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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!"

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  1. Re:Michigan clues by wdr1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Woooo guys... are actually suggesting that michael actually *check* something? What are you, nuts? If he did that, he wouldn't have time to continue his defamement of Seth Finkelstein!

    Seriously though, makes you wonder what michael and timothy are actually to paid to *do*?

    -Bill

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  2. Re:MOD PARENT FUNNY by MaxVlast · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It is informative. I didn't know that he was hopping up and down in a yellow suit. Now I'm informed.

    Anyhow, Jon was on the other side of the fountain giving me the documents. What John Jorsett doesn't realize is that Mr. Aba is colorblind, so he sees orange as yellow. Fortunately, I knew to wear an all-orange suit (with orange bowler had borrowed from the John Steed estate.)

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  3. Re:Michigan clues by wdr1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I'm pretty sure that they are. Read some of Michael's crazy rants on his personal pages. Pretty clear implications that they are.

    -Bill

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