This is so off the wall wild that it is either one of the greatest counter attacks on a spammer ever or, if this website itself is all fake (fake story, fake emails, etc), then it still a masterpiece of fiction.

Welcome to the world of Scambaiting

So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their precious time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves.

It doesn’t matter if you are new to this sport or a hardened veteran; if you are wasting the time of a scammer, or frustrating them in any way well that’s good enough for us, and we would welcome you to join with our now very large community.

Although this site concentrates mainly on the Nigerian 419 scam, we are happy to deal with other types of scams if and when the opportunity arises! We also have a large team of experts dedicated to the removal and closure of fake scammer banks and sites.

While getting 419 scammers to email a picture of themselves is cool, nothing can compare to getting one to think he was eligible for a grant from a fake art store if he would carve a scene from a cartoon in wood (the picture above) and send it to them from Africa, followed by requesting and getting a carved replica of a Commodore 64 computer! Priceless! They called this counter-scam the The Incredible Shrinking Artwork

You may already know of me since it was you that contacted me. My name is Derek Trotter and I am the director of Derek Trotter Fine Arts & Artist Scholarships. We are dealers in fine art and ethnic art from all over the world. We run eight art galleries and two scholarship centres here in the UK. We also offer scholarship donations to aid up and coming new artists who may otherwise not have the financial means to be able to produce or improve upon their work. Our scholarship payments range from between $25,000 and $150,000 depending on the potential of the artist.



  1. Mike Voice says:

    I’m just too cynical…

    It is fun to read, and I applaud their ingenuity & imagination [even – as you mention – if it is a work of fiction] but I am skeptical of how much “time and resources” of the scammer are being used in this counter-scam.

    Neither of the carvings are the work of an unskilled amateur. The quality of the carvings are idications to me that the scammer simply contracted the work out to a workshop vice doing the work themself.

    That cost of the carving, and the cost of shipping, are probably a drop in the bucket for someone raking-in money from online scams – and the “wasting of their time” might just be a welcome diversion from the “same’ol, same old”…

    And that is assuming the scammer paid for the carving and the shipping – and didn’t scam others into doing it… [grin]

  2. Mr. H. Fusion says:

    Hilarious !!!

    Very comical. Another site is Sam-o-Rama at http://www.scamorama.com/

    I couldn’t find it, but the funniest one I remember was when the scammer was asked to provide a picture of their church. So he sent them a copy of St. Peter’s in the Vatican. Not what you would expect to see in an impoverished African country.

    I strongly recommend that anyone thinking of scam baiting read the tips and advice page.

  3. RBG says:

    I believe these scambaiters are on the level. It does seem like a plausible pastime for some. A year or so ago I read through the following site:

    http://www.419eater.com/

    I forget why, but 419 is code for the Nigerian scam. The author of this web site is obsessed with wasting scammers time. His published email dialogues are hilarious.

    RBG

  4. mike cannali says:

    How many times have you wanted to super-flame someone in the most agressive and profane way. Here is your opportunity. You can respond to these scams with everything you have saved for your boss, ex-wife, IRS, cable company and President of your choice.

    It’s therapeutic.

  5. Jeff Miller says:

    I am glad they are finally cleaning up these nigerian scammers. I hate when I get all these spam emails trying to sucker me into sending them money. The worst part about it is the scammers dont stop sending you emails until you fall victim. Then after you get suckered you get more emails from other nigerian scammers. I read around the internet that the nigerian 419 scam has been around for years and was originally known as the “Spanish prisoner” scam/game. Interestingly enough I think they made more money in this century then they have ever before with all of the new possibilities with the internet. I followed a link from yahoo and found this message board myusatalk that posted some other different types of scam letters. I hope you guys can identify these scams and tell others about them.

  6. fa says:

    hit me with spam then fakassama80@hotmail.com


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