Nigerian Django Scam!!!

British_Guy

Agent wrote:

British_Guy wrote:

Reginald Conartis

Yes, it's most odd how the names keep changing.

I think we have a winner!:idea: 8)

Sorry to yank your chain, Andreas. Just bored at work.

"British_Guy" is just an American Smartass up to no good... :roll:

MichaelHorowitz

these Nigerian guys are hilarious...the sent me two bogus checks for $2,500 each (see below). Something tells me my bank wouldn't be too happy with me if I decided to cash those...ha ha

These bozos didn't even spell my name right!

And this Nigerian called and left a message in broken English about how he's coming to study Gypsy guitar with me!! If he calls again I should ask him who Django is....I doubt he did his homework.

Chad

The scammers are getting more sophisticated for certain.
I have a friend who is a massage therapist here and is getting very similar letters from someone "coming into town" and wanting two hours of massage a day for two weeks and wanting to know where to send the check and all that business. She was asking me about it only last week, now we compared notes and it is so very similar to yours Michael.
Chad

Dave Bricker

What I'm wondering is isn't there some clever way we might be able to scam the scammers? I doubt they're reading your forums.

Can you entice them to spend some time, run some errands for no reason or generally expose themselves.

We might be able to have a bit of fun with them if they still think they have you on the hook. I have a friend who plays incredible mind-games with telemarketers who is also a guitar teacher at University of Miami school of music. Maybe we could refer the scammer to him and enjoy the resulting recording?

trumbology

Dave Bricker wrote:

What I'm wondering is isn't there some clever way we might be able to scam the scammers? I doubt they're reading your forums.

Can you entice them to spend some time, run some errands for no reason or generally expose themselves.

That does seem to be exactly what the folks at 419eater seem to do for sport [ http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm ]

You can read and listen to extensive dialogues there between scammers and scammer-baiters. If I had all the time in the world, I might indulge in this pasttime myself, but, you know, there's work and then this Django stuff...

Neil

MichaelHorowitz

That's called scambaiting and there's a subculture of people who do it:

http://www.419eater.com/

I wouldn't bait this guy because he has my real contact info. You should only scambait when using an anonymous email and false contact info. These Nigerian scammers have a pretty big operation, with people in many countries, including the US. There have been some vague reports of them going after scambaiters. For the most part, they probably don't have the resources to do so. But it's not worth risking...

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Dave Bricker

I suppose it's always wiser to simply not deal with scumbags, but the entertainment potential seemed seductive. Probably a good call on your part.

archtop

Take a look at the following as the way to deal with the scammers:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stm

Oh the fun that can be had!

I first heard this story on NPR a while back.

Cheers,
Tim

lnb

There is a scam like this on Ebay, i was selling a guitar and the highest bidder offered to send me a cheque for more than the amount and wanted a cheque back in return........