Ok, I've probably sent this here before, but the 419eater.com trophy
room has plenty of examples of the fruits of spam baiters, i.e. folks
who reverse the scam on the hopeful, yet obviously destitute, senders
of email scams. Apparently the spamers believe they are justified as
they are in a poor position in life due to Western colonialism, and
the spam baiters believe they are justified because the spamers are
being unethical.
The classic example of a wooden computer:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2007/06/how-to-trick-an-online-scammer-into-carving-a-computer-out-of-wood/5903/
On May 7, 2010, at 10:57 AM, Dennis Raines wrote:
Damn you all- and I thought I was special.
Somehow I think this will end with a wire transfer of money, but
maybe I'm just a cynic.
-d
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 09:48:06 -0700
> Subject: Re: [H&R] Hello,
>
> Not just my soul mate, but all of ours, the sender did post to the
> entire list, all I did was just approve the email from the moderator
> admin.
>
> On May 6, 2010, at 5:24 PM, Amber Anderson wrote:
>
> > That's not spam, that's your soul mate. Forward the pix if you get
> > any; they'd make a fun art project!
> >
> > ~Amber
> >
> > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Joseph Gray
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > sorry, just thought this one was particularly droll. the spams....
> >
> >
> > On May 6, 2010, at 4:03 PM, sunsy matthew wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My Name is Sunsy Matthew. from Sierra Loene in west Africa
presently
> > residing in Burkina Faso. I was impressed to seek my soul mate,
and
> > also i like to establish a long lasting relationship with you. I
> > will be waiting for your reply so that i will give you my picture
> > and more about me. Thanks,waiting to hear from you soonest.
> >
> > Love From,
> > Sunsy.
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