Part of the justification I’ve heard for wasting the scammers time is to limit the number of people they can interact with in a day. If wasting a scammer’s time

Part of the justification I’ve heard for wasting the scammers time is to limit the number of people they can interact with in a day. If wasting a scammer’s time prevents another innocent person from scammed then there’s a net benefit. It’s unfortunate that some people need to do bad things to make a living but it’s an explanation of bad behavior, not a justification for it. Mind you, I’m also sympathetic to the ways in which this practice could be abused.