2010 Year in review

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Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:28 pm

Hi All,

As we come to the close of 2010 the mods and I have put together a brief outline of 2010 with some of the activities that took part on Eater this year. Of course the list is by no means all encompassing but it certainly does highlight some of the moments from 2010. If you remember any feel free to add them to this thread.

Some interesting stats for this year

Since Jan 1 2010 we have had well over 180,000 thousand posts on Eater, we average around 500 posts per day. Thats a lot of stuff that us baiters have to say Smile

We've had around 9000 signups this year (some spammers / some trolls some simply nosy people wanting to know what goes on here, but the vast majority of members are members that want to get involved with scam baiting and fight back somehow.)

Over 61 pages of threads have been added to the offline fake sites forum since January 1, 2010. There are occasional threads for sites that were determined legit but many threads also have more than one fake domain reported on them. With 30 threads to an index page that is well over 1830 fake sites researched, reported and killed in our fake sites forum at Eater.

Jan 2, 2010
NN's Comic bait / Slashdot:
Link to NN's thread: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177394
Link to Slashdot: http://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/10/01/03/076248/Scambaiting-Gets-Comical-Internet-Scammers-All-Dressed-Up?art_pos=2

January 2010
The Hector bait was awarded a golden pith. The thread for the bait was started Dec 21, 2009 and is still going: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177120

The best thread to ever happen in Eater's General Chat forum: Man up a pole and Global Warming thread turns Zombie Armageddon. http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=177317

February 2010
Bluth started his radio show.
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=179622

February 2010
Freddy was made an Associate

March 2010
Steward. http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=180858 culminating with April 1st chaos.

March/April 2010
2nd annual "Eater" egg hunt won by JadeFalcon: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=181964

April 2010
Scam Patroller was made an Associate
Branwen, Connie L. Gus and Music Man were added as moderators
Simba was awarded a golden pith helmet for Simba Safari Camps modality

April 28, 2010
Launch of the Cherrie Mentor Program: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183735

August 2010
ScamTracker launched: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=189031
m.eater.com launched: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=189908
ipTrackeronline launched: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=190620
Dorothy and Spot were added as moderators

September 2010
Slightly was added as an administrator
Goat Quilt silent auction: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=191361

December
The piggy contest just ended with good results
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1641931#1641931

Eater in the news:

Visao - Portugal.
http://aeiou.visao.pt/a-milicia-cibernautica=f544464

The Guardian - UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jan/18/haiti-donors-warned-scam-emails

The Guardian - UK.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jan/24/charity-commission-online-scams-haiti-appeal

DePers:
http://www.depers.nl/buitenland/424604/Pak-ze-terug-die-oplichters.html

CNN Money: http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/26/technology/e-mail_scam_scambait/index.htm

These make really interesting reading.:
http://www.kp.ua/daily/190310/220050/
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/16/ART2/155/173.html

No year in review thread would be complete without giving a shoutout to our sister site "Scamwarners.com". Already recognized as the worlds premier forum for scam warners - Jillian and her team continue to do sterling work over there as the forums go from strength to strength.

Some of the stats are as follows.

ScamWarners 2010:
ScamWarners has seen a constant increase in traffic this year. In August we broke the previous record of the most number of users ever online:

Quote:

Most users ever online was 217 on Wed Aug 25, 2010 3:12 pm

ScamWarners in the news/media:

March 2010: BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8595861.stm

April 2010: Toptenz.net: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-charity-scams.php

May 2010: AsiaOne Business: http://www.asiaone.com/Business/My%2BMoney/Property/Story/A1Story20100512-215716.html

November 2010: YahooNews:
Part 1: http://news.yahoo.com/video/honolulu-kitv-18211460/romance-scammers-prey-online-part-1-23049863
Part 2: http://news.yahoo.com/video/honolulu-kitv-18211460/romance-scammers-prey-online-part-2-23050173#video=23050173

Thats a snapshot of what happened on Eater during 2010, of course no forum would be complete without our members. It is all of you who contribute to the site that make Eater what it is today. Thank you for bieng part of this experience.

In the mean time may the best of 2010 be the worst of 2011.....here's wishing all of you a happy new year for 2011.

419Eater team

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:53 pm

Very nice summary, Rover!

Rover wrote:

Over 61 pages of threads have been added to the offline fake sites forum since January 1, 2010. There are occasional threads for sites that were determined legit but many threads also have more than one fake domain reported on them. With 30 threads to an index page that is well over 1830 fake sites researched, reported and killed in our fake sites forum at Eater.

Of course being a sitekiller first and foremost, this stat makes me the most happy and I am proud to be a very small part of the dedicated crew that works the FB forum. And how we could do nothing in there if not for the wonderful work of Artemis, the king of the DB keys!

There is no way to pick just one bait that it my favorite, but Jwoods' Curious George bait was certainly one of the most impressive and is an incredible format for baiting.

I also really loved seeing all the Clown Lads baited by bravo95, even if most of them are more scary than silly. (And now they are all causing Janey to drink heavily as his C4C accountant!)

Most of all, I am glad to be part of this great community with the best baiters in the world and an incredible mod/admin team. Thanks Rover for keeping Eater running! Very Happy

Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:12 pm

Nice work, everyone Very Happy

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:57 am

Thank you for posting this Rover and I am so proud to be a member. Cool

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:59 pm

It is great to see more publicity for us and our cause this year! We are getting the word out!

I also hope to see more of Mrs. Cuervo's handiwork this coming year as I would like to think it was an awesome fundraiser. Have we ever considered going "non-profit" in at least the U.S. What are the implications involved?

So proud to be a part of it all!

insults and more · Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:33 pm

I second Bravo's clown modality. It's a work of art.

Badgerbait: with so many millions being offered to us, it's a damn shame we can't turn a profit. The taxes would be a nightmare, so perhaps it is for the best.

I would add Morgain's Dibley modality to the list. She's created a scarily efficient modality.

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 3:51 pm

That's the way we get it done, people, lets see 2011 hit them just as hard... and harder Twisted Evil

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:35 pm

Keep up the good work everyone!
I am so happy to be a small part of the fun and pain at Eater & SW.
I'm looking forward to this coming next year with all or you. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:25 pm

Very nice summary, Rover

It is especially nice for us newcomers to see the stats and progress made in site killing and the frustration level the lads were put through. A special thanks to those wonderful site killers; they do a tremendous job.

We cannot forget Alan and the bank accounts he has put under water (so to speak).

Bluth puts on a wonderful radio show.

Much praise goes to all the Mentors who have encouraged us and showed us the paths to lad pain.

However, it is everyone on Eater who baits and puts the screws to the lads so they don't have time to pester real victims.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:12 am

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Over 61 pages of threads have been added to the offline fake sites forum since January 1, 2010.

Wow!

I'm with Dora when I say that when it comes to site killing, it's not just great fun -- we have an absolutely fantastic team to work with. The times when I fail to get the attention of a lazy registrar/hoster, there's always a fellow site killer who has my back, for which I am truly grateful. And then there's Artemis, responsible for at least 9000+ kills (I'm sure that number is low 'cause he's a modest fellow). Wink

I very much enjoyed Bluth's radio show, sitting in the corner, smoking with Dora, watching N.O.R.A. scout for hot male baiters. Laughing

The interviews were my favorite part of the show, and I look forward to more shows in 2011!

The Steward havoc was delicious, and it took our beloved Mods quite a while to settle us down after much wild speculation had been made. I'm still not convinced he wasn't a zombie looking for love.

Another favorite of mine was the Goat Quilt silent auction, which was equally delicious to watch as baiters furiously chopped each other's goats. Razz

I couldn't begin to pick a favorite bait, because they are all as brilliantly unique as the baiter responsible. Thumbs up

Thank you, Rover, SOOI, and all others red, Mods, the purple ones, Mentors and EVERYONE for making Eater such a wonderful place to be. In a way it's a shame that Eater and ScamWarners even have to exist in the first place because of low-life pieces of crapola, but I'm glad they do, and I'm honored to play a wee part...and for the opportunity to laff my butt off a lot, with wonder at being surrounded by such creative geniuses who are on the side of victims.

Here's to another year of lad pain ratcheted up by what I know will be even more brilliant inspirations, resulting in more flags, more bacon (thank you Alan), more wasted lad internet time and phone credits, and more innocent people being kept out of harm's way . bow_down

Cheers, all.

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:56 am

I'm glad I got to be a part of Eater in 2010 even if it was the last half. I'm looking forward to another year in the company of the worlds best and brightest baiters.
So many great baits its hard to "highlight" but I have a few that are my favorite.
In no particular order...

First: Dora and Bluth's Paga Croc Triplets. amazing safaris and incredible video and they did it three times!

Second:NoWhereMan's first and best in my opinion Safari!

Third: The incredible modality created by Evil Sheep exposing the dangers of Heavy Electric1ty to lads in danger zones.

Of course it should be mentioned as well a special thank you to all the great mentors who are forced to endure every noob question that is thrown at them and still there to help.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

Nice one, Rover, great review, looks you've been busy mate, I see I've got plenty of reading to catch up on a lot of really good topics, it's late so I'll start reading tomorrow Smile