Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Fighting the Nigerian Money Scam

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the laughter-is-the-best-medicine dept.

An anonymous reader writes "One of the most notorious spams, the Nigerian Money Scam, or 419, has reared its head again with the recent arrest of a California woman who embezzled $2.1 million from her law firm. However, anti-spammer Brad Christensen has apparently been having some success scamming the scammers. This exhibit contains some of his more successful exchanges. It seems he even managed to get some of the Nigerians to fly around the world to meet him. All in all, Bravo!"

2 of 315 comments (clear)

  1. Woman in California? by $carab · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm ashamed to say the stupid embezzler is actually from Michigan (my home state). "Detroit" and "Royal Oak" are places in South-East Michigan. Just because "Berkeley" was mentioned doesnt mean the story was from California. Sheesh.....

  2. Another reply... by sheetsda · · Score: 5, Informative

    Heres another humorous reply. I take no credit for it(it cites a slashdot posting interestingly enough).