true ownage: anti-scammers

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:27 pm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3887493.stm

An article about a group of guys who pwn scammers, such as the infamous "nigeria" scam.

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 2:52 pm

*yawn*

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:23 pm

Hehe, I love the picture they got the scammer to send back. Yep, he's converted. Hehe, that's great

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:29 pm

419eater.com is teh funnay.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:42 am

"Police estimate that every year, US citizens alone are conned out of some $200m."

Laughter alone isn't sufficient.

Dedman · Post by **Dedman** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:25 am

It is if it's not your money

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:35 am

Yea, I was thinking of extra guffaws and knee-slaps. These people should be found and deported. We have enough stupid people in this country, we don't need the ultra-stupid.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:05 pm

The biggest problem I have is that these people shouldn't be played with, they should be arrested.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 12:23 pm

Yes, they should, but who's going to do this? The US?

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 9:41 pm

canada

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:37 am

Lothar wrote:419eater.com is teh funnay.

Yeah, I loved the "Mr. Plundermynuts" one.

Still, this isn't anywhere near as funny as the P-P-Powerbook ebay scam.

Lothar · Post by **Lothar** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:46 am

I don't read 419eater's stories much... I did read the one where they scammed the guy out of $40, and a couple others. But mostly I like the gallery.

It's amazing how many stupid things you can get people photographing themselves doing for the promise of money.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:45 am

Yea, just look at reality tv..

Hahnenkam · Post by **Hahnenkam** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 6:29 am

"When all above seems a great test, Get on down with the Holy Red Breast"

lol

Beowulf · Post by **Beowulf** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:52 am

What ever happened to the P-P-Powerbook thing?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 2:48 pm

Beowulf wrote:What ever happened to the P-P-Powerbook thing?

The guy e-mailed him a trojan horse, and that was the end of it.