as his victims know only too well. sending out fraudulent text messages like the one that tricked emmeline is known as spamming. we wanted to find out how easy it would be to become a spammer ourselves. uncle vio was ready to help. he's been advertising on snapchat for people to work with him. and he's easily reached through the messaging app telegram. he got back to us immediately. it cost £100 in bitcoin to buy our way in. he explained that he was offering a fake website for spamming phone numbers — or leads. for £15 more he said he would spam 4000 "leads" on our behalf.