tim Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I'm thinking about taking up scambaiting as a sort of hobby. Like when you get a Nigerian 419 email, and you reply to play along and make them think you're going to fall for it, waste their time and energy and get a rise out of them. I've been reading this website to get prepared: http://www.419eater.com/ Has anybody here done this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Oh, does anyone have the link to the macbook or whatever item that was sold (some laptop) scambaiting? Edit: found it: http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goraiders Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 danny wallace does this in yes man and its hilarious, he goes all the way to the netherlands to try to meet the person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I've given it thought, but never dove in. However, a friend of mine has: http://www.holyjuan.com/search?q=scambaiting and http://www.holyjuan.com/search/label/419%20Scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex13 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I know several of the original scambaiters (and site owners) by association and have a lot of negative to say about them and their ventures. But other than my personal opinion on the matter...have fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattstrike Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I know several of the original scambaiters (and site owners) by association and have a lot of negative to say about them and their ventures. But other than my personal opinion on the matter...have fun. Can you explain? I'm honestly interested in the details… if you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirbypuckett Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I read a few of those a while ago, great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex13 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Can you explain? I'm honestly interested in the details… if you don't mind. Out of respect for the person I know involved I can't. What I can say is that some of these well-known baiters use forum members to do illegal computer work for them in order to keep their hands clean. Not to mention their overblown egos in what's a simple scheme of revenge I just have little respect for their hypocrisy. Personally I'd much rather see more education to the dimwits that would fall for this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 I understand there could be some bad apples in the bunch, but the forum rules are clear about not doing anything illegal as a part of scambaiting, and that those who do it (such as cashbaiting) can be booted. I have no intention of doing anything illegal if I try a scambait or two. But I appreciate the heads up. Also, there are plenty of sites devoted to educating people about scams. I saw some of them linked to the scambaiting website. Scam awareness and scambaiting don't have to be mutually exclusive. Scambaiting doesn't need to be out of revenge either, because taking up the time and energy of a scammer could prevent him from successfully scamming someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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