http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:08:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25301/how-a-scottish-author-scammed-the-email-spammers-to-write-a-bestselling-book http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25301/how-a-scottish-author-scammed-the-email-spammers-to-write-a-bestselling-book#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 06:52:54 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=25301 Nigerian princes with fortunes in Swiss bank accounts, or beautiful Russian brides desperate to meet us are nothing unusual.

Most of us delete them without reading them - but Scottish author Neil Forsyth had a different idea.

Curious to find out just how desperate the spammers were for cash, he struck up email conversations with the senders.

After creating his own character called Bob Servant, he was soon dealing with unsuspecting con artists around the globe. He led them on with bizarre requests and surreal stories.

The resulting book - Delete This at Your Peril - won fans ranging from rock band Snow Patrol to writer Irvine Welsh.

Now a follow-up has been released and Hollwood star Brian Cox is playing the comic creation on the radio.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/25301/how-a-scottish-author-scammed-the-email-spammers-to-write-a-bestselling-book/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7867/turning-the-tables-on-nigerias-e-mail-conmen http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7867/turning-the-tables-on-nigerias-e-mail-conmen#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2004 18:53:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=7867 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/7867/turning-the-tables-on-nigerias-e-mail-conmen/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5121/nigerian-email-conmen-fall-into-their-targets-net http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5121/nigerian-email-conmen-fall-into-their-targets-net#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:09:33 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=5121 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/5121/nigerian-email-conmen-fall-into-their-targets-net/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1414/the-scam-busters http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1414/the-scam-busters#comments Thu, 05 Dec 2002 08:56:55 +0000 Johan de Boer http:/?p=1414 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/1414/the-scam-busters/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17220/419-fraud http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17220/419-fraud#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2002 13:39:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17220/419-fraud http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17220/419-fraud/feed 0