Monday, September 22, 2008

Peep this, if you've ever been a victim of 419 fraud

Back in 2003, I was trying to sell my extra guitar speakers online and a fellow from Nigeria who "owned a music shop" was interested in buying my speakers. It was basically a scam more popularly known as the 419 scam, that I fell for.

If you have 30 minutes and 11 seconds, check out this clip from This American Life. It talks about internet vigilantes that get back at scammers -




If that doesn't work, the audio file is here.

Good find, Arthur.

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