This scammer was given a magnificent taste of their own medicine and it’s a classic of the genre

A textbook lesson now in how to deal with scammers (assuming you’ve got the time and the patience, obviously).

But if, like us, you’re more likely simply to hit ‘delete’ and/or ‘block’ then just sit back and enjoy the ride instead. Because it’s a very enjoyable one.

The exchange was shared back in the day on Imgur after someone on Facebook was contacted by the “International Monetary Funding Company” which had – wait for it – $150,000 in cash to give away.vWoohoo!

Except by the end of this conversation they were wishing they’d never started it.