I admit I have a bit of an evil heart.

I enjoy playing with scammers. Whether they call me, email me, or text me. I cannot resist stringing them along and/or seeing how fast I can get them to use foul language. My goal just depends on whether I’m bored or not.

Today…I was bored. May I present today’s interaction as I posted it on a separate social platform…

So…I am currently planning to go to Disney with some random person who texted me…what are you doing? 

***Update:

We are only going for the day. I need to bring the sunscreen too. I apparently still have it in my purse from last time.

***Update:

My name is Anna and I live in LA. The traffic also sucks.

***Final Update:

I have been found out. Here is what I have learned.

1. The person’s name is supposedly Mia.
2. Their number is an 802 area code – which is Vermont and not LA but people do move and keep their numbers so…
3. We have covered real names, locations, and birth years. By the way my new name is Jo Ann Papadopoulos and I now live in Oregon (all this moving is exhausting!)
4. I am also much younger because if you’re going to go for it always go younger!
5. We also now have plans to travel to Niagara at some point in the future.

*** Maybe Final Update :

We are now exchanging pictures.

***I’m just going to say Update from now on:

Mia appears to be real. I have not broken the news to her that I am not in fact Jo. Further confirmation is still necessary.

***Update: Mistakes have now been made.

The picture she sent of herself shows her wearing an AC/DC shirt…did not know it was a band.

Appears to be talking to more than one person. The other person she is talking to appears to be into fashion and modeling.

This has been a wild journey so far…onward!

***Truly Final Update:

The scam has been introduced. The request to switch to Whatsapp has been suggested. My fun has ended. This, however, will be a great addition to my blog.

The scam, if you are curious, moves to Whatsapp where they will then either send you a file which contains some form of malware or they will start requesting money.

Normally, I would ignore a random unknown text message but…I was bored and I do so love annoying scammers.

Stay vigilant ya’ll!

I would add images of the texts themselves but, as always, I am overly cautious about some things.

There are a lot of scams out there. Please stay safe ya’ll and if you ever have questions please contact your nearest IT person. They can usually help or do the fancy googling thing.

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k