Stings

The payload. Links that waste scammers' time in ways plain email can't.

What a sting is

A sting is a URL that Stringer slips into a reply at the right moment. Clicking it sends the scammer to a landing page designed to waste their attention — endless captchas, 47-toggle GDPR forms, fake virus warnings, a 50-page Terms of Service with a quiz that resets, etc.

Scammer thinks they're clicking a link to a document, a booking page, a payment form. They're not.

When stings fire

Stringer only includes a sting when the conversation is ready — usually in the Escalation or Finale phase, after the spammer has committed time to the thread. Sending a sting too early tips them off; too late and the thread has already died.

The sting type is picked based on the conversation: a "booking" thread gets a scheduler sting, a "payment" thread gets captcha hell, an "invoice" thread gets terms-and-conditions hell.

Picking which stings run

Go to Settings › Stings to enable/disable specific sting types. By default all stings on your tier are enabled.

See the full gallery on the Sting Gallery.

Bot busting

Some spammers use AI bots on their side. When Stringer detects a bot (prompt injection attempts, unnatural patterns), we hit them with counter-attack stings designed to confuse or exhaust the bot. Successful bot-busts earn achievements.