I think intent is irrelevant here. I did it in the spur of the moment, because it was funny and because in my eyes they deserve it - it's not like it was a prem

I think intent is irrelevant here. I did it in the spur of the moment, because it was funny and because in my eyes they deserve it - it's not like it was a premeditated attempt in the hopes of writing a blog post. In any case, I think acts are best judged based on their impact of the world, and not on random people's understanding of why they were performed. Here, we have (possibly) one less scammer on the job today, and more importantly, maybe a dozen or so new people who thought this was a good idea and will in turn try to make scammers' lives harder. So what if there'll never be enough people to totally wreck their business model? I think the world is a little bit better now, and that's good enough for me. Even if I had done it all just for a minute of fame, I don't think that would matter and/or change any of this.