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Scambaiting: Without a doubt, the most impressive scambaiter out there is Anthony, a.k.a. Butch Driveshaft. He is highly successful at having wasted tens of thousands of dollars of the scammer's money by selling them "goods", which ends up being really heavy junk that they have to pay overseas shipping for in advance. He operates "the ScamBaiter", a scambaiter community web site with over 20,000 members! Check out this piece on Fox News in Boston on him. If scambaiters were rockstars, then the Ebola Monkey Man would be Jimmi Hendrix! He's a pioneer who took the art to whole new level when everyone else was too politically correct to take a chance. So many scammers, so little time! Miss Young is undoubtedly the most ambitous scambaiter around, juggling more scammers at a time than you can shake a Western Union receipt at! Let the games begin! Top-notch scambaiting site here: Mac keeps 'em wriggling like a worm on a hook here: This person was very helpful in making this site possible by leading me in the right direction when I was first starting out with scambaiting: There's no better place for scammers than in: Scambaiting German-style! The site is in german, but you can use the Google Language Tools to translate: If you've baited a scammer and he demands your phone number, one option is to give him a pay phone number that still accepts incoming calls. Hardly any still do, but you can find some in the northern states such as Montana and Idaho:
Other: The inspiration behind Frank Rizzo is my favorite Jerky Boys character by the same name. They are by far the most famous prank callers, and their albums are the most successful comedy albums of all time: Pete Dzoghi is the genious behind my next favorite prank caller. He came up with the brilliant idea of purchasing 1-800 numbers that were just one digit off from the numbers of big companies, such as UPS. By doing so, he would intercept misdialed numbers to these companies and then pretend to be working in customer service at that company, disguising his voice with an electronic pitch transponder for different characters. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious!
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419 Information: CTV's "W-Five" in Canada did an awesome documentary on 419 fraud that can be viewed online in two parts: A global investigations group based in the Netherlands, who for a fee can attempt to recover funds lost through fraud, as well as offer personal security, kidnapping negotiation and hostage or war-zone rescues. The 419 section features very extensive and fascinating information compiled by volunteers who covertly or publicly fight 419 crime: An excellent source of info on exactly how 419 advance fee fraud works: Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website A novelist and investigative journalist devoted to combating the 419 scam industry. You can support the fight by purchasing one of his books or by donating: Stop-Scammers.com web site is about known scammers involved in dating fraud (scam) with complete information, photos, scam reports, media files, fake documents and much more!!: Joe Wein, a well known anti-spam activist and programmer, has plenty of 419 info at his site, including huge updated lists of scammer e-mail addresses: An international community of individuals dedicated to fighting 419 fraud. They specialize in taking down fake bank web sites and provide the tools to do so, as well as host a forum: An orginization fighting 419 fraud. They have a forum where you can ask questions: First Aid for fraud victims : The primary U.S. law enforcement agency in dealing with 419 crime: Nigeria's 419 task force: An exhibition on the world of 419 that is on tour in Spain. There is a link to a video tour of it on YouTube: The first site in India to educate the world about 419 fraud - well done and quite informative: |
