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Sweet Revenge On Nigerian Scammers
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.
BERGASSE 19 rules
FIRST POST!
FROST...of winter whatever wweeeeee
"Cinderella Man"
A modest man from Mandrake
Travelled rich to the city
He had a need to discover
A use for his newly-found wealth
Because he was human
Because he had goodness
Because he was moral
They called him insane
Delusions of grandeur
Visions of splendour
A manic depressive
He walks in the rain
Eyes wide open
Heart undefended
Innocence untarnished
Cinderella Man
Doing what you can
They can't understand
What it means
Cinderella Man
Hang on to your plans
Try as they might
They cannot steal your dreams
In the betrayal of his love he awakened
To face a world of cold reality
And a look in the eyes of the hungry
Awakened him to what he could do
He held up his riches
To challenge the hungry
Purposeful motion
For one so insane
They tried to fight him
Just couldn't beat him
This manic depressive
Who walks in the rain
nt
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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I just want to bang on your mom all day!!!
Hell know man.. WINDOWS SUCKS ASS... you need to pull you head out of your ass.. Cuz obviously that's your problem.. Hard to see the light when you're in a dark place......
Damn, /. is funny:) I was proclaimed as troll???
/.:)
How someone could troll spammers to get revenge? Well,... post on
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Just because their black, ... ...doesn't mean their dumb.
Did this strike anyone else a racist statement? It implies that because they're black everyone would think they were dumb. Also, to the poster: please learn the difference between "their" and "they're" before you assume others are dumb.
S/N ratio on this site is decreasing at an incredible rate.
P.S. I'm not black, or any other minority race.
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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...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.
Why do you have to bring race into it?
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
E pluribus sanguinem
If you don't care, then why are you still replying? Obviously, you care more than you're letting on.
Touche!