MetaFilter posts tagged with 419

Madoff Congo scandal

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:07:10 -0800

The US Attorney's office has submitted email correspondence between Bernie Madoff and his victims, some of whom are more deserving than others. Via

"DEAR SIR, MAY I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO OPEN THIS BUSINESS DISCUSSION BY A FORMAL LETTER OF THIS SORT. MY NAME IS MARIAM ABACHA..."

mowglisambo — Tue, 09 May 2006 14:02:04 -0800

[419Filter] The Perfect Mark: After losing thousands and being sentenced to prison, John Worley is still convinced the Nigerian governmental officials and their fortune exist.

Seems legit-- where do I sign?

gwint — Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:50:09 -0800

Ze Frank, nigerian 419 scammer. [Quicktime]

Greetings!

Blue Stone — Mon, 19 Jul 2004 02:23:21 -0800

Anatomy of a 419 Scam. A detailed blow-by-blow account of how an otherwise intelligent and ordinary human being is suckered into losing a grand of his own money.

As the wind blows, we see the anus of a chicken.

PenDevil — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 04:44:23 -0800

Hollywood? Old. Bollywood? That's soooo 2003. Make room for Nollywood, Nigeria's own film industry which is growing by leaps and bounds every year, and is currently worth about $45 million dollars. About 400 Nollywood films are produced every year many on a budget of around $15000 and are distributed almost entirely by VHS and VCD. The stories are very much simplistic and pulpy (check out 419 Stalk Exchange. Yes, 419 as in the email scam) but are much preferred by local residents and emigre's than the usual arthouse fair one often thinks of when talking about African cinema. Now if you'll excuse me there's a bucket of popcorn and a copy of GSM Connection waiting for me in the living room.

Scamming the scammer

feelinglistless — Fri, 04 Jul 2003 15:59:50 -0800

Scamming the scammer Somewhere along the line I think we've all wondered what would happen if we answered the Nigerian 419 scam email. Now we don't have to. Someone calling himself 'ebola monkey man' has been taking the scammer's on a email journey to the point that he will only agree to send them money if they send him a silly picture of themselves holding up a sign with their name on... [via b3ta]

Scamming the scammers

ook — Thu, 21 Nov 2002 16:58:01 -0800

Still getting those Nigerian scam spams? Brad Christensen is too -- but he seems to be enjoying them. (And he's not the only one, either.)

Grod — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 15:32:59 -0800

A new chapter in the nigerian letter fraud most recently discussed here. Yes, someone actually fell for it, and cost her employer $2.1 million in the process. via fark.