Trapping a scammer in an endless maze of torment

Boing Boing makes the case that scambaiting—deliberately trapping scammers in endless, frustrating interactions—is ethical entertainment. Time spent by scammers with baiters is time they're not exploiting vulnerable people. When they realize they've been had, their reactions tend to be uniformly entertaining.

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