Mainly For Brummies But All Are Welcome To Join In The Birmingham Fun & Chat
Scammers- They're not funny - or are they?
This is the place where Brummies used to chat about Birmingham old and new along with anything else that interests us.
We have Quizzes, Pizzas, Local History, News, Politics, Wedding Cake, Plum Pudding, Champagne, Easter Eggs and, above all, Respect for our fellow members.
Being new to the forum, I thought I'd have a mooch through some of the threads. I came across the thread started by SB - entitled 'Look after your credit cards'.
It reminded me of a website where a dedicated band of 'scambaiters' turn the tables on scammers and produce some very funny results
Each scam featured usually shows the original email sent by the scammer to the scambaiter and the scambaiter's reply to it. Lots of emails then pass between them ending up with the scammer losing out in some way.
If you've got some time to spare (the emails can be quite lengthy), have a look at the website and read some of the stories.
My favourite scambaiter is 'Shiver Me Timbers' . I thought his 'Book Worm' story was especially funny.
Click the 'Letters Archive' link at the top of their home page. You'll see a warning and other information about the website and underneath you will see the list of titles that you can choose from.