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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Celebrate ScamSurvivors' 14th birthday with us. Starting tomorrow, for the next few days I've made both books free to download on Amazon. Get "The Stupid Scammer files" or "The Baiting Bibble". Or grab both!

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I wasn't aware Steph and HHH had split and she'd moved to Lagos.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

To celebrate 20 years of my being a part of the antiscam community, I've made the e-book versions of both "The Stupid Scammer Files" and The Stupid Scammer Files 2 - The Baiting Bibble" free on Friday 5th December. You can find them both on Amazon.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

How could you resist that face? Well, quite frankly we couldn't. That's why I'm introducing you to Sonny, the latest addition to our family.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

You know how you read a story online and go "Yeah, there's no way that's true"? This was one I never believed until it actually happened right next to me. My wife and I were recently at a pub having a meal. It was quite a bit fancier than what we usually go for, but it was a special occasion.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

When you have an hour to burn and pass a tattoo place that does walk ins. To explain, the red is the "Red Seal Of Truth" the scammers always add to their fake documents, and the S is from our site logo. You can just about see the bottom of the previous tattoo on the picture too.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Here's a new one I'm seeing in mass sent romance scam emails: "What's your name? And what country are you from? Also, to find out if you're real, tell me how many colours are in the spectrum."

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Going to be on BBC Radio Cumbria in a bit talking about romance scams. It'll be the usual get as much info as I can in in the 5 minutes I have thing.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Fake Donate to Charley Kirk's Burial Scam. No matter your political belief, this should leave you outraged. www.scamsurvivors.com/forum/viewto...

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Got a new tattoo today. You may recognise the subject. It'll take a couple of days until it looks its best, but I'm really pleased with how it came out.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

@aleenaartist.bsky.social Do you like this picture I drew of you? Did I say you? Sorry, I meant Emma Laui, the actual person in your profile. Stolen "drawings" and a stolen profile pic. Seems the fake "artists" have turned up here as well now.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

Went to see The Roses today. The original is better by far, though it's not a bad movie if you haven't seen it. Time to dig out the DVD and watch that version.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

If you run a PHPBB forum and are experiencing an overwhelming number of bots, I'd recommend reading www.phpbb.com/community/vi... It seems it's a pretty common thing right now.

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phpBB • What is going on? Is this some kind of widespread attack?

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Over a MILLION unique visitors in the past 24 hours!

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

It only took a few days for me to completely break the new forum by installing a plugin. Thankfully I still had the admin panel running in another tab and was able to delete it there. We're still dealing with DDoS attacks though. At one point the forum had over 10k "visitors" before crashing.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We're 99.9% sorted on the new site. There are a few leftovers from the old server/software, but these are just minor things. What hasn't helped was the fact we were being hit by a DDoS attack at the same time that we were doing all these changes. Someone apparently didn't want the site working.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

After what seems like a lifetime, we've finally moved our site to the new server and upgraded everything. There's still a few kinks to iron out, but on the whole everything is working as it should. If you receive a scam email, you can post it on scamsurvivors.com/forum/index.... to warn others.

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Scam Survivors - Index page

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

I don't know if this was intentional or not, but it made me laugh.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Decided to buy some upgrades for my PC in the Ebuyer sale. New motherboard, CPU and RAM. Guess what my plan is for tomorrow once everything's arrived. The bits I'm removing, along with some spare bits I have and a new case will make a nice PC I can sell on to recuperate some of the money.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Had an email last night saying my talk had been accepted for BSides Bournemouth. Time to make a few subtle changes to it. I'm thinking this time of adding in the only time I ever lost it laughing during a scammer call, but in all fairness you'll understand why when you hear it!

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The first person to contact us regarding sextortion was in May of 2012, yet a number of sites are using the steps we started creating way back then and claiming it as theirs. Even law enforcement aren't immune from this, some quoting us verbatim. Small rant after reading some reddit comments.

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BSides London @bsideslondon.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Croeso BSides Aberystwyth, bydded i ni fod y cyntaf i'ch croesawu a phob lwc ym mis Tachwedd! bsidesaberystwyth.org #Security #BSides #Aberystwyth #BSidesAberystwyth

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ALT: a red dragon on a green and white flag

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We (and by "we" I mean someone I'm paying) are currently in the middle of upgrading our site and moving it to a better server. Once it's done we're going to have all the latest software updates and a new and improved forum. The old system has done us proud, but it's time to move onward and upward.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

When I bought my first car, all I had to do is put the key in, turn it on and drive it home. I have spent hours having to do software updates and account registrations to get this one up to date. I had to sit in the car for over an hour just to import the new firmware and maps from a USB stick.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I'm looking for someone to move our site to a new server and update the software, both PHP and our forum. If you're interested or know someone who's up for the job, please get in contact with me.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Took an old pic of me from a media article, asked ChatGPT to turn it into a cartoon. Got it to add in all the gray hair and make it thinner to more accurately reflect how my hair looks these days and got this. I may need to use this for my profile.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

When I gave my first ever talk, I spoke on romance scams to the dating site industry. Funny thing is, most of what I said in that talk about spotting the scam profiles is still exactly the same as it was way back then. Very little seems to have changed. scamsurvivors.com/forum/viewto...

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Spotting SCAMS on dating sites. - Scam Survivors

ScamSurvivors.com No longer a victim. No longer alone.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

A dating site with at least 50% of its user base being scammers (and that's being kind) won't let me "spam" the same message to a few of them in reply to their initial message. It has to be a different message for each of them.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

What with the long drive to and from BSides Lancashire and a 4am start to drop my sister off at the airport, I'm absolutely beat. I feel like I could curl up in a ball and sleep for a week.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Unless I missed something, there was a massive star shaped plothole in today's Doctor Who. Other than that, I enjoyed it. It was certainly a whole lot better than last year's opener(s).

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Been dealing with a messed up shoulder for over a month now. Being in constant pain really isn't fun. Getting a proper night's sleep is impossible. If you're suffering too, I feel you.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Our new book is finally available to purchase. www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=the+stup... www.amazon.com/Stupid-Scams...

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Amazon.co.uk : the stupid of the scams

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Less than 48 hours to go until ScamSurvivors.com is 13 years old and our latest book is released to coincide with it. Bring on the birthday cake!

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ScamSurvivors - free, non judgmental help and advice for those scammed online.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

We're looking to do one final Skype scammer call session before it shuts down. If you're interested in joining in, let me know.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

In 5 days time, ScamSurvivors will be 13 years old. Not only that, but our new book, "The Stupid Of The Scams" comes out the same day.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I have hearing issues (dual hearing aids), which is why I hate dubbed movies. I rely on subtitles when watching TV, and the subtitles are so far off the mark compared to what's being said that it becomes impossible to watch. Surely I'm not alone in this.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Our site's new virtual contact number is live. I've gone with a Swansea one this time as it's closer to my actual location.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I've signed up to a new VOIP service and should have our new site contact number set up pretty soon.

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Wayne May ScamSurvivors.com @scamsurvivors.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We hit over 300,000 posts on our forum today. Thank you to everyone who contributed, either by posting there or sending us information we can post on their behalf.

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bsidesncl.bsky.social @bsidesncl.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Windows or Linux? Is an improved user experience or security the driver in deciding which Desktop to use? Victoria takes a look into the Linux or Windows question here: youtu.be/7WsV3q4N1pA #bsides #bsidesncl #InfosecCommunity

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