10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCAMBAITING»
Discover the use of
scambaiting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scambaiting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Scamorama: Turning the Tables on Email Scammers
This book is about liars telling lies with compound interest to other liars.
2
Internet Marketing, SEO & Advertising
The vulgarity (and sometimes racism) of published transcripts and trophies also
depends on the web site and scambaiter. Different baiters have different styles,
and different scambaiting web sites tolerate different levels of obscenity, and
some ...
Scambaiting. This is what her brother was involved in. It was a neologism Laura
hadn't encountered before. “Payback,” he explained. “For Dad.” They were at her
brother's house in Springbank, and Warren was scrolling through website pages
...
4
The Motivations of Scambaiters: An Analysis of ...
Advance fee fraud, or the 419 scam, is currently a major source of Internet spam in which its victims lose hundreds of millions of dollars yearly (Edelson, 2006).
Sarah Seburn, Utica College, 2010
Some other related links such as “trophy room,” and “hall of shame.” It also has
video files, scambaiting tips. • http://www.nigerianscams.org/ - This is an excellent
site that gives information on different kinds of emails, names commonly used, ...
In his essay, “From Internet Fraud to Interactive Fiction: The Ethics and Poetics of '
Scambaiting'”, Anton Kirchhofer turns to internet scam(mer) s: the heirs of those
fabulously rich inheritances, tied up, alas, at the moment but seeking our aid to ...
Verlag Max Niemeyer, 2010
7
Phishing: Cutting the Identity Theft Line
Scambaiting, as it's called, is amusing and probably not dangerous, but I
recommend against cashing any checks you may receive. Any time someone
important in a third-world country dies, Nigerian letters begin making the rounds.
Within a ...
Rachael Lininger, Russell Dean Vines, 2005
8
The Distortion of Facts in the Digital Age
... 14 Mussolini, Benito, 17, 18 N News Literacy Project, 4, 32 1984, 16 P political
campaings, 12–13 PolitiFact, 36, 37 propaganda, 10 Pulitzer,Joseph, 14 R
Reader Supported News, 32 S scambaiting, 36 skeptics, 24 Spanish-American
War, ...
9
I smirt, you stooze, they krump: can you still speak English?
Rejected it after years of worry, of monitoring our menstrual cycles, of anguished
debate with family and friends, of reading every IVF triumph and tragedy in the
media, of fearful financial calculation (The Times) scambaiting n. computing,
slang ...
Justin Crozier, Cormac McKeown, Elspeth Summers, 2006
10
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2008
Or so it seems if one reads the "Ethics of Scambaiting" section on the 419eater
site. The site's webmasters take pains to disclaim racism, stating, "Racism is not
permitted here . . . Individual posts are reported for racism from time to time, and ...
Jerome Groopman, Tim Folger, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCAMBAITING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
scambaiting is used in the context of the following news items.
Bamboozled: Revenge by scamming the scammers?
Bamboozled isn't recommending you give scambaiting a try -- there are real risks. But if you've already done this, we'd love to hear your successes. If you tried ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
BBB Warns of “Scambaiting”- The Dangers of Seeking Revenge
ROCKFORD (WIFR) -- What is “Scambaiting”? To define it simply – it's getting even with a person or a business that has either scammed you or attempted to ... «WIFR, Jun 15»
Is baiting a scammer worth your time?
The website calls itself a "scambaiting community." So what is scambaiting and how do you do it? According to the site, "you enter into a dialogue with scammers ... «Victorville Daily Press, Jun 15»
What's in a meme?
Despite the global nature of the scam, the images posted on scambaiting websites retain a racial dimension. Nakamura, who studies racial constructs online, ... «McGill Daily, Apr 13»
"Scambaiting" a spectator sport
Major scambait website www.419eater.com, which focuses on Nigerian prince scams, describes scambaiting like this: “You enter into a dialogue with scammers, ... «Mitchell Advocate, Feb 13»
Why are Nigerian Email Scams so Obvious?
To make scammers' lives more difficult (and for general amusement), some people counter these crooks by "scambaiting"—wasting the scammer's time by ... «Techlicious, Oct 12»
Research proves that stupidity is a major factor in 419 email scams
This practice is called “scambaiting” and is explained thus: “So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste ... «Windows IT Pro, Jul 12»
Scambaiting: Met Ruby naar de bank (1)
Dit is het verslag van een lange scambaiting sessie met een oplichter in Ivoor Kust. Als je niet weet wat scambaiting is, lees dan eerst dit topic even. Anders kon ... «De Reaguurder, May 12»
Scambaiting interview
Mijn 12e verloofde Na publicatie van mijn stuk over scambaiting (“the internet's first blood sport”) werd De Reaguurder benaderd door journalist Laurens ... «De Reaguurder, Jan 12»
Baiting the cyber-scammers
Mike Sodini, a firearms importer and owner of the Web site ebolamonkeyman.com, says he started scambaiting in 2001, when he worked at an Internet real ... «CNNMoney.com, Mar 10»