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Scambaiters Turn Tables on Nigerian E-Mail Scam Artists
FoxNews.com ^ | March 18, 2008

Posted on 03/18/2008 1:42:46 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Revenge is sweet — and thanks to tattoo ink, sometimes permanent — for a growing legion of "scambaiters" who have taken it upon themselves to punish the thieves behind those Nigerian e-mail scams.

Posting their exploits online, scambaiters are turning the tables on the scam artists, conning the cons who have bilked unsuspecting people out of countless millions of dollars in a common scam referred to as the "419 scam" or advance-fee fraud.

Typically, scammers start an e-mail relationship and get their victims to send money to people who claim to be dying or who need help to free a fictitious dead man's money purportedly tied up in a foreign bank account.

The scambaiters play along, goading the scammers to jump through extraordinary hoops in hopes of getting their hands on their victims' cash.

One con artist gladly tattooed himself with a design that read "Bilked by Shiver" and sent the photographic evidence to Shiver Metimbers, the founder of 419eater.com, a Web site that documents the scambaiters' revenge.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Humor; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 419; lowbridge; nigerianscam

1 posted on 03/18/2008 1:42:47 PM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Shiver Metimbers - LOL!


2 posted on 03/18/2008 1:45:07 PM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (IX-XI -- numquam didici)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Ha! That’s awesome!

Now if only I could find someone to take care of Torget Ebrujande for me...


3 posted on 03/18/2008 1:45:44 PM PDT by DemforBush
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419eater bump


4 posted on 03/18/2008 1:46:34 PM PDT by isaiah55version11_0 (For His Glory)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

bump


5 posted on 03/18/2008 1:47:14 PM PDT by mnehring (So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; lowbridge

ping


6 posted on 03/18/2008 1:52:02 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"—Ronald Reagan)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

bookmark


7 posted on 03/18/2008 1:53:18 PM PDT by Corin Stormhands (When life gives you lemons...don't forget the vodka...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
My stuff here, and more links on post number 1
8 posted on 03/18/2008 2:01:42 PM PDT by lowbridge ("I can't wait to see what he stands for." - Susan Sarandon on her support of Barack Obama)
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To: JRios1968; lowbridge

Ping to lowbridge indeed!

Cause - IIRC - lowbridge pulled this routine on these sammers somewhere.

Looking for the thread.......


9 posted on 03/18/2008 2:09:03 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (John McCain. If I have to... I guess...)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Looking for the thread.......

_________________________

Duh on me!!!! I guess I should just look up!


10 posted on 03/18/2008 2:10:25 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (John McCain. If I have to... I guess...)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
http://www.419eater.com/

I love reading those things.

11 posted on 03/18/2008 2:23:18 PM PDT by Rio (Don't make me come over there....)
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Photobucket
12 posted on 03/18/2008 2:39:25 PM PDT by martin_fierro (I'M NOT DEAD YET!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Scamorama.com
13 posted on 03/18/2008 2:41:55 PM PDT by Alouette (Vicious Babushka)
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To: lowbridge
Sorry posted to wrong thread.

Lowbridge Scambaiting The 419 Email Scammers (Rita Kone)

The best ever.

14 posted on 03/18/2008 5:01:12 PM PDT by #1CTYankee (That's right, I have no proof. So what of it??)
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To: mnehrling; lowbridge

Just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss the link in post #8. Arguably the most epic thread in FR history.


15 posted on 03/19/2008 7:57:27 AM PDT by jmc813 (The Who - Join Together '89 = Great live album. Check it.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
The Powerbook Prank: He wanted a Powerbook. We gave him a P-P-P-Powerbook!
16 posted on 03/19/2008 9:16:40 AM PDT by rabscuttle385 (I have great faith in the American people. I have no faith in the American government, however.)
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