Turning the tables on Nigeria's e-mail conmen (BBC) {Brighten your day!}

By Dan Damon
BBC, London

Mike is a "scambaiter," dedicated to fighting back against those who send out the notorious 419 e-mails, promising untold wealth to anyone gullible or naive enough to disclose their bank details.

Mike asked us not to use his full name because he's dealing with some heavy cross-border criminals.

His group of volunteers at 419eater.com use their computer skills to fool the scammers, to disrupt their crimes, and to have some fun at the scammer's expense.
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Mike says that any money they get from these reverse stings goes to a children's charity in the north of England.
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Mike and his friends send all their e-mail exchanges to the police in the UK, Nigeria and to the FBI - he says they've had no response. And even warning the victims does no good. Most of them don't want to believe they're being scammed.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3887493.stm

Can't really describe the humor without a *long* excerpt -- let's just say it involves scamming the scammer out of some petty cash, inducting him into the Church of the Painted Breast, and selling snow to Siberia.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Church of the Bread and Fishes

There's some really funny stuff on that site.

Sid