How to Handle Craigslist Scammers ( #scammers contest entry)

So a few days ago I stumbled across @swissclive 's #scammers contest, which prompts users to write a post about a scam they've been involved in, witnessed, etc.

I often come across contests and think "I should enter this!" and then completely forget, do nothing about it or sit down to do so after the deadline ran out. I thought the latter had happened again, but I was pleased when I went to check and noticed the contest was still open. If anyone else has a scam story, it seems like a fun contest, and you should check it out here: https://steemit.com/scammers/@swissclive/writing-competition-write-about-scammers-a-scam-you-saw-or-a-scam-you-suffered-first-prize-25-steem

A few months ago I was looking for random work to supplement the hours I lose in the winter. I live in a somewhat rural area, in which there are always people looking for random manual labor to be done. So, I made a post on Craigslist expressing that I was seeking work for the next few months and made the huge mistake of including my phone number.

I can't give you the exact number of texts I got because I deleted a lot of the messages, but I'd guess I received the same scam message with slight variations from over 25 phone numbers. The scam generally goes as follows; they claim to be involved in real estate, say they need an errand-person, account manager, money handler; whatever. At some point, how long into the conversation differs depending on how committed they are, they try to get your banking info.

After awhile of calling people out, or ignoring them, or whatever, I decided one night I was just going to start talking to them. I had had a few drinks and, well, the result was me talking complete nonsense to a few of them for weeks.

Here's one of my favorite ones:

Disclaimer: This is very long and quite literally, gibberish. Absolute gibberish

It pretty much ended there. They continued to try to contact me and I humored myself some more a few times but eventually I just called them out and stopped talking to them.

I'm not sure if this counts as an entry into this #scammers contest, but I did find the contest a great excuse to re-read this conversation. I also did this with several people, and it was fun to mess with them. At the very least I wasted a good amount of their time and hope.

I couldn't figure out how to size all that in a format that isn't annoying, and so for that I am sorry. I hope y'all have a great day :)

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