This is an excellent article of a woman who beats Nigerian email scammers at their own game: http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/3920536a28.html
im confused…what the heck is scamming?
Brian, check this thread out.
Reminds me of the P-P-P-Powerbook
HAHAHAHAHAHA THATS GREAT
Do a search on “Nigerian scam” for the lowdown. Or have a look in your own inbox or filtered spam, if you’re like most of us…
That was a great story, though short on detail. Glad to see someone’s fighting back!
That was pretty good, I’m surprised about how old it is… I’ve never seen it before.
the powerbook prank was amazing, but it is a few years old
Zug.com is awesome
Love the pic of the guy with the butterfly on his face.
That is a classy piece of work.
(Getting him to paint his face, the facepainting itself is average…)
Poor guy. I wonder how many days in a row he was killed. 
Reminds me of
THe anti-scammer needs to get a position in law enforcement.
Imagine wasting spending 600 hours talking to a scammer, when even 1 minute would make me sick.
If the scammer isn’t incarcerated, you’re wasting your time.
Get a real job.
Not neccesarily.
The scammers work on a conversion rate of 70%.
If they get a response to one of their emails, they’re 70% sure they’re going to get money out of you.
One thing that scam-baiting does, is it destroys this average.
Like with any sales person, they use that conversion stat to keep themselves motivated. If they see that plummet, they will get fed-up and might even pack it in.
That is probably too much to wish for, but I can dream can’t I?
So, if you get such a spam/scam mail, do us all a favour.
Hit REPLY, type “Tell me more?” and hit SEND.
That’s all I’m asking.
If everyone does that once a week, just once a week, they’ll be swamped.
HAHA I love the powerbook idea. I read it yesterday, and couldn’t stop giggling until I went to sleep:D
Just bringing this thread up, to post a video i just found on Youtube:D
Do you think its real or acted out?
Excellent, this stuff is great 
Better than the original sketch:D