You really have to have a warped sense of morality if you scam people out of their money for a living. Either that or you’re desperate enough to try anything. Most people don’t have any sympathy for crooks and conmen who try to swindle other folks’ hard-earned cash. And some even go as far as baiting scammers, calling them out, and annihilating them with so much wit and sass, everyone in the Matrix must have felt the aftershocks.
Scams are a huge issue, and it’s a topic worth addressing. A whopping 50 million Americans lost money in scams in 2020 alone, and anyone can fall victim to them. Our team at Bored Panda collected the most potent Reddit posts about would-be victims trolling and completely destroying scammers that we feel you’ve got to see.
Scroll down, upvote the posts you enjoyed the most, and tell us all about the scammers that you’ve baited or tricked in the comments. Meanwhile, read on for how to educate yourselves about scams and how to become more aware of potential bamboozlers, dear Pandas.
Bored Panda reached out to Alan Castel, Ph.D, a UCLA psychology professor who studied scams for his book, ‘Better with Age: The Psychology of Successful Aging.’ He explained to us who scammers target, how they operate, and what you should keep in mind when interacting with them. Read on to see what Dr. Castel had to say.
