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  • In the above scenario, a scambaiter convinced the scammers that they could win a cash film scholarship by recreating Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch!

    YesButNoButYes: Nigerian Parrot 2007

  • Mike is a “scambaiter,” dedicated to fighting back against those who send out the notorious 419 e-mails, promising untold wealth to anyone gullible or naive enough to disclose their bank details.

    Turning the tables on Nigeria’s e-mail conmen 2004

  • He is a scambaiter - a member of an online community of people who pose as potential victims.

    KING5.com - Animal News 2009

  • He is a scambaiter - a member of an online community of people who pose as potential victims.

    KING5.com - Animal News 2009

  • Okumura is a “scambaiter” – a type of vigilante who disrupts, exposes or even scams the world’s scammers. While scambaiting has a troubled 20-year online history, with early forum users employing extreme, often racist, humiliation tactics, a new breed of scambaiters are taking over TikTok and YouTube. Okumura has more than 1.5 million followers across both video platforms, where she likes to keep things “funny and light”.

    Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters Amelia Tait 2021

  • Okumura is a “scambaiter” – a type of vigilante who disrupts, exposes or even scams the world’s scammers.

    Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters Amelia Tait 2021

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