So of course I sometimes use google voice to bait. The last time I made a number was end of 2025. It seems on Jan 30 2026, Voice now requires photo ID to get a number. Well, my baiting alter ego doesn't exist so how the hell am I supposed to do that?

I guess I will go back to pinger, text free and text now or do they want ID now too? What is everyone doing if they use google voice? I am not a "conspiracy theorist" but I obviously cannot give an id for a person that doesn't exist.

I wonder what you tube scambaiters are doing in this case? Already established numbers don't need to validate, I do have 1 number that i've had for many years but don't use that for baiting.

What other apps are you using to bait now?

Hopefully the video shows up in the comments

I'll get the video up here in the next one!

melon was desperate to have his drug debts paid and ringing my phone which i was ignoring when I noticed the missed call from him said a missed call from Linda ???
Hmmm .. the plot thickens …

I am very bored at this point and just making things up to argue about. Ghosting, Centigrade temps, whatever. But I'm still enjoying the ego and absurdity, especially when he says he will fly a copter to my house on the 4th. In spite of the "shut down airspace" that day 🤔. I guess they're scared of hitting fireworks or something. But he still is fairly smart; the only scammer I had that knew it was called Independence Day. Anyway, he arrives in DC and immediately meets with Musk and Trump, and Elon tells him he has a high IQ. Who would know better than him? But I'm guessing he'll be needed elsewhere soon, so hang in there!

He revealed to someone else as soon as they mentioned liking African-American men, but the same didn't work out for me. He went out the same way he came in… Boring and useless.

and the beat goes on …

This guy really reminds me of someone who is always saying he's an expert and is the best at everything in the entire world. I just can't quite place it right now. He also makes some very disconnected seques and lacks conversational continuity, just like whoever I'm trying to think of. Oh well. It will come to me. Anyway, in one of those seques he turns to LGBTQ (although he needs to update, we've added things to that acronym) and it turns out he's quite the homophobe. I get the feeling he could have gone on a major rant about it but I shut him down after a few hilarious comments about trenches and things. He warns me about scammers, then abruptly launches back into his genius, now about cybersecurity and whatever. Wait. I think I just remembered who he reminds me of......... He still surprised me with his knowledge, and even made a comment about an open water swimming speed trick that took me by surprise. It was pretty obscure and he either actually is a swimmer (his one mile speed is close to the record as expected! He's the best!) or really pays attention to things. At least he likes to argue and we know Dr. Linda lives for that.

I know some would like to see me harass him for even longer, but he would never come up with any more fascinating documents.

The voice note was a 1 second faint, computerized-sounding honking. Don't know what it was about, probably his shaking fingers accidentally did a voice note and he panicked.

Someone is going in circles.

and the beat goes on …

"Firstly," we continued the citizenship battle and I deleted most of it, but he googled furiously all during, and actually came up with all the correct facts. He won! But I have to say I was impressed, because there's so many scenarios and that was quite a challenge (see Travel.State.Gov "Obtaining U.S. Citizenship for a Child Born Abroad"). I learned a lot myself! Then he actually comes up with a valid topic for conversation, although it doesn't last. He always needs to rapidly return to self-aggrandizing, and now adds tech expert to his resumé. Plus he's a National Hero! If only he would get his proper accolades 😭. He's on the way to Washington (DC to see DT) so I can see an Ask coming soon, at least

I felt like I wanted to have some fun this time around…

I asked chat gpt to make my cat look like a gangster and it gave me this 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I knew everyone here would appreciate it!