Fighting Nigerian Email Scams (funny!)

suncrafter · 01-27-2009, 08:37 AM

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!)

toranokaze · 02-22-2009, 08:11 PM

I like it

suncrafter · 03-02-2009, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by toranokaze

I like it

The link or the ID?

richlevy · 09-19-2009, 08:56 AM

Breaking news here.

Good luck with that guys. If you spent half as much energy doing something about the problem instead of acting outraged when someone makes a reference to it, it would be solved by now.

I'm guessing the end result of all of this is that Nigerian scammers will only be able to buy Xbox 360's with their loot.

Quote:

Sony Corporation portrayed Nigeria as home of fraud – FG

National News Sep 8, 2009 …demands apology
ABUJA— The Federal Government yesterday asked the Sony Corporation to withdraw with immediate effect and tender an unreserved apology for posting an advertisement on the internet portraying Nigeria as a home of fraud where its citizens hardly do genuine business.

Quote:

The Minister of Information and Communication, Prof Dora Akunyili said contrary to the insinuations being made, “Nigeria remains a major investment destination and a country where most businesses thrive in trust, good faith, competence and integrity.
According to the statement, “Nigeria also demands an unconditional apology from Sony Corporation for this deliberate negative campaign against the country’s image and reputation.
“The apology must be given the same measure of publicity by Sony Corporation in all channels where the unfortunate adverts were aired.

The offending commercial....

Elspode · 09-20-2009, 05:30 PM

Like anyone in Nigeria wants the scamming to stop. It's their chief source of income. It isn't the scamming that upsets them, it's the perception that they are scammers and fact that anyone ever says anything bad about it that they don't like.

Flint · 09-20-2009, 06:14 PM

The commercial doesn't even say anything that bad.

glatt · 09-21-2009, 10:00 AM

Nigerians are such law abiding citizens.

Happy Monkey · 09-21-2009, 05:50 PM

They're doing the same to District 9.

Idemosaka · 09-27-2009, 04:22 PM

Oh god yes, that site is awesome.

I remember seeing this one on there that was really freaking cool, where they convinced the scammer that they were a moneylending institution for artists, and needed a wooden bust to be carved and sent before they would give out any money. And there was a huge fake rigmarole with a fake shipping company, they sent a photoshopped picture of the bust destroyed by a squirrel, etc

01-27-2009, 08:37 AM	#1
suncrafter Violator of Customs Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 49	Fighting Nigerian Email Scams (funny!) 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!)

02-22-2009, 08:11 PM	#2
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I like it __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

09-20-2009, 05:30 PM	#5
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Like anyone in Nigeria wants the scamming to stop. It's their chief source of income. It isn't the scamming that upsets them, it's the perception that they are scammers and fact that anyone ever says anything bad about it that they don't like. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-20-2009, 06:14 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	The commercial doesn't even say anything that bad. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-21-2009, 05:50 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	They're doing the same to District 9. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

09-21-2009, 10:00 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Nigerians are such law abiding citizens.

09-27-2009, 04:22 PM	#9
Idemosaka Adorable Lesbian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Northern Louisiana Posts: 44	Oh god yes, that site is awesome. I remember seeing this one on there that was really freaking cool, where they convinced the scammer that they were a moneylending institution for artists, and needed a wooden bust to be carved and sent before they would give out any money. And there was a huge fake rigmarole with a fake shipping company, they sent a photoshopped picture of the bust destroyed by a squirrel, etc

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