Wired News: Baiters Teach Scammers a Lesson
It seems that a new sport has developed on the internet. The idea is to turn the table on so-called 419 / advance fee scammers. The idea is to get them to waste their time and go through hoops thinking that they will receive a large payout. Some scammers have even been pursuaded to tatoo embarrasing phrases on their bodies.
Sites like 419 Eater then publically embarrass the scammer. They post the details of the scam, and what they got the scammer to do. If they get the spammer to send pictures of himself holding an off-color sign, they will often post that on the site as well.
Update:
For some reason when viewing the pictures in the Trophy Room
, I could not get myself to laugh. I felt a bit saddened. I hate scammers all the same, but it just didn’t seem funny.