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Among others, there is a web site, http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm, that details the often hilarious stories of people who indulge in "scambaiting." This is the practice of stringing the scammer along as long as possible, finally resulting in the "reveal."

I first learned of this site in the 1990s. Nigerian scams are nothing new. the 419 in the title refers to Article 419 of the Nigerian penal code, which addresses fraud. 419 scams have been around for nearly a century.

http://www.newsweek.com/origin...ous-419-scams-456701




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Hey, the prince looks like he hasn't seen the sun in decades. Razz


Hes been busy sending emails
 
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Whenever a thread about these scams comes up people always ask why they keep coming around since they have been around forever and everyone knows about them.

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The scheme nets millions of dollars each year, according to the SPD, and is difficult to track since many of the participants operate outside of the United States.
persists because it still works. It only takes a tiny percentage to work when their spam bots can send out millions of messages a day.


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I stayed in a hotel in Slidell LA a couple weeks ago. I think I saw that guy behind a dumpster behind the Holiday Inn next door.

We were getting reports of these scams done by US Mail 40 years ago and they were old hat even then. It never ceased to amaze me that people are so stupid as to fall for these scams but they are consistently successful enough to keep the scams alive.


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not sure where Slidell is, but the photo is not what I expected.


He sounded a little taller on the radio.



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Hey, the prince looks like he hasn't seen the sun in decades. Razz


Hes been busy sending emails


Well that is a lot of typing. He must be the one with the really good grammar.


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WGNO is a New Orleans site so I would think they're talking about Slidell, La. It's about 30 - 35 miles northeast of New Orleans.


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Are there really that many people who didn't know Slidell is in Louisiana? I guess I thought that was a given - must be a southern thing. I'll edit the title and story.



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not sure where Slidell is, but the photo is not what I expected.


He sounded a little taller on the radio.

That is not germane to the situation...



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Well I guess that means that I won’t be getting my 2.5 million dollars, and he sounded so nice.
 
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Are there really that many people who didn't know Slidell is in Louisiana?


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Here in Seattle they wouldn't have a problem with him identifying as a Nigerian Prince...



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"269 counts" means 269 really stupid people who fell for that crap.



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"269 counts" means 269 really stupid people who fell for that crap.


Being stupid isn't a crime, but fraud is. Hope Neu likes prison food . . . and penis. And good riddance to bad rubbish.
 
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Are there really that many people who didn't know Slidell is in Louisiana? I guess I thought that was a given - must be a southern thing. I'll edit the title and story.


That's why I tell people I grew up around New Orleans. They wouldn't know where Mandeville is either. Smile

Now the guy in the photo, he from Slidell!




 
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Just use the asshat as gator bait!


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