Like, it can’t be a real person, right? Has anyone tried following the links? I’m curious how they’re scamming people. It just seems like anyone getting the same message 5 times won’t fall for being catfished, so I don’t understand what their strategy is.

  • lordnikon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    162·
    3 months ago

    Honestly people that do recognize it for what it is should respond. Keep them talking to waste their time so they can’t hurt someone else.

      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
        32·
        3 months ago

        If we all wasted 5 minutes we could shut down the system.

        People really underestimate the power of collective action. It’s just meat based ddos.

        • Azzu@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 months ago

          I mean if everyone “collective action” ignored them together, no one would have to waste even 5 minutes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

          And theoretically, if there would be the same amount of scammers as decent people, everyone would have to waste all their time with your strategy, but with my strategy none of the decent people would waste time.

          But yes I understand it of course, protecting the weak is not a bad thing.

          • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            2 months ago

            you mean, everyone who already knows it’s a scam or can recognize that it probably is. which is not everyone. otherwise the whole thing wouldn’t exist.

            • Azzu@lemm.ee
              1·
              2 months ago

              Which is what I acknowledged with my last sentence. All I’m saying is that both methods could be worthwhile, and in a perfect world where everyone is educated, everyone ignoring the scammer would be better.

              • SunsofoldEnglish
                1·
                2 months ago

                In a perfect world, anyone who attempted to go around hurting people would be removed from society.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        8·
        3 months ago

        Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. I always love talking to Indian scammers when they call about my student loans that don’t exist.

    • CTDummy@lemm.ee
      51·
      3 months ago

      That easier done with more involved scams like phone calls you see YouTubers do. Especially since they likely paid for that info. Places like here there’s no buy in so it’s a volume game i imagine. If I can’t get you to another platform to buy me stuff I’d move on to the next one quickly as possible.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
        5·
        3 months ago

        I had one Indian scammer use my name so I was interested. Then he asked if my email was still current and gave an email that I used like 20 years ago in middle school. I laughed and told him he paid for shitty info. It was a goddamn Hotmail account to give you an idea.