How can I get revenge on these Nigerian E-mail scammers?

Answer 1

Forward all of their come-ons to [e-mail]

Answer 2

Actually Rissa many intelligent college educated people also fall for these scams. Some of the scammers are good and quite educated and do know how to pull of their scams. The scammers in Nigeria alone rake in about $2 billion dollars a year. With that kind of monetary loss you would think our government would do something about it. We had a guy in our group with a masters in aeronautical engineering that fell for these scams. Many of these answers here are good. The scammers are virtually untouchable in Nigeria and they know that. But, also the 419 scams now have gone to many other countrys all over the world. The government in Nigeria is corrupt and many of the scams do originate from government officials there. The FBI does have agents on the ground in Nigeria to thward the terrorist activity there. Some of this money raked in goes to fund terrorism there, mainly Al Qaeda. The CIA just pulled out of Lagos, Nigeria. There official position was that they could not tolerate the dismal living conditions there. Unofficially, I believe it was because they could not work with the Nigerian Government. Lately, an outgrowth of 419 scams is now Romance Dating Scams. They are on every dating site online. In the Yahoo Personals, Yahoo Member Directory, and all over the Yahoo Chat rooms. Let me also mention that they are in Match, myspace, ringo, friendster, tagged, matchluv.com, cupidbay.com and many more. Is it dangerous online to the new person to Internet and online dating? It certainly is and scary too.
I just read "Priceless" answer following mine. She is also correct here. They are stealing ordinary family pictures with kids from many sites and passing them off as their own. I forgot to mention Hi5. The scammers are also on there. Do not turn your webcam on for a Nigerian. They can capture your picture off the cam and use it as their own or for blackmail.

Answer 3

Lemme see, you might take an extensive physics course for about 8 years and learn how to build a nuclear device, then all you need is some weapons grade plutonium and that shouldnt be too hard to find. Just go to a terrorist country and buy some, oh, I forgot, you need money so go back to school and learn banking, this will only take 4 years and then another who knows how long to come up with the capital to embezzle all the money from your bank. THEN go to a terrorist country and buy some plutonium, go back to school and learn how to become a machinist, another 4 years and then electronics, 4 more, and THEN go to Nigeria and build your device! Set it off! Done deal! DUMMY!

Answer 4

Things you can do


Scamming The Scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okE6TRQlZY8&mode=related&search=


To aggravate and humiliate scammers worldwide. While TSB mainly focuses on 419 Advanced Fee Fraud, we also are involved with tormenting other scammers as well- and as many as possible. By wasting these scammers time, it is less time they have to focus on potential victims.
http://www.thescambaiter.com/



More information about Nigerian Advance-Fee Loan scams is available from the U.S. Secret Service (http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml) and the U.S. Department of State (http://www.state.gov/www/regions/africa/naffpub.pdf).

EFCC bust Nigerian 419 scammers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fLn86Q4wSM

OR just have a laugh and see what the ebola man is doing to make fun of these scammers
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/index.html

Nigerian advance-fee fraud has been around for decades, but now seems to have reached epidemic proportions: Some consumers have told the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) they are receiving dozens of offers a day from supposed Nigerians politely promising big profits in exchange for help moving large sums of money out of their country. And apparently, many compassionate consumers are continuing to fall for the convincing sob stories, the unfailingly polite language, and the unequivocal promises of money. These advance-fee solicitations are scams. And according to the FTC, the scam artists are playing each and every consumer for a fool. Here's the play book:

Claiming to be Nigerian officials, businesspeople or the surviving spouses of former government honchos, con artists offer to transfer millions of dollars into your bank account in exchange for a small fee. If you respond to the initial offer, you may receive "official looking" documents. Typically, you're then asked to provide blank letterhead and your bank account numbers, as well as some money to cover transaction and transfer costs and attorney's fees.

You may even be encouraged to travel to Nigeria or a border country to complete the transaction. Sometimes, the fraudsters will produce trunks of dyed or stamped money to verify their claims. Inevitably, though, emergencies come up, requiring more of your money and delaying the "transfer" of funds to your account; in the end, there aren't any profits for you to share, and the scam artist has vanished with your money.



http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml


More infomation on the scam
419 Advance Fee Fraud The Worlds Most Successful Scam
http://potifos.com/fraud/
http://www.419legal.org/
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
http://www.nextwebsecurity.com/419LifeCycle.aspa

Answer 5

I agree with David, scammers are styling pictures from HI5 and myspace, and using them to create new profiles to scam people on dating sites, asking for money or marriage for a visa so they can leave Nigeria.
I never think about it, I met a lot of people by yahoo, msn or hi5, and never thought that my pictures could be used on others sites to scam people, it's horrible just to think about it.
Be careful always.

Answer 6

I were given one from my itemizing on Craigslist the position this fool grow to be attempting to provide me a $2000 funds order for a $three hundred television. He needed my address to deliver his "assistant". I gave him the address of the Hawthorne police branch. i ought to decide on to hearken to a better effective one, even one which hasn't be used so i will reserve it for next time. One concerning 2 pipes and a bicycle chain possibly.

Answer 7

This is the oldest scam in the book i'm suprised people are still falling for it,

Answer 8

There's actually a whole group of people who do this. Checkout: http://www.419eater.com/

Answer 9

Anyone who falls for their scam deserves any suffering they receive. I mean, to think that some people actually HAVE sent their money to these 'needy Nigerians'... I am stunned, shocked by such profound idiocy...

Answer 10

You can't... best thing to do is block them or report them as spam. Don't even respond to them.