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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

My phone app now has "audio emoji" which is just a shitty soundboard that plays into calls. I've started answering calls in the hopes that they're scammers so I can start spamming the soundboard.

But I only ever get the robodialer. The scammers never pick up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

The majority have moved away from cold calls and on to email and texting where they aim to trick folks into calling them. This is a better return on their investment since it’s cheaper and there’s way more chance to actually get a victim than cold calling.

That said, most of the folks on the phone are either barely scraping by or are literal prisoners of violent gangs. They aren’t the ones to target (though they are the easiest to dislike since that’s who you end up dealing with). Take a browse of channels like scammer payback and kitboga who work to get to those actually in charge and to get the scam rings taken down.