youtube.com— Clip from a BBC story; the reporter followed Nigerian police forces into an Internet cafe from which Nigerian 419 scammers were operating. Video shows the raid, the arrests, and the evidence. Pretty cool.
Sep 1, 2006View in Crawl 4
I used to lookup the header info on junk emails ,, it's amazing what servers can be found if you do an old fashioned unix "dig" on the domains too.Sometimes junk mail comes from hacked pc's as well, and they can be wide open. I was able to telnet into one of them using the "computer name" in the header, turns out it was a pc in a wal mart type of store, had some kindof pricing system in it.
I agree with your comments - funny stuff, but I'd like to say:I don't think Nigera is easily compared to the US (not that you were seriously comparing the two). People are desperate, really desperate. The email scammers aren't nerds, they're desperate people and/or criminals who just figured that they could use computers to get money from rich westerners which to us seems s**tty but to them seems like justice when the US government doesn't do s**t for Africa and sends its money into Iraq and supplies other countries like Israel with weapons that eventually lead to wars that the US government claims it must pre-empt to defend itself when really we were all better off before.Also, I saw this comment on the youtube comments and I thought it was worth pasting:"PENIX (2 hours ago):They're all scammers, even the cops. They're going to sell the monitors and pocket the cash."I think that's right. Simply because, why confiscate the LCD's all you really need the HDD and I'm sure they know that.It's corruption from desperation. I'm more concerned with rapists and murders and less concerned with middle or upper class morons who think that the email they got is actually legit and they need to pay someone an undisclosed amount.Note: I'm a US citizen and I love the US so don't jump on my back.
I was wondering that myself. I could make out "United" but not the 2nd word. Looks like police vest, not military, they might just imported the vest from Korea.
frawgSep 2, 2006
OMG INTERNET SPAM AND/OR PHISHING. TERROR ALERT RED.
Closed AccountSep 2, 2006
I used to lookup the header info on junk emails ,, it's amazing what servers can be found if you do an old fashioned unix "dig" on the domains too.Sometimes junk mail comes from hacked pc's as well, and they can be wide open. I was able to telnet into one of them using the "computer name" in the header, turns out it was a pc in a wal mart type of store, had some kindof pricing system in it.
mojiraSep 2, 2006
I agree with your comments - funny stuff, but I'd like to say:I don't think Nigera is easily compared to the US (not that you were seriously comparing the two). People are desperate, really desperate. The email scammers aren't nerds, they're desperate people and/or criminals who just figured that they could use computers to get money from rich westerners which to us seems s**tty but to them seems like justice when the US government doesn't do s**t for Africa and sends its money into Iraq and supplies other countries like Israel with weapons that eventually lead to wars that the US government claims it must pre-empt to defend itself when really we were all better off before.Also, I saw this comment on the youtube comments and I thought it was worth pasting:"PENIX (2 hours ago):They're all scammers, even the cops. They're going to sell the monitors and pocket the cash."I think that's right. Simply because, why confiscate the LCD's all you really need the HDD and I'm sure they know that.It's corruption from desperation. I'm more concerned with rapists and murders and less concerned with middle or upper class morons who think that the email they got is actually legit and they need to pay someone an undisclosed amount.Note: I'm a US citizen and I love the US so don't jump on my back.
spacepopeSep 3, 2006
Why does that first guy that speaks have korean on his vest?
alexrandallSep 3, 2006
I was wondering that myself. I could make out "United" but not the 2nd word. Looks like police vest, not military, they might just imported the vest from Korea.
distrbnceSep 3, 2006
Makes deleting spam seem relatively easy.
madcat87Sep 3, 2006
Absolutely agree !
fdelucioSep 4, 2006
In Nigeria they hold hard drives inside the monitors
jmannDec 10, 2006
Here's an awesome video made by Nigerians about scammers, called "I chop your dollar." It's pretty funny.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/videos_comedy/Nigerian_scammers_make_cheezy_dance_video">http://digg.com/videos_comedy/Nigerian_scammers_make_cheezy_dance_video</a>I guess poor Nigerians scamming stupid Americans is one way to end global poverty...
coldheadMar 5, 2008
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