Fighting Nigerian Email Scams

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suncrafter
Have you ever gotten one of those Nigerian scams in your email? You know - where they say you won millions in a lottery (or whatever)?
Well the webmaster on this site http://www.419hell.com/ answers those scam emails and does everything he can think of to mess with the scammer's head and waste their time.


Here is a fake photo ID that one of the scammers sent him...
(I think I could eat a photo with some paper and poop a more convincing ID!)
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/suncrafter/AndersonTubmanAlistair_Darling_Mpja.jpg

AngryManatee
I usually just post the e-mail address and message on /b/

The big EH
alistair darling, he's a sneaky man, got my cousin twice

gefallen_engel
I get e-mails all the time saying I won some lottery in some foreign country, or e-mails saying they will pay me X amount of money to exchange a certain amount for U.S currency

AC/DC'S_LVR
i just delete that crap before i even look at it
really who believes stuff like that?

gefallen_engel
thats what I do, I bet there are people who do fall for it

suncrafter
Originally posted by gefallen_engel
thats what I do, I bet there are people who do fall for it

Yep, some do... http://www.419hell.com/Victim_Warnings/index.html

the.kenzo
Anybody who falls for one of these scams, deserves it for being a retarded ****er.

Cadence Donovan
Originally posted by Fornicator
nigeria is full of black people

Banned, but the pr0n remains? -facepalm-

Ushgarak
Originally posted by Cadence Donovan
Banned, but the pr0n remains? -facepalm-

Well, thank you for the consideration for all the work I am doing for removing it. I do NOT have a magic button you know.

Please try and show some appreciation.

GCG
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well, thank you for the consideration for all the work I am doing for removing it. I do NOT have a magic button you know.

Please try and show some appreciation.

laughing out loud Someone mentioned what a hell the next mod will go through removing the pictures

JacopeX
I just go to a forum site and show it to others.

suncrafter
Originally posted by the.kenzo
Anybody who falls for one of these scams, deserves it for being a retarded ****er.

Dude! Don't blame the victim.... that's just so.... republican. stick out tongue

occultdestroyer
Use MailWasher, an alternative e-mail client to Outlook or Thunderbird.

It filters spam messages effectively.

suncrafter
Is that were they email who ever emails you for you and asks them if they are human?

Scythe
That guy in the fake ID looks like ************ester.

the.kenzo
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Seeing as how I don't give a rats ass about politics either way, I'm not being republican. I'm being Ken and giving my opinion, not acting a certain way.

Naija boy
Originally posted by suncrafter
Have you ever gotten one of those Nigerian scams in your email? You know - where they say you won millions in a lottery (or whatever)?
Well the webmaster on this site http://www.419hell.com/ answers those scam emails and does everything he can think of to mess with the scammer's head and waste their time.


Here is a fake photo ID that one of the scammers sent him...
(I think I could eat a photo with some paper and poop a more convincing ID!)
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee204/suncrafter/AndersonTubmanAlistair_Darling_Mpja.jpg

That is quite a sad attempt truly. Even an amateur at "419"can do better than that.

suncrafter
I picked the worst of the bunch. But many of the IDs are not much better.

suncrafter
Check out the "testimonials page".... http://www.419hell.com/Nigerian_Scam_Baiting/419_Scams_Testimonials.html
...Nigerian scammers say the cutest things when they realise they have been baited.

Rogue Jedi
I know a guy who actually fell for this.

gefallen_engel
laughing out loud

Rogue Jedi
Seriously, he lost like 20 grand.

gefallen_engel
that sucks

Rogue Jedi
Mhm...Dude even took a flight to Stockholm and met with bankers and shit.

gefallen_engel
ouch.

Rogue Jedi
Lesson of the day? Nigeria sucks.

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