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Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 9:29 am

Ho Ho Ho!

As we approach this wonderful festive time of year, I am keen to understand what the lads are doing to "cash in" on peoples generosity and take advantage of the giving spirit most people enjoy! I'm looking for examples of any Christmas scams you have come accross during your baiting careers and more importantly - what are your baiting plans for the festivities???

After all, it would be ashame not to give our lads a Christmas to remember!

Enjoy!

NTBS!!!! Very Happy

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 5:35 pm

There's of course the bird lady:
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1011247

Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:20 pm

Of course I am asking my pets what they would like for Christmas. It's a great time of the year to get safaris.

You tell your pets that you want to get things for them. Then you come across all kinds of holiday deals and start buying more and more and the pets get excited.

Then you "Send" them the package with the stuff - but of course something happens and the package gets lost in the transfer - and it's stuck in the country beside theirs - and the mugu has to go get it himself.

Baiting Guru Joined: 17 Sep 2006 Posts: 5905

You tend to notice at this time of year lads try to rush you through their process as quick as possible to get paid before the end of year festivities begin and everything comes to a standstill. One NOK scammer I was baiting last year bypassed contacting the bank and the attorney and went straight to the WU stage. Nothing gets to them more than going as slow as possible at this time of year Wink

tis the season to spend money and lads are just as desperate for cash as everyone else.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:10 am

My check lad feels the holiday spirit and wants to share it in true mercantile fashion:

Quote:

....Also you realise that xmas is approcing and i dont want to loose customers,so i want you to go to www.xxxx.com,we could send you some money their its an online account make sure you register ok ?...

But he did ask me for a gift:

Quote:

HELLO, I JUST GOT SOMETHING UP, I WANT YOU TO GET A MAGAZINE , PUT THE MONEY ($4200)INSIDE THE MAGAZINE AND PACKAGE IT WELL, THEN SEND IT WITH DHL OR UPS TO LORI, MAKE SURE YOU PACKAGE IT WELL AND MAKE SURE DHL DONT KNOW THERE IS MONEY INSIDE OK,

So, I sent him a magazine, torn up a bit, with a notice from "the FBI" saying he shouldn't send cash through the mail, and he should contact any FBI office to get his money back.... Laughing

Not quite a Newb Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 60

what magazine did you send him? Smile

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:27 pm

I asked a few of my lads what their holiday plans are:

http://adventuresinscambaiting.blogspot.com/2007/12/stephen-gets-into-holiday-spirit.html

http://adventuresinscambaiting.blogspot.com/2007/12/home-for-holidays.html

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:34 pm

Mod Edit: Full requote of previous post removed because we can all read it ^^^^

That's nice. It's good to spend the holidays with family. Personally, I'll spend Christmas with my six kids:

Greg
Peter
Bobby
Marsha
Jan
Cindy

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:52 pm

I have one lad that is trying to find the correct color for Rudolph's nose.
So far he has only sent me pictures of the fluffy thinggy he is working on.

My goal is to try and get him to attach sticks to his head and sport the nose with a very large and clear picture for my holiday charity calendar.

This lad is dumb as a stump, so I am confident I will have a pic before Xmas. Twisted Evil

B

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:12 pm

I also think the holiday season is a good time to restart some stalled baits, particularly romance scammers:

Quote:

Darling,

I know we did not part on the best of terms, but I have been thinking about you a lot lately. Maybe it's just that it's almost Christmas and I have no family to comfort me. It gets really lonely this time of year.

I'm sorry for all that I put you through. Can't we start again and have a happy new year together?

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

lads like posing for calendars, when i was new it was quite easy to get the hamster lad to pose with a sign saying what he did to them.

I remember my mentor wanted a whole town to pose, the lad went along with it for a while and vanished for over a year. All his emails were working but no reply we tried different characters the lot he either got lynched or caught.

So yea go for a big calendar showing lots of people having fun - dont forget local promotion, and seeing local people enjoying your calendar - remember its going to cost a lad a good few quid to make a calendar, and pay people to pose for it etc etc.

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