I get these texts periodically. I feed them fake codes and waste as much of their time as possible.
When they figure it out, I receive threats ranging from reporting me to the authorities all the way up to killing me and raping my family.
I then point out exactly how their scam works, and that they are either criminals directly or working for them as patsies. At this point, they usually stop responding.
If they don’t, then I take the chance to vent some of my own vitriol at them. It’s usually therapeutic, but it’s always fun.
I have accumulated a lot of hobbies over the years, and I count this among them.
I used to get some tech support scams but I think either that scam is dwindling or I've got blacklisted somehow.
Those "3rd line specialists" can get really angry when they realize the unsecure but rich old man they are talking to is far beyond them in tech and have been having fun and recording them ;-)
When they figure it out, I receive threats ranging from reporting me to the authorities all the way up to killing me and raping my family.
I then point out exactly how their scam works, and that they are either criminals directly or working for them as patsies. At this point, they usually stop responding.
If they don’t, then I take the chance to vent some of my own vitriol at them. It’s usually therapeutic, but it’s always fun.
I have accumulated a lot of hobbies over the years, and I count this among them.