[oktwtf]

Classic scambaiting, reminds me of 419 Eater.

[binarymax]

Is this the guy who got a scammer to carve a wooden keyboard? Legendary

[klyrs]

https://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

This looks like the "scambaiter" actually scammed an artist into making some pretty sweet art under the guise of a scolarship. Am I missing something, or is this actual fraud?

[yorwba]

If you read all the way to the end:

>> I was also able to discover the name and contact details of John's artist and managed to contact him to confirm he had indeed been paid for his work, although he wouldn't tell me how much he was paid!

But yeah, John got scammed.

[oktwtf]

419 Eater was a place to show-off, coordinate, discuss tactics, etc. Topic: Scambaiting

I believe it's origins were going directly after the scammers behind an advance-fee scam, a.k.a. the "Nigerian prince scam". 419 is in reference to some criminal code.

[at-fates-hands]

You are correct:

The name 419 comes from "419 fraud", another name for advance fee fraud, and itself derived from the relevant section of the Nigerian criminal code.