Scamming the Scammers
Nigerian scammers trying to trick foreigners into sending them money are nothing new. You've probably seen their e-mails or at least heard about their schemes. This website is dedicated to turning the tables on these criminals. The participants reveal many examples of incredibly elaborate and hilarious responses to these e-mails, ultimately coaxing several of these scammers into humiliating themselves and spending some of the money they have stolen in ironic role-reversals.
One such result is this; a Nigerian scammer reinactment of the famous Monty Python Parrot sketch. It's really pretty funny on it's own merits, but when you consider the context in which it was created, it's terrific. The scambaiter tricked the scammer into creating this video by promising to pay him a large scholarship.
The background story is here.
Or, the short version:
"Six months ago, this wretched human being contacted me to explain he was moments from death as a result of the ravages of Esophageal Cancer. He had led a bad life. All he wanted to do before joining our dead parrot in the great big bird cage in the sky was to distribute his wealth to deserving charities... at a cost of course.
Obo battled on bravely with my requests, and eventually managed to carve a copy of my own head. Having failed miserably to protect my head in transit, it was partially eaten away by a hungry rodent (photochopped).
After apologising for the screw-up, Obo agreed to create another piece of artwork for me, this time in the form of a 17 foot tall painting of a book cover. As well all know, this was a complete and utter disaster, and Obo was ordered to complete yet another project which he did with great success. All this despite being weakened by the ravages of cancer. Ladies and gentleman, we have a hero on our hands!
Obo must be flushed with a feeling of success, and great anticipation of the thousands of dollars coming his way. Shall we spoil his party...? Shall we?"
Well done.
One such result is this; a Nigerian scammer reinactment of the famous Monty Python Parrot sketch. It's really pretty funny on it's own merits, but when you consider the context in which it was created, it's terrific. The scambaiter tricked the scammer into creating this video by promising to pay him a large scholarship.
The background story is here.
Or, the short version:
"Six months ago, this wretched human being contacted me to explain he was moments from death as a result of the ravages of Esophageal Cancer. He had led a bad life. All he wanted to do before joining our dead parrot in the great big bird cage in the sky was to distribute his wealth to deserving charities... at a cost of course.
Obo battled on bravely with my requests, and eventually managed to carve a copy of my own head. Having failed miserably to protect my head in transit, it was partially eaten away by a hungry rodent (photochopped).
After apologising for the screw-up, Obo agreed to create another piece of artwork for me, this time in the form of a 17 foot tall painting of a book cover. As well all know, this was a complete and utter disaster, and Obo was ordered to complete yet another project which he did with great success. All this despite being weakened by the ravages of cancer. Ladies and gentleman, we have a hero on our hands!
Obo must be flushed with a feeling of success, and great anticipation of the thousands of dollars coming his way. Shall we spoil his party...? Shall we?"
Well done.
Labels: general interest, lying punks, scammers
posted by scalpel at 12:27 AM
1 Comments:
Thanks for the link to this, i checked out the site today and it is hilarious. I am tempted to try.
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