Amalia Zeichnerin1d ago

Dear spammers and scammers over on Tumblr, I know exactly what you are trying to do when you start an unsoliticed message to me with "Hello, how are you doing". You are trying to get a conversation with me going.
Well, I am a neurodivergent person and I am not into small talk. So just tell my right away what you want (or offer), so that I can block you even faster. ๐Ÿ˜ 

(Latest case was a guy who apparently is a paid beta reader. Not interested in that.)

#spam #scam #writingcommunity #Tumblr

Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘1d ago
@amalia12 If I'm certain they're scammers, there's a good chance my response will be "I'm f---ing shitty.What the f--- do you want, a--hole?" Then the script drops the next line, I laugh, and block 'em.
Show threadAmalia Zeichnerin1d ago

@alan
Very good. This reminds me, I once read how a German bestselling thriller author (Sebastian Fitzek) answered a scammer's message creatively,
I translated it into English, the translation it in the ALT text of the image.

(I am not a fan of that author, but I liked this idea of his how to respond.)

Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘
@amalia12 I have considered making a profile for a fake world-travelling grandson in hopes of attracting the "help grandpa, I need some cash" scam, for the sole purpose of asking my "grandson" where they are, how they got out of jail, and telling them I'm calling the cops, all laced with appropriate obscenities.
Mar 26 at 1:49pmWeb
Show threadAmalia Zeichnerin1d ago
@alan
That would definitely be an fun way to deal with scammers. ๐Ÿ˜…
This gives me ideas. Maybe I should write a text up-front and the next time a scammer (or a paid beta-reader) contacts me somewhere, I have a text ready and have some fun before I block and report them.
Show threadAlan Langford ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿงค๐ŸงŠๆ‘1d ago

@amalia12 I had a "sweet young thing" somewhere in Africa fall in love with me. the only hitch to our eternal happiness was that her mother needed an operation. So I started asking about her mother's overall health, really strung "her" along for a while... then I found a surgeon not far from where she purported to live and suggested she could raise more than she needed by having her mother sell some organs. "She" was shocked! Then I told her how much she could get for her entire mother, and darn if she stopped chatting!

My aim here was always to get onto a list of people to stop bothering that they share with each other. It might have worked, I really don't get that kind of approach anymore. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ