A person who wastes the time of scammers by keeping them on the phone for as long as possible without divulging any information. Scambaiters dial telephone numbers of known scammers and pretend to be senior citizens or people with cognitive disabilities that have no understanding why they were asked to phone. Scambaiters claim that for every minute the scammers are engaged, they cannot use that time to swindle someone else. See
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