Scam Question: how many have had 419 scame sent to you though email? i know i have had alot. i just tell them i am not paying them and if they keep pestering me i tutnm them into “their” authorites. sometimes i even paly a little game with them jut to keeop them in misery. make up a fake email just to receive their replies and claim yourself as an authority and ,make them turn tail and run sometimes its fun and sometimes a waste of time. ut once in while you might get lucky and some of the scammers actually pay off. never accept ant checks or drafts do not ever pay their fees they are illegal. either accept direct wire through paypal.com that way you mcan catch them with their pants down and you dont have to reveal any personal info. rememebr that any real bank has a real bank website not any free email account server.
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Sincere- 08.02.09 at 2:48 am
There are lots of folks who receive the Nigerian scam letter, otherwise known as the ‘419′ scam letter, named after the Nigerian Penal code.
Nice to know that you’ve been playing some games with the scammers and trying to waste as much of their time and resources as possible. This is called ’scambaiting’. However, while responding to their emails, always ensure your Internet traffic is routed through a proxy server, so that scammers cannot figure out your IP address, which can potentially be used to establish your location.
Never send scammers money via Western Union Money transfer or other similar method. Don’t ever give out your personally identifiable information to anyone on the Internet unless you’re absolutely sure you can trust them.
To know more about scambaiting and several techniques, please visit the following sites:
http://www.419eater.com
http://www.scambuster419.co.uk
http://www.thescambaiter.com
http://419.bittenus.com
Thanks!
- Sincere-One
me and you 08.02.09 at 3:20 am
none at all my firewall blocks all incoming scam and spam use ZoneAlarm internet security suite that will back all scam and spam email if set up right
josh.wei 08.02.09 at 3:48 am
I’ve had it once in my life and to be honest, I did nothing with it.
devil dogs 08.02.09 at 4:37 am
STOP opening these emails. Your action tells these people that you are there and your account is active. Just highlight the letter and click on SPAM. This action will filter out the address where the bad source is coming from.
Garacaiu 08.02.09 at 4:51 am
I get them all the time. I DO NOT REPLY TO THEM.
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