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: Freedom to DifferNigerian scams ... if you can't beat them, join them?
Yesterday The Age reported that two Queenslanders had been charged over recruiting people to a Nigerian scam which netted the fraudsters more than $4.3 million:
Police said the Sunshine Coast man, 48, and woman, 40, were initially victims of the operation, having been invited to take part in a bogus contract involving the Nigerian oil industry.
They began sending money to the scammers in September 2003.
Police allege they later invited others to become involved in the scheme.
It's believed 12 people sent more than $4.3 million overseas.
Read more here. As I was reading this story I was reminded of an episode of This American Life where they recounted the extraordinary tale of how three Americans had a very different response to these sorts of scams - revenge:
Hanging In Chad.
Three guys who go by the names Professor So and So, Jojobean and YeaWhatever spend part of each day running elaborate cons on Internet scammers. They consider themselves enforcers of justice, even after they send a man 1400 miles from home, to the least safe place they can bait him: the border of Darfur. The three self-made enforcers tell Ira their story. For more on what they did, along with photos, maps and phone recordings, go here. (29 and 1/2 minutes)
Listen to the podcast here.
Full post as published by Freedom to Differ on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).
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