In case y'all have not see this stuff before it's PRICELESS -- folks catch scam artists like these (sorry to break the news, Todd) and reel' em in... So-called "scam-baiting"... 419 refers to the country-code of Nigeria where lots of these scams originate..

http://419eater.com/

Here's a particularly good one in which the "baiters" manage to convince the scammers to make a wood carving, and to re-enact the Monty Python "Dead Parrot" sketch in full, and send it back in video form.

FUNNY: http://419eater.com/html/bigman.htm

Here's a similar long-form story from the NPR radio program "This American Life" which about the first half hour (minus the intro on hockey players) is all about one long form scam-baiting... Awesome (use the STREAM option, which is free, and skip to 5:30 mark):

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/Enforcers


Edited by IrishRogue (04/28/10 03:39 AM)
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