I just busted a phone scammer in under 2 minutes. Heres how.
My suspicions started when there was a long delay ~30 seconds between answering the phone and them speaking, typical of international calls originating from the sub-continent. My suspicions were maximised when he introduced himself as Mark Stevenson from an Australian government department, despite his thick Indian accent and the delay mentioned before.
All I did was snigger after listening to the convoluted and preposterous setup. The scam was supposedly due to overcharged bank fees that were done without any audit trail visible to me in the amount of a few cents here and there. Basically the scam tries to hook onto the conspiracy theory that the banks are scamming us all, ironic hey.
The scam goes along the lines that the Australian government filed a suit against all the banks claiming this practice was illegal and won. They then set up this mythical Governmet Department who determined that he banks scammed me and I was due a compensation payout of $3697. How would I like to receive the payment?
After the set-up it went like this:
Me: *giggle in disbelief*
Cyber-criminal: “Why are you laughing? … You f’n mofo c”.
Me: *giggle* “This sounds like such a scam.” *giggle*
Cyber-criminal: “How do you know that … You mofo”
Me: “You calling me an f’n mofo c is a pretty good indicator, plus you have given me no identification”
Cyber-criminal: “I told you where I was from … d sucker”
Me: *giggle in satisfaction that I have him on the run*
Cyber-criminal: “You p sucker”
Me: *smile* “Nothing wrong with that”
Cyber-criminal: “How many times you have sex with your wife last night?”
Me: “How was it witn your grandmother?” *realise I am bored with the pea brain and hang-up*
i just can’t believe how easy it was for this guy to be sprung. He was personally offended that he was busted in under 2 mniutes. Surely if you are a scam artist you should be able to cope when busted, not fly off the handle and throw offensive aspersions at your intended victim.
Pretty rough when the criminals can’t cop it, then again perhaps his criminal overlord is expecting a commission.
