> The most important part of managing scams is to expose them,
Yes, because their targets will be reading Hacker News.
The Nigerian Prince scam still works, and every person in the world has heard of it by now.
> and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work.
I don't think they value their public image half as much as you seem to think. But you're on to something.
What if the alternative line of work they had to pick was cleaning toilets at a federal penitentiary, or stamping license plates, or maybe breaking gravel at a re-socialization camp somewhere in Siberia?
Yes, because their targets will be reading Hacker News.
The Nigerian Prince scam still works, and every person in the world has heard of it by now.
> and cite the names involved so that they need to pick a different line of work.
I don't think they value their public image half as much as you seem to think. But you're on to something.
What if the alternative line of work they had to pick was cleaning toilets at a federal penitentiary, or stamping license plates, or maybe breaking gravel at a re-socialization camp somewhere in Siberia?