What’s the scam? I keep getting these text messages from numbers that I don’t recognize. I don’t engage with them beyond about this point. What’s their game? #asknostr 
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Romance scam
How long will they woo me before asking for money?
Depends on the skills of the operator, and how much information on you they're able to extract/buy.
If ever there was a use case for AI...! Automating Yahoo Boys would be a crime, but also a service to humanity. The social engineering equivalent of Cowpox.
Thanks friend. It’s unfortunate that people prey on the lonely. I’ll give you a use case for AI—a honeypot app where you tell it which chats are likely scammers and it keeps them busy for as long as possible.
I have been thinking about offering this as a service, but I need to get better at SIP and DID thrunking first!