A friend of mine got called at work last week by a scammer. Over the course of two full days he stayed in communication with him stringing him along and slowly gathering information to give to police.

He also recorded every single bit of it.

Part 1: http://www.vimeo.com/7450960
Part 2: http://www.vimeo.com/7464283

It's long as hell (nearly 1 hour and 40 minutes), but if you are just sitting around well worth it. I got hooked in after a few minutes.

Favorite parts:
-The scammer's interest in his "bitches"
-When he calls back with a terrible fake female voice pretending to be "Bobby's" cousin Lisa
-The image in my mind of this scammer going down to Western Union over and over again only to always find that the money never came

11/8/2009 2:33:06 PM

tips@consumerist.com

11/8/2009 2:49:09 PM

It's already been taken care of.

11/8/2009 2:50:45 PM