Conning a Con man

[flybye023]

Article about a group that counter?-scams the Nigerian con artists. Scambaiters

[tropicsgoddess]

Nice! Now we know who those con-artists are.

[ShinyGreenApple]

One con artist gladly tattooed himself with a design that read "Bilked by Shiver" and sent the photographic evidence to Shiver Metimbers

Wait . . . this is an alias, right? Either way, I would think that the scammer would have seen through this, um, disguise.

[edible_hat]

Wait . . . this is an alias, right? Either way, I would think that the scammer would have seen through this, um, disguise.

Remember, the scammers are dumb enough to think that most people are dumb enough to think that the Reserve Bank of Nigeria uses hotmail.

[marasbaras]

That site is hilarious ... I even did that a couple times with hilarious results.

[lordlundar]

One of the elites when it comes to spambaiting is Steve Graham, and he wrote a book of some of his better ones.

http://www.amazon.com/Good-Spam-Ugly...6024720&sr=8-1

Some in particular was absolute killer, like using Elmer Fudd, the Rubbles, an asian named "Chiu Mai Dung" (enunciate that one), a blind paraplegic, etc. A great read.

[Plaidman]

a blind paraplegic

I've done that one twice. Both times they offered to send special phones that I can use to talk to them, seeing as they believed I didnt have a phone.

[dendawg]

I dunno, I think it's hard to beat the P-P-P-Powerbook!

[edible_hat]

My favourite was the one who said he could get the money, but he'd need $5000 to cover the fees. So the scammers couriered him $5000 in cash. He forwarded it to his local children's hospital.