The 419 Scam is named after the Nigerian police code for this type of crime. Basically, this is how it usually works. You receive an email asking for your help in getting a huge amount of money out of some third world, or corrupt country. For your troubles, the scammers promise to give you around 20% of the loot. After stringing you along, with an elaborate plan that's designed to gain your confidence, they suddenly announce that the deal can't proceed until some bogus fees are paid. Naturally, they can't afford to pay the fees themselves, so they ask you to do it for them. This is the whole point of the scam, for as soon as you send off the money to pay for the fees, the scammers will disappear, never to be seen again.

In light of this, I have decided to turn the tables on these guys, and turn the scammer into the scammee. What follows on the pages of this website are my adventures in the land of the scammer, as I take on these hopelessly stupid idiots and confuse the hell out of them with double talk and nonsense.

Each of the following tales involves me adopting a different persona, as I try to push the scammer over the proverbial edge.

In the first I play the part of a thirty-something Australian guy called Stuart P.D. Bistard. Stuart is interested in helping a Nigerian; named Joseph Otumba, recover the $20 million dollar estate of an unfortunate engineer who died a few years back.

In the second I play the part of Youdon T. Havaklu, a 47 year old businessman from Texas. Youdon is going to help a Zimbabwean exile; named Ken Vuyo, recover his dearly departed fathers $24 million stash. His father was killed by those nasty Robert Mugabe henchmen, and Ken is desperate to get hold of his money.

In the third I play the part of William Johnstone, a retired English gentleman with a liking for the hunt. He will also be trying to help Joseph Otumba recover the $20 million estate of that poor engineer, but his approach to the problem is somewhat different than that of Mr. Bistard.

In the fourth I play the part of Lady Penelope, a beautiful and wealthy, young socialite, who also happens to be a secret agent working for the legendary International Rescue, as featured in the British TV show Thunderbirds. Lady Penelope is going to help a Nigerian damsel in distress, and her brother, escape the squalid life of a refugee camp.

In the fifth I again play the part of Lady Penelope. However, this time Lady Penelope will be helping a Nigerian government official spirit a large sum of Health Ministry surplus funds out of his country. Unfortunately for Mr. Bello, Lady Penelope is heavily involved in charity work involving motherless babies, which means he soon will be, too.

I the sixth I play the part of two people, the first one being Ayedont Havaklu, the president of Goldcorp Bullion company, the second, a 419 scammer named Usman John. The reason for the two personas is due to the fact that this bait went a little haywire.

P.S. Keep your eyes open for the numerous film and TV references that are sprinkled liberally throughout each tale, as they appeared to go straight over the heads of the hapless scammers.

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