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  • #1

    The Nigerian Scam

    I setup a Honeypot email address about 2 years ago and then clicked on a couple of "You Have Won!" web banners and dropped in the address.
    Now the fun part, I am going to setup a bot to send "replies" to all of the Nigerian emails.

    Stuff like:

    Your Name: Bill Mark Stuplestein (obviously not real)
    Address: 1021 N Fogger Drive, Juneau Alaska
    Date of Birth: 10/31/1951
    SSN: 344-44-2134

    Just getting tired of elder folks who use the net getting ripped off.
    Maybe if these fscktards get enough bs spam replies they will spend forever trying to find the real ones.

    P.S. if this is a edgy rule violation, sorry, delete it. Not wanting to be a violator just a contributor.

    I would creatively reconstruct their HDD's via remote but that is illegal. :-)
    Last edited by SarperDomain; October 14, 2008, 04:35. Reason: Added PS line
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  • #2
    Re: The Nigerian Scam

    Sadly, while i don't have any suggestions for you about your automated process, the topic makes me want to encourage anyone who hasn't already seen the story to read this somewhat short piece about an anti-scammer activist who tricked Nigerian con artists into hand-copying an entire Harry Potter novel, taking up god knows how much of their time and resources. Great laughs, great technique, all around win.

    Your heart and your head being where they are with scammers, Sarper, makes me think you'll surely enjoy it, too.
    "I'll admit I had an OiNK account and frequented it quite often… What made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store… iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I feel like I'm being hustled when I visit there, and I don't think their product is that great. DRM, low bit rate, etc... OiNK it existed because it filled a void of what people want."
    - Trent Reznor

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    • #3
      Re: The Nigerian Scam

      Thanks, I needed to see that Deviant. It helps calm my nerves a little. Now I won't be tempted to take the next script kiddie that asks "How do you do those scam e-mails?" and snap his neck leaving him paralyzed, chain him to the back of my Ford, drag him 15 blocks to the zoo, feed him to the ferrets piece by piece, and throw his bones to the monkeys for toothpicks.

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      • #4
        Re: The Nigerian Scam

        Originally posted by Deviant Ollam View Post
        Sadly, while i don't have any suggestions for you about your automated process, the topic makes me want to encourage anyone who hasn't already seen the story to read this somewhat short piece about an anti-scammer activist who tricked Nigerian con artists into hand-copying an entire Harry Potter novel, taking up god knows how much of their time and resources. Great laughs, great technique, all around win.

        Your heart and your head being where they are with scammers, Sarper, makes me think you'll surely enjoy it, too.
        419eater is hilarious. He's got a story on there where he got a guy to actually get a tattoo, another guy he him carve out of a block of wood a Commie 64.

        Greed sure is a powerful force.

        Here's one that just came in today. We don't get them very often here.

        Dear Friend,

        My name is Dr.Jonathan Achampong,from the Republic of Ghana,married with kids. I write to seek your assistance in claiming and investing the sum of $36m USD which is lying unclaimed in our security company in which I am a Director. The original/initial depositor is dead and there is no recorded next of kin to our deceased customer and nobody has asked for this fund for the past eight years.The fund is contained in two trunk boxes marked 106 and 107 respectively. For security reasons, I will give you other informations about this fund and the criteria for a hitchfree claiming of this fund and the transfer to your good account number for our mutual benefits upon receipt of your favorable response. We will also discuss the sharing percentage and the investment upon hearing from you. To prove to you the genuineness of this fund, I have consulted a Lawyer who will assist me in the procurement of a sworn affidavit of fact and affidavit of claim in your name and on your behalf from a High Court here and our Ministry of Justice respectively. These two affidavits will be used for the procurement of the change of beneficiary name of this fund to your name from the security company as this will enable you to claim the fund.
        Again, for security reasons, all information concerning this fund will be made available to you upon receipt of your acceptance reply.

        Remain blessed,
        Dr.Jonathan Achampong
        A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.

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        • #5
          Re: The Nigerian Scam

          Ok somebody has got to say it, Streaker our community has enough people after our community.
          We don't need PETA breathing down our necks too because you want to spade poor little baby harp seals.
          Not to mention the thought of what you are going to use that bird in your hand for during intercourse.
          Last edited by SarperDomain; October 14, 2008, 10:32.

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          • #6
            Re: The Nigerian Scam

            currently my honeypot has 397 Nigerian based, 56 419 based, 14 "male enhancement" based, and 3 paypal based emails.

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            • #7
              Re: The Nigerian Scam

              Originally posted by SarperDomain View Post
              Ok somebody has got to say it, Streaker our community has enough people after our community.
              We don't need PETA breathing down our necks too because you want to spade poor little baby harp seals.
              Not to mention the thought of what you are going to use that bird in your hand for during intercourse.
              I think you might want to get your eyes check or spend more time playing cards. That symbol is very clearly a Club, not a Spade.
              A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.

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              • #8
                Re: The Nigerian Scam

                Originally posted by streaker69 View Post
                I think you might want to get your eyes check or spend more time playing cards. That symbol is very clearly a Club, not a Spade.
                My bad half asleep.

                I can totally see how PETA would prefer clubbing over spading.

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                • #9
                  Re: The Nigerian Scam

                  Originally posted by SarperDomain View Post
                  My bad half asleep.

                  I can totally see how PETA would prefer clubbing over spading.
                  PETA = People Eating Tasty Animals, yep, I can see that as well.
                  A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.

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                  • #10
                    Re: The Nigerian Scam

                    yep beating em over the head rather than hitting em with a shovel.
                    Don't want to dent the shovel.

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                    • #11
                      Re: The Nigerian Scam

                      Back at the task at hand, take a looksee at WPoison, since it takes your goal and turns the volume up to 11.

                      If you really feel like messing with them, I'm always surprised at the number of spammers based in the U.S. that don't take all the steps of anonymizing all of their domains, and it only takes one address in the clear to have some quality fun in return with them.

                      So if you have time, take a look for some of those options, and maybe add their addresses to the mix.
                      Nonnumquam cupido magnas partes Interretis vincendi me corripit

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                      • #12
                        Re: The Nigerian Scam

                        Originally posted by erehwon View Post
                        Back at the task at hand, take a looksee at WPoison, since it takes your goal and turns the volume up to 11.
                        That is very cool, definitely pushing the volume to 11.
                        A third party security audit is the IT equivalent of a colonoscopy. It's long, intrusive, very uncomfortable, and when it's done, you'll have seen things you really didn't want to see, and you'll never forget that you've had one.

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                        • #13
                          Re: The Nigerian Scam

                          Thanks for the info, I've had WPoison installed on my company's website under the link "User Directory." The link is not visible to any IE or Firefox legit useragents so people can't see it.

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