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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.

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  1. ????wtf by justsomebody · · Score: 1, Troll

    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

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  2. ten words by scotch · · Score: 1, Troll
    People who use use the subject "one word" are asshats.

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