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Yes Man: Trolling Scammers With 'Yes'
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this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2026
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This is purely my speculation, I don't have data to back this up.
There's an idea that these scammers are just working stiffs trying to make a living. While that is probably true for many, I think there is a sizable percentage who do their job with maliciousness. I think some of them enjoy the idea of scamming people.
If you have ever seen the streamer Kitboga, he plays elaborate, hours-long pranks on scammers. Many of the scammers who call him get pretty vicious when they lose their patience.
Anyway, to answer your question, I think they are caught off-guard when someone answers and is deliberately messing with them. They sense that the tables have turned, and the aggression comes out.
A lot of these scammers are actually just indentured servants in the modern era. There’s a ton of different media reports on just how awful the industry is for these “workers”.
These people are literally trafficked, enslaved, and tortured by the modern era mafia basically. Their families are threatened, they’re threatened. It’s not great.
So when they think someone’s on the hook but it’s just someone fucking with them, I would imagine they get a bit angry.
You can't make me sympathize with them.
I can’t make you be a decent human either. All I can do is give you the facts. Do with them as you will.
You've convinced me. Next time a scammer calls me, I'll willingly give them the money. They need it more than I do