Internet Rip-off!!!!

[MattNW]

[quote]Today I received a [glb]real[/glb] letter from an german encashment company. they want 160

[BFMF]

Not THAT'S funny

[Katahu]

ROTFLMFAO

[TacitBlue]

Heres what you do. do you have a scanner? scan your middle finger the way you would display it in traffic, and then email it to these people, then you might suggest that they attempt to procreate with themselves. At least, that's what I would do...

[TacitBlue]

I just read most of that story about Prince Joe Whatever. that is a long read. I'm surprised he kept it going that long. The fake names that that guy uses are great. Wayne Sworld... LMAO.

[MattNW]

I'm just getting started in scam baiting but I have one now that I contacted as Nanuk Malmute the owner of a BC based airline that owns and operates 40 airplanes from regional airliners to business jets. I'm going to play with him some and then try to pawn off a screeshot from FS2004 as an actual photograph.



Yeah, I know it wouldn't fool any gamer for a second but these people aren't too up on graphic simming technology. Also note the scale is way off. The people should be a lot smaller standing next to a King Air but that's what I have to work with from Lago FSE.

If he falls for it then I'll try to lure him to some country a few hundred miles away to some grass airstrip in the middle of the night then come down with a failure of my inertial seperator that grounds me a day or two. Hopefully I can get them to put out some cash for a hotel.

Probably loose him somewhere along the line but it'll be fun to see how much he falls for. So we'll see if FS is "As Real As It Gets".  ;D

[BFMF]

Just be carefull, and not give him any real personal information.

I can't wait to see how scammers will react

[MattNW]

Just be carefull, and not give him any real personal information.

I can't wait to see how scammers will react

Gonna be. I have a secure email that I contact from that will show up from BC in Canada. If (but it's doubtful) they can check the personal details of the account they'll see it's registered to Nanuk Malmute C.E.O. of Wolf Charters located in Bella Coola BC on Airport Road to a box number that doesn't exist.  

Usually these scammers aren't sophisticated folk. Most of these 419 scams are run out of an internet cafe using Yahoo throw-away emails.

I have one that is a really dirty scam. It's supposedly an inquiry from the Nigerian police claiming to be investigating a 419 scam. They sometimes send these to people they con with the regular 419 . When whoever they ripped off before contacts them they come up with some phony fees and take them for more.

Hilarious, that this the first police department I've ever heard of that uses a Yahoo email.  ;D

Sad, that so many honest people actually fall for these things.  ::)

[BFMF]

It's hard to believe that Nigeria, a poor African country has so much extra money lying around that they want westerners to pay them money, so they in turn can send a lot a lot more to westerners in return.

What I find rather amusing is that prince joe claimed he went out of his way and spent over 100 grand on the paperwork and the process, yet he didn't want to pay an $80 fee. He did this all so he could supposeldy turn around and send a lot more to someone he didn't know.


Doesn't make sense....

[Katahu]

You should check out the forums. Those people know how to make phony passports for the baiting.

I told a friend of mine about this. He told me that it's against the law to make phony passports [even for a bait]. I told him that baiting a scam didn't require making an actual passport. Even if the police here in the states or in Africa are looking for the one who made them, the information provided is bogus and will lead to Nowheresville in Lalaland.

[MattNW]

You have to be careful about phony documents like passports and driver licenses. Even though you make them downright silly they could be used to trick others. Don't want to give these guys things they can use.

When asked for a passport scan I just say that after 9/11 it's a federal crime to posess a scan of either a passport or any other official license. You can always doctor a normal photo and pass that off if they want proof of identity. Just have a photo of you taken and paste on the face of some half known actor or athlete. 9 out of 10 times this'll fool them.

Just found a hilarious 419 letter. Tell me what's wrong with this:

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO A SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS
CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR.PATRICE MILLER THE PRESIDENT OF CRAINE INTERNATIONAL
TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR ,NEW YORK.
10022 WITH TELEPHONE NUMBER(212)308-7788 AND TELEX NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE
AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 5%. THE MONEY WAS
DULY TRANSFERRED INTO HIS ACCOUNT ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN
NEW YORK AS WE WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT MR.PATRICE MILLER WAS NO LONGER
ON THAT ADDRESS WHILLE HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED
TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT IS HOW WE LOST US$27.5MILLION

So they just lost $27.5 million dollars and they are stupid enough to try it again??!!!

[TacitBlue]

You know, all of this scaming going around would make it really hard for any honest rich Nigerians trying to export their money. I say they are the real victims here...