Boing Boing

Boing Boing

Watching a middle-aged English woman enrage romance scammers is my new favorite pastime

Grant St. Clair
Jun 17, 2026
∙ Paid

Image: Brian A Jackson / shutterstock.com

It should come as no surprise by now that I enjoy a good scambait. Scambaiting, or the art of deliberately wasting scammers’ time, has become a bit of a flourishing practice of late. All the better for people who love both being entertained and watching criminal activity get foiled.

Most scamming you’ve seen onlin…

User's avatar

Continue reading this post for free, courtesy of Boing Boing.

Or purchase a paid subscription.
Grant St. Clair's avatar
A guest post by
Grant St. Clair
Subscribe to Grant
© 2026 Happy Mutants LLC · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture