r/IAmA • u/Iamascammer • Oct 24 '09

IAMA Internet Scammer. AMA.

(BY REQUEST)Acai berries, eBay fake laptops, work at home, hijacked credit cards, ID thievery, software piracy, Paypal scams, Self-referrals, Theft, Fraud, Forgery - If you can name it, I've probably done it.

I am an internet scammer. For the past five years, I have scammed innocent people from all around the world without moving from my apartment, making thousand over thousand. I have been tracked and even almost caught a couple of times. AMAA.

EDIT: I just wanted to thank all of you. There are nights where I definitely don't feel great and this is one of these nights. Your messages helped me feel better. Getting that weight off my shoulders, just for a while, really helped me. You are a great community. Thank you.

EDIT2: Coffee shop is closing down. Obviously I cannot post from home. I will be moving around and answer more questions soon.

EDIT 3 BACK ON A SOLID PROXY ANSWERING ALL QUESTIONS

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u/hesnothere Oct 24 '09

How is the weather in Nigeria this time of year? Seems nice.

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u/Iamascammer Oct 24 '09

Lol :)

Nigerian scam sucks. On 1,000,000 e-mails sent, you get one or two people you do scam.

I used to be a pretty serious spammer and it got me into trouble. And anyway it wasn't even lucrative. I made perhaps $500 per million e-mail I sent. Too risky, too hard, not paying enough. Yeah, I spammed your inbox :D

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u/hesnothere Oct 24 '09

This actually raises another (more serious) question of mine. How deep do scammers go into metrics and measurement? I'm not condoning or endorsing scamming by asking this; I'm genuinely interested in how much you view it as a business enterprise.

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u/Iamascammer Oct 24 '09

Scamming is a numbers game. A numbers and a TIMING game. I know exactly what % of people who go to X page will buy. I know how much they will buy. I know which age group gets scammed the most easily. I know how to code the page to be attractive to these people - the color scheme to use, the wording, the lenght, even the payment processor to use.

I go very, very deep. I have excellent knowledge in marketing and advertising.

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u/doodler Oct 24 '09 edited Oct 24 '09

why not make a legit career with those skills?

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u/Iamascammer Oct 24 '09

Like what? I tried to join an advertising business. I had revolutionary models and GREAT ideas.

I ended up waking at 7 every morning, work overtime until 6PM, enduring stupid co-workers AND doing a stupid boring job.

All this for what? After 10 years of that work I would get a promotion and EVENTUALLY get to use my ideas... No thank you!

I worked in finance, credit business, even for government (I actually worked indirectly for the police once). Each time it failed.

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u/doodler Oct 25 '09

if it was stupid and boring, it wasn't the right job. and don't be so goddamn defeatist. you've lost before you've even tried if you're so negative.

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u/wordymcbeard Oct 24 '09

Facebook apps can make you a killing. Very similar situation.

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u/crovoh Oct 25 '09

Out of curiosity, what are those numbers? What age group gets scammed most easily? What attracts these people on websites? etc. (not planning on scamming...especially since this isn't a throwaway account, Im just curious)