> I’d go further though: Execution is not an appropriate punishment for scamming people, period. Any time we voice disinterest in whether “bad people” are killed by the government, we make it easier for governments to get away with extrajudicial executions (or as it’s called when ordinary citizens do it, murder).

It's not really execution, they are caught in the crosshairs but not the actual target.

But yeah, really. Would you really care if a local drug thug is dragged out of a ditch somewhere? More so than if it's a family that has never done anything wrong in their life?

I've had some dealings with some of these scammers as I often like to toy with them when they call me, I feign interest and then waste their time. I can tell you they are really nasty people, when they find out you're stringing them along they get very vicious and threatening. I kinda doubt they are victims themselves.