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Basic 419/nigerian scams
Written by slim-ov-derby AKA paininvmuthafuckinass

Well we all know of these scams, we've all received one in our junk mail or maybe even our inbox (even more so if you are on yahoo). Now I'm pretty sure most of us just ignore them, am I right? Or maybe we bait them and humiliate them for the lulz (because we know dirty nigerians will do anything for money). But have you ever thought about the other side of the scam and from the scammers point of view? Maybe you think it's just an English illiterate nigger making up a lie and then sending it to random people. This is 25% correct, but there is more to it than that.

Literally millions of these e-mails are sent out everyday to many different e-mails, and about 3% of them get a reply because 1) Not everyone is a dumbfuck 2) People haven't got the time. These scams focus on broke retards and an older target audience, maybe those who are retired. But because there are millions of mails being sent out and millions of dumbfucks in the world, you can pull this shit off if you were dedicated to it, and often the reward is large. But you may be wondering how the hell they get hold of these e-mails. This is simple, they use a program called super e-mail extractor (I'll link to this at the end of the text). They can also be purchased in IRC but who the fuck is going to pay for a list full of e-mails when you can get them easily yourself?

Next it's a fact that the more experienced nigerian scammers use SMTP servers to spoof e-mails to make shit sound more professional when scamming. I know of a program which many of them use, this is called super e-mail sender (once again I'll link to it at the end of the text). This program allows you to send html e-mails, attachments with it, spoof the headers and send to multiple people all at the same time, and allows the option of using a saved mailing list textfile.

As you can see it'd be beneficial to have this program to make sending the mail to multiple addresses while being spoofed.

Of course scammers need to think up a scam to actually get people to get dumbasses to trust them; the typical nigerian scam is pretending to have come into a lot of money or some business opportunity and needing someone to launder the cash for them, or needing some cash in exchange to get the plan underway while offering some money into your bank account as well in exchange for using your bank account that you give the details to because you believe you will be receiving thousands in return or maybe if your a dumb meat head you think you'll run off with the cash when they launder it to your account. This is what they want you to think. The other popular one is saying to launder money for them and you get a huge amount for helping them, but they need bribery fees to be funded by you and various other bullshit funds that they'll make up until you get wise and stop sending money, but by now the victim would have already sent a big amount in fees already.

If you're going to pose as a business man you should offer a share of the profits each month, the business gets 60% of profits and the share holders get the other 40% or depending on how much they buy into the business.

I won't give you an example of the story that I've thought up, you should have enough examples in your junk folder and have a good idea anyway if you're anywhere near a good scammer and liar (I'll give a link at the end of the text with a huge archived list of various phishing scams collected that the nigerians have used).

The good thing about this is that we're at an advantage and most of us have the literacy skills to make it sound more professional and believable, which the dirty nigerians don't, other than a google translator.

Keep in mind while scamming the mark, the basics of ANY scam.
1) Don't use your real name
2) Don't transfer the cash straight from their bank account to yours (it'll make it too easy to track back, yes your info is kept safe but it's still risky)
3) Use WiFi and JAP if accessing their bank online.

Now of course once you have got your money or their bank details to bleed them dry you are going to want somewhere to put the money so you don't get fucked. Well despite believes, Swiss bank accounts are not that secure with your information anymore and they know that people attempt to use them for wrong doings and all is secure up until the police are onto you, find records or some shit and ask to see records of money put in and drawn out of your account with the swiss bank; and then you are fucked. Of course you could sign up under fake details (it's advised and most regular scammers do it always anyway), but that is too long and complicated and adds to the felonies if you get caught. This is all down thanks to the fucking millions of tax evaders worldwide. Do not worry though.

Cayman island and other Caribbean bank accounts are the way to go and what some of the 419 scammers operating in the states use. Very similar to how the swiss accounts used to be in terms of keeping your name confidential as well as much other information. You can find these clients in certain parts of your country/city/state or whatever but it is ideal to go to the country yourself and open one up or have a private courier do it for you as there will be less chance of information leaks.

Most scammers have a savings type bank account as they can input alot but are limited to drawing out and putting in sums of £2000-5000 (depending on the bank you are opened up with...do some searching around and research) each month, but you are also at the advantage of gaining interest as well, and can draw out a sufficient amount when needed.

Have more than just one cayman island/carribean account, also have a hong kong account as well to make laundering the money much more secure and for keeping more amounts of money if needed.

I thought I would also add that when people start getting onto you when your scamming gig gets really major that it's wise to dump the info all over large traffic websites such as ebaumsworld, #chan etc where a ton of curious kids or pre-teen kids will fuck around with the info as well and make shit harder if many people have been using the info. Of course don't be a dumbass now, use JAP or any other decent and well configured proxy (of course you have to configure it yourself) and while war driving off someone else's connection. Also if you're joined to these sites, don't use your account, make another one all with fake info such as location, age, username (make it a totally different one to any you use online) this is called data poisoning and will make it harder for them to track you.

These are just the basics of the classic nigerian scam which pays off big if you pull it all off right. I'm going to be looking even more into "nigerian scams" and of course be providing more info.

eBay/craigslist 419 scams
Other than sending out phishing e-mails and money laundering schemes 419 scammers operate ALL over the web where there can be personal information found or where there are alot of buyers, hell some 419 scammers send mail to your house or will send fake subscription forms to your house which will require you to fill out all your information for them to use; but the most popular places the scammers lurk are bidding and and ad sites like craigslist and eBay.

The fake paypal payment
This one is very simple and easy to pull off, find an item you want on ebay or craigslist and e-mail the seller saying you want to buy said item and are willing to pay extra, if they accept then you send a spoofed html e-mail from paypal claiming that the payment has been sent to them, and then the seller will send the item if they're foolish enough not to log in and check their paypal account 1st (a link to a phisher can also be used in this sense as well...although phished paypals aren't much use to anyone anymore). So basically you get a free item of choice sent to your drop address, just by sending a spoofed e-mail from paypal to a careless seller.

Fake cheque payment
This one is easy as well. They look for a seller on one of the sites, offer to buy the item and pay extra for keeping it in storage and then they send you the rest back for shipping. If your cheque is looking smooth enough then the bank will cash it and then the seller sends you the rest of the money back; a few days later the cheque bounces and their bank is in the red while you have your real money which was wired to you. Or they simply send the cheque, decide they don't want the item and ask that the cash be wired back to them through western union.

cheques pretty much have to be cashed straight away so it's the perfect reasoning to get them to hurry up and send you the money back.