This story is so awesome. I think I read an article about it awhile back but I never bothered to read the whole story. It’s 4 pages long and I read every word. It was great!

To sum it up:
1. Guy wants to sell his powerbook on ebay
2. Nigerian scam type guy from the UK wants to buy it from him using a fake escrow service
3. Guy decides to play a prank back at the guy by shipping him a fake powerbook



If the scammer accepts the package, he has to pay the customs fees for it which is about $550
4. The whole time the guy has enlisted the help of the Something Awful forums. They donate money to ship the item and go so far as to stake out the place that is the package’s destination which turns out to be some guy’s barbershop/internet cafe.
5. Scammer accepts the package, gets pissed he got played, tries to send him an email virus, and orchestrates a denial of service attack on the guy’s webpage.
6. Guy disappears and is never heard from again. (WTF!)

Full story here.