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Baiters Teach Scammers a Lesson

August 4, 2006 /

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They pilfer nearly $200 million from Americans annually and drive some of their victims to suicide, but Nigeria’s notorious e-mail scam artists may finally have met their match — and the results can be hilarious.

Click here for photos from the scammer hall of shame. http://blog.wired.com/419baiters/

British online vigilante "Shiver Metimbers" is leading tens of thousands of "scambaiters" in a crusade to shut down advance-fee fraudsters, grifters who spam unwitting victims with elaborate, e-mailed sob stories promising a share of nonexistent fortunes in return for upfront payments.

By Robert Andrews

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,71387-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

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