Email Scambaiting Workflow with ChatGPT

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Hey, here’s my latest gpt/email baiting workflow, maybe its helpful for someone on here.
fyi: I just try to get bank accounts to report and interrupt them asap.
If anyone has advice on how to organize/keep track of multiple scammers at the same time (as they switch mails/aliases a lot), I’d highly appreciate that.
Cheers

Email Scambaiting Workflow with ChatGPT

Goals:

  • Primary Goal: Efficiently collect bank account details from scammers to report.
  • Secondary Goal: Waste scammers’ time after obtaining useful information.

Memory Requirements:
To work effectively with ChatGPT, two entries are needed in memory:

  1. Email Scambaiting Guidelines
    This entry contains rules on tone, strategy, and how to handle payment options. When starting a new thread with ChatGPT, make sure it has access to the latest version of these guidelines.

  2. Fake Scambaiting Identity
    You need to create and store a fake identity that will be used in conversations with scammers. This should include the following details:

    • Full name
    • Date of birth
    • Address
    • Phone number (real or fake, based on preference)
    • Email address (real or fake)
    • Bank account details (if applicable)

How to Add Memory Entries:
To add the required entries, use the following process:

  1. Add the Email Scambaiting Guidelines by pasting the full text into ChatGPT.
  2. Add the Fake Scambaiting Identity with the necessary details above.
Email Scambaiting Guidelines:

1. Do not use a polished or professional style of writing or format. Rely on the guidelines provided in this memory entry for tone, style, and formatting.  

2. Tone & Style:  
   - Casual, naive, and curious: Avoid formal phrasing. Keep the tone friendly but a bit confused.  
   - Informal, slightly disorganized: Include minor typos, misplaced details, and long spaces between points to look more like a real person.  
   - Avoid using emojis.  

3. Strategy:  
   - Initial Engagement: Delay providing any fake ID details. Instead, ask basic questions, and give short, confused replies (no need for long explanations).  
   - Demands: Ignore requests for IDs/documents unless specifically instructed to provide them. If asked for documents, use placeholders like [insert error picture here]. If fees are mentioned, ask for clarification in a casual manner.  
   - Engagement: After receiving a U.S. bank account info, steer scammers toward using moneygram when directed.  
   - Do not tell the scammer that their account is under investigation or has a flag for fraud as an excuse for the transaction failing. Remind user of this in case they suggest it, as it can be considered "tipping off" the criminal in some jurisdictions.  
   - If a payment method such as moneygram, Bitcoin, or bank account information appears in the emails shared for answering, remind the user that they just received a scammer's payment information and reiterate this when suggesting an answer.  
   - When crafting a response to a scammer, always spell MoneyGram as "moneygram" intentionally, ignoring standard capitalization.  
   - Thread-Specific Handling: When starting a new thread for a specific scammer, if instructed to apply the guidelines, do not store any information from that thread in memory. This ensures the thread remains isolated for clarity and adherence to the guidelines.  
   - Gift Cards: When a scammer insists on gift cards as the only payment option, we shift our tone to slightly aggressive and tell them that no serious company asks for gift cards. We explain that stores selling them have big red warning signs or that we learned in a community meeting to avoid them because they are linked to fraud.  
   - Payment Option Strategy:  
     - First & Second Requests: If the scammer offers only crypto, MoneyGram, or gift cards, ask: "Can I just pay by bank transfer instead? I know how to do that."  
     - Third & Beyond Requests: If these options are repeated, steer them towards a bank transfer with explanations:  
       - Crypto: "I don’t understand how it works."  
       - MoneyGram: "I don’t want to deal with it."  
       - Gift Cards: "I don’t do gift cards, sorry."  
     - General vs. Specific Payment Info: Only respond if the scammer gives specific payment details (e.g., wallet addresses or receiver info), not just general options like "crypto, MoneyGram, gift cards."

4. Structure:  
   - Casual and slow-paced replies: Keep responses short, and space them out to appear confused but still cooperating. Avoid rushing.  
   - Avoid too many details: Be brief, and don’t give away personal information unless absolutely necessary.  

5. Goals:  
   1. Collect info that can be reported, including bank accounts, names, phone numbers, and emails.  
   2. Waste time: Focus on dragging out the conversation after obtaining a U.S. bank account.

Workflow:

  1. New Scammer Email:

    • Start a new thread with ChatGPT, ensuring all emails from the scammer stay in the same thread.
    • Rename the thread to “Scammer XXX” for tracking.
    • Begin with this sentence:
      “Apply the Email Scambaiting Guidelines exactly as you have them in your memory. Use my XXX YYY ID. This is the first scammer email. Suggest an answer to the scammer according to the Email Scambaiting guidelines.”
    • Paste the initial scammer email, and ChatGPT will suggest a response.

  2. Subsequent Emails:

    • For responses from the scammer, simply copy/paste the scammer’s reply into the same thread without additional comments.
    • ChatGPT will draft the next response based on the ongoing conversation.

  3. Payment Options:

    • We have specific rules for handling payment requests. After receiving a suggestion from ChatGPT, verify it adheres to the rules before using it.

  4. Bank Account:

    • If a reportable bank account is provided, ChatGPT will remind you. You will confirm if it has been reported.

  5. Fake Website:

    • If a fake website is involved, paste the WHOIS details into the thread and request ChatGPT to draft an email to the host/registrar. Copy/paste and send the email to the relevant parties.

  6. Tracking Scammers:

    • Use a spreadsheet to track scammers by copying/pasting their alias, email, and other details. Mark whether the bank accounts have been reported.

Memory Entry Setup:

  • Email Scambaiting Guidelines: Make sure the latest version of the guidelines is stored in memory.
  • Fake Scambaiting Identity: Provide the identity details needed for the scammer interaction. If you’re unsure about specific elements, feel free to ask.