Advance Fee Fraud

Provides information on fake bank sites and how to distinguish them from legitimate ones, along with announcements of monthly flash mob events aiming to shut down fake bank sites through bandwidth siphoning.

The author describes the mass of offers he has received from African nations, offering him a share of millions, with a description of how the scam works. [Salon]

Plug in name, country, and dollar amount to instantly generate a long-winded reply to dubious business proposals.