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419 Scammer Gets Scammed

johnduffell writes "There's a lot of awareness of 419 scams at the moment, including a report from the BBC of a baiter who managed to get $80 and a birthday card by courier! He did this by convincing the scammer that he was in the Church of the Painted Breast and there's even a photo of the scammer with his breast painted! Presumably the scammers are hoping that the scammees are as stupid as they are."

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  1. Where do I join? by RobertB-DC · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:
    If you're tempted, just remember Prince Joe who's still sending e-mails saying he's sticking to his promise and saying the daily prayer: "When all above seems a great test, Get on down with the Holy Red Breast."

    w00t! Where do I join?

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  2. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right! by sH4RD · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tell that to the P-P-P-Powerbook scammer.

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    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  4. Stupid.. by SlashDread · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Presumably the scammers are hoping that the scammees are as stupid as they are."

    Having met a decent slice of Human population, I can say that in fact that is the case.

    "/Dread"

  5. Re:Two wrongs don't make a right! by NoData · · Score: 3, Funny

    But, two wrongs do make a funny!

  6. Customs: by Beardo+the+Bearded · · Score: 5, Funny

    Customs Agent: Reason for entering the country?

    Scammer: I'm here to beat the tar out of David Hyde Pierce of the Church of the Painted Breast, who stole $80 from me while I was trying to rip him off for $18,000.

    Customs Agent: *puts on gloves* Step into this room, sir.

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  7. Re:There's no way they could really press charges. by WEFUNK · · Score: 4, Funny

    What about if the government of nigeria doesn't give two dry rat turds about dealing with their scammer population?

    You've got a point. Especially considering that the Prince, Prime Minister, Sultanate, Head of State, Military Dictator, and Alien Overlord of Nigeria have each been killed, overthrown, or deposed in a series of bloody uprisings and coups that have apparently tied up millions and millions of that countries personal, palacial, and government assets in secret international banks! With such frequent turmoil I simply can't imagine the resulting state of their legal system...

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  8. The Church of the Painted Breast Is A SCAM!! by bfg9000 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I were this guy, I'd forget about the spammers -- I'd be more worried about his involvement at the Church of the Painted Breast. I just asked my Most Holy Pastor here at the Church of Scientology, and he told me the Painted Breasters are a scam and just a "stupid made up religion to scam the weakminded out of their money". And my pastor isn't lying -- in fact, he *can't* lie, even if he wanted to. He cast out the demons of lying when that exorcism went on sale last fall. I wish I had the $23,500 required; all I had was $15,000, so I just exorcised the demons of disobedience and free thought.

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  9. The Painted Breast was funny, but this... by Dimensio · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...wasn't even intentional. Guy asked a scammer to pose for a photo holding a sign with a company logo.

    Scammer didn't exactly pose with a sign. Scammer did something else, something that no one expected, and that now has the baiter being revered by other baiters as a god (this is not my work, I really envy this guy);

    Behold.

  10. Funniest part by far by Gudlyf · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Joe already knew from Hector's increasingly eccentric e-mails that he had put the money into a business exporting snow to Siberia."

    That is purely classic.

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