i got one of those low effort spam texts from "Indeed," offering a low effort, well-paid remote job. I spent the last two months working in a Filipino clickfarm, for a very disappointed woman named Cathy. slate.com/technology/2...
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Great story! I read it - and with perfect timing - also received a job offer text this morning. 😂
aug 5, 2025, 2:50 pm • 4 0 • view
Good morning! I hope you have a good day.
aug 5, 2025, 1:12 pm • 6 0 • view
This was such a fun read. For some reason, the part that made me laugh out loud: — “I am 35 years old,” she said, “I like to listen to music, read books, and travel.” “I am 32,” I told her, “and I also like those things.” — I appreciate your commitment to seeing this through. My best wishes to Cathy
aug 6, 2025, 12:53 pm • 3 0 • view
haha, thank you!
aug 6, 2025, 5:32 pm • 0 0 • view
So, what happened? Did you ever figure it out? Seems like an awful lot of work for 'Cathy' to scam you out of a mere 96 bucks over the course of 2 months.
aug 5, 2025, 2:51 pm • 1 0 • view
no never! cathy wouldn't give up the gun even when i resigned. my guess is that the whole thing is just windowdressing and the point is just to send them bitcoin, and if they're paid a dollar a day then $96 is still worth the squeeze
aug 5, 2025, 4:04 pm • 2 0 • view
I told one of the Bitcoin scammers I was Ben stein and he actually set up a date to meet at a coffee shop in Brooklyn
aug 5, 2025, 4:09 pm • 2 0 • view
So you’re not Ben? We will NOT be meeting for coffee, scammer…
aug 5, 2025, 4:23 pm • 2 0 • view
lol I legit sent him so picture of Ben stein and said “this is me” and I was wondering about it and wanting to get into it. I also sent a picture of Dan marino and said was a dolphins football player to one of those fake love scams, but she didn’t know who Marino was, too dated I guess.
aug 5, 2025, 4:28 pm • 2 0 • view
Not to mention how many people you could scam at the same time.
aug 5, 2025, 4:07 pm • 1 0 • view
Wild! Thanks for digging into it and for the good read!
aug 5, 2025, 5:04 pm • 1 0 • view
thank you so much - have always wondered....
aug 5, 2025, 11:35 am • 1 0 • view
happy to be of service
aug 5, 2025, 4:05 pm • 1 0 • view
This is incredible.
aug 5, 2025, 5:38 am • 1 1 • view
thanks!
aug 5, 2025, 4:05 pm • 1 0 • view
Nice read! Lots of SE scams are built like this. Surprisingly few of them are automated. I liked how you mention in the article the inkling of "scamming the scammer" -- this is the basis of many scams: not to make the victim think the scammer is legit, but to think they are smart.
aug 5, 2025, 6:38 pm • 1 0 • view