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Spam e-mails are something that we all had to deal with at least once in our lives. Usually, these e-mails come from some Nigerian prince, asking you to transfer a donation in return of millions. These fraudsters are still making decent cash with these tricks and the boys that do the email scams, have gained quite a celebrity status in their homeland. There’s even a rap song called “Yahooze” with more than 3 million hits on Youtube by a Nigerian singer Olu Maintain, glamorizing the lifestyle of these scammers.
London-based comedian James Veitch spent two years replying to spam emails and compiling the often hilarious conversations that ensued. His book of these Nigerian scam interactions was published in 2015 and is available on Amazon.
“I set up multiple pseudonymous email accounts and began replying to spam,” Veitch told Mashable. “This must have put me on some sort of list because the Nigerian prince scam e-mails came in a torrent and I replied to as much as I could.”
More info: bluffable.com | veitch.me | Facebook | Amazon | Twitter (h/t: guardian)
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DaisyParadis 10 years ago
As it goes on, it gets funnier and funnier…spammer getting more and more desperate to actually get some money out of this sentimental idiot !
Rism 10 years ago
He had free time to reply those emails, in a funny way... Smiling at the story about corn dream, lol
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JonathanJustice 10 years ago
Nah. I've replied to scammers before, for the same comedy reasons. Nigerian scammers just ain't that sophisticated. I told them I was Lawrence Tureaud, but my friends called me T. And that I had a BA from Baracus University. I was currently employed by Team A Ltd and that we were currently without an address, but if they had a problem, if no one else could help... It went straight over their heads - they did not work it into their script. They did not reply in cutely ungrammatical English. They did sometimes try to improvise for a bit, but their English wasn't good enough. The actual people sending these emails mail out thousands a day. They're usually paid for volume with a bonus for advancing you up the script, then the next guy takes over. These aren't highly-paid multilingualists, but housewives and shop clerks making a bit of spare money by following a script. James Veitch's correspondent is way too eloquent. I simply don't believe it's possible. A whole book? No way.
KevinFriesen 10 years ago
It was not a whole book based on a singular stream of correspondence, but rather a large number of different persons. I can understand your reasons for being incredulous. If you will just kindly pay te information transmission data fee I can send you all the information verifying (or proving false, whichever you prefer) everything in his book. You will also receive an advance fee to write a response to his claims which we will publish in the newspaper or magazine of your choice, or for an additional fee we can send Oprah or Dr Phil to interview you. Ease me finds available retrospective immidiotely to ensure we are first to press. These fees are just to provide proof positive of your specious allegational integration.
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SatishKrishnan 10 years ago
Somewhere in Nigeria a real prince must be finding it so tough to share his wealth online.
Discover Siargao 5 years ago
another bored panda email scam. their target if facebook page with high likers . this scammer pretend they will advertise in faceboo page. and they trick the admin to add their facebook page account to there ownership. bored-pand...81-png.jpg 
AnonymousPoster5 10 years ago
There's some dude who does this quite a lot and chronicles his adventures here spampals(dot)wordpress(dot)com Some posts are better than others, he even got the scammers to send pictures of themselves!
Jonathan MacAllen 7 years ago
I've wanted to try this but can't ever get any spam. I guess i made this email for nothing: jonathanmacallen@gmail.com
Heart Maverick 8 years ago
That's why I created this alias email: Heartfelttide@gmail.com, if spammers don't reply what's the point of having this.
Lindy Mac 8 years ago
I love this guy's nerve to deal with Nigerian Prince- types and sacrificing his time and sanity to give these spammers a run for their money. Attention Veitch fans: Hope you haven’t missed the two TedTalks: https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email and https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_the_agony_of_trying_to_unsubscribe Super stuff. I will get book (DotCon) when I can find a vendor not charrging $4 for shipping.
Bradly Fackrell 9 years ago
That was great! I thought I was the only one that did this. Thought I was strange... Now I have some new ideas to add to my material.
mark-nickhafer 9 years ago
Dear Anonymous Sender, We would indeed like to assist you with your issue. In order to process your 9.6 million (UNTC) Untold Currency order we need to know the following internal documentative aspects. -exact ransom amount in Zimbabwean dollar: -cease charge off claim: -collective investment funds: -debt-to-income ratio: -tax credit score involved in possible transactions: -direct slip and deposit #: -former delinquencies (if existing): -Preferred Risk Policy: -Pre-authorized Payment (yes/no): As moderative clients we do not behold any major net access controls present on-site beside the servers. Thus, providing information relating to off-campus service partners would trigger a palatable disruption to our running business sector. To inquire further, change the digits at the end of the following using a brute force WEP hack at exactly 13,000 calculations a second. A Vostro Precision level computer chip should be able to do so. "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=517009" Pleas
SimonSmith 10 years ago
just press the spam,junk file empty I used to read them,but now its boring!!!
PeterLedoux 10 years ago
And the woman who feel in love with me on FB only wanted 400$ US to fix her wifi....
LorraAllen 10 years ago
i loved that! there were so many funny parts. "let me know the deets" hehe. did you ever hear back from him? i caught a repeat episode of the one and only Dr Phil. There was a 70 years old (yes, i said years:) woman who was scammed out of her life savings...over 200k. in cash, a new bmw, and her bedroom furniture!!!!! i felt real bad for her..... hey thanks for sharing this!
MunizaTariq 10 years ago
The scammers I reply to never get back to me....they probably guess what they're dealing with.
MaryannFellner-Rapp 10 years ago
Next time I get an email from a Prince in Dubai I might do this too! Sounds like good fun. Thanks for the laughs
SusannaVesna 10 years ago
LMAO! I wonder - are there people who actually believe this s**t and send money?!
BarbaraHarrell 10 years ago
So funny,...If I wasn't so scared to reply to their spam I would do the same thing..but I just delete them and go on..
YehuditHannahCohn 10 years ago
Actually, they will, if they think they have hooked you.
Load More Replies... DaisyParadis 10 years ago
As it goes on, it gets funnier and funnier…spammer getting more and more desperate to actually get some money out of this sentimental idiot !
Rism 10 years ago
He had free time to reply those emails, in a funny way... Smiling at the story about corn dream, lol
Load More Replies... JonathanJustice 10 years ago
Nah. I've replied to scammers before, for the same comedy reasons. Nigerian scammers just ain't that sophisticated. I told them I was Lawrence Tureaud, but my friends called me T. And that I had a BA from Baracus University. I was currently employed by Team A Ltd and that we were currently without an address, but if they had a problem, if no one else could help... It went straight over their heads - they did not work it into their script. They did not reply in cutely ungrammatical English. They did sometimes try to improvise for a bit, but their English wasn't good enough. The actual people sending these emails mail out thousands a day. They're usually paid for volume with a bonus for advancing you up the script, then the next guy takes over. These aren't highly-paid multilingualists, but housewives and shop clerks making a bit of spare money by following a script. James Veitch's correspondent is way too eloquent. I simply don't believe it's possible. A whole book? No way.
KevinFriesen 10 years ago
It was not a whole book based on a singular stream of correspondence, but rather a large number of different persons. I can understand your reasons for being incredulous. If you will just kindly pay te information transmission data fee I can send you all the information verifying (or proving false, whichever you prefer) everything in his book. You will also receive an advance fee to write a response to his claims which we will publish in the newspaper or magazine of your choice, or for an additional fee we can send Oprah or Dr Phil to interview you. Ease me finds available retrospective immidiotely to ensure we are first to press. These fees are just to provide proof positive of your specious allegational integration.
Load More Replies... SatishKrishnan 10 years ago
Somewhere in Nigeria a real prince must be finding it so tough to share his wealth online.
Discover Siargao 5 years ago
another bored panda email scam. their target if facebook page with high likers . this scammer pretend they will advertise in faceboo page. and they trick the admin to add their facebook page account to there ownership. bored-pand...81-png.jpg
AnonymousPoster5 10 years ago
There's some dude who does this quite a lot and chronicles his adventures here spampals(dot)wordpress(dot)com Some posts are better than others, he even got the scammers to send pictures of themselves!
Jonathan MacAllen 7 years ago
I've wanted to try this but can't ever get any spam. I guess i made this email for nothing: jonathanmacallen@gmail.com
Heart Maverick 8 years ago
That's why I created this alias email: Heartfelttide@gmail.com, if spammers don't reply what's the point of having this.
Lindy Mac 8 years ago
I love this guy's nerve to deal with Nigerian Prince- types and sacrificing his time and sanity to give these spammers a run for their money. Attention Veitch fans: Hope you haven’t missed the two TedTalks: https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_this_is_what_happens_when_you_reply_to_spam_email and https://www.ted.com/talks/james_veitch_the_agony_of_trying_to_unsubscribe Super stuff. I will get book (DotCon) when I can find a vendor not charrging $4 for shipping.
Bradly Fackrell 9 years ago
That was great! I thought I was the only one that did this. Thought I was strange... Now I have some new ideas to add to my material.
mark-nickhafer 9 years ago
Dear Anonymous Sender, We would indeed like to assist you with your issue. In order to process your 9.6 million (UNTC) Untold Currency order we need to know the following internal documentative aspects. -exact ransom amount in Zimbabwean dollar: -cease charge off claim: -collective investment funds: -debt-to-income ratio: -tax credit score involved in possible transactions: -direct slip and deposit #: -former delinquencies (if existing): -Preferred Risk Policy: -Pre-authorized Payment (yes/no): As moderative clients we do not behold any major net access controls present on-site beside the servers. Thus, providing information relating to off-campus service partners would trigger a palatable disruption to our running business sector. To inquire further, change the digits at the end of the following using a brute force WEP hack at exactly 13,000 calculations a second. A Vostro Precision level computer chip should be able to do so. "http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=517009" Pleas
SimonSmith 10 years ago
just press the spam,junk file empty I used to read them,but now its boring!!!
PeterLedoux 10 years ago
And the woman who feel in love with me on FB only wanted 400$ US to fix her wifi....
LorraAllen 10 years ago
i loved that! there were so many funny parts. "let me know the deets" hehe. did you ever hear back from him? i caught a repeat episode of the one and only Dr Phil. There was a 70 years old (yes, i said years:) woman who was scammed out of her life savings...over 200k. in cash, a new bmw, and her bedroom furniture!!!!! i felt real bad for her..... hey thanks for sharing this!
MunizaTariq 10 years ago
The scammers I reply to never get back to me....they probably guess what they're dealing with.
MaryannFellner-Rapp 10 years ago
Next time I get an email from a Prince in Dubai I might do this too! Sounds like good fun. Thanks for the laughs
SusannaVesna 10 years ago
LMAO! I wonder - are there people who actually believe this s**t and send money?!
BarbaraHarrell 10 years ago
So funny,...If I wasn't so scared to reply to their spam I would do the same thing..but I just delete them and go on..
YehuditHannahCohn 10 years ago
Actually, they will, if they think they have hooked you.
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