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Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers

Posted by timothy on from the and-throw-away-the-key dept.

davesag writes "I just came across this fine site, 419Eater, wherin people counter scam the Nigerian 419 scammers that have been plaguing our spam filters for the past few years. The UK paper The Guardian is also running a fine article on this site. The site author, and several other contributors, have taken to responding to the scammers, using obviously fake names and so forth, and then string the scammer along for as long as possible. In many cases they get the scammer to pose for a photograph! Amazingly the scammers are just as gullible and greedy as their typical victims, and fall for the most obvious ruses hook, line, and sinker. 419eater welcomes contributors, so if you ever wanted to get your sweet revenge on these low-lives, here's a channel for you. The 419 refers to the section of the Nigerian criminal code under which such scams fall." We've linked to a few such fraud-baiters before, though few with as amusing a photograph.

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  1. Re:????wtf by EverDense · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why bother???
    If you wanna reply just do it like this:
    Hello, I hope you will take your self a minute to read what I wrote:
    FUCK YOU AND STARVE TO DEATH
    Thanks for your attention

    Most superheroes are never asked to help. They have their superpowers thrust upon them
    and consequently feel morally compelled to right wrongs.

    Alternatively it could be the overwhelming feeling that some people have, when across a
    poisonous spider or snake, to the poke the bad thing. ;-)

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  2. Re:????wtf by justsomebody · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Damn, /. is funny:) I was proclaimed as troll???

    How someone could troll spammers to get revenge? Well,... post on /.:)

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  3. Re:Just because their black, ... by plierhead · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    Just because their black, doesn't mean their dumb. [sic]

    I thought maybe you were replying to someone's post saying that because these people were black, they were dumb. But no. Looks like you just put that out there yourself, and then refuted your own statement. Not quite sure why that makes you "insightful". To me it makes you -5, racist.

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  4. Re:Just because their black, ... by Nailer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...doesn't mean their dumb.

    Indeed, there's much better methods to help determine if they're a few cents short of a dollar. I'd suggest examining their spelling, for one thing.

  5. Re:Just because their black, ... by Nimey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why do you have to bring race into it?

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