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Scamming the scammers

Postby ozzy72 » Sun Nov 16, 2003 6:31 am

I found this on the online Guardian website, and its sooooooo good I just had to post it;

It has been described as the internet's first blood sport and is fast becoming one of the web's favourite pastimes. Fed up with having their inboxes clogged with emails from Nigerian fraudsters promising untold riches, the victims are finally hitting back.
Scam-baiting - replying to the emails and stringing the con artists along with a view to humiliating them as much as possible - is becoming increasingly popular with more than 150 websites chronicling the often hilarious results.
Known as 419 fraud, after the section of the Nigerian penal code that it contravenes, the scam generates millions of pounds each year. According to the National Criminal Intelligence Service, the average loss in the UK stands at around
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby Katahu » Sun Nov 16, 2003 8:18 am

That is so cool!!!!

The criminals are the one who created scamming. However, the criminals [scammers] will soon be destroyed by their own creation. ;)
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby fido » Sun Nov 16, 2003 10:03 am

Nice one ozzy  I'm glad to see scammers get some of their own medicine.   By the way, love your new picture in your signature .


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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby Wing Nut » Sun Nov 16, 2003 3:53 pm

I'm there man...
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby Katahu » Sun Nov 16, 2003 5:42 pm

I have a whole list of names that are based on a card as game. No, it's not based on battletech. ::)

Go to this link
http://419eater.com/

They have a neat forum over there. You'll be surprised what kind of help they can offer. :D
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby chomp_rock » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:03 pm

cool! I like to sign them up for mailing lists on popups.
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby Felix/FFDS » Sun Nov 16, 2003 9:19 pm

[quote]I'm there man...
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Re: Scamming the scammers

Postby chomp_rock » Mon Nov 17, 2003 8:30 pm

I'm a battletech maniac and i've never heard of Alexander Kerensky in the game!
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