Did you know there is a Nigerian top hit named I Go Chop Your Dollar? It’s hugely popular in Lagos, and hit the Lagos radio stations a few months ago as a CD penned by an artist called Osofia (his real name might or might not be Nkem Owoh.

It’s as catchy as Nigerian music can be, and since it carries a message that thousands of young Nigerians seem to be able to relate to, it has become a huge hit in Lagos.

Here are the complete lyrics: Read the rest of this entry »

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I just cannot understand why the type of scammers sending out these 419 type of email scams make all the small mistakes like in the below. They haven’t even managed to get the name right. In the from field, it’s spelled Luggard, but in the text and the reply-to address it’s Lugard.

And why did the deceased contractor always work for Shell Petroleum? Can’t they bring up any other large company names? Why is it never Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Sun or even IKEA? Read the rest of this entry »

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How bad would it have to get before you would ask a complete stranger in a far away country for help in lifting 12.5 million Dollars from the bank?

I know that life is really bad for most people on Zimbabwe. I actually grew up there, and my parents are still in contact with friends who have far from good lives.

Still. The below empail is clearly nothing but a scammer’s attempt to make money on the fact that most people in the world are actually good, and would go out of the way to help a total stranger. Specially if there is a buck to be made… Technically, the mail below is just another angle of a 419 letter. I have actually edited it a bit for readability, since it arrived with hideous line breaks.

The mail does however contain a few good links as to understand the situation in Zimbabwe. Read the rest of this entry »

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Another do-gooder spam scam. This time allegedly from an aging Brittish citizen, hospitalized in Dubay.

It’s another one of those wellfare scams where a formerly greedy businessman wants our help to give away their life savings to good causes.

I think the idea is to wake the plan to grab the money for myself, and in the process loose a couple of thousand dollars in fees and bribes, necessary to lift the funds from the bank.

Go figure for yourself: Read the rest of this entry »

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Reverse scamming, or scam baiting is a dangerous pass time, but can be rather fun, at leas at 419eater.com.

The scambaiters over at 419eater.com are doing a great job at scamming any 419 scammer they can get their hands on. I have followed them with interest, even though I’m not one of those with enough time on my hands, nor the nerve to try to rip 419 scam artists off the way these guys do.

This how 419eater.com present their activities:

So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their precious time and resources. Maybe if you are VERY lucky you’ll scam them out of some cash! Although this site concentrates mainly on the “419″ type scam, we are happy to bait other types of scammers if and when the opportunity arises.

Visit them at www.419eater.com, and read the BBC News article about them at news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stm

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10/15 2005 - FROM MR wood frank,
This scammer seems to have gotten hold of a form mail with markers like {insert name here} and {insert title here}. The guy sending out this particularly spammy and badly written scam spam has made som many mistakes that I just cannot believe that anybody can fall for it. Amazing… Read the rest of this entry »

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