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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyebQOUn0YI I Go Chop Your Dollar] is a taunting song from the perspective of the perpetrator of such a scam, and even includes the line "419 is just a game". |
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyebQOUn0YI I Go Chop Your Dollar] is a taunting song from the perspective of the perpetrator of such a scam, and even includes the line "419 is just a game". |
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** Just to clarify, a "dollarchop" is a term used by scammers to describe the practice of scammer #1 picking up the money a victim had sent sent to scammer #2, without #1 being in on the deal. In other words, that song is actually a scammer taunting other scammers. |
** Just to clarify, a "dollarchop" is a term used by scammers to describe the practice of scammer #1 picking up the money a victim had sent sent to scammer #2, without #1 being in on the deal. In other words, that song is actually a scammer taunting other scammers. |
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* The song by [[MC Frontalot]] in the page quote. See also [http://frontalot.com/index.php/content.php?page=lyrics&lyricid=19 there] |
* The song by [[MC Frontalot]] in the page quote. See also [https://web.archive.org/web/20140802045416/http://frontalot.com/index.php/content.php?page=lyrics&lyricid=19 there]. |
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== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
== [[Newspaper Comics]] == |
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* ''[[College Humor]]'' did a sketch with the twist being that the Nigerian prince funds really were legit, only for the email to be deleted by a jaded college student! |
* ''[[College Humor]]'' did a sketch with the twist being that the Nigerian prince funds really were legit, only for the email to be deleted by a jaded college student! |
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* ''[http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html The Drabblecast]'' hosts the annual Nigerian Scam Spam Contest, the winning one gets emailed out to unsuspecting members of the general public. |
* ''[http://web.me.com/normsherman/Site/Podcast/Podcast.html The Drabblecast]'' hosts the annual Nigerian Scam Spam Contest, the winning one gets emailed out to unsuspecting members of the general public. |
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* [http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm Practically] [http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 every] scambaiting [http://www.419hell.com/ site] |
* [http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm Practically] [http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=10 every] scambaiting [https://web.archive.org/web/20131103053547/http://www.419hell.com/ site] [https://web.archive.org/web/20120727082204/http://www.thescambaiter.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=15 out there] with a publishing section counts as this. |
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* ''Clients From Hell'' has [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/137622994352/i-received-an-email-from-a-potential-client-ive one] in a rather imaginative and surprising form. Still, "I declined this job because of my “No Nigerian Prince Phishing Scams” policy." |
* ''Clients From Hell'' has [http://clientsfromhell.net/post/137622994352/i-received-an-email-from-a-potential-client-ive one] in a rather imaginative and surprising form. Still, "I declined this job because of my “No Nigerian Prince Phishing Scams” policy." |
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