critical” (websites/domain registrations, or other sensitive logins). No matter what you do, or which method you use to waste a scammer’s time, revealing things about you and yours is always a bad idea.Ģ) Use an anonymous email address. And don’t tie it to something you use daily. Yes, I realize all caps is a bit shouty but it’s important enough information to warrant shouting. Revenge Spam: The basicsġ) NO GENUINE INFORMATION EVER. There’s a lot to think about before embarking on this path, but if you still want to waste some spammer’s time (and in a much safer fashion), read on. How about responding to their request for ID and accidentally sending them the real thing, instead of a humorously-constructed image built from MS paint? Perhaps you used a mail service revealing your IP address, and now they’re making empty yet terrifying-sounding threats about hacking you. Maybe you replied from your work mail, and now they’re sending missives to your boss. My own opinion on this is a little loaded with caution simply striking up conversations with spammers and scammers with no prior experience is a good way to get yourself into trouble. In fact, a common question we’re asked is, “How can we waste their time?” While many people simply report spam and delete, a few look for ways to get back at the spammers wasting their time. Everyone hates spam (apart from the people who send it).
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