Like, it can’t be a real person, right? Has anyone tried following the links? I’m curious how they’re scamming people. It just seems like anyone getting the same message 5 times won’t fall for being catfished, so I don’t understand what their strategy is.

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      If we all wasted 5 minutes we could shut down the system.

      People really underestimate the power of collective action. It’s just meat based ddos.

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        I mean if everyone “collective action” ignored them together, no one would have to waste even 5 minutes ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        And theoretically, if there would be the same amount of scammers as decent people, everyone would have to waste all their time with your strategy, but with my strategy none of the decent people would waste time.

        But yes I understand it of course, protecting the weak is not a bad thing.

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      Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted. I always love talking to Indian scammers when they call about my student loans that don’t exist.