Greetings in Jesus Name

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Greetings in Jesus Name! - The scambaiter letters
Mike Berry (aka Shiver Metimbers)

This isn't a book I would have crossed the road to read. Yet having been bought it for Christmas, it took me about three days to get half way through it. It's a very easy read, if you can bring yourself to be interested in the subject matter. And what's that?

Well, all those of us who have email (I wonder what percentage of the population that is now?) will have received SPAM and will have come across one scam or another, usually originating in Nigeria. This book is the story of one valiant protector of the Innocent (Shiver Metimbers), a man who replies to the scammers with the intention of causing them just as much inconvenience and upset as they cause their prey.

It really is just a collection of emails showing how gullible and inept many of the scammers are. Mike Berry's website http://www.419eater.com/ is his main weapon in the fight against scammers - he publishes all his correspondences here: See the hall of shame.

The book itself, becaused of its post > reply > reply to post > etc. layout is a breeze to read and if you can stay interested long enough to finish one scam after another, its an entertaining read. As I say, easy to read - but only for interested parties.

David