It seems that scammers are getting more elaborate to trick people out of their money every single day. From phishing emails to copycat websites, from romance scams to fake charities, there seems to be endless schemes to trick clueless folks into giving up their cash.
Sometimes, however, targeted folks are not as clueless as the scammers like to believe. On the contrary, sometimes vigilant people are aware of the tricks a scammer is playing on them and they serve them a sweet taste of their own medicine.
Below we wrapped up a collection of posts that show scammers getting owned, caught red-handed and given a well-deserved cold shower.
After you’re done scrolling through this article, make sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous feature with more scammers who got served a lesson and ended up regretting their nasty deeds.
#1 Scam Text Message. Tricking Them With Cat Facts!
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#2 Whatsapp Scam, I Don’t Know Why They Didn’t Respond?
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#3 Learn The Script, Break The Script
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#4 Message I Got From My “Grandma” A While Ago
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#5 Well That Escalated Quickly (Common Whatsapp Scam That I Have Been Getting)
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#6 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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#7 Meatball
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#8 My Dog Has Been Missing For A Week And Some Sick Bastard Pulled This Bs
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#9 Someone Pretending To Be The Chair Of My Department Tried To Scam Me. Did I Do This Right?
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#10 Got A Message From A Scammer, Decided To Play With Em A Little
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#11 Very Well Thought Out Scam
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#12 I Think I Have Come On Too Strong
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#13 I Was Surprised To Get A Message From A High School Friend’s Father
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#14 Bot
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#15 At Least He Admitted It
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#16 Special Item For Ebay Scammers
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#17 Ah Yes The Tinder Scam
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#18 A Bot Love Story
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#19 This One Made Me Laugh
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#20 The Heavenly Scam
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#21 Nice Try Buckaroo
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#22 Facebook Is Full Of Scam Giveaways And Fake Profiles Commenting On Them
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#23 Facebook Powerbal Scam
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#24 Say Potato
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#25 Just Glad To See My BF Has A Good Head On His Shoulders
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#26 Trust Me Bro
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#27 At Least Theyre Honest
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#28 An Old Co-Worker Messaged Me. Got Blocked Lol
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#29 Some Number Texted Me, Said He Was An FBI Agent, And He Sent Me A Picture Of His Id
I image searched the pic if his ID, and turns out it was photoshopped version of a movie prop, the guy on his ID picture is Michael Peña. He didn’t even try.
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#30 When You’re An Online Veteran
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#31 Sorry, I Don’t Trust You. Not By That Logic
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#32 My Office Got An Email From Our “Site Manager” Asking Us To Get Ebay Gift Cards For A “Client”
And send the codes on the back to somebody named Danny. I tracked their IP address to Enugu, Nigeria and sent this to the number.
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#33 I’m On The Books Guys. I Cannot Wait For My Appointment
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#34 I Finally Got One
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#35 I Gave This Scammer The Phone Number Of The Nypd
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#36 I Can Tell He’s “Seriously”
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#37 Ah Yes, The Negotiator
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#38 Somebody Didn’t Go To Scamming School
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#39 Casually Dealing With Scammers
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#40 I Thought I Was Worth A Bit More Lol
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#41 Hot Bot But Not The Smartest
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#42 Bs Scammer Gets Called Out By Comedian
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#43 I Finally Received One Of These! I Feel Like A Full Member Of Society Now
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#44 This One Has Just Given Up And Gone For The Direct Approach
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#45 If You’re Going To Try And Scam Me, The Least You Could Do Is Spell “Please” Right
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