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I've been a bit unemployed and bored so I've responded to a few of these to see what the angle is. There are also a bunch on telegram. Strangely, most do not push hard at all and drop off. They may mention crypto in passing but thats it. One time a scammer said hey can you help me an make an account for this crpyto scam website. When i said i did they said great and nothing else.

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There's a bit of an art to stringing them along. You gotta act like the damsel in distress some times.

I got added to some whatsapp group investment scam once, when there was multiple scammers targeting me it was easier to do because they all didn't want to give up on me. Then they seemed to invite "big brother" so I guess was some leader who had much better English, and he was trying to prove the legitimacy of the platform. Went for about a week and a bit from memory. I sent them pictures of my daily walks and asked how much better it would be if was so rich I didn't have to walk at all!

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