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The questions I always get asked in interviews.

Unread postby Wayne » Sat Mar 12, 2022 6:17 pm

As you may or may not know, our site has been in the media on numerous occasions over the years. As the "face" of the site, I'm usually the one being asked the questions. The same questions pop up pretty often, and I'm happy to answer them of course. I figured though that here's a good place as any to put into writing the answers to those questions.

"I assume you were a victim of a scam, and that's why you started the site."

Nope. I started back in 2005 after discovering scambaiting. I specialised in dealing with romance scammers, and due to there being so few romance scam baiters, people would ask me to bait a scammer in order to prove to a family member that they were being scammed by that person. Over time my priorities changed from simply having fun with the scammers to helping those who had been scammed.

"So this is a full time job?"

If this were a job we'd be getting paid. We all do this voluntarily, so it's more of a full time hobby.

"Do you have a full time job too?"

I'm a carer.

"How many volunteers do you have?"

There's a core group of three of us on the site. We also have people from elsewhere we work with.

"Why do you do this?"

That can be answered by a quote. “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Maybe what we do will balance out the bad a little bit, and if it saves just one person from losing their money then it's worth it. Besides, what would I do otherwise, watch kitten videos all day?

"How many people come to your site?"

On average anything between 150,000 to 175,000 people a month.

"Where are they from?"

About a third are from America, the rest are from all over the world.

"Do you work with the police?"

Law enforcement has come to us for help and information. We work with them if they contact us, but we're not chasing them.

"How do you find the scammers' real identities?"

By knowing the right ways to do research. We don't hack anything, nor do we condone hacking. The information we get is done simply by being smart enough to look at things the right way.

"Has anyone been arrested because of you?"

Short answer, yes. Long answer, information we've been able to provide law enforcement has helped result in scammers being arrested, but we don't make a fuss about it.

"Can you provide someone who was scammed for us to talk to?"

Probably not. The way we work means that the people we help move on from their scam, and in most cases that means they abandon their old email addresses. Unless they have any further issues, there's no need for them to contact us and no way for us to contact them. No news is good news, but it also means that unless they specifically ask about media opportunities then we can't approach them at a later date about it.

"You must hate the scammers."

I don't even think about them. I think about the scams and how they can affect people. I think about the people we help. The scammers are nameless, faceless and quite frankly not worth my time.

"Do the scammers know about you?"

Oh yes. We've received death threats and had numerous attempts at getting the site shut down. When we were on shared hosting about three months after we created the site, we were hit with a DDoS attack so big it took down over a hundred other sites. We were very politely (under the circumstances) told by the host we were no longer welcome.

"Is Wayne May your real name?"

Nope. Remember, we receive death threats. We'd be pretty stupid to use our real details. The #1 rule in baiting is to bait safe, and that goes doubly so for running an antiscam site.

"So you scam the scammers?"

We do not "scam the scammers". We bait the scammers. We investigate the scammers. We expose the scammers. We do not "scam the scammers", nor are we "vigilantes".

"How do you feel about the other antiscam sites/YouTube channels out there?"

Some are doing a brilliant job, some are doing more harm than good.

"What advice would you give people who think they're being scammed?"

Investigate everything. Scammers use prewritten scripts and stolen images. Search for them on places like Google and Tineye. Trust your gut. If something doesn't feel right then listen to that little voice in the back of your head and walk away. Above all, never send money to anyone you've only ever spoken to online, especially if they made the first contact.

"If we wanted to bait a scammer for a program, could you help us?"

Of course. We'd much rather make sure you do it safely and the right way.
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