[Bastille]

Hello there !

Sometimes I receive scam mails, about someone who wants to send me money because whatever, or other things like I apparently didn't pay my gas or phone bill.

I really want to act for a better Internet security and I was asking myself if there is a safe and efficience way to annoy a scammer, like e-mail bombing ?
I was interested about this technique but I know that a hacker can read the <header> of the e-mail, and see the public IP address for exemple, that can be tricky.

I use Opera which have a VPN integrated in the private navigation mode, is it enough to hide my IP address in the header ?

I know that prevent scamming is pretty utopian, but as Einstein said :

"The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil but by those who watch and do nothing"

Thanks for you replies  🤝

[Infamia]

I really want to act for a better Internet security

How about get a better spam filter for your e-mail and stop subscribing to porn newsletters, then you might lose the idea of pretending to be a big bad hacker when you see a scam email and want to respond with some mega hack attack hoping that's actually how it'll work, based under some motivational quote.

[Bastille]

I wasn't looking for a spam filter, and I do love my actually porn newsletters so don't want to take them off, but thanks for your help

[Infamia]

I wasn't looking for a spam filter, and I do love my actually porn newsletters so don't want to take them off, but thanks for your help

Thought you were looking for a way to stop getting annoyed? Why else would you want to "act for a better Internet security", if you want to do that first protect yourself before you try protect others.

[sh4moon]

a vpn is enough to hide your ip. you could also spoof your ip if you wanted.

[Bastille]

Thought you were looking for a way to stop getting annoyed? Why else would you want to "act for a better Internet security", if you want to do that first protect yourself before you try protect others.

The thread say : "How can I annoy a scammer", not "How can be no more annoyed by a scammer".
Le sujet dit : "Comment puis-je embêter un arnaqueur", pas "Comment ne plus être embêté par un arnaqueur".

I guess if some people are able to disturb those unscrupulous behaviors, the people behind those scams will maybe be discouraged, or at least they will lose sometimes knowing that they pay to access to a computer, it's a loss of earnings. I agree, one person versus the world is surrealist, but we need to begin somewhere  😅

a vpn is enough to hide your ip. you could also spoof your ip if you wanted.

Thanks  ✌  I will try to send me an e-mail trough the private navigation to see what it looks like.

[Infamia]

The thread say : "How can I annoy a scammer", not "How can be no more annoyed by a scammer".
Le sujet dit : "Comment puis-je embêter un arnaqueur", pas "Comment ne plus être embêté par un arnaqueur".

I guess if some people are able to disturb those unscrupulous behaviors, the people behind those scams will maybe be discouraged, or at least they will lose sometimes knowing that they pay to access to a computer, it's a loss of earnings. I agree, one person versus the world is surrealist, but we need to begin somewhere  😅

laisse moi te dire ce qui est au contenu qui t'as ecrire: "I really want to act for a better Internet security", le contraire de ce que t'as implique.

shit french aside, the reason i'm commenting on the body of what you said opposed to the title is because they revolve around completely different implications of intent. there is no "loss of earnings" by responding to an email, calling the scam center nor whatever you think; they kinda know how to deal with people that try to annoy them since it's a common thing to do nowadays.

regardless, there's not exactly much you can do besides stopping trying to be an internet hero.
if i really saw a chance in this then i would've helped, but there's others that can reply with the same advice i would've given, i'm just giving another perspective.

[Bastille]

Thanks master, hope I will improve myself through your lyrics  😈

[Armada]

How about get a better spam filter for your e-mail and stop subscribing to porn newsletters

I am fucking DEAD 🤣 🤣 🤣

If you really wanna piss of a potential scammer its simple, just waste as much of their time as humanly possible....

[s1nister]

If you really wanna piss of a potential scammer its simple, just waste as much of their time as humanly possible....

Any suggestions? 😈

[javinzplayer]

a vpn is enough to hide your ip. you could also spoof your ip if you wanted.

Doesn't a VPN already spoof your IP?

[Infamia]

Doesn't a VPN already spoof your IP?

no, it masks your IP address.

[sh4moon]

What's your reason to not use a contract? It literally makes 0 sense to not use one. It takes 1 minute to make and is there to protect us both during the deal.

Doesn't a VPN already spoof your IP?

first of all, no it doesn't spoof your ip. and I meant spoof it as an alternative to vpn

[javinzplayer]

no, it masks your IP address.

do you know programs that do this?

[Infamia]

do you know programs that do this?

VPNs