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With information about the scam solidified, Mr. Pancake decided to turn the tables. Employing creativity and psychological tactics, he concocted an elaborate ruse, pretending to express deep interest in the sponsorship and offering a series of increasingly ludicrous demands to the scammer.
To his astonishment, after some negotiation, he was able to secure a $70 payment from the scammer — a rare instance of someone profiting from a scammer. But instead of promoting surfnet VPN, he sent a zip bomb back to the scammer, laced with malware.