YES, IT IS A SCAM
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The letters posted here illustrate (hilariously unsuccessful) attempts at ADVANCE FEE FRAUD. The sender claims to be a bureaucrat, banker or royal toadie, who wants to cut you, and only you, in on the financial deal of a lifetime.
In plain English, the writer claims to be in a position to skim public accounts or in other ways move vast amounts of cash into your hands. Hint: There is no money to be moved - except yours. Palms must be greased, with your money. A few K here, a few K there... eventually you get wise, and retire to lick your wounds.
Other versions of the scam play on your sense of charity, your loneliness, or your naiveté (you can't win a lottery you didn't enter!). Orphan, cancer patient, dead bank customer, phony job offer, overpayment with a cashier's check, different names or countries... same scam. You may be shown pictures of "money". Same scam.
Setting aside the scammers' willingness to take your last penny, the letters are funny. Read them out loud at parties and see. The 125 letters below introduce the literary genre of the Lads from Lagos.
Why "Lagos" ? Most such e-mails come from West Africa, chiefly Nigeria, or Nigerian expatriates (who are happy to scam other Nigerians). There are of course scam artists elsewhere. But these guys are special. Some people write them back just to waste their time. This is the art of scambaiting. Welcome to the Scamology.
Most readers say "what an obvious scam!".
Some say "I was almost fooled till I saw this site."
A handful say "couldn't mine be 'real'?"
Stay safe out there!
THE FIRST 125
You never forget your first 125. Go on. You won't get lost.
Request for Urgent Business Relationship
Son of Urgent Business Relationship
Trust Fund for Alms and Ammunition
We did over-inflate the contracts
I am only trying my best not to be noticed by my government
... and 120 others
UPDATES TO SCAMBAITS
Reverse chronological order. Updates roll upward. Some roll off.
See Ongoing Digests on the right -->
<GREEN: especially fine anti-scams>
<RED: scam victims>
JULY 2008
BLEAK LAD - the Lads try to fleece Tom Jarndyce - updated july 2
JUNE 2008
WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THE NUKES, or, BRAIN DRAIN - Goth gal Eliza Dane and brother Ross of the Australian SASR hear from a "U.S. Marine" in Karbala
KÄRÄOKE FÜR FÜHRER UND VOLK - a new Harold Stassen adventure!
I'M BESIDE MYSELF - Lady Matilda Gottrocks and her alter egos sow discord among scammers
DUNG GET ME WRONG - Railwayman fleeing killers hears from a banker in Togo
IT TASTES LIKE CHICKEN - Accordionist Larry Welk leaves a bundle to a scammer
MAY 2008
LIGHTS, KAMARA, ACTION! - Dill Dowe tempted by gold and young flesh (a Naz creation)
CIRCUMSPECTION - scammers vs. Rabbi Ben Zona of Congregation Rodef Bubbameissah
A PARLEMENT OF LADDES - scammers try to seduce Geoffrey Chaucer with wealth
WE CAN SHARE THE JOY - Eliza Dane uses the F word a lot.
THE WIDOW SCAMBAIT - a Bo Kaow adventure - updated may 12
APRIL 2008
REMAIN BLESSED AND SWINGING - Brother Mark Knopfler is touched by the appeal of yet another cancer patient - updated april 30
BIG DADDY'S LAST UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT - Mal Reynolds serenely takes on the Central Bank of Nigeria (not)
DON'T FALSE ME TO DO STUPID THING TO YOU - Lewd Noogie, a contract killer, phony FBI agents. Final(?) flip-off april 23
ODIRI ME, or GOING TO THE DOGS - Naz's teenage persona is offered an imaginary fortune - the flip-off april 21
I'LL SHOW YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME YOURS - Lady Agatha makes short work of a bogus Chinese banker
SPANDAU BALLET - Harold Stassen as an ex-Wehrmacht officer versus the Lads
THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON 419 - Naz hits the jackpot!
MARCH 2008
SAINTS AND ANGELS - can't a spymaster drink a custard liqueur in peace? Lady Agatha Bristol is Not Amused. updated march 25
IF THE FALAFEL LOOK LIKE GOLD - the Lads get a Hebrew lesson, habibi
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE - Raynaz as Pearl E. Whytes gets a mean phone call from a scammer it ain't over till it's over - and it's over march 12 2008
BORN TO RULE - Mal Reynolds (USMC, Ret.) returns to give the Lads lessons in leadership
FEBRUARY 2008
EAT MY SHIRTS - the Lads order t-shirts from Raynaz. updated feb 24
LET US FURGE ON - Mikhail Stroganov vs. a South African World Cup Bid official (not)
THE UNICORN FARMER - scammers selling unicorns - for you, special price!
INFORMED CONSENT - will Miss Monica Koromah enter Dr. Sweeney Todd's Renal Harvest program?
JANUARY 2008
A MINT ON THE PILLOW - Sir Marmite Luny-Binns receives a hotel reservation request from a dubious individual
PICTURE THIS - oily proposition from a "Japanese" Lad (Bulgaria 1, Nigeria 0 at halftime)
WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE - Aggie Nostick hears from a scammer in contact with the Almighty
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ERNESTO - Goth chick Eliza Dane in a drama in two acts
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES - International financier Lonslo Tossov knows that all that glitters is not gold
PUSH IT GOOD - Porn star Stevieperv Rammer recruits a Lad - updated jan 11
A PRINCESS IS A DELICATE THING - an orphaned princess meets Lady Fapina Tyuksar
A BRIDGET TOO FAR - Randy Rimmer vs. a hippo-molester
DECEMBER 2007
[OK, this month has been slack - even Scamorama needs a break - see you in '08! Stay scamalicious!]
MOONSHINE OVER METHLAND - can an imaginary girl find happiness in Kentucky? (an Arnold Wanker adventure)
NOVEMBER 2007
YOUR UTTERANCE IS REPREHENSIBLE - Dr. Sweeney Todd returns
SIR GEORGE AND THE ORPHAN - Capt. Manwairing helps an unwanted female child updated nov 9 2007
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN VOICE - Goth chick Eliza Dane brings in reinforcement - brother Ross of the Australian Special Air Services
OCTOBER 2007
HAPPY TRAILS - the Lads puppy up for the Adams family
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME WASTING - Malcolm Reynolds serenely upholds the honor of the Corps once again
YORKIE JERKY - Scammer seeks good home for imaginary puppy. Meat factory? No problem. A Gene Rayburn adventure.
SEPTEMBER 2007
ORPHANS R US (a Marmite adventure) - How many times will a scammer ring Room 419? - the flip-off! sept 24 2007
U STILL LOVE ME? - Princess Candy vs Prince Emmanuel - five-year beat - finally busted? sept 20 2007
DEMON SCAMBAITER OF FLEET STREET - the Lads meet Sweeney Todd
B.USMAN'S HOLIDAY - a Foreign Office-Raynaz-Dad's Army joint production (updated sept 7)
A REAL CHARLIE - nope - 'Prince Charles' not giving up. A recording contract with Brother Mark Knopfler is in the offing! 15 months (sept 5)
AUGUST 2007
SCAM TREK - the Lads meet Captain Picard on the holodeck august 29 2007
A VISIT TO CORONATION STREET - the Lads meet Terry Duckworth
GOING TO THE DOGS - a Lad's plea to adopt his puppy august 23
BUMPED OFF - the Lads meet a phrenologist
BABY YOU CAN DRIVE MY CAR - Marco sends the Lads on four trips to Western Union! with a memorable pic
JULY 2007
YOU ARE SLOWING DOWN OUR SERVICE - Arnold Wanker wins the lottery - trouble ensues - with fast cars, fast living and inflatable sheep july 30
A FINE FINNISH? - The Lads pretend to be Chinese, Russian, Congolese, Zulu, French and now Finnish. But can they *answer* in Finnish?
THE AGONY OF DEFEAT - Lewd Noogie is back, in a triumph of alter egos. Read carefully and pay homage.
UNITED WE LAUGH - from the files of an international cabal of comedians - starring The Foreign Office, Raynaz & Co., Brother Mark Knopfler, Captain George Mainwaring, Phil Munglers, and Lewd Noogie
THE TWO FACES OF ERNEST HAMBURG - Malcolm Reynolds's weenie roast
THE END IS KIND OF NIGH - will a royal orphan follow Okershee Holdergrass into his own personal hell?
THE MUGU AND THE MODEL - 'Frank Bobby' meets Eliza Dane, Goth model with a short fuse
JUNE 2007
COMES TO YOU THIS DAY A SCAMMER - The Lads meet gunslinger Roland Deschain june 30
THERE AIN'T NO JUSTICE - Malcolm Reynolds is back to face Justice
THE MARK OF ZAHRA - Lewd Noogie's dream of a home for Playboy centerfolds unfolds june 25
ANOTHER JOB - made man Ray Nazmeani hears from a Lad june 24
FOR WANT OF A DORK - Tushie Meshuganah and a 'Somali refugee' - busted ;-) june 20
FOOLS RUSSIAN - Lads meet Bernadette Devlin - sometimes you get the bear addendum june 16
THE LADS DO HAMPSTEAD HEATH - Stevieperv Rammer, porn star june 9
MAY 2007
RISKY FREE - the Lads break it down for Todd Brown
CHECK IT OUT - the Lads send a fake check to Bobby Mueller
SILENCE OF THE LADS - Serge de Nîmes vs. "Jean Pierre Jospin" [fr/en] may 23
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN KEYBOARD - the Lads meet Francisco Scaramanga may 12
NO BULL - don't mess with the Music Teacher
APRIL 2007
THE PRICE OF JUSTICE - Mal Reynolds hears from a 'human rights' activist
YABBA DABBA DOO! - a page right out of historee april 20 LEWD NOOGIE vs. THE OVER THE HILL GANG - sheikh of the burning sands - april 15
A STAR ISN'T BORN - Gene Rayburn hears from Universal Studios Lagos!
I'LL SHOW YOU MINE IF YOU SHOW ME YOURS - Mikhail Stroganov vs. Azizi Nwamka
O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN - Wily seadog Capt. Dumurra vs. a dead bank customer
MARCH 2007
DAY OF THE CACKLE - Eliza Dane lays some goth on Gbenga Williams
BIRD ON THE WIRE - Lads try to check in to the Bates Motel [French/English]
CHECK THIS OUT - Serious! "Gene Rayburn" helps get check scam victim out of jail!
SAVING GRACE - Alex Wale evangelizes for the Church of the Bush
HE WAS A VERY HUMBLE MAN - goth gal Eliza Dane inherits a fortune
KOOL FOR KATTS (Naz) - Fritz, Morris & Garfield, bachelor Javelina farmers, fending off the Lads since October 2004! march 2
FEBRUARY 2007
MONEY FOR NOTHING - Brother Mark Knopfler's crisis of faith
NO MUGU NO CRY - Lads vs. the Church of Cannabis
JANUARY 2007
YOU ARE BEEN CONNED - Naz hears from a President
QUOD VIMTOS ED IMPERIUM VAS DEFERENS - Sir Marmite scores an oath
MIRKINS AWAY - Alex Wale meets another Taylor
~The Scamorama holiday message~
DECEMBER 2006
DRESSED FOR SUCCESS - Eliza Dane's heart-warming holiday scambait
A BLESSING IN DISGUISE - Malcolm Reynolds and a lady in distress
DEAD AGAIN - Alex Wale gets two amazing offers
HAS YOUR MORTAL COIL BEEN SHUFFLED? (welcome Okershee Holdergrass)
NOVEMBER 2006
SCAMMED IN IRAQ - that lady in Pakistan was a guy in Dubai
YAHHILAKY WOOHENY - chat from South Africa
EVIL FRAUD STARS - Rev. Klucks seeks marital advice
BEYOND THERAPY - Weiner Crumbley - bartender/therapist - just met a girl named Maria
THINGS GO BETTER WITH COKE - Comrade Ilya Kuryakin wins a lotto!
OCTOBER 2006
I SEE YOU AS MY BROTHER - a scam goes on the fritz
STITCHING UP THE TAYLORS - Eliza Dane versus three Janes!
NUNU NO-NO - Eliza Dane, Australian pagan Goth, vs Christian Lads
SEPTEMBER 2006
I'M GAME - Herrel Foggs & Barry Lenner probe your rectitude.
ABSALUTELY NOT - from a Turkish Kindly Contributor. More serious than usual
TROLETTING ALL THIS SHEET - Lewd Noogie's Lad dies but the bait goes on - one year!
AUGUST 2006
URA NOTHER - Ura R Sole likes her sigs sour
YOU ARE A THIEF BUT I WILL LIKE TO MAKE YOU A FRIEND NOW - Lads try to recruit Lewd Noogie
THE GOOD BOOK - Stroganov gets religion?!
HOMAGE TO CAIXO CATALUNYA - Love poetry and fake banks
THE MAN FROM I AIN'T YER UNCLE - Ilya Kuryakin joins the fray
WAKE IN FRIGHT AT WOLF CREEK - the Lads meet Mick Taylor - drongolicious!
THE WRATH OF MICROSOFT - Capt. Slog (aka Alex Wale) wins the lotto
JULY 2006
SCAM-O-GRAMS FROM ABSURDISTAN - Mrs Arafat and Ariel Sharon's doctor
BEST FRIENDS FOREVER - Meet Wade Munoogian, dabbler in weird science
GREAT GREENE EXPECTATIONS - Eliza Dane vs. Emmanuel Greene
IF BRAINS WERE DYNAMITE - Capt. Slog Thais one on
NICKED - Nick Tamaire versus Les Nuls - France 2, Lads 0 in overtime
CHRIS CROSSED - Phil Munglers vs Cross Chris - start your engines!
VENGEANCE IS MINE - Lewd Noogie threatened by The Hired Gun
JUNE 2006
WHEN DOVES CRY - Lenner and Foggs vs. Another Evangelist
MANY MOUTHS TO FEED - "Pedro Martinez", everyone's favorite pitcher
DEAR,ANYBODY - Stroganov, Munglers and Lenner talk football (soccer)
BUMMED - Menzies Barrington loves Lads
PLUMBING THE DEPTHS - Plumbing magnate Barry Lenner
CLAIRE D. LUNE, AND THE MFDWEC+2 - Naz hears from a cancer victim
MAY 2006
YOU ARE A GREAT PILOT - Malcolm Reynolds & another Lad
STOP STUPIDING YOURSELF - Turkey 3, scammers 0 (İsminiz ne? Benim adım Dört Bir Dokuz!)
DO IT NOW! - Racer Takeshi Fujiwara takes on two Banks
PLEASE DON'T BE WORRIED - Eliza Dane returns!
GOLDEN DORKS IN THE SUNSET - Barrister Hali signs the Oath
MAY YOUR BALLCOCK NEVER HANG LOW - Barry Lenner vs. Evangelist Debra Wealth
POWER OF DEAD MAN'S CASH® - Dr Phil McCrackin's program for scammers
BLESSED BENN - Capt. Slog vs Blessed Ben
APRIL 2006
CHELSEA FOREVER! - Victor Coulibaly blows it again. Football chat, strong language.
NOBODY WRITES TO THE KERNEL - two people, four languages, one scam foiled
RUDE MECHANICALS - Japanese racer Phil Munglers vs Mrs Bola
SAVING THE PLANET - environmental appeal from the Niger (Foreign Office exploit)
REALIO COULIO - Sir Marmite obtains an Oath from "Victor Coulibaly"
A ROSE IS NOT A ROSE - The Unkindly Contributor returns.
MARCH 2006
A ROLEX IN THE HAY - Jacques N. LeBaux loses at love
PEACE OUT - Racing champ Munglers vs. Allround Nteje
SPRING TRAINING WITH THE LADS - Pedro Martinez's no-hitter against Samson Johnson
A TALE OF TWO DANES - Eliza Dane, Lewd Noogie, a cameo by Mikhail Stroganov. A cast of several - no expense spared
DR WHO'S ON FIRST - Tom Cobley returns as Tobias Vaughn. You belong to us. You will be like us.
URAL I'VE GOT TONIGHT - Lewd Noogie. A Lad escapes North Korea the flip-off!
WE AIM TO MISBEHAVE - Lads meet the crew of Firefly
FEBRUARY 2006
A PERFECT MATCH - will the Lads invest in teleportation?
THE WIDOW AMINA FALLS IN LUU-U-U-U-U-UVE! -
Naz is back! Hot stuff
FISHING OF MEN - "Rev. Uche" swore the Oath!
JANUARY 2006
AND TOTO TOO - Naz hears the worst pickup line of all time
DAG NABBIT - Lads meet Yosemite Sam, dag nab it
GO BEARS - Lady Agatha & Weiner Crumbley
dba GUNN - Ray & Tommy Gunn are back!
GO SPEED RACER - Phil Munglers - Foreign Office production
DECEMBER 2005
OPERATION AMSTERDAM: FLIGHT OF THE WILD ROSE
IT'S A SMALL GLOBE AFTER ALL - Lads phone the Unkindly Contributor
PULL DOWN THE RAINBOW - It's lurve. Samoosa the solar-powered sunlamp heiress. Crudeness in Afrikaans and English.
STOP WORSHIPPING TWIGS - the Lads meet Manoel Arpoador
DMITRI THE LAD - Mr. Ludwig gets a Slav-o-gram
"FBI" vs. THE FRAUDSTARS - "FBI" Lads contact Lewd Noogie
NOVEMBER 2005
INTERNATIONAL POLITRICKS - Jack Breda gets a political lecture
THINK POSITIVE - Lads offer AIDS vaccine
TSUNAMI SCAM LETTER - ongoing (sigh)
DEEP DUDU - penguin stampede on the Mojave
HAPPY TRAILS - cowpoke Marion Morrison hears from a lady in Nigeria >
WATCHING THE DICTATiVES (LewD Noogie) - Lads pose as EFCC cops
THE HARIRI PAGE - the Lads try character assassination
OCTOBER 2005
LUCK BE A LADDIE TONIGHT - Stew Hawke meets Lucky Uba
THE INTERNATIONAL ENDIVE KING - simple mailing instructions
BOLLETJESSLIKKERS HIER - Dubai dubai doo
BOGGARTED - Lads go to Dark Arts class
THE MATRIX, or RINSE, LATHER, REPEAT - Rich Lather vs. everybody
SEPTEMBER 2005
WE'RE FROM FRANCE - the Lads meet Beldar Conehead
HOW THE WEST WAS WON - Foreign Office vs. confused multiple personalities
AND A PARTIAL SCORE - LADS ZERO - another Lad tries to scam Pedro Martinez
I'VE LOST MY MOJO - Foreign Office - Weiner Crumbley production
FOR FORM'S SAKE (Agent Stroganov) - after the flip-off
AUGUST 2005
FOUL TIP - Pedro Martinez returns!
FELLOWSHIP OF THE STING - the Lads meet Boromir
TAKING CANDY FROM A CHILD (Juan Perez Jr)
WHO'S YOUR DADDY? - the Lads meet Pedro Martinez and strike out
WILLY NILLY - the Lads meet a kindly urologist
MOONLIGHT OVER MUSA (Lewd Noogie) - the flip-off!
BRING OUT YOUR DEAD - one part of Virginia Beach that is forever England
BIG BROS - The Unkindly Contributor is not just another pretty face
JULY 2005
CIRCLE THE WAGGINS - a simple married couple
NO ABACHA LEFT BEHIND - A Noogie-Stroganov production in technicolor
WHAT'S YOUR POISSON? - Ted Kozinski wins the lottery
THE ONCE AND FUTURE SCAMMER - enter Marty McFly
CHU GET ALL THAT? (Johnny Knoxville) - six-month bait
THE SONG OF ROLAND - Oath achieved!
MRS ABACHA YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER - the Unkindly Contributor
DUELING CAPS LOCK - Stroganov vs Thankgod Tobi - the flip-off
POLICE YOURSELF - Lonslo Tossov meets a police inspector - the kiss-off
HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL - Rev. Bob is back! Finger-lickin' good
JUNE 2005
KHAN JOB - 'Don Sanjay' back with more insults
HAIL TO THEE FULK U. - Weiner Crumbley doles out advice
LADS IN THE HOUSE - Scamorama offered a kickback by the British Parliament!
SCAMMERS 4:19 - from the pulpit to your pit
HAMMER PLEASE DON'T HURT 'EM - Praise Wayne Gretzky!
TALE OF THE WORN OUT BALLS (Lizzie Borden) - Eze, but not cheap
MAY 2005
CAN I GET A WITLESS - Rev. Dredlock
WE ARE SO NOT THE EFCC - Lads pose as scam-busters
DON'T BE DECEIVE (Unkindly Contributor) - A warning from "Mrs Abacha"
WHEN I WANT YOUR EPINION I'LL ASK FOR IT
HOLDING HANDS AROUND THE WORLD
- the Korean-Swaziland-Cuba-Chechen connection
BE PREPARED - scambaiting Scout merit badge proposal
MINE'S SMALLER THAN YOURS - proofreading is important
AS SLAVIC AS WE WANNA BE - Lioudmila gets a Noogie
LADS OF THE ROUND TABLE - Lads meet Lance du Lac!
THIS MAKES ME VERY ANGRY - Lads meet Marvin Marshyn
YOU'RE IN THE ARMY NOW - Captain Manwairing returns
A DAY OF RECHNUNG - (DE/EN) Sven vs. The Lads
BATMAN VS. THE HULK - Bruce Banner vs. The Lads
I'M DADA (Agent Stroganov)
FROM TRALFAMADOR TO YOUR DOOR - Lads meet Kilgore Trout
SCAMMERS OF THE CARIBBEAN - Lads meet Jack Sparrow, arrgh!
APRIL 2005
AND IF YOU BELIEVE THAT - would a scammer buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
OIL BE SEEING YOU - Lady Agatha vs. a tovarisch from Lagos
IF YOU'RE EARNEST I'LL BE FRANKS - meet Allbee Franks!
LIZZIE BORDEN MEETS THE LADS
FOUR ON THE FLOOR - Johnson Ndu vs. four people at once
DR. STRANGELAD - or how I stopped worrying and learned to love the scam
THE ODDITY - six-month scambait from Greece
HOW SPUPID OF YOU TO HAVE FALLEN FOR OUR TRICKS - proud Harvard dad Lad
LADS DO VATICAN CITY - scammers pose as Archbishop Marcinkus
MY BOYFRIEND'S BACK AND YOU'RE GONNA BE IN TROUBLE - Lads meet Lois Lane
MARCH 2005
MAY THE FARCE BE WITH YOU - Anakin senses a disturbance in the force
BLESS THE BEES - Rev. Bob meets "Sharon Stone". Bzz bzz!
YOU ARE SO NOT BARACK OBAMA - Agent Tossov meets a "U.S. Senator"
COUNT ME OUT - Lads meet the Count of Monte Cristo
EZEH DOES IT - Stroganov extracts another Oath
WHEN THE SCAMMERS COME MARCHING IN
- "Christian youth conference"
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? (Lonslo Tossov) - Lad waits at airport!
IF YOU'RE EARNEST WE'LL BE FRANK (Sir Marmite) - another Oath!
OBAMA IS NOT IN THE HOUSE - a 419 letter from "Senator Barack Obama"
MOSCOW NIGHTS - Lads team up with Joe Stalin
BOWLED OVER - Camilla and Charles meet the Lads
REPORTING FOR DUTY - Lads approach John Kerry
TOUCHÉ - (DaScritch ) - can you spell Interpol? (fr/en)
KENN I GET A WITNESS? - Stroganov vs. Barrister Kenn
TO SIRS WITH LOVE - Sir Marmite, and Sir Charles double-team a scammer
THEY'RE GRRREAT! - Lads vs. Wilma Flintstone
FEBRUARY 2005
MÜGÜ - German scam-o-logy / Scammkeit auf Deutsch
STAND BY YOUR MAN - Lad has $42M for a gay rights organization
SCAMMER SCIENCE THEATER 3000 - report from the Gizmonic Institute
COMMON SENSE - Lads recruit for Freemasons
A BODY OF WORK - Julien Makezela won't give up (US-Spanish production)
RACE FOR THE CURE - Lads sell "cure" for AIDS
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE - "Mrs. Khodorkovsky" meets Tom Cobley
DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND - dueling fake passports
YOU'VE GOT JAIL - Ted Kozinski makes a new friend
NOTHING LIKE A DAME (Lady Agatha)
HOUSTON YOU HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM - Lad vs the Unkindly Contributor - again. Porn! Angry lawyers! Messages from the beyond!
MAKE MONEY FAST - Lads offer Scamorama wash-wash chemicals!
PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE (Soylent Green)
NAZ DOES NEWARK - Lad abandoned in dumpster!
JANUARY 2005
SCHADENFRAUDE: or, IT'S A ZOO OUT THERE - Lads vs. CEO of Castle Schönbrunn!
A ROSE IS NOT A ROSE - Lads meet "Kofi Annan"
ADRIAN MONK CLEANS UP
ON A MISSION FROM GOD (Naz) - Jake and Elwood
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (Noogie) - smile, you're on candid Camara!
JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS - Sigfried the lion-tamer 3, Lads 0
DECEMBER 2004
THE PERILS OF POGE - the Lads meet Poge Mahone
ALIU SAY IS A LIE - Lads meet hunter of mutant kangaroos
BEAVIS VS. HADDAD - T.P. magnate helps Lads liquidate investments
GLUTEUS MAXIMUS OVERDOSE - Christopher Tennant's poem!
CRUDE OIL CHRONICLES - meet Captain Pugwash. Ar.
THIS SCAM BLOWS GOATS - Johnny Knoxville is back, both of him
PRINCESS MARGARET ISSUES A WARRANT
RINSE, LATHER, REPEAT (Naz)
THIS IS THE ELECTRONIC AGE (Lewd Noogie)
NOVEMBER 2004
MUG PUNTER LTD. - Lads meet the CEO
THE MONEY AWAKES - Sir Charles v Dr Mabuza
GO WITH GOD BUZZ BUZZ - Church of the Blessed Beehive
SPRINGTIME FOR THE LADS - Max Bialystock offers Dr Mabuza a walk-on part
DONT TALK TO MY MAGA NO MORE (Unkindly Contributor) - 16-month bait!
THE UNABAITER
R U GOIN CLUBBIN (Princess Candy!)
OCTOBER 2004
WORLD'S FRIENDLIEST LAD - Sir Mark Time and the Blue Sky Mines IPO!
A LIFE IN SERVICE - Lady Agatha racks up another oath!
RETURN OF THE ROMANOVS - Lads meet a would-be monarch!
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY - Stalin wakes up briefly
CASTING CALL! - the Lads want to cast YOU in "Superman"
IN A STEW - our fiend Raynaz vs. Long List of Lads
BEWARE THE TASMANIAN TIGER - Sir Mark Time, mining magnate! (What a pic)
SEPTEMBER 2004
HOUSTON YOU HAVE A PROBLEM (The Unkindly Contributor)
- Lads deep in the heart of Texas. Catch the WAV daddio
LADS ARMY - meet Captain Manwairing!
THE GAME'S A FOOT (Mikhail Stroganov) - and in the red trunks, Mrs Shabangu
AM ENDE DES TAGES - mit apocalypse und schadenfraude
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN' - Lewis Noogie wins a Green Card from the Lads
DANGEROUS LIAISONS - Wally Jersey Heifer, NZ's man of mystery
SO YOU'LL BE PICKING UP THE MONEY AT WESTERN UNION? (Perico) - 7 months!
GUNS AND ROSES (another Noogie-gram)
FULL MOON OVER MOSCOW - from Russia with Lewd (Noogie)
ABSOLUT LAD ("Johnny Knoxville")
YOU'VE GOT TO SCAM A MUGU OR TWO (Bill Sykes/Caractacus Potts)
OATHS R US - from Annie's Bar - straight no chaser
THE MUGU'S TOO BIG - Lads go down the Telegraph Road
I AM NOT A JOKER (The Dark Knight)
DR. SHIPMAN WILL SEE YOU NOW
AUGUST 2004
LADS GO DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - with Charles Dodgson
EVERYBODY WANG QIN TONIGHT LITTLE BUDDY - Lads vs. The Skipper
LADS SEND XAVIER XALISIO $100!
LADS JOIN THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY PINEAPPLE (Captain Pike)
DO LADS WORK ON WEEKENDS? - a Wizard of Oz tries to join the business
TONY MUGABE EMERGES FROM THE CRYPT
LADS DO THE VATICAN RAG (Pontiff Papageno)
JULY 2004
TO THE BATCAVE!
FULK YOU (Christopher Tennant) - the Lads check into Kingdom Hospital
THE ROAD TO KOTOKA (L. D. Noogie) - Lads get a real writer!
LADS JOIN THE G.O.P. !
LET'S FUDGE AHEAD - MEET JOSEPH STALIN
ATTILA TH' HUN IS BACK - "Charles Taylor" finds Scamorama
SO LONG SAKA - Mr. Saka discovers Scamorama mole in Foreign Office
TREMBLE BEFORE DR. LIZARDO
DUDE, WHERE'S MY LAPTOP? - "Michael Dell" up by 5000 naira
GEORGIA ON MY MIND (Lewis Noogie)
SILVER DORKS IN THE SUNSET (Lord Marmite)
ALWAYS WOUMFO ONE MORE (Dr. Shipman) - "you think you are very clever , using many name and writing boolshit"
PET SHOP BOYS MEET WESTERN UNION GIRLS (Christopher Tennant)
TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PROPOSITION, MORTAL (Dr. Lizardo)
YOU ARE A FOO (crude)
THE STUFF SCAMS ARE MADE OF (movie clip)
A SHIP IN WOLF CLOTHING (Brother Samuel Vimes)
JUNE 2004
PEYTON WESTLAKE PLACE (Darkman)
LAY OFF OF MY BLUE SUEDE SHOES
THE LAST DISHONEST SPORTS SHOW - Stroganov talks soccer
DR ACULA RUNS THE BLOOD BANK (C.R.A.P.)
KENNETH CONTRE KENNETH - dueling scammers
URGULY PIC - Lads in lingerie
NASTY MEAN AND MORPORKIAN (Brother Samuel Vimes)
LADS COME TO DUNCE INANE
MAY 2004
LADS MEETS COMRADE LYKAON (Greece)
DOWN BY LAD (Reynolds Rap Records)
ILICHY MEETS A PRINCESS!
A TALE OF TWO BAITS - Scammers double-teamed in Brussels! Photos!
PLAY BALL (Naz)
APRIL 2004
SCAMMED IN KENYA
I HEARD YA GOT RELIGION (Samuel Vimes)
WATCH ME PULL A RABBI OUT OF MY HAT (Naz)
KEEPING UP WITH THE COJONES (Capt. Pike)
LADS IN SPACE - NIGERIAN ASTRONAUT MAROONED!
C.R.A.P! - DR. BILLY RUBIN RETURNS
MAN THE WALMARTS! - Nigeria west of Winnemucca?
OVER 1000 MUGUS SERVED!
MARCH 2004
GRACE AND PEACE AND LOVE FROM PRINCESS CANDY
419 DALMATIONS - DOG BREEDER SCAM
TALK THE TALK - the Lads don't speak Sango
AN ORPHAN MEETS JACQUES N. LeBAUX (aka NAZ)
JANUARY 2004
WHALE OF A TALE
FORSIKTIG! A NORWEGIAN VERSION
ENGLAND SWINGS - LADS MEET BARON IAN SPANQUE
LADS MEET CAPTAIN AHAB
LADS JOIN THE AMISH ORDER OF THE WEASEL
DECEMBER 2003
LADS MEET DARKMAN
LADS LEARN ABOUT LOCH NESS
NETHERLOTTO A NASA FRONT? OR VICE VERSA?
A GOOD SHEARING IN TALLYGAROOPNA
LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, STUPIDITE - FIN!
LADY AGATHA IS A RUSTY, PINK PIG
ANTI-FRAUD FRAUD
NOVEMBER 2003
GUY FAWKES CONSPIRACY
YOU WILL SCREAM LIKE A HORSE (The Unkindly Contributor)
WEST DAKOTA 2, LADS 0 (Juan Perez)
JAKOB GOTT-DAM (DENMARK)
COLORFUL EXCHANGE (PRINCESS MARGARET INSULTED)
C'EST QUOI LE TRUC - Rage against the machine translation
NEWS FROM UST-KAMENOGORSK - Lads learn Kazakh poetry
NEVER YOU WRITE TO THIS ADDRESS AGAIN YOU MONKEY (Latvia)
SEE YOU IN KORT
OCTOBER 2003
MEET CASEY JONES
THE MR T EXPERIENCE - pity the Lad who calls Buckingham Palace
VENGEANCE IS MINE SAITH "WINNY MANDELLA"
MY DAUGHTER IS EVER YOUNG - Princess Candy vs. N. D. Collins
LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, STUPIDITE
NOSTRADAMUS 4, LADS 0
AMADAN - SEAMUS O'PADDY TEACHES THE LADS GAELIC
YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED
I CAN'T HEAR YOU NOW - I'VE GOT PENCILS IN MY EARS (really)
SEPTEMBER 2003
TRUFFA PER VOI
LAST TANGO IN LADLAND? (Samuel & Natalia)
THE JEEVES VERSION
LIBERTÉ, EGALITÉ, SCAMOSITÉ
CONFEDERACY OF LADS
DRAGOONED BY CAPTAIN FLASHMAN
IF i AM YOUR HUSBAND, i WILL HATE AND DISPISE YOU
THUNDER OVER TORSKIKKEL (SCANDINAVIA)
YOU HAVE 250 HOURS TO BECOME A DEAD MAN
MUGUN.EXE - the binary
SCAMMOMAMA LA SUPERBE (FRANCE)
AUGUST 2003
PACKING THEM IN - warning, crude graphics
SKAMTRAK™ - THE POLICEWARE (South Africa)
MUSTER THE MUGUS - Dr Eze vs the Super Mario Brothers
EENY MEENY CHILLY BEANY - scam by telepathy
DEEP THROAT IN A CYBERCAFE
SINGAPORE UP BY 500 NAIRA
MEET COSMONAUT "LAD" HUNTER (Germany)
SILENCE OF THE LADS
DANNY THE FOOTBALLER THREATENS TO SUE
MORE INSULTS
JULY 2003
TEENAGE WASTELAND
ANKH MORE PORK (ARGENTINA)
IAMA DILDO (THE PIC)
DOWN FOR THE COUNT
JUNE 2003
HARRY POTTER AND THE CAULDRON OF SCAMS
THIS SCAMMING LIFE - Danny wants to try out for Manchester United
THE BITTER MIND 2 - vs The Unkindly Contributor - again. Mwah hah hah
THE BITTER MIND 1 - stalks the Unkindly Contributor
DANNY THE FOOTBALLER
JOHNSON DEVILISH HARLOT PERSON - A BITTER MIND
MEET NATALIA STURGEON (ARGENTINA)
AS THE SCHNITZEL TURNS
TAKE THE SAGBAMA ROAD - get off at MI-5
LADS RECRUIT DUDLEY DORIGHT
MAY 2003
The Miskatonic University Tales:
MEET THE BRILLIANT PROF. MALLORY
LADS BEATEN BY A HEAD IN A JAR
LADS APPLY TO MISKATONIC U.
and
SEND THE F***ING BANK DETAILS
I PITY A FLY THAT DOES NOT LISTEN WILL DIE IN THE GRAVE WITH THE CORPSE
FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IF YOU'RE NOT DUTCH YOU'RE NOT MUCH
APRIL 2003
HINDUISM 101 - attachment and greed are against the dharma
SCAMMED IN ENGLAND - who is Silvia? What is she?
LITTLE SHOP OF SCAMMERS
THE DEAD BANK CUSTOMER REDEMPTION
A CUP OF JAVA
MARCH 2003
FLEURS DU SCAM
SCAMMED IN NORTH CAROLINA
MEET LONSLO TOSSOV
SCAMMED IN ISRAEL
SCAMMED IN MALAYSIA
A LOVE STORY IN FOUR ACTS - meet Dopp Bob
NO XBOX FOR LADY AGATHA
FEBRUARY 2003
HERKY JERKY - breakfast of anti-scammers
THE KING LEAR VERSION
MALNUPULATIONS - Agent Ilichy
YOU MIGHT BE A MUGU IF... - the Al Bundy questionnaire
THE SNEEK - meet Mikhail Stroganov
JANUARY 2003
UNOBTAINIUM
THE DUBYA VERSION
U O ME - SAY THE LADS
LORD OF THE RINGS VERSION
THE LADS MEET SANTA CLAUS
THE LAKE WOBEGON VERSION
THE LADFATHER - MEET GIORGIO BETONSHU
THE SCAMMISH ARMADA
- HRH Margaret vs. Jonathan Mokoena, for an XBox
DECEMBER 2002
GREETINGS FROM JA: Ilichy vs. Jame Peter Ja
- of ORPHANANS OF LONDON
DR OMU INSULTS THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY
YOUR ANCESTORS ARE MUGUSES - meet Dr. E. Koli
LADS DO NORAD
- review specs on the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile
NOVEMBER 2002
TALES FROM THE CRYPT - BAMBA VS. IMHOTEP
CAPT. STABBIN ON THE HIGH SEAS (U.K.)
THE CURSE OF BAMBA - Beware the wrath of Judge Judy
MY INSULT'S BIGGER THAN YOUR INSULT - bad language
THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS (USA)
- The Pierpont Project gets gold out of a Lad
LET'S NOT GO GET STONED - Sharia even scares the Lads
DARK SHADOWS OVER SAGBAMA EXPRESS ROAD
MEET OLIVER FLANAGAN
OCTOBER 2002
Louise Lutefisk encounters scammer "Butle Young" under three personae:
LOUISE LUTEFISK AS ULYSSES EVERETT McGILL
LOUISE LUTEFISK AS ANNA NICOLE
LOUISE LUTEFISK AS ANKH SU NAMUN
and
JACK BREDA vs. SON OF SAVIMBI (Netherlands)
DR. PAKMESAKKIE AND HIS GIRAFFE (Netherlands)
SCAMMED IN LATVIA
WHY DID YOU REPORT TO THE SCAM WEBSITE - Agent Ilichy
LADS VS. YODA - he small but not stupid is
SEPTEMBER 2002
THE COLONEL WRITES TO THE LADS - Col. Sanders that is
CATCHING KUTIS, or DOMINATRIX D DUMPED
- by Raymond Kuti for sending his letters to Scamorama
OUAGADOUGOUERY - Stu Hawke pulls a triple-header
THE LADS WRITE TO THE COLONEL
FEAR THE LUTEFISK - the Lads catch a virus from Louise
AUGUST 2002
DON'T HAVE A SCAM, MAN (QUEBEC) - Bart Simpson +$5, Lad -$5
THE CZECH IS IN THE MAIL - meet Agent Ilichy
JUAN PEREZ MUNOZ DE BARATA TUDELA LOVEDAY
BIG MAC IS BACK - with Will Hoseya, counsel to Enron and Worldcom
JULY 2002
DOMINATRIX D - STILL LOOKING FOR THAT WEDDING RING
DORITO BAMBINI - THE MAN, THE LEGEND
THE EMIR OF BAHRAIN did not write this letter
GHANA SIT RIGHT DOWN and send myself a letter
JUNE 2002
DOMINATRIX D GETS DUMPED (POLAND)
- by Tom Tutu for sending his letters to Scamorama
UP THE CREEK WITH DR. SHEFFIELD
INAGADA DaVIDA
YOU DESERVE A BREAK TODAY (Big Mac)
SPRING 2002
DEATH BY UMLAUT (Smurfs 5, Lads 0)
MR. BRUNO THE ITALIAN MAN
ANTI ALKUSUKAS (Finland rules)
AFRIKA YATIRIMCISI (Turkey rocks)
PRINCESS MARGARET'S DEATH EXAGGERATED
FLYING LAD MEETS CROUCHING ANTI-SCAMMER
FANNERMAN'S PLASTIC FISHING WORMS
JOSEPHINE DIDDY ZEI GEZUNT FANNERMAN or LOVE BLOOMS
ASTRO JETSON
WINTER 2001-2002
HEY AHMED (SIERRA LEONE)
THE EYES SAY YUGOSLAVIA BUT THE HEADER SAYS NIGERIA
DUMBEST CRIMINAL ON THE PLANET (PHILIPPINES) - meta-stupid
- Contributor GETS $3 from a Lad
LUKE SKYWALKER
FANNERMAN GETS THE FLIP-OFF
FALL 2001
ARNOLD FANNERMAN'S BRILLIANT ENTRANCE
THE LADS TAKE UP GAY RIGHTS
- How ya gonna keep them down on the madrasa after they've seen Paree?
NOTTAR CLOO - aristocratic counter-scammer
THE MASK COMES OFF (KENYA)
SCAMMED IN OZ - met the Lads, but it cost him
ISA KAITA LETTERS - and so it begins
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