Fascination

I don’t know why, but I find scammers absolutely fascinating; the styles and methods of manipulation intrigue me, and I have to wonder how it works (or if it does— but some of it HAS to, otherwise scams wouldn’t exist).

I got this one the other day, via the Contact page on this website. Can you count the layers of meta? I mean, this is an information security site, and the scammer warns of scams, but explains that the sender (scammer) got scammed because they (the sender/scammer) wanted to hack their partner’s communications, and that the thing being sold (hacking services/felonies) is trustworthy. My mind melts when I think about it.

(I took out the scammer contact info, of course.)

“Beware of scammers i have been scammed 3 times because i was trying to know if my husband was cheating until i met this hacker named; ([scammer email address]) who helped me hack into my spouse phone for real this great hacker hacked into my spouse whats-app messages,Facebook messages.text messages,call logs,deleted text messages,bitcoin account and many more i was impressed with his job and he brought me results under 24 hours believe me he is real and his services are cheap and affordable.”

It’s a strictly prurient interest, but I am just addicted to wondering about the efficacy and rationale of scams.