15-04-2004, 13:52
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419 scammer baiting..
You know those emails where somebody has a small fortune they need to get out of the country, and (of course) they ask you to hold it in your account for them (for a percentage of course)? These are called 419 scams.
Well, I just found some tips on baiting them... http://www.419eater.com
Also, here is the (long, but funny) story of how one scammer was actually conned into paying $41 to the person he was scamming.. http://www.419eater.com/html/stev_ebe.htm
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"This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.”
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15-04-2004, 14:38
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
love the name on the convo thread
Mr. Plunder Myknuts
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15-04-2004, 14:43
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Yep, Dave Stones.
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15-04-2004, 14:43
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
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Originally Posted by scastle
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I am in delicate negotiations to buy a Tribble factory in Singapore, and so flying out to meet with you is not an option at the moment.
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15-04-2004, 15:06
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
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I am in delicate negotiations to buy a Tribble factory in Singapore, and so flying out to meet with you is not an option at the moment.
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Tribbles rule! 
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15-04-2004, 15:18
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
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Tribbles rule!
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It gets better - you've got to keep reading it to see the photos he gets this guy to mail him, and the fake Times obituary is hysterical - nearly got in trouble guffawing at my desk!
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15-04-2004, 16:28
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
I like this...
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"This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.”
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15-04-2004, 16:50
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
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I like this...
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lol ... I've been resisting linking directly to any of the photos in your original post http://www.419eater.com/html/stev_ebe.htm ... the payoff is just so much sweeter if you read through the conversation and see it all in context. I'm still sitting here chuckling, 2 hours later.
EDIT: I can't resist this one tho:
Appears that getting the scammers to send in stupid photos of themselves is all part of the fun of scambaiting.
The photo comes from this archive: http://www.419eater.com/html/moses_hand.htm
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15-04-2004, 16:56
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15-04-2004, 17:27
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
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Originally Posted by towny
lol ... I've been resisting linking directly to any of the photos in your original post http://www.419eater.com/html/stev_ebe.htm ... the payoff is just so much sweeter if you read through the conversation and see it all in context. I'm still sitting here chuckling, 2 hours later.
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I know!. Anyway, the piccie I posted was from the Gallery...
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"This is an important announcement. This is flight 121 to Los Angeles. If your travel plans today do not include Los Angeles, now would be a perfect time to disembark.”
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15-04-2004, 17:40
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
This is so funny, nice one Stu
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15-04-2004, 18:58
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Re: 419 scammer baiting..
Read a couple of these last year. That was even better, I liked the "importing live dodo's" Very funny.
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09-05-2004, 00:57
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419 Scammer
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09-05-2004, 01:01
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Re: 419 Scammer
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If I find them, I'm gonna kill them...it wasn't me, it was my friends...
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09-05-2004, 01:10
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Re: 419 Scammer
Reminds me of the one where the guy actually got £175 out of the scammers 
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