一个家伙收到尼日利亚人假装他的奶奶的消息，决定找点乐子
We’ve all come into contact with one or two scammers in our lives. I remember when I was 12, and I got a phone message saying I won 2,000 dollars. I was over the moon. For like a minute. Right until I realized I didn’t enter any contest, and that I wasn’t living anywhere near the United States.
我们一生中都会遇到一两个骗子。我记得我12岁的时候，我接到一个电话留言说我赢了2000美元。我欣喜若狂。大概一分钟。直到我意识到我没有参加任何比赛，也没有住在美国附近。
Admit it, most of us have always wanted to teach scammers a lesson, and give them a taste of their own medicine. That’s what Reddit user Barelyonhere did when a guy from Nigeria pretended to be his grandma and wanted a 200 dollar Steam wallet gift card. Barelyonhere played along with the charlatan for a bit, had some fun, and turned the tables on him at the last minute. Scroll down to the very bottom for our interview with the man who trolled the scammer. And when you’re done with this post, have a read through Bored Panda’s previous articles about a guy who responded to an online scammer and a woman who spent 3 days trolling a scammer.
承认吧，我们大多数人都想给骗子一个教训，让他们尝尝自食其果的滋味。Reddit用户Barelyonhere就是这么做的:一个来自尼日利亚的家伙假装是他的奶奶，想要一张200美元的Steam wallet礼品卡。巴雷里昂和那个江湖骗子玩了一会儿，玩得很开心，在最后一分钟反败为胜。向下滚动到最底部，看看我们对那个跟踪骗子的人的采访。当你读完这篇文章后，请阅读一下Bored Panda之前的文章，其中有一篇是关于一个男人对一个网络骗子做出了回应，还有一篇是关于一个女人花了三天时间跟踪一个骗子的。
The most mind-boggling thing about this situation, at least for me, is that the scammer wanted a Steam wallet gift card. Now, I know that it’s the 21st century, but I don’t know that many pensioners who know what Steam is, let alone know anything about gift cards.
至少对我来说，这种情况最令人难以置信的是，这个骗子想要一张蒸汽钱包礼品卡。现在，我知道这是21世纪了，但我不知道有多少养老金领取者知道Steam是什么，更不用说了解礼品卡了。
Bored Panda spoke to Barelyonhere about what happened with the scammer. According to the Reddit user, he was inspired to troll the scammer for a simple reason: “I detest people that prey on others. I wanted to take as much of his time and energy as possible.”
Bored Panda采访了Barelyonhere关于骗子的事情。据这位Reddit用户称，他之所以受到这个骗子的启发，原因很简单:“我讨厌那些捕食他人的人。我想占用他尽可能多的时间和精力。”
“To my knowledge, nobody I know has been a victim,” Barelyonhere replied when asked whether he personally knows anyone who fell foul of conmen. “When I was a kid, I gave some information to scammers, but not much came of it.”
“据我所知，我认识的人中没有一个是受害者，”当被问及他个人是否认识任何与骗子发生冲突的人时，巴雷里昂here回答道。“当我还是个孩子的时候，我给骗子提供了一些信息，但收获甚微。”
The Reddit user also had advice for people who wish to avoid scams: “If a company calls you, don’t give them information. Hang up and call the company back. Most companies have a policy that they don’t call for this exact reason.”
这位Reddit用户还对那些希望避免诈骗的人提出了建议:“如果一家公司给你打电话，不要告诉他们信息。挂断电话，给公司回电话。大多数公司都有一项政策，但出于这个确切的原因，他们并没有这么做。”
Barelyonhere said that charlatans scam people because they “see something that works; it’s immoral, but it works.”
Barelyonhere说，骗子欺骗人们是因为他们“看到了一些有用的东西;这是不道德的，但确实有效。”
“I think people fall for such obvious scams because they’re afraid. These people are convincing. They’ll say they’re from the IRS, some legal agency, something that will invoke compliance,” he added.
“我认为人们之所以会落入这种显而易见的骗局，是因为他们害怕。这些人令人信服。他们会说他们来自美国国税局，一些法律机构，一些会引发合规的机构。”
图片来源：Jonas Grinevičius
