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Scambaiting Gets Comical; Internet Scammers All Dressed Up

Posted by timothy on from the made-in-the-shadenfreude dept.

Nurse Nasty writes "Scambaiting is a fun and relaxing full-contact email sport. It's all about baiting Internet and email scammers into exposing themselves and sharing that humiliation with the entire world. Recently I baited four different groups of Internet scammers into being comic book action super-heroes, and then giving them their own 10-page graphic novel. It's a bit of fun and eduction through entertainment." (Warning: The comic contains a bit of naughty language.)

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  1. 419 Scams are named for their law they break by LostCluster · · Score: 4, Informative

    They're technically breaking their local law by running these scams... but they're one of the leading industries so the government can't afford to shut them down. Since there's no hope you finding them if you go there so they feel safe from you, and certainty that they'd be arrested if they come here so you're safe from them finding you... let the fun and games begin.

    1. Re:419 Scams are named for their law they break by JaredOfEuropa · · Score: 4, Informative

      While it appears that for some reason this scene is dominated by Nigerian scammers, they don't always operate out of their own country. Amsterdam and London are popular bases for these scammers and they get arrested there all the time, sometimes with the help of Nigerian police. Amsterdam cops bust 419 ring, arrest 52

      --
      If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
  2. OMMFG. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Shame on you /., posting this shit. The comic plumbed heretofore unplumbed depths of shittiness. I can't believe I wasted the time waiting on that shit to load. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME READING THESE "COMICS". They make pre-teen fan-fiction look like classic literature. What complete and utter shit. A new low for a slash story. Jesus fucking christ. Sure, moderators, mark this -7 Troll, but it's still not as bad as the OP.

    1. Re:OMMFG. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

      You could've easily stripped off the photobucket URLS from the links in those 10 minutes:

      http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o6/nursenasty/mugu_x/PAGE001.jpg
      http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o6/nursenasty/mugu_x/PAGE002.jpg
      http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o6/nursenasty/mugu_x/PAGE003.jpg ...etc... just increment to 009

      It's still shit though.

  3. Re:Link Dead by Simon80 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Coral cache link to the rescue: http://forum.419eater.com.nyud.net:8080/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177394

  4. Shouldn't this be in idle? by AniVisual · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not newsworthy. Not newsworthy at all.

  5. Re:Who are the victims? by selven · · Score: 3, Informative

    From the 419eater.com letters archive:

    For the most part these criminals are not, "poor people trying to scratch a living", but are very prosperous compared to their law-abiding countrymen, and many operate in highly organised, and highly successful criminal gangs. Millions of dollars are stolen on a DAILY basis, with absolutely no thought given to victims, who are losing vast amounts of money, homes, relatives, jobs and worse. Contrary to popular belief, it is not just "greedy & stupid people" that fall for these scams.