All good. I am chuffed that you were good-natured about it.
Jesse, what the fuck are you talking about?
I had not anticipated "Oh shit that's a good point I should apply for a job with McKinsey" to be a takeaway that anyone would have to this post, let alone the assumed main takeaway from it.
I had this exact same question and it led to me starting !inperson@slrpnk.net / !inperson@slrpnk.net as an attempt at a solution. It's already pointed me to a few good ones.
There are also some pretty fantastic ideas in this thread, which I plan to post as new threads there.
:-D
My absolute favorite is the one where to redeem their money from the transfer agency, the scammers have to navigate through a labyrinthine phone tree maze that never leads anywhere. He releases them to wander their way through it and just keeps statistics on how long they spend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWzz3NeDz3E
He ran into someone who had dealt with it before, and started talking about transferring money through this system and the guy started protesting and sounded so defeated. "Oh, it's so easy," he says, and the guy sounds just purely defeated and horrified as he says "No, no ma'am, I do not think it is easy..."
I am a big fan of Kitboga's work.
I'm volunteering to be the one to put the code together.
Next time you see a scammer, DM me a link and the details and I'll see what I can do.