Woman expertly trolls text scammer who claimed she won a free laptop

'How to give scammers a heart attack.'
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Brian Koerber
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There's no better feeling than trolling someone that tried to scam you out of money.

Shaina Gimao received an obviously scammy text message recently, probably similar to one you may have received before. Surprise! She won a new laptop, chosen randomly through her phone number.

Smelling an obvious scam, Gimao decided to troll the scammer back.

"Congratulations!" she texted back. "You have successfully subscribed to Prayer of the Day! 50 PESOS will be deducted from your payload."

She quickly followed the text up with the prayer of the day from Psalm 16:8.

The scammer apparently didn't appreciate the word of God, because they sent back a text that read "Cancel."

Gimao wasn't finished yet, so she fired back, saying, "Sorry, you have entered an invalid code, please try again."

The scammer again tried to cancel the Prayer of the Day service, but received the same response from Gimao.

Gimao tweeted screenshots of the texts on Friday. "How to give scammers a mini heart attack," she wrote. The tweet has since racked up over 64,000 retweets.

While plenty of people enjoyed the table turn, one person suggested a perfect bible verse for the next prayer:

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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