# Having a little fun with a scammer **URL:** \ **Category:** Off Topic Board\ **Created:** [September 8, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873 "2022-09-08T16:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/1 "2022-09-08T16:20:35Z")
My fishing trip got cancelled today, so I decided to have a little fun giving a wanna-be-scammer a hard time. Scammer: “Hello … How are you doing and how is life treating you?” Me: “Good” Scammer: “Good to hear from you, I’m not doing so well…I went to dr and i was tested positive for strep throat. Ugh!! Other than that glad to hear from you and have you heard about the good news yet?” Me: “I think I did.” Scammer: “I’m on Antibiotics. It’s about the federal government and the National Institute of Health(NIH) have you heard from them yet?” Me: “Yes I have.” Scammer: “It’s a special program for helping the youth, old , disable, retired non retired and citizens with cash for paying bills, buying homes and starting their own business..did you get any notification from them yet?” Me: “Yes I did and I applied.” Scammer: “Okay what’s the name of the agent you applied?” Me: “Sorry, I was told not to let anyone know.” Scammer: “That is a scam Kent I know this people they scammed be before o finally got in touch with agent Micheal how much have you given them?” Me: I sure hope not. I gave them $10,000. I’m sure that I will receive as much as you did. I just sent the money last week. They promised me it wasn’t a scam. Curt, how do you know it is a scam?" Scammer: “Kent they have just scammed you.” Me: “How do you know?” Scammer: “Do the agent have ID card? Omg no stop i was scam by those people too they won’t deliver any money to you only agent Micheal can help you” Me: "How could I know if he had an ID card? Scammer: “Ask him to show you Kent now I want you to message Micheal cooley He is the only true agent all those agent are fake Curtis You should trust me okay I think I have to show you the package I got okay I have the picture of what they delivered to me” Me: “How is an agent going to show me his ID through the Internet?” Scammer: “That is how you know they are real all real agent will show you id card What is his name?” Me: “As I told you, I promised not to tell his name. How do you know an ID card isn’t fake?” Scammer: “Do you trust me? They won’t deliver a dime to you How much have you given them? I gave Michael just $500 and they delivery was made” Me: " You write good English. Where did you learn? Scammer: “Learn??? How??” Me: “I know English isn’t your primary language, so just curious where you learned it.” Scammer: “Forget about it, let them keep scamming you okay” Me: “BTW my Uncle Curt died two weeks ago. Who are you and how is the weather in India?” Scammer: “Then why are you stressing me” Me: “BTW I didn’t get scammed by anyone and I won’t get scammed by you either.” Scammer: “Am not in India” Me: “Your not in the USA either.” Scammer: “Yes” Me: “Oh really, where?” Scammer: “Nigeria” Me: “Well better luck scamming your next victim.” Scammer: “Can you help me please?” Me: “With what?” Scammer: “I need a better job” Me: “It is unfortunate you have to earn a living scamming people. Some people can’t afford to lose their money. Not everyone in the USA is rich.” Scammer: “Okay” Me: “I understand that honest work is not easy to find in Nigeria.” Scammer: “Yeah that’s true But I don’t have a choice” Me: “I do compliment you on how well you have learned English. I am sorry that you don’t have a choice. It has to be difficult.” Scammer: “It seems you don’t want to help” Me: “How could I help. I don’t know how I could get you an honest job and I’m certainly not going to send you any money. I thought you would appreciate me being nice to you, when I know you are trying to scam me.” Scammer: “Okay good thank you anyway” ---
**Author:** ![Cowboypirate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.bigfishtackle.com/cowboypirate/32/53741_2.png) [@Cowboypirate](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Cowboypirate)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:03am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/2 "2022-09-09T11:03:13Z")
That was a great exchange. I, too, will on occasion have a little fun with both the phone and email scammers. Its a great way to put a smile on your face if you are bored. ---
**Author:** ![RockyRaab2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@RockyRaab2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/RockyRaab2)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/3 "2022-09-09T11:50:02Z")
I ask them if their Mom is proud of them and brags to her friends that her son is an internet scammer. That always sets them off. ---
**Author:** ![joshomaru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ebca7d/32.png) [@joshomaru](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/joshomaru)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/4 "2022-09-09T13:59:24Z")
I used to mess with scammers. I learned some choice words in Hindi that really get them going on the phone. I even had a Jamaican dude call me (from a Jamaican number) on my company provided cell phone with my previous employer. He was telling me I won the Publisher’s Clearing House Sweepstakes. I carried that conversation on for 20 minutes- he hung up on me. I proceeded to call him back over and over for a month with different voices saying I missed a call from that number, let him do his spiel, and wasted his time. My thinking was if I was tying him up, he wasn’t able to scam anyone else. He told me the same thing when I talked to him man to man- that honest work was hard to find and he is really poor and has a family to provide for. I stopped messing with him. The following month, the AGM came to me to ask why I had over $200 in calls to Jamaica. I told him the story and he just laughed. He said he was going to dispute the charges with Verizon because International calling was supposed to be disabled on our account. I will add this- I found that by messing with people only made more calls and text scams coming to my numbers. I found out that when you engage, they mark your number as an active phone and sell it to other call centers. So, tread carefully! ---
**Author:** ![Kent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b782af/32.png) [@Kent](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Kent)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/5 "2022-09-09T15:00:46Z")
> [@RockyRaab2](#): > > I ask them if their Mom is proud of them and brags to her friends that her son is an internet scammer. That always sets them off. > > I have asked them why they don’t get an honest job instead of trying to scam people. They invariably answer that they have an honest job. > > * * * > > > [@joshomaru](#): > > > > I found that by messing with people only made more calls and text scams coming to my numbers. I found out that when you engage, they mark your number as an active phone and sell it to other call centers. So, tread carefully! > > I’m sure that they do sell telephone numbers. US call centers do the same thing. ---
**Author:** ![RockyRaab2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@RockyRaab2](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/RockyRaab2)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/6 "2022-09-09T15:30:34Z")
The moment you answer, your number is flagged as active. It makes no difference after that if you mess with them or just hang up. ---
**Author:** ![steelhawk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.bigfishtackle.com/steelhawk/32/53820_2.png) [@steelhawk](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/steelhawk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/7 "2022-09-11T04:30:12Z")
Sometimes I mess with them. But I always ask if their mother knows what they do for a living. A hang up usually results from that. ---
**Author:** ![Tin-Can](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cab0a1/32.png) [@Tin-Can](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Tin-Can)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2022, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/having-a-little-fun-with-a-scammer/323873/8 "2022-09-16T17:21:08Z")
Any phone call I receive from a number that is not in my contacts list, I don’t even answer it. I just add it to my phones list of blocked calls.