Scam Baiting: Has anyone here ever tried this for fun

[starguard]

Scam baiting is the practice of pretending interest in a fraudulent scheme in order to manipulate a scammer. The purpose of scam baiting might be to waste the scammers' time, embarrass them, cause them to reveal information which can be passed on to legal authorities in the hope that they will be prosecuted, get them to spend money, or simply to amuse the baiter.

Scam baiting emerged in response to e-mail based frauds such as the common Nigerian 419 scam. Many websites publish transcripts of correspondences between baiters and scammers, and also publish their "trophies" online, which include videos and images scam baiters claim to have obtained from scammers.

Scam baiting is almost always an Internet pastime, though scam baiters claim to have been the primary source of information for law enforcement officers in several scammer arrests.



link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scam_baiting

 

[Ishcabittle]

Legendary example:

http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/

 

[headvoid]

Yes, I did it for two years.

80% of the Ranters were at one point a scam baiter.

www.thescambaiter.com is the home of "theFAILURE" a truly exceptional baiter getting images and very funny audio as well. If you are reading this tF, I may have said this, but you are still a tosser.

 

[Conchaga]

Legendary example:

http://www.p-p-p-powerbook.com/

LMFAO

 

[dogbert]

I always answer the Nigerian scam e-mails with a request for $250 so I can open up a savings account for which they can park the boatload of cash.

 

[Gagh]

DID YOU KNOW, STARGUARD, WHEN THE ADMINS CLEANED UP THE FORUMS THEY MOVED EVERY SINGLE THREAD OF YOURS (OVER 500) FROM THIS FORUM TO THE BADLANDS, BECAUSE THEY WERE SO SHIT & WORTHLESS?