stuff.co.nz — Ever been offered larges amounts of money from Nigeria? Well this group of 'scambaiters' are taking their revenge on those elaborate hoax emails. Check out the photo of the Butterfly scammer. Apparently they have developed 'scambaiting' software.
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misterjanglesJan 14, 2007
I can't help but laugh seeing the photos of these pricks getting scammed. The only thing is that there has been some mention that the scammers may be just using other poor people - having them take the stupid photos, get tattoos, make wood carvings, etc.
tonto69Jan 14, 2007
I run a classifieds site and my users were getting bombarded by scammers from Nigeria, Kenya and Cameroon replying to their ads. Fortunately I finally got smart (kicking myself for not doing it sooner) and blocked access to the site from those countries with a .htaccess file. So far its' been virtually 100% effective. All those losers have to do is successfully scam 1 person a year and make more $ than they would make in a year actually working. It's good to see technology like their automated software fighting back and beating scammers at their own game.
sq2shooterJan 14, 2007
That is awesome. I have been scambaiting for 2 years now and there is little that brings me more joy than jacking with these crooks.
zuesJan 15, 2007
We have all gotten these emails, I love how we are fighting back. I love it!
budman2000Jan 15, 2007
A friend turned me onto the <a class="user" href="http://www.419eater.com">http://www.419eater.com</a> website a couple of years ago.THE TALE OF THE PAINTED BREAST is one of the funniest internet stories I have ever read!!Its a long story, and needs a couple of breaks, but read until the end.
kaveryJan 15, 2007
I would also suggest <a class="user" href="http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com">http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com</a> as a nice way to waste a few minutes.
snoskredJan 17, 2007
Firstly, Taryn is female. But enough about that. What is really important to note is, these scammers use many and varied techniques to scam people out of their cash, and donation scams is just one of their tactics. Many people have been disgusted in the past when these scammers were pretending to be gathering donations for the tsunami, hurricane Katrina, and various other times when big unpleasant events like that happen. However it is not something they only do when there's major events like that, they send emails out all the time, looking for bibles and other physical items - then they talk the people happy to donate items into sending money via Western Union or Moneygram because it will be cheaper than shipping them to Africa. There is no such organisation as the NURUDEEN AL-ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NAISFAT) in Africa. Or, Narudeen. The guy spells it both ways. You would think he would know the name of his own organisation, no? However that is not the only thing that gives this away as being a scam.It's very important to realise that the scammers don't just do one kind of scam, they are into all kinds of scams from fake lotteries to love scams to job scams to getting you to give them your bank account info so they can write fake checks in your name and details and much, much more.
mjw64Jan 24, 2007
Re: There is no such organisation as the NURUDEEN AL-ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NIGERIA (NAISFAT) in Africa. Or, Narudeen. The guy spells it both ways. You would think he would know the name of his own organisation, no? However that is not the only thing that gives this away as being a scam.I am an American expat in Nigeria for more than ten year and have to inform you that there is an organization called NURUDEEN AL-ISLAMIC SOCIETY (NAISFAT). You can see the bumper stickers on cars, buses and wherever they can place them. In the past couple of years they are on cars like parking permits. Today I asked of my staff exactly who were these people and was told that they are Moslems but they attend service in Sunday and wear white to services. I am Lutheran and that’s all I know of the group.
brenzzApr 10, 2009
WOW....I guess we can now officially one of those really organized crimes.