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This Guy Responds To An Online Scammer, And Things Got Weird Pretty Quickly
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This Guy Responds To An Online Scammer, And Things Got Weird Pretty Quickly

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When you receive a friend request on Facebook from a stranger, it’s better to just ignore it because you might end up dealing with a scammer. This is exactly what happened to Imgur user magneticman245. But instead of falling into the scammer’s trap he sparked a hilarious conversation!

“The scammer started by sending a friend request and only messaged me when I accepted it. He and I had some mutual Facebook friends which is how he probably found me,” he told Bored Panda. The scammer began the conversation by offering money right away, however, magneticman245 knew exactly what he should do. “I was inspired by the many posts on Imgur of people doing similar things,” he said. So he decided to troll the scammer and left him very confused.

After reading the whole conversation it isn’t very clear what kind of scam it was, so other users had to explain. “Some users commented on my post that he was doing a “Money Mule” scam. I think it uses the victim’s bank account to transfer stolen funds, so the police go after the victim rather than the scammer.” he said. Scroll below to see how the hilarious conversation unfolded!

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    Instead of falling into the scammer’s trap this Imgur user sparked a hilarious conversation!

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    S.
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scammer seems strangely calm and non-chalant the whole time. Brb, gonna go and buy me moisturisers.

    issam
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If i trust this guy .. i have been born like 2 years ago , you say how !? Well , that's when i started moisturising .

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    S.
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The scammer seems strangely calm and non-chalant the whole time. Brb, gonna go and buy me moisturisers.

    issam
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    6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If i trust this guy .. i have been born like 2 years ago , you say how !? Well , that's when i started moisturising .

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