Category: Scams Scammers & Urban Legends
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I follow Dave Barry’s blog every day. It’s less of a blog, really, but more like a news aggregator. An odd news aggregator, to be sure, but at any rate, I always find something I want to read and sometimes wish I could unread. When I saw the title of…
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Hadji Replies With Pics
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On Dec 2 I received this mess(age) from my close friend and business associate, Hadji. Hello. I acknowledge your willingness to assist me. I need you to collect my £5million Five million Pounds lodged with the Bank in England and distribute 80% of it based on my instructions to…
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Scambaiting pt 2 The Sad Letter I Answer
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On Nov 30 I received this heart wrenching letter from Mister Aziz Hamid, azizhamidd@meall.co.uk a simple and humble merchant from Dubai with the subject “Please Help Me.” Hello. This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not yet met. I have to…
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Scambaiting Pt 1
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There is an occupation that Skunkfeathers has been engaged in for a long time called “Scambaiting.” Basically what you do is take one of those spams that you get from the Nigerian Banker and answer it. Not giving any real information, of course, as these people are, in fact, criminals. …
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More Alien News
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Now, I do not know what newspapers you have in your town or area, Here we have 3, 4 if you count The Independent, the free liberal paper (the Denver liberal paper you have to pay for.) but I have discovered a journalistic source of news that is definitely “The…
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Urban Legend Spreaders
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What is up with the people that send you chain e-mails? Sometimes it is an actually beautiful poem or sentiment or encouragement, then at the end it’s, “Send this to 10 people in 10 minutes or your computer will turn upside-down and become infested with packrats but if you send…
