Astrofiammante's Botheration Log

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August 8th, 2011 · Comments Off · Conspiracy theories, Smoke and mirrors

Me and Colonel Gaddafi, we’re like that… and, by the way, would you like a chunk of his missing millions? Yep, the 419 scammers have been to call this morning with another amusing missive.

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The FBI is coming!

July 19th, 2011 · Comments Off · Conspiracy theories, Fascinated and yet repelled, Smoke and mirrors

Looks like the 419 scam (or advance fee fraud) email has morphed into yet another form, after this gem of imaginative creativity dropped into the inbox this morning.

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Reasons to be suspicious of surprise inheritances and magic money-cleansing chemicals

January 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Bizarre news, Speechless

Like the common cold, the advance fee fraud (or 419) scammers keep adapting to survive. Here’s a cautionary tale from The Register which seems to involve almost every trick in the scammers’ book

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