Won’t the scammers notice an abnormal increase in “scammed people” and just throw out everything?
Or is there random time between each request to make it even harder for them to notice?
Yeah the scammers would notice an increase in "scammed people". Adding a random time delay between each request would have made the requests look even more real.
My goal was to make their operation unsuccessful. If they did get any legitimate information it would be buried among all the fake data I sent their way. They would have to try out all the data and see what actually works. This would be extremely time-consuming for them and it's probably easier for them to give up and start over. Given that the scammer site is no longer up, I would like to think that they actually did give up.
I'm sure they'll try again under a different domain though.
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Won’t the scammers notice an abnormal increase in “scammed people” and just throw out everything?
Or is there random time between each request to make it even harder for them to notice?
Yeah the scammers would notice an increase in "scammed people". Adding a random time delay between each request would have made the requests look even more real.
My goal was to make their operation unsuccessful. If they did get any legitimate information it would be buried among all the fake data I sent their way. They would have to try out all the data and see what actually works. This would be extremely time-consuming for them and it's probably easier for them to give up and start over. Given that the scammer site is no longer up, I would like to think that they actually did give up.
I'm sure they'll try again under a different domain though.