5/26/2006 10:50:00 AM
The Tale of the Painted Breast
Larry from KL gave me the URL of this ‘tale’ which is fabricated by a ‘scambaiter’ to snare the scammers. Thanks Larry for sharing this with us. “So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their precious time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves.”
This is really hilarious and getting back at the African Fund Scam, that we all had been spammed with on a daily basis, is simply delicious.
The Tale of the Painted Breast is but one of the many scambaiting stories there that you can check out. What’s with the 419? Oh, that refers to the section of the Nigerian penal code which addresses fraud schemes. As with the number of scams going on, there are a lot of letters in the archives to read - so happy reading over the weekend!
I’m so glad that there are people who are getting back at these unscrupulous and very nasty scammers. More people should be made aware of these scams as we still continue to read of people being taken for an expensive and painful ride by these scum scammers. *sigh*
'Prince' Joe Eboh contacts me with a classic 419 opening letter. I decide to make him jump through a few hoops before I'm prepared to agree to his proposition, and the results are amusing AND profitable, to the tune of $80 + $49 DHL shipping, so our scammer is down a whopping total of $129/-'
Stumble It!6 Comments:
At Friday, 26 May, 2006 
Robin CHAN said:
At Friday, 26 May, 2006 YD said:
now i might consider writing back to some stupid scammers allegedly from Nigeria/South Africa/Zambia/etc... whose father died and left some lumpsum of money they need to transfer to someones' account.. bah.
good to fight back! yeah!
At Friday, 26 May, 2006 Francis Ho said:
I got a lot of clicks from PPS today 'cos of the title. A lot of hum-sap ppl out there!
So if u want a lot of hits to your site - think of a provocative title and ping there! ;)
yd - pls read the WARNING in their scambaiting hints & tips before u do that. As the site says, these ppl are criminals n should be treated as such.
Also if you are unsure of what you are doing please LEAVE WELL ALONE!
Remember that these are NASTY people - scums of the earth. Be Careful.
At Friday, 26 May, 2006 YD said:
At Friday, 26 May, 2006 The Moody Minstrel said:
At Saturday, 27 May, 2006 Pandabonium said:
Nice to see someone play games with them and bite back - and so funny.
Just read Kenny Sian's LJ skin cut cut and then yours..
hehehe