Author Topic: Your favourite story of hitting back at scammers (or spammers)  (Read 2155 times)

Offline Highmac

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This great tale of international co-operation is a fairly lengthy read, but leaves one with a satisfyingly warm glow because the scammer got what he deserved. It's a while ago now, but it's a nice reminder that scammers don't always win biggrin.gif
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« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2007, 01:54:40 AM »
A 'page turner" for sure. Thanks, Neil.

This puts me in mind of Paddy's (I think it was) posting several years ago, of the defrauded consumer who pursued relentlessly a crook who had defrauded him (also) in a PB sale . . . to the point, I seem to remember, of an arrest and a conviction.

If this miscreant had to pay for that "device" then it is sweet justice indeed, and all the more so for the author of the counter-scam to be able to "share" it.
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« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2007, 03:30:01 AM »
I remember reading that a while back and laughing til the tears rolled at the pictures of what he sent.  laugh.gif


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« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2007, 07:36:14 AM »
That was funny, even just reading bits and pieces. laugh.gif
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