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VIDEO: Comedian spends three years trolling online spammers

Published 13:33 10 Mar 2016 GMT

Updated 13:42 10 Mar 2016 GMT

Jordan Gold
VIDEO: Comedian spends three years trolling online spammers

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James Veitch, a British writer and comedian with seemingly infinite patience, has spent the past few years relentlessly replying to every spam email he has ever received.

Part troll, part teacher – today James gives comedy lectures on online safety and what really happens when you actually reply to phishing scams and phony "Nigerian diplomats". screen-shot-2016-01-11-at-4-41-13-pm screen-shot-2016-01-11-at-4-44-32-pm James recommends that you too try this at home:
  "The way I look at it, every minute I spend wasting a scammers time is one minute they aren't out there spamming people. The results have been hilarious."  
Next time you get a call about being in an "accident that wasn't your fault", play along. You never know, you might be in for a proper laugh. You can catch more of James' work on his website, or on his Twitter. His book, 'Dot Con: The art of spamming spammers' is available to buy from Amazon and is full of can't-miss investment opportunities and eligible Russian brides. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QdPW8JrYzQ  
VIDEO: Comedian spends three years trolling online spammers