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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

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      If construction was anything like programming, an incorrectly fitted lock would bring down the entire building...
  2. 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