http://www.419baiter.com/blog 419 Scams, Scambaiting, and the Internet Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:06:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Along with the hundreds of 419 scam e-mails that I receive each day, I also get a lot of regular spam, e-mails with nasty attachments, and phishing e-mails. Normally, phishers set up a fake website that appears to look and function like the site at your online banking institution. The idea ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/phishing-a-new-approach/ If this one actually happened in the way the author says, this one's scary: -------------------------------- "I received an e-mail from my friend's e-mail address in Santa Rosa stating that she was in Nigeria. She had been robbed, her ID and passport were stolen. "It stated that she had contacted the U.S. Embassy and ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/a-disturbing-approach-to-419/ One of the scam e-mails I received today was sent by the scammer through Flickr. The format of the scam itself was unremarkable, just typical scammer fare, but the e-mail also contained a link to the scammer's Flickr account photostream, whatever that is. There's no doubt in my mind that the ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/another-ridiculous-fake-id/ Well, it didn't fool me :P This e-mail notification of my 'win' of the Deaf Lottery has gotta be one of the most incoherent and least convincing scam e-mails I've seen in a long time. Frickin' hilarious. From: WINS!!!!!!! <angelwings@cox.net> Reply-to: adopt007@outgun.com Subject: reply back to deafwins@gmail.com Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 10:57:01 -0700 (13:57 ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/will-this-fool-anyone/ I just can't imagine why a scammer would send out such an awful piece of work as this fake identification card: This showed up unsolicited in an e-mail from a scammer based in Abidjan that I'm presently dealing with. Not that I think such ineptness is a bad thing :P No related ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/fake-identification-docs/ Many of you know that I enjoy baiting scammers by phone. It's even better when the scammer is paying for the overseas phone calls. One scammer located in Malaysia was so convinced that the was going to get a couple of thousand dollars from my character that he was more than ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/scammer-gets-frustrated-on-the-phone/ The UK gets a new type of welfare scheme: From: ORANGE WELFARE SCHEME <info@orange.com> Subject: GOOD NEWS TO YOU !!!!!!!!!! Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:26:26 +0530 (06:56 EDT)3 Upper Dean Street, Birmingham, England, B5 4SG. United Kingdom. Dear Sir/Madam, As part of showing gratitude to the United Kingdom government and people for providing a very conducive ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/e-mail-welfare-scheme/ It's a rare treat for me to receive one of these type of scam e-mails...but letters like this can be a scary experience for those who've never seen one before. From: ali morgan <oosavey@gmail.com> Subject: ITS URGENT Date: Sat, 4 Apr ... http://www.419baiter.com/blog/2009/04/hitman-extortion-scam/