Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters
Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
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Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands
Many of us now refuse to answer telephone calls from an unknown number, for fear that it could be a scam. And we dread receiving a text message, purportedly from our bank or a delivery firm, again due to concerns that it might be from fraudsters.
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unknown
Neutral Jul 19, 2025 00
Uber driver
Safe May 19, 2025 00
Uber driver ringing he had arrived
Nuisance May 12, 2025 00
Uber Driver
Safe Apr 30, 2025 00
Scammed trying to get bitcoin
Unsafe Sep 05, 2024 00
Uber driver who was late and rude
Neutral Aug 18, 2024 00
My Uber eats delivery driver
Safe Oct 03, 2023 00
Came up as Gloria, no one I knew.
Neutral Jun 21, 2023 00
stalker
Nuisance Apr 26, 2023 00
I call screened them when they called me. Hung up.
Neutral Apr 15, 2023 00