‘Dumb’ Brisbane dad’s incredible revenge

But as soon as he clocks off from his 9-5 job, the dad spends most of his time in the evening fighting crime.“I’ve never been scammed but I do know a number of people who have,” the Queensland man, aged in his 50s, told news.com.au.Since then, for the past five years, Ben has gone after fraudsters.

As loneliness set in against the backdrop of Covid-prompted lockdowns, people wanted pets, and scammers were more than happy to oblige. “I’ve found the best method for this stuff is to act as dumb as possible, then let their guard down. Then you can socially engineer it,” Ben continued. He is now in touch with three Australians listed on their bank account and stopped one from sending more money in a romance scam.Ben brings his unique Aussie larrikin sense of humour to the situation.

To be extra safe, he also uses aliases so that his real name is never compromised — and let’s just say they are quite amusing. They tried to get him to pay for a type of bird called a sun conure, to which he replied “I am interested in the conure, but do you have any that are not socialists, preferably a little right wing?”

This prompted the frustrated fraudster to provide their proper banking details — which Ben has since reported.

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