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Yes! Check out http://www.419eater.com/ http://www.419eater.com/ if you don't already know about scambaiters.

• michaelbuckbee 14y ago
  Then checkout This American Life for an episode on scambaiters that leaves you unsure exactly what to think about the whole mess: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/enforcers http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/e...
  • derleth 14y ago
    Nigerian scammers have killed people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_scam#Murder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_scam#Murder
    • MartinCron 14y ago
      There's a huge difference between saying "tormenting these scammers, vigilante-style is unsettling and perhaps distasteful" (the takeaway I got from the This American Life story) and saying "Nigerian scammers are good people". They can be bad people, some of their number may have murdered people, but I don't think that makes any and all actions toward them justified.
• neutronicus 14y ago
  That site is really depressing. When they make him woodcarvings and take pictures and read audiobooks for him, you realize those people are just completely desperate and trying to make ends meet any way they can.
  • phaus 14y ago
    Much like the Somalian pirates, some of these people are supposedly hostages / under duress themselves.