Trolling for a good cause.

There is plenty of scum on the internet. I'm certain we've experienced trolls, scammers, 12 year old children who shouldn't talk online until they've hit puberty.

If I hear one more Russian kid...

However, what happens what you start combining the groups together? You start getting some rather interesting combinations and my most favorite one is 419eater.com, a site dedicated to wasting the time of scammers in the most hilarious ways possible.

Unfortunately there are still plenty of people who still fall victim to the "Nigerian Prince who needs to transfer millions into a foreign bank account" or "The terminal cancer patient who wants to donate his fortune and is willing to compensate you for your help" stories. If I'm correct a lot of elderly are tricked and their life savings disappear just like that.

419eater operates on the hope that by pretending to be victims the scammers will have less time for legitimate victims (as they're lead on a wild goose chase), become discouraged from performing future scammings or even ruining the scammer's lives.

Go internet superheroes!

If you have time, go take a look through the Wall of Shame and/or some of the success stories. One example was digging chest high holes while wearing togas followed by having milk poured on their head whole holding bread and fish and sending the resulting pictures.

Another good one was where a scammer carved an entire wooden bust of the anti-scammer's head. Or if you're really crafty, getting a scammer to fly overseas to dig up "buried money". However, they are told to dress up in costumes before reaching the dig site and not told that several other scammers will be also arrive in costume to try and dig up the non-existent money.

I know some of you will find this cruel and unusual or even inhumane. However these are not poor individuals attempting to make a meager living. These scammers are well off people who have likely scammed significant amounts of money from numerous people without a second thought. They use deceit, exploit vulnerable populations and are motivated by greed.

Plus I find it hard to have pity for people who pose like this.

I'm actually tempted to see if I can mess around with said scammers when I get some spare time. Would make for an interesting blogging arc I think. But school is starting to get busy again so we'll have to see.