Jul
4

My Email traffic with Nigerian scammers. How to Catch’em

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This is another on of 419eater.com victims. Scam the scammer.

This is another one of 419eater.com's victims. Scam the scammer.

I thought it would be fun see how far a scammer would go.  I was selling a laptop on Craigslist.com and as you can see from the email traffic below, Mr. Timmy David\Ms Deborah Johnson sent me a fake Paypal  invoice and continued to try and get me to ship it ASAP.  Then I told him that I had a son in the hospital and was selling this laptop to pay for the operation.  His response is golden.

Doodiepants.com  Vs.  Deborah Johnson From Nigeria – Email Traffic

How it all started:

Hello there,
I am much interested in Buying your item Placed here,I can see is in good condition.I want to Buy it for my Doctor in Our New Hospital in africa.Can you Pls findout how much the shipping charges will cost with the Item using(EMS)Corrier service.kindly Tell me your last desire price as am ready to make a Good offer now.kindly get back to me Asap.am Gotta Offer you $1200
Regard
Deborah Johnson.

Judging by the email, name, grammar, and the fact that they were offering my more than my listed price, I was 99% sure this was a Nigerian scam.   So I responded with a bit of cockiness.

From: *********** <******@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: HP Pavillion DV6812, 4gb Ram, 250gb HD,AMD 64 X2 Turion 2.0ghz, Nvidia $900
To: deborahmission77@yahoo.com
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 3:43 PM

Well I find it funny that you offer me $1200 when my ad says $900.
But, Great……I love helping hospitals in Africa.
Let me guess…..you’ll be paying me with a money order?  You’re in Nigeria or Ghana?    I love money orders.

Hooray for the people of Africa.  The people with the purest honest hearts and deep respect for God.  You help the good name of your people all over the world. Continue Reading…

Jul
0

Scam Baiting Tactics for Nigerian Scammers – 419 Scam Tips

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Was a scammer. Now I'm just a punk with a loaf of bread on my head.

I was a scammer. Now I'm just a punk with a loaf of bread on my head.

I’m sure everyone reading this has received an email some time or another from a Nigerian claiming to have access to millions of dollars or some wild business opportunity and “they need your help”.  I coincidentally received an email last week from a woman claimed to be Charles Taylor’s 2nd exwife from Liberia, Africa.  She wanted to buy my condo in Costa Rica and start a water treatment business.  Hilarious!  We didn’t do business as she wouldn’t send me a copy of her passport.   I had a little fun with her and she gave up after awhile.

Anyway, the creator of a little known website by the name of 419eater.com makes it his business to re-scam the scammers.  He calls it “scam baiting”  and it’s absolutely genius.   If you want to waste a day laughing, check this site out and read through his letter archive.

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Jul
0

Fwds My Grandma sends me #3 – Email Contact List Hoax

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Thanks Grandma!

Thanks Grandma!

“A computer repair man said having this is like gold.  If everybody you know does this then you need not ever worry about opening mail from friends.”

Thank you.  Now everyone will have a silly address entry called “AAAAAAA@AAA.AAA”  in their contact list.  I have no idea what this does, but I’m sure half the family and friends on the fwd list are are actively fighting viruses with this ridiculous technique.  Sweet……another false sense of security!

How to protect your e-mail address book

A computer repairman says this is like having gold.  This is a good thing.  I learned a computer trick today that’s really ingenious in its simplicity.

As you may know, when/if a worm virus gets into your computer it heads straight for your email address book, and sends itself to everyone in there, thus infecting all your friends and associates.

This trick won’t keep the virus from getting into your computer, but it will stop it from using your address book to spread further, and it will alert you to the fact that the worm has gotten into your system.

Here’s what you do:

First, open your address book and click on ‘new contact, Continue Reading…

May
1

Fwd’s My Grandma Sends Me #1 – Illegal Immigrants Get SSI and Medicare!

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grandmas-boyIllegal Immigrants Get SSI and Medicare!

This is an insult and a kick in the butt to all of us…

Get mad and pass it on – I don’t know how, but maybe some good
will come of this travesty.
If the immigrant is over 65, they can apply for SSI and Medicare and get more than a woman on Social Security, who worked from 1944 until 2004. She is only getting $791 per month because she was born in 1924 and there’s a ‘catch 22′.
It is interesting that the federal government provides a single refugee with a monthly allowance of $1,890. Each can also obtain an additional $580 in social assistance, for a total of $2,470 a month.
This compares to a single pensioner, who after contributing to the growth and development of America for 40 to 50 years, can only receive a monthly maximum of $1,012 in old age pension and Guaranteed Income Supplement.

Maybe our pensioners should apply as refugees!

Consider sending this to all your American friends, so we can all be ticked off and maybe get the refugees cut back to $1,012 and the pensioners up to $2,470. Then we can enjoy some of the money we were forced to submit to the Government over the last 40 or 50 or 60 years.
Please forward to every American to expose what our elected politicians have been doing over the past 11 years – to the over-taxed American.

SEND THIS TO EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I don’t know if any of you have gotten this one but I found a post on Factcheck.org concerning this. It’s false.  Feel free to fact check the fact check, but this appears to be complete Doodie! Continue Reading…