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Scam Baiting Results

Scam baiters claim that a helpful spin-off of 419 scams baiting has been the contact of false and fraudulent "lottery," "banking" and "credit" services that are often created by the 419 spam sendes to further their scams and make them seem legitimate. Some of the scam baiters specialize in hunting down and "killing" these fake sites in order to get rid of one of the tools in the scammers' arsenal.

There are very few known cases of 419 scammer discovering their real identity of a scam baiter, since baiters are always using fake e-mail accounts and are careful not to unveil any personal details. Some baiter claim, which scammers have visited the fake addresses the baiter gave them.

Scam baiting could also be considered a type of smart taking operation, although most scam baits in this 419 scam baiting results in ctually trying to waste time instead of catching the scammer and might not fit the definition of a smart operation.