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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:02 pm |
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There have been a lot of links to news stories posted on the forum in the past, about victims who have lost money in scams, or who were arrested as a result of a scam they were taken in by, or who committed suicide due to a scam, if you know a link to a BBC or any other news story concerning a victim, please post the link to the article, as many links as possible,please, cheers. |
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michael bolton
Master Baiter
Joined: 04 Oct 2006
Posts: 175
Location: Texas
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Slightlyoutofit
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Feb 2007
Posts: 14310
Location: Foraging for Nuts.
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:27 pm |
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bill2
Baiting Guru
Joined: 10 Sep 2006
Posts: 5495
Location: Yeah who can tell me where I am?
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:48 pm |
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Pachanga
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 Dec 2005
Posts: 3551
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:52 pm |
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 4:55 pm |
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notobescammed
Radio Man
Joined: 03 Jun 2007
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:03 pm |
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Also helps me!
I'll read out some of the stories on air!
Every little helps! |
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Ima Baeder
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Joined: 03 May 2007
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:05 pm |
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I think this is a great thread to have around here and should be made into yet another sticky!! |
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Rodus
Baiting Guru
Joined: 13 Dec 2006
Posts: 3685
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:23 pm |
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,1000000097,2130821,00.htm
http://www.radio.cz/en/news/37806
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1641875,00.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,201755,00.html
http://www.transparency.org/news_room/latest_news/press_releases/2001/2001_07_16_kidnap |
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MrMe
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 09 Aug 2007
Posts: 593
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 6:54 pm |
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article473968.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4597186.stm - man kills nigerian consul after losing money to scam. |
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i am sick and tired of this shit.
I don't go with this Idea at all, this is not how business is done
whenever i make mistake even at the peak of retrieving the numbers i would ask to go back to the begining and this has virtually consumed all my time by doing this
i cant stress my self any more..I now have a back pain cos of this
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Nanny Ogg
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Mar 2007
Posts: 2628
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 7:15 pm |
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irishemigrant
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Sun Nov 04, 2007 8:14 pm |
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bearkat419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 4445
Location: Houston, TX
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Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:32 pm |
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thud419
Baiting Guru
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Posts: 3193
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Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:42 pm |
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SlapHappy
Baiting Guru
Joined: 15 May 2006
Posts: 9612
Location: Floating up and down with happiness.
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Wed Nov 07, 2007 12:44 am |
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,139206/article.html#
Spoofed Campaign Sites Hijack Contributions
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,138942/article.html
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More than a dozen would-be borrowers have complained about advance fee requests from MortgageTree Lending. |
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SumYunGai
Master Baiter
Joined: 04 May 2007
Posts: 139
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Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:14 pm |
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This stuff really P's me O. If the bank can't tell the difference between a real or fake cashier's check after inspecting it and running it though the system THREE TIMES, how is it fair that the guy who trusted the bank's word gets shafted? I know somebody's gotta lose, but it seems to me that this guy, suspicious but in good faith, did everything you could expect to make sure the check was legit, and the bank told him it was perfectly alright until days later. Maybe if the banks lose a few hundred thousand in bad checks, they'll start finding ways to work with international police and go after the guys who mail the damn things. |
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Cachuma
Baiting Guru
Joined: 04 May 2007
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Location: Blowing bubbles at 130 fsw
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Mon Nov 12, 2007 7:45 pm |
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I'd like to add my voice to the suggestion that this be made into a sticky.
The reason I'm suggesting this is because I've found myself several times searching for such news stories to back up my explanations to people as to why I scambait. Many people really don't realize the scope of the problem, and believe that it's rare that anyone who isn't a knuckle-dragging bozo living in the backwoods would ever fall for it. It's also a great tool to recruit new baiters -- "Check out this thread and see the real people who've have had their lives ruined...why don't you join us in this fight?"
I also think it's important for us as baiters to occasionally remind ourselves why we do this. Visiting this thread on a regular basis to see what new victims have been reported is a good exercise in motivation. |
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Zen
Baiting Guru
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
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Mon Nov 12, 2007 8:12 pm |
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Sadly, the scammers-exposed.com site is down - it carried some good write-ups from people who have obviously taken the time to research their lads.
In answer to the question in the O/P...
16 kidnapping and 4 murders (all scam related) are summarised here -> CLICKY
However, the report contains typos that make it difficult to find other articles about these cases. For example, the Greek Cypriot victim is referred to as George Makronalli, George Makronelli and George Macromallis on various anti-419 sites.
Murder victim Jean Pierre Li Shing Tat lived in Mauritius but was actually Canadian.
The Norwegian murder victim was actually called Kjetil Moe (not Kjetil Moc) and there is a report here -> CLICKY
Another article mentions Moe and a couple of kidnapping victims who survived -> CLICKY
I also know of one victim suicide related to 419, but don't have a reference
All the victims made the mistake of travelling to foreign countries in search of riches, and no one here will do that. Nevertheless, this may be a good time to remind our newbies to bait safely and never use their real IDs or misuse someone else's. That's Rule #1 in my sig block. |
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The False Italian
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:00 am |
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Zen
Baiting Guru
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Posts: 5396
Location: Location: Location
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:20 am |
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Thanks for the info TFI. When I try to open the website, I just get a message "Loading..." and it stops there, but maybe that is just a local difficulty.
That isn't the suicide case I'm think of, but it will be useful for SP's purposes, no doubt. |
_________________ Dr Bruno Assan writes "U have done it again!"
x4 x380 fake banks (AA419.org) x65 x21 (HMS Belfast, Canvey Island, Vigo, Hamburg, Vienna, Salzburg, Linz)
Remember: 1) Bait safely 2) Protect innocent third parties 3) Ask before using others' work 4) Don't do more work than the lads
Warned you're writing to a scammer? Just say "Thanks, I'm a baiter" (ScamWarners.com)
419eater FAQ/rules: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=137846
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Tue Nov 13, 2007 12:59 pm |
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@ Zen, I have had several links to murders, kidnappings etc, for the last couple of years on my old site, I didn't have the Norwegian language link or the international kidnapping link you posted, though it mentions the victims stories I already had links to, I have added it.
My news page link is below, it's still very much work in progress, this page is hosted temporarily on Freewebs so people can get an idea of what I wanted the links for:
News Page
The full site wont be online until I get the site finished and some proper webhosting sorted, should be in a couple of weeks or so, the links to "external" sites on the news page do work, the "internal" site menu links don't work, as I have not uploaded those webpages, the only link that works is the link which goes to a temp Scam Info Links portal I set up.
Thanks to all others for posting links, those that have not been added yet, will be, cheers. |
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Breddan Butter
Retired Moderator
Joined: 09 Dec 2003
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Location: Soligorsk, Belarus
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Wed Nov 28, 2007 3:50 pm |
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New report of 83 years old victim of lottery scams in UK:
HUGE LONG LINKY |
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BadKarma
419Eater is my life
Joined: 22 Mar 2006
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Location: Funland
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Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:33 am |
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Four news articles of a 50-year-old man who sent close to 30k euros to Ghana due to a love scam. Articles are in Finnish though.
MTV3 article
Iltasanomat article
Helsingin Sanomat article
H�meen Sanomat article |
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Doctor X
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
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Thu Nov 29, 2007 11:19 am |
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Regarding "sticky" maybe just a list of the articles categorized by type--"Suicide"-"Victim Arrested--put in the FAQ or as a sticky for anyone who wonders about the truth about victims.
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Scam Patroller
Baiting Guru
Joined: 08 Jul 2004
Posts: 11857
Location: UK
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Thu Jan 24, 2008 7:30 pm |
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Just a slight necro to the topic, but as it's related and I was the topic starter it should be alright.
I now have my site online, there are a couple of the pages in the menu that need completing, namely the scam links directory, the scam videos page and the fake documents page, I will finish those of shortly and add to the rest of the site as I go along to make it in to a nice scam information links site.
@ Eight, you might notice some familiar text on the site, you weren't around at the time, so I asked Lotta if it was ok to nick your stuff rather than me having to rewrite it all again from scratch
Site is here:
www.scam-info-links.info |
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