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New Email Scam Includes Passport Picture and More  3,152 Views (comments)
A new email scam floating around the Internet includes a picture of what appears to be a genuine passport in the name of the sender. The sample we have appears to be a real Algerian passport in the name of Morsli Boubakeur, which is who our email - coming from mauvai98@yahoo.fr - is allegedly from. But it's still a scam - don't be taken in.

Kim Henry Kim is Looking for a Soul Mate  1,777 Views (This article has 2 comments)
Well now, here is a new twist on the age-old scam. No deposed, dead Nigerian potentate here. Instead, a broken-Englished girl named Kim, whose father Henry died tragically and left his estate to his daughter but she can only get it when she marries. So perhaps you, dear target, are the lucky man. Email addresses implicated in this scam, so far, include liiluv2000@yahoo.com and kimluv_account@mail2world.com.

Why Scammers Love Nigeria - the Benefits of Living in Nigeria and the Nigerian 419 Scam  5,792 Views (This article has 3 comments)
There are a few feactures Of Federal government taxation in Nigeria, along with an overburdened and at times lax penal system, which collude to make Nigeria one of the ideal places to run an advanced-fee scam. In fact, the common name for these scams - 419 scams - comes directly from the Nigerian Penal Code - section 419.

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Becomes One Porn Experience Per Child  3,455 Views (This article has 1 comment)
The News Agency of Nigeria is reporting that Nigerian school children who are among some of the first recipients of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) laptops have used them to further their education, as intended - but perhaps not in a way that was intended. They are using them to surf explicit adult websites.

Greetings from Iraq - the Old 419 Scam Takes on a New, More Personal Twist  11,477 Views (This article has 35 comments)
"Greetings from Iraq," the subject line says. Who wouldn't at least give that a glance the first time they see that in their inbox? And that's exactly what scammer "Merrill Melvin Hansley", a supposed security manager of STE,CCPLUS STORAGE SARL storage company in Iraq, is counting on.

County Treasurer Loses Over $1 Million in County Funds to Nigerian Email Scam  2,671 Views (This article has 4 comments)
In case you are still wondering whether people actually fall for the old Nigerian 419 scam - or are wondering just who would fall for the old Nigerian 419 scam - wonder no more, and instead learn from the story of Thomas Katona, of Harrisville, Michigan. That would be Thomas Katona, the county treasurer for Alcona County, Michigan.

419 Nigerian Scammer Arrested with $4.5 Million  5,297 Views (This article has 14 comments)
We keep telling you that Nigerian 419 and British Lottery scams work because people actually send these scammers money. In case you didn't believe us, police in Holland have arrested a Nigerian man over the holidays who is being charged with being involved with a 419 scam, and he had cash amounting to $4,599,577 in his pocket!

What Nigerian 419 Scammers Think of You  3,584 Views (This article has 14 comments)
419 scammers are serious about their work, and they think their targets are deserving. Their theme song, "I Go Chop Your Dollars" by Osofia, says it all: "White men, I will eat your dollars."

Spanish Lottery Scam Hits the Net  5,929 Views (This article has 16 comments)
The Spanish lottery scam, also known as the "Spanish Sweepstate Lottery", "Spanish International Lottery", and even "Spanish International Program" has hit the net. Whether it's from Blanco Lopez, or someone else, it's still a scam.

Your Online Resume Fertile Ground for Identity Thieves in New Scam  3,807 Views (This article has 5 comments)
Your online resume may be ripe for a new scam by identity thieves in which they simply lift all of your personal information from your resume and assume your identity.

Nigeria Hosts Conference to Deal with 419, Other Nigerian Scams  2,337 Views (This article has 5 comments)
Nigeria really seems to be doing all the right things to bring under some semblence of control the flood of financial scams which originate within its borders, including the infamous "419 spam scam". Earlier this month the Nigerian courts sentenced a ...

419 MadLibs - Scam-O-Matic, the Original Scam Creation Tool  4,667 Views (This article has 2 comments)
Every once in a while you have to just laugh at the 419 scammers who abound on the Internet.

Enormous Global 419 Nigerian Scam Bust  3,792 Views (comments)
In what is being hailed as one of the largest spam&scam busts of the decade, and the biggest 419 bust in history, the FBI and Spanish police have collaborated to arrest three hundred and ten (that's right, 310) people in Spain, all of ...

Mariam Abacha Convicted! Nigerian 419 Scam Fraudstress Jailed  3,893 Views (This article has 5 comments)
We've all seen variations on the theme. "I am Mariam Abacha, widow of the late Nigerian head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha. After the death of my husband who died mysteriously..." They always end with a plea for you to help them ...

IBM Not Spamming Spammers! FairUCE is About Fair Use, Not Abuse!  1,299 Views (This article has 3 comments)
Did you hear? IBM is spamming spammers! It's all over the Internet, and tongues are a'wagging! Except, it ain't so. IBM is not spamming spammers. Whether you think that spamming spammers is right or wrong, IBM ain't doing ...

ECD Pelts Fur Merchants with DoS Attacks  4,116 Views (This article has 2 comments)
The ECD, the full name of which is "The Electronic Civil Disobedience against the Fur and Vivisection Industry", has declared open war on the Internet servers of companies which trade in fur. It is doing this by bombarding the servers of the ...

Mugu Marauder Spokesperson Takes Aunty to Task  1,912 Views (This article has 7 comments)
Yesterday Aunty wrote to tell you about the Mugu Marauder, a new "art project" by an organization calling themselves "Artists Against 419". The project has participants link to images from 419 scammer's websites and display them on the participant's own website, causing ...

Mugu Marauder: Windows Users Asked to Target Nigerian 419 Scammers - Don’t Do It!  3,883 Views (This article has 19 comments)
A group calling themselves "Artists Against 419" are asking Windows users to take part in their Mugu Marauder "art" project and take down the scam sites hosted by so-called "419 scammers". The "Mugu" in "Mugu Marauder" apparently is the term which the ...

Ever Wonder How Much Spam Bill Gates Gets?  2,289 Views (This article has 1 comment)
I am so sick of spam. Aren't you? Well, imagine how Bill Gates feels. It was recently revealed that he gets nearly 4 million pieces of spam a day. Yes, that's right. 4 million. Now, that's a lot by any measure. According to Microsoft ...

Nigerian 419 Spam: The Video  2,661 Views (This article has 4 comments)
Sick of spam? Phed up with phishing? Nagged out by the Nigerians? Have I got a treat for you! If you haven't been over to the Ze Frank site before, or even if you have, and if you're ready for a ...

Politics of Spam Makes Strange Bedfellows: The DMA, “Slam Spam”, and the U.S. Justice Department  1,578 Views (comments)
On a sidenote to the much ballyhooed crackdown by the Justice Department on dozens of spammers, at least part of the funding for the crackdown came through the Direct Marketing Association's "Operation Slam Spam". The law under which these stings were made, CAN-SPAM, has ...

419ing the 419er: In Which a Nigerian Scam Artist is Scammed  3,873 Views (This article has 4 comments)
Is there anyone here who hasn't been at least a little curious at one time or another - what would happen if someone actually responded to one of the Nigerian 419 scam emails - you know, the ones where the spammer contacts you ...

Gmail’s Spam Filter Isn’t So Hot, But We Can Get You to Zimbabwe Cheap!  2,619 Views (This article has 2 comments)
I've been testing Google's Gmail for 5 days now, since April 18th. Woohoo. In addition to openly soliciting email to the account, and even posting the address on the web (shedevil@gmail.com), I've forwarded all of my email coming to my other accounts to ...

Spam or Not? How Can You Be Sure?  1,837 Views (This article has 1 comment)
Today I received email with the subject line: "urgent query" The opening lines were: "Dear Madam, I am writing to you out of great desparation." So, here's the test: Do you think that this email was spam, or not? Perhaps I should have asked this instead: Is ...

Happy Spamiversary to You  1,468 Views (comments)
Quick! Where on the Internet were you on April 13, 1994? Many of you are probably saying "Dude, I hadn't even heard of the Internet in 1994! Had Al Gore invented it yet?" Others of you, however, will remember that date, exactly 10 ...
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