Scam message, playing along to waste their time

[NoTimeForScams]

Selling something on market place and just got the usual message of can’t pick it up but will send DPD with an envelope of money. Anyone want to help me string her along for as long as possible?

"This one can’t be, I’ve been messing with her all day."

"She" is probably a victim of people trafficking, assaulted if "she" doesn't do as she's told. Most likely a teenage boy

I give them access to my VM, so i can reverse track their traffic, inject malware into teamviewer packets that then allow me to run a poweshell session and explore their computers.

In English…?

Well I used to mess the scammers around as I thought it was fun, asked them how they could live with themselves for doing such a job, told them to eff off. I never thought of them being victims themselves. There's nothing I can do about their situation, but after reading this I shall stop being unkind to them & just ignore

I had one of the "mum I've lost my phone" ones recently and kept him on like hook for hours. Most definitely not a bot. In fact I managed to find out who he was and also with a bit of clever digging whether he lives, not at all a slave in some empoverished country, he was in Huddersfield lol

@CharlottenBurger Thank you for that very clear explanation. Now it makes complete sense from the scammers' point of view.

I'm very wary of everyone online and on the phone but I never sell anything online so have never come across this one.

My daughter sells stuff online sometimes I shall make sure she's aware of this. Thank you.

I pretend to be an old (ok, older than I am) lady. Completely misunderstand when they ask me to read out credit card details etc. one was ready to meet me by the bank once. Obvs I didn’t go.

"Love a scammer.

I give them access to my VM, so i can reverse track their traffic, inject malware into teamviewer packets that then allow me to run a poweshell session and explore their computers.

One day I aim to find a way to get their accounts and wallets and transfer the lot to charities."

I am the most non techie person I know, so have no idea what this means, but it all sounds fabulously Lisbeth Salander and I sincerely wish you every success with your future endeavours. Scammers are so scummy (not the teenage slaves obvs)

"In fact I managed to find out who he was and also with a bit of clever digging whether he lives, not at all a slave in some empoverished country, he was in Huddersfield lol"

The fact you think you got anything near the truth out of one of them shows you are way too naive to start messing with them.

Just say it's fine and you'll be waiting for DPD but they will be responsible to cover any insurance or shipping costs

If it's on a marketing site I thought it's the seller who's responsible for insurance/getting it there?

I wouldn't be doing it in response to some weird message though, just as I wouldn't let them arrange their own "courier". If the item's high value I'd do it myself and know who to blame if it went wrong

Just because you aren't smart enough to navigate such things doesn't mean everybody is the same as you. Please don't underestimate my abilities or those of anybody else you know fuck all about.

My friend is currently sending £865 to scammers.. There is no telling her it's a scam.

Why waste your own time? 🤷‍♀️

"Just because you aren't smart enough to navigate such things doesn't mean everybody is the same as you. Please don't underestimate my abilities or those of anybody else you know fuck all about."

🤣 ok then, good luck with it all.

I give them the address
Caledonian Rd, London N7 8TT and the name Damian Hinds and then tell them I will help them and to ring the office on

020 7023 7000

when they get closer……

Don’t ring the number by the way…..

@pigsDOfly - you're welcome. The summary is that all they want is your card details, with the 3 digit special number. All the rest - goods, sale, cash, courier, is a distraction.

I haven't ever strung anyone along on these (yet!), but I did click on a link in a spoof bank email once and filled in the username and password boxes with:

Username: DoYou Think
Password: ImFuckingStupid

Not sure if it was trackable to my email address, but it was to an old account I only ever use for junk mail anyway!

I don’t understand why you’d waste your time and be considered a live one tbh. Just delete and block.

Pretty scary that people are trusting enough to give out that sort of information to a random link they've been given by a complete stranger.

The answer I supposed, is never trust anyone, ever.

The world would grind to a halt if nobody trusted anyone. A pretty good rule of thumb is that if someone asks you to pay money to get money, it's a scam. Whether you are asked to pay a 'release fee' to unlock the millions in a Nigerian bank account, or 'tax' to cash out the 'Bitcoin investment' you think you've made, or something called a 'COT code' to release 'your funds' (there's no such thing), or, in this case, the 'insurance' for the 'cash' you're expecting. They want people who don't smell a rat and ask 'why don't you pay the insurance?' These people operate in large teams, and they target hundreds or thousands of people. They only have to get lucky a few times to make money.