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8.3.06 3:38 AM EDT By consumerist.com
SCAMS 419eaters phish nigeria hobbies 419 bandwith email spam readers
Beyond merely laughing at duped 419 scammers, now you can help shut down their fake banks by stealing their bandwidth.
Simply open up a new window and go to Lad Vampire. The screen hosts images from known online scam banks. The javascript site claims to have shut down over 450+ banks.
At least, for the time being.
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