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== Welcome to Artists Against 419 ==
 
== Welcome to Artists Against 419 ==
  
Say it with Fake Banks.
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The Internet is great, isn't it? It's a magical place, where you can buy anything you want, meet new people, find information... and lose all your money to scammers.
  
'''[[Flash Mob 14|The Valentine's Day Flash Mob]]'''
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We've never liked that last part, so we started to fight back. [[History|Over time]] our art has evolved, and we now maintain the largest manually researched online repository of web sites used in internet fraud.
  
Home alone on Valentine's Day? Need a tasteful, but cheap, gift for a loved one?
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We offer a [https://db.aa419.org/ complete public interface] for our site visitors, as well as [[JSON_API|database access through webservices]] which can be used for automated retrieval of fake site entries. Web browser toolbars use our database feed to warn users that a site they visit is a fake company run by scammers. But most importantly, we continue to build better relations with other anti-fraud organizations and webhosting companies, to pursue our goal of ridding the Internet of fraudulent web sites. 
  
Say it with the Artists Against 419: '''The aa419 Flash Mob is back!'''
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==== Related pages ====
 
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* [[FAQ and Support]]
'''February 13th, 12:00:01 AM GMT''' (one second after midnight), the Artists Against 419 (aa419) invite you, your partner, and all your friends to our '''48-hour love fest''':
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* [[Advance Fee Fraud|What is 419?]]  
 
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* Is this a legit site? Use some [[Online search tools]] to help identify fraud
As a special treat, the Flash Mob will feature a [http://radio.aa419.org:8000/flashmob web broadcast]. You'll be able to hear a livestream of music, funny lad calls, and commentary by ace bank killers throughout the event.  As usual, [http://chat.aa419.org chat online with us]!
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* [[Links]] to other sites
 
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* [[Fanmail]]
Fake banks will feel the power of ordinary Web users once again.
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* [[Old Coaster's List of Bank Regulators around the World]]
 
 
Use the [http://www.aa419.org/mm/ Mugu Marauder] and [http://www.aa419.org/vampire/ladvampire.php Lad Vampire] to drain those fake banks to death!
 
Stay tuned for a new Java based tool to be revealed!
 
Write mails to the hosters to make them stomp out fraudulent 419 sites!
 
 
 
[http://forum.aa419.org/viewforum.php?f=2 Stay tuned for the details and results!]
 
 
 
[[Flash_Mob_History|Read more about the past Flashmobs!]]
 
 
 
==Spread the word!==
 
 
 
The Artists revealed an updated version of the [http://www.aa419.org/vampire/ladvampire.php Lad Vampire] on December 5. Take a look, and read more about it in our [http://forum.aa419.org/ forums]!
 
 
 
==Artists Database Used in New Firetrust Sitehound Software==
 
 
 
That's right, [http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustsitehound_community_groups.html the Artists are one of the Community Groups] whose information is used by Firetrust's [http://www.firetrust.com/firetrustsitehound.html recently released toolbar]. Of course we are very pleased that years of hard work in putting together our database are being put to some greater use! But most importantly, there's now a way for thousands of internet users to be immediately warned that they're being targeted by scammers. '''Nothing fights 419 fraud like public awareness!!!'''
 
 
 
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==Manifesto==
 
Artists love the internet - with the exception of spam! There is only one thing that we hate more than spammers: 419 scammers abusing the internet... These criminals abuse our mailboxes by sending 419 emails, they abuse our guest books by leaving their MUGU entries and they abuse this media by building web sites for criminal fake companies. But some people started hitting back....
 
  
In October 2003 the Artist Against 419 started tackling fake banks in an artistic way: by hotlinking their images to drain their small bandwidth allowance over the limit. But the fake banks evolved and so did the Artists. On the 30th of November 2003 the Artists Against 419 hosted the [[Flash_Mob||first international flashmob against 419]] which would have many successors. We also started maintaining a list of the 419 related sites we found so that potential scam victims would see our website and be warned when they searched for their online banks, and we started cooperaing with webhosting companies to get the 419 sites shut down as soon as possible without causing harm to the webhosters.
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==Announcement: Anti Phishing Working Group==
  
At the moment, the Artists maintain one of the world's largest databases of 419 websites. We offer a [http://aa419.org/fake-banks/|complete public interface] for our site visitors, as well as a database access through webservices which can be used by people for automated retrieval of fake bank entries. We continue to build better relations with webhosting companies and rid the web of fraudulent websites.
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Fake bankers beware! The artists are coming....
 
Everybody is an artist!
 
  
====Related pages====
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We believe that open communication between all companies and groups involved in the fight against internet fraud is the only way to combat it.
*'''[[FAQ and Support]]'''
 
* [[Advance Fee Fraud|What is 419?]]
 
* Is this a legit site? [[Online search tools]] to help identify fraud
 
* [[Links]] to other sites
 
* [[Fanmail]]
 
* [[Fake banks and Web sites in the news]]
 
* [[Old Coaster's List of Bank Regulators around the World]]
 
  
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To that end, the Artists Against 419 are proud to announce their membership of the Anti Phishing Working Group (APWG), and look forward to co-operating with its many members.  Our main focus of work will remain fake websites used in Advance Fee fraud, but we aim to share our knowledge where possible.
  
'''Bandwidth Attack Information'''
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For more information on the APWG, please click on their logo above.
* What is the [[Flash Mob]]?
 
* [[Flash Mob History]]
 
* Why [[Bandwith Theft]]?
 
* [[Bandwidth Results]]
 
* [[AA419 Tools]]
 
* [[Bandwidth Scripts]]
 
  
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==WHOXY==
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[https://www.whoxy.com/ WHOXY] is a great tool to research a domain's history or the behavior of a registrant. Much as some parties would like to describe WHOIS data as privacy invasive, the reality is it allows transparency to consumer and commerce alike and, if used correctly, is rather a stepping stone to consumer trust protecting both consumer and service provider alike. It also allows researchers and consumers to research issues that undermines the legitimate internet, avoiding and/or addressing them. WHOXY is a great tool for this purpose and a must in your bookmarks or toolkit.
  
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Latest revision as of 19:44, 12 February 2023

Welcome to Artists Against 419

The Internet is great, isn't it? It's a magical place, where you can buy anything you want, meet new people, find information... and lose all your money to scammers.

We've never liked that last part, so we started to fight back. Over time our art has evolved, and we now maintain the largest manually researched online repository of web sites used in internet fraud.

We offer a complete public interface for our site visitors, as well as database access through webservices which can be used for automated retrieval of fake site entries. Web browser toolbars use our database feed to warn users that a site they visit is a fake company run by scammers. But most importantly, we continue to build better relations with other anti-fraud organizations and webhosting companies, to pursue our goal of ridding the Internet of fraudulent web sites.

Related pages

Announcement: Anti Phishing Working Group

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We believe that open communication between all companies and groups involved in the fight against internet fraud is the only way to combat it.

To that end, the Artists Against 419 are proud to announce their membership of the Anti Phishing Working Group (APWG), and look forward to co-operating with its many members. Our main focus of work will remain fake websites used in Advance Fee fraud, but we aim to share our knowledge where possible.

For more information on the APWG, please click on their logo above.

WHOXY

WHOXY is a great tool to research a domain's history or the behavior of a registrant. Much as some parties would like to describe WHOIS data as privacy invasive, the reality is it allows transparency to consumer and commerce alike and, if used correctly, is rather a stepping stone to consumer trust protecting both consumer and service provider alike. It also allows researchers and consumers to research issues that undermines the legitimate internet, avoiding and/or addressing them. WHOXY is a great tool for this purpose and a must in your bookmarks or toolkit.

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