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Fighting Nigerian Email Scams Have you ever gotten one of those Nigerian scams in your email? You know - where they say you won millions in a lottery (or whatever)?
Well the webmaster on this site http://www.419hell.com/ answers those scam emails and does everything he can think of to mess with the scammer's head and waste their time. Here is a fake photo ID that one of the scammers sent him... (I think I could eat a photo with some paper and poop a more convincing ID!)  | |
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I get these ads all the time posing as rental prospects.
I just respond, telling them that I don't do business overseas.  | |
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I have had a few on ebay when i am outing old cell phones, i once got in to an exchange shall we say of emails and got cussed out in Nigerian (Yoruba) so i got a buddy of mine from Nigeria to write me a whole long reply calling them and their mothers everything under the sun and i never heard from them again  [Edited 1/25/09 14:12pm] | |
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I get those,but mine are from the UK. I recently got one of those lottery ones,and then I got a new one,where they said they I was named as a benefactor in some guys will. Also from the UK. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ~Berthold Auerbach | |
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Report them to the police 
There are a few scammers from nigeria who did come into the chat  
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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luv4u said: Report them to the police
The police don't care. (That is what the website says.) | |
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suncrafter said: luv4u said: Report them to the police
The police don't care. (That is what the website says.) In the U.S., the Secret Service handles these cases. | |
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I get those from the Dutch Lottery all the time... I think the Dutch are out to get me... :paranoid: A working class Hero is something to be ~ Lennon |
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luv4u said: Report them to the police
There are a few scammers from nigeria who did come into the chat For real? Boy, did THEY come into the wrong chat room! We wouldn't believe Prince was Prince if he came in there  | |
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About five or six years ago, there was a link floating around the 'Net of some guy that had been solicited by a "Nigerian princess".
He responded to her and strung her along for several months. It was pretty funny. | |
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Teacher said: luv4u said: Report them to the police
There are a few scammers from nigeria who did come into the chat For real? Boy, did THEY come into the wrong chat room! We wouldn't believe Prince was Prince if he came in there Yes for real and yeah, wrong chat room for them
Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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luv4u said: Teacher said: For real? Boy, did THEY come into the wrong chat room! We wouldn't believe Prince was Prince if he came in there Yes for real and yeah, wrong chat room for them Holy shit. Damn, I'm sorry I wasn't there!  | |
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RodeoSchro said: About five or six years ago, there was a link floating around the 'Net of some guy that had been solicited by a "Nigerian princess".
He responded to her and strung her along for several months. It was pretty funny. and then what happened? | |
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suncrafter said: x billionI'm not mad at you, I'm mad at the dirt. | |
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Efan said: suncrafter said: The police don't care. (That is what the website says.) In the U.S., the Secret Service handles these cases. What? I think you might be mistaken about that. | |
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suncrafter said: Efan said: In the U.S., the Secret Service handles these cases. What? I think you might be mistaken about that. Nope. From the Secret Services website (http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/faq.shtml): How do I report a case of advance fee fraud (also known as "4-1-9 fraud")?
The perpetrators of advance fee fraud, known internationally as "4-1-9 fraud" (after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses these schemes), are often very creative and innovative. A large number of victims are enticed into believing they have been singled out from the masses to share in multi-million dollar windfall profits for no apparent reason. If you have suffered a significant financial loss related to advance fee fraud, please contact your local Secret Service field office. Telephone numbers are available in the Field Office Directory on this website or may also be found on the inside cover of your local telephone directory. Any investigation regarding this type of fraud will be conducted on a case by case basis at the discretion of the local Secret Service and U.S. Attorney's Office. | |
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Efan said:[quote] suncrafter said: Nope. From the Secret Services website (http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/faq.shtml): How do I report a case of advance fee fraud (also known as "4-1-9 fraud")?
The perpetrators of advance fee fraud, known internationally as "4-1-9 fraud" (after the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses these schemes), are often very creative and innovative. A large number of victims are enticed into believing they have been singled out from the masses to share in multi-million dollar windfall profits for no apparent reason. If you have suffered a significant financial loss related to advance fee fraud, please contact your local Secret Service field office. Telephone numbers are available in the Field Office Directory on this website or may also be found on the inside cover of your local telephone directory. Any investigation regarding this type of fraud will be conducted on a case by case basis at the discretion of the local Secret Service and U.S. Attorney's Office. I stand corrected.  | |
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RenHoek said: I get those from the Dutch Lottery all the time... I think the Dutch are out to get me... :paranoid:
Spanish lottery tends to be more popular to me. And Mirosoft too. | |
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