Comments on: Nigerians get sloppy and hilarity ensues http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3 fthe net - the name says it all Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:50:44 +0000 By: Fatigue http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-343 Fatigue Sat, 20 Jan 2007 06:44:57 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-343 Rofl! That was hilarious. Rofl! That was hilarious.

]]> By: Jungsonn http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-507 Jungsonn Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:23:31 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-507 That's awesome! a classic! haha... That’s awesome! a classic! haha…

]]> By: eMarkLee » Blog Archive » This sounds like an Onion article http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-667 eMarkLee » Blog Archive » This sounds like an Onion article Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:47:20 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-667 [...] 1. Romanians - highly technical and skilled. They are good at finding exploits and writing tools that are then sold on the Black Market to other countries. 2. Chinese - Medium technical skills but good at copycatting. Will take existing exploits and try to reproduce it everywhere. Also likes to apply brute-force attacks. 3. Nigerians - Low skill, low technical. Rudimentary 419 scams are their trademark. These Africans basically use the most basic of social engineering attacks. Basically you get the emails that say to use Western Union and wire them $10,000 and they will return the favor with $1 million. Sounds like a great deal! Unfortunately, some dumb-asses actually fall for these, keeping them in business. [...] […] 1. Romanians - highly technical and skilled. They are good at finding exploits and writing tools that are then sold on the Black Market to other countries. 2. Chinese - Medium technical skills but good at copycatting. Will take existing exploits and try to reproduce it everywhere. Also likes to apply brute-force attacks. 3. Nigerians - Low skill, low technical. Rudimentary 419 scams are their trademark. These Africans basically use the most basic of social engineering attacks. Basically you get the emails that say to use Western Union and wire them $10,000 and they will return the favor with $1 million. Sounds like a great deal! Unfortunately, some dumb-asses actually fall for these, keeping them in business. […]

]]> By: chillervalley http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-888 chillervalley Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:00:57 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-888 RSnake what does your girlfriend say because you have sex with your dog? ;-) RSnake what does your girlfriend say because you have sex with your dog? ;-)

]]> By: ha.ckers.org web application security lab - Archive » Yet Another Interesting Way To Steal Money Through Identity Theft http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-1117 ha.ckers.org web application security lab - Archive » Yet Another Interesting Way To Steal Money Through Identity Theft Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:21:35 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-1117 [...] The Nigerian 419 scam never bothered to go much further than the initial scam, but it easily could. I know next to nothing about Prosper, so I can’t comment on their security, it just struck me that there are lots of nefarious things you can do when you have access to other people’s credit. [...] […] The Nigerian 419 scam never bothered to go much further than the initial scam, but it easily could. I know next to nothing about Prosper, so I can’t comment on their security, it just struck me that there are lots of nefarious things you can do when you have access to other people’s credit. […]

]]> By: smite http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-1638 smite Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:52:37 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-1638 haaaahaaa OMG wat an idiot i could read that 5times and still laugh especially the "but since you said it’s real, it must be real." haaaahaaa OMG wat an idiot i could read that 5times and still laugh especially the
“but since you said it’s real, it must be real.”

]]> By: AsinX http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-2211 AsinX Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:33:03 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-2211 lmao, very interesting lmao, very interesting

]]> By: nitro2k01 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-3494 nitro2k01 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:19:46 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-3494 Hilarious. I did something similar over e-mail, where I said something about having raped and killed my secretary, so that I needed a week or so get things going. However, it soon became appearant that several people were working in a team, and didn't communicate with each other. I also wonder how a scammer would react if you'd create an empty bank account and give them the number. (For example if they'd try to deposit a really small amount of money in order to look serious) Hilarious. I did something similar over e-mail, where I said something about having raped and killed my secretary, so that I needed a week or so get things going. However, it soon became appearant that several people were working in a team, and didn’t communicate with each other.

I also wonder how a scammer would react if you’d create an empty bank account and give them the number. (For example if they’d try to deposit a really small amount of money in order to look serious)

]]> By: metacym http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-4390 metacym Thu, 02 Aug 2007 05:57:51 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-4390 i worked at a Pakmail, a shipping store for fedex and ups, and i have been suprised at the amount of people that have came through shipping things to "Lagos State, Nigeria" that all end up having story about some ebay scam or some other 419-ish ploy. it works more often than you'd think it would. i worked at a Pakmail, a shipping store for fedex and ups, and
i have been suprised at the amount of people that have came through
shipping things to “Lagos State, Nigeria” that all end up having story about some ebay scam or some other 419-ish ploy. it works more often than you’d think it would.

]]> By: krd http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5134 krd Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:59:47 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5134 really funny i have a lot of e-mails with information like that, or saying that a won $ 20, 000, 000 for been seat on my couch all day long, ha. really funny i have a lot of e-mails with information like that, or saying that a won $ 20, 000, 000 for been seat on my couch all day long, ha.

]]> By: Shane http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5158 Shane Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:30:08 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5158 haaaahaaa OMG wat an idiot i could read that 5times and still laugh especially the “but since you said it’s real, it must be real.” Yeh, me too :] haaaahaaa OMG wat an idiot i could read that 5times and still laugh especially the
“but since you said it’s real, it must be real.”

Yeh, me too :]

]]> By: retro77 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5497 retro77 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:27:39 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-5497 LMAO! That is classic! 'did you sex the dog?' LOL! LMAO! That is classic!

‘did you sex the dog?’ LOL!

]]> By: rCk http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-6497 rCk Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:46:56 +0000 http://www.fthe.net/blog/?p=3#comment-6497 " Greyhat: i bout blew pepsi out my nose when you asked how to spell addo " i almost blew tea !!!! ” Greyhat: i bout blew pepsi out my nose when you asked how to spell addo ”

i almost blew tea !!!!

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