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03 July 2007, 07:46 AM
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A Web Cadre Turns the Tables on African Scam Artists
Ever been tempted to respond to that e-mail message offering untold millions from the relatives of a deposed African dictator?
For some, replying to such Internet scams is a rewarding hobby. They call themselves scam-baiters, and they have started taking justice into their own hands. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/02/te...gy/02spam.html 
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03 July 2007, 05:24 PM
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I suppose everyone needs a hobby...
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04 July 2007, 10:55 AM
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Wow, this is old news isn't it? I found out about www.419eater.com from this site a few years ago!
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04 July 2007, 12:22 PM
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10 July 2007, 02:51 PM
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For the record, people on the 419eater forums alleged to be quoted in the article have said they didn't actually talk to this reporter.
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=115613
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10 July 2007, 04:12 PM
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10 July 2007, 05:30 PM
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It is summer and time to recycle genuine, hand-crafted antique stories. Just like ULs keep coming around, so do some stories.
I trust the NYT did their due diligience on fact-checking, not like with the Iraq war publicity build-up. Ali "no news like old news" Infree
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16 July 2007, 03:16 AM
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I responded once, but they didnt write anything back. They just gave me the original message again...weird
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10 July 2007, 03:44 PM
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Some of the stories (from the 419 site?) are hilarious. At one point, they have a guy running around a London airport looking for them while they keep calling him from their home in the US ("I'm sitting at the Starbucks with a latte, where are you?").
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#10
10 July 2007, 03:54 PM
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However the website itself is old news (does that mean this thread will be removed as it's been discussed before  ). Good to remind us of it and some newbies won't have seen it.
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