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Nigerian Scambaiting

Discussion in 'The NAAFI Bar' started by amazing__lobster, Dec 23, 2008.

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  1. amazing__lobster

    amazing__lobster LE
    1. Engineers
    2. ARRSE Investment Club.

    I've recently re-taken up the sport of responding to Nigerian Scam emails. Whilst looking for tips, I stumbled across this:

    Pretend you need the scammer to take part in a paid study involving communicating with penguins

    Some classic bits I've picked out of the thread so far:


    Classic!
     
    amazing__lobster, Dec 23, 2008
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  2. smudge67

    smudge67

    I thought about scambaiting a while back, but then realised that:

    a - I don't have enough free time to be bothered with it

    b - I have a life

    c - I would be confirming my email address to be live, and therefore it would be passed around to other scammers
     
    smudge67, Dec 23, 2008
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  3. amazing__lobster

    amazing__lobster LE
    1. Engineers
    2. ARRSE Investment Club.


    I've probably got more free time than most (I didn't when I used to work for a living) & it breaks up routine when writing essays. Also the email account I've attached to this account is only used for ARRSE & nothing else - which also suggests this site is regularly trawled by scammers.
     
    amazing__lobster, Dec 23, 2008
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  5. Older_by_the_day

    Older_by_the_day LE

    How much spare time?! :wink:
     
    Older_by_the_day, Dec 23, 2008
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