The internet’s a double-edged sword: information at your fingertips, but also scammers lurking around every corner. From phishing emails to identity theft on social media—it’s enough to make you paranoid.
Some people, however, choose to defend themselves against scams with humor. For the past few years, Bored Panda has been diving into the r/Scams subreddit and showing you hilariously embarrassing attempts to steal people’s money.
The subreddit’s community has more than doubled in size since we last covered it: there are 783K members now! To keep you sharp, we’ve gathered new posts from r/Scams along with tips from cybersecurity pros Chuck Brooks and Burton Kelso.
#1 Some Intense Scam, Be Aware!
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#2 Found In Tumblr
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#3 Friend Sent Me This And I Got A Kick Out Of It. Thought Y’all Would Enjoy Too
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#4 I’m Still Getting Those Random Messages. How Do You Deal With Yours?
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#5 I Love Messing With Scammers. The Phone # Is A Spam Number That I Pulled From My Contacts
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#6 Apple Pay Scammer Gets Pissed
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#7 Bait Not Taken
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#8 :)
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#9 F*****g With Scammers Is Fun
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#10 Kevin
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#11 I Was Surprised To Get A Message From A High School Friend’s Father
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#12 I Just Caught This In The Wild
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#13 It’s Not A Story The Scammers Would Tell You…
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#14 How My Buddy Deals With Scams
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#15 Kindly Hit Her With That Uno Reverse Card
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#16 The Person Who Definitely Wasn’t Talking With A Bot
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#17 I Used To Live In Los Angeles. I’ve Never Owned A House. I Get These Texts All The Time
I have no idea how this scam even works or what the end game is. But I’ve started replying in ways that make me giggle
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#18 A Pleasant Conversation I Had With A Whatsapp Scammer Today
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#19 Scammer Was Asking Me To “Invest $300”. Had To Do It To ‘Em
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#20 If Messing With Scammers Is Wrong I Don’t Want To Be Right
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#21 I Have Suddenly Been Receiving Lots Of Fake Check Scams, Probably Because I Respond To All Of Them. This One Is Gold🤣
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#22 Omg They Sent It Again
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#23 The Person Who Was Kind Enough To Connect A Scammer With Some Other Scammers
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#24 Scammers Really Dislike It When You Force Them To Venture Off Script
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#25 The Person Who Deployed Eighth-Grade Humor To Great Effectiveness
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#26 I Don’t Know If This Is A Money Thing Or A Serial Killing Attempt, But It Gave Me A Good Laugh Today
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#27 Most Common Lost Pet Scam (Verification Codes)
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#28 Very Bold
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#29 What Is Going On Here? (Birthday Cake Message)
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#30 They Didn’t Even Try
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#31 The Person Who Made Sure The Scammer Was Well Fed
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#32 The Person Who Found A Scammer Willing To Go To The End Of Middle-Earth To Scam Them
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#33 Had To Be Reminded
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#34 This Sub Has Made Me Aware Of Literally Every Scam Before It Happens
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#35 Scammers Gonna Scam
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#36 I Hate When Scammers Don’t Do The Smallest Bit Of Research Ahead Of Time
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#37 I Finally Received One Of These! I Feel Like A Full Member Of Society Now
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#38 Got This Yesterday. I Just Want To Rehome Some Guinea Pigs, Not Looking For This Nonsense
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#39 These Scammers Man
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#40 My Name Is Not Adora
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#41 I’m Sooo Tired Of This S**t
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#42 If You Weren’t 100% Convinced These People Aren’t Pieces Of S**t
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#43 Update, My Friend Did In Fact Get A Text. Details Inside
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#44 Thanks To This Sub I Knew Exactly What This Was. Wrong Number Scam
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#45 Scammers Failing Hard
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