Has anyone here ever baited the Nigerian scammers? Word of warning, it's not for the faint hearted, as many of these people belong to international crime syndicates and think nothing of ripping you off for thousands of dollars if they can or worse, at the other extreme, threats of murder etc. I post on one large Nigerian scammer site, tackling these guys head on, wasting as much of their time as possible so that they don't have the time to go after more victims who might fall prey to their scams. Have you ever scambaited? Do you have any stories to share?
Yes, I post there. If any of you have been sent any interesting scam letters / emails lately, by all means feel free to send me a pm message with the scam letter and the email address of the scammer. I prefer to tacle non Nigerians btw. I'm looking to take on a couple of extra 'cases'. You gotta love wasting as much of their time as possible and getting them to do silly things for you, whilst uncovering their antics etc.
I have been getting these letters for around 5 years now and they still haven't changed much. They aren't creative enough to write something that sounds realistic. Although I know that people have been ripped off by these letters. I send them all to the spam folder. I watched a television special report not too long ago about this suspicious email activity and it was pretty interesting. Apparently since most of these scams are originating from Nigeria, where there is no real governmental control of the crime rings, it is very hard to control so the crooks get a free ticket to scam as many Americans as possible. Sad..... But it is much better than having the internet policed. I'll continue to delete the messages and someone else will be scammed by the same ones I am deleting.. People need to wise up.. If you get an email saying you've just been awarded the estate of "whoever", and you don't know who they are, you better run like hell.......
those that fall for the lame ass scams are greedy and stupid anyway, i don't pity them I laugh at them
The emails are so far fetched and reek of illegal activity so badly that anyone who believes it deserves to learn the hard way! Good post!
I don't think that it is quite fair to say that they deserve it, for some of the letters sent out do actually sound quite plausible. Not all of them come from Nigeria, in fact they come from all over the globe including the western hemisphere, playing to people's emotions and especially innocent if naive individuals of a philanthropic mentality. It's not just Americans who are targeted either, anyone and everyone is a target for these scammers. As regarding the view that one should run like hell, yes in general you should do just that, or at least delete any of these kind of letters / emails as soon as you see them in your inbox. On the other hand by all means, do feel free to forward the email onto myself and I'll take great pleasure in taking up as much of their time as possible, the task is well worth it if it stops that individual using that time to potentially scam other people. You can copy and paste it if you need to, send it to my pm inbox here and I'll deal with them accordingly. Do NOT click on any links within the email, just copy and paste it and send it into my pm inbox here and remember to copy and paste their email address too. Many thanks!
I am also receiving scam emails from my Gmail (I think twice a month). Sometimes they would tell me that I won a billion dollar which makes me so tired with those endless emails. Have you heard about Scam Search? It helped me a lot of times to figure out who's just playin' around.