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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:18 pm

I'm wondering if anyone has had any "success" with responding to letters in other languages than English. I can imagine sending several pages of absolute drivel in for example French or German would make the lads think this really has to be somebody serious, even if they don't understand a word of it... Then i can see them really wrapping their heads in a knot trying to make sense out of it Razz

It's probably a good idea to include some english word like TRANSFER, ACCOUNT, 5 MILLION DOLLARS etc. just so they know you're talking business Laughing

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:24 pm

It's probably a waste of effort largely. Most Lads will drop you rather than spend time on a victim who is going to be too much hard work.

I have responded as someone who is not a good English speaker - usually Russian and enjoy making it hard to understand. The problem is that if you want them to do anything specific you then have to undergo a miraculous transformation and write clearly.

No harm trying it though.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:29 pm

^^Yupp. Same here.
My Frenchie character was ordered to continue in English if she wants real business.
You MAY get a response though, a machine translated one.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:31 pm

I have sent in the past letters to Charles Soludo.
He replied and asked to write in English. I kept writing in Spanish, later to mix the two languages together.

The advantage is that I cursed him with every opening of the letter. Laughing

He never questioned any type of insult that I used on him Laughing

So, the mugu can drop you or continue to try and take advantage of you.

Try it, it does not hur to find out

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:41 pm

I have done some of the lads as a badly English speaking Japanese character. It's fun to begin with, but they never seem to last long.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:49 pm

I speak a little French, and thought it may be fun to do a French bait some 6 months ago. I knew then that many African 419 famed countries do French as a first language. This particular scam was based in Cote D'Ivoire.

My lad replied telling me to continue in English. After that it wasn't worth the effort for me to continue checking dictionary.com for good insults.

I don't know, some lads are no fun anymore. Sad

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:06 am

Yes, quite the same here.
Then, in the beginning, I made a small form in the Latin language with a lot of insults, for barristers� use only. Uh-uh, not really fun, and a wasted afternoon making it Confused

I did get some dead bank customer-scam emails in German from Sth Africa though. Machine translated.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:17 am

Funny you should ask - I just replied in French to a scam from Benin and received an answer in English which showed he'd read and understood the content.

Elite Baiter Joined: 02 Jul 2006 Posts: 1702

Or how about really straining them lol

*produced with google tools so not my fault if it makes no sense whatsoever lol

Quote:

Bonjour Scammer

Aujourd'hui nous nous embarquons on an endevour to help you
Avec les milieux d'affaires dont vous avez besoin I have spoken to Mein Deutsch Kommandeur who says Dass wir gehen m�ssen und helfen Ihnen with this important transaction however im off to italy to
Nuotare in romana Vaticano.

Speak soon

They dont read them anyway so you might as well have a bit of bi-lingual or in that case quad-lingual fun.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:26 am

Herp wrote:

I'm wondering if anyone has had any "success" with responding to letters in other languages than English.

Herp,
I corresponded with a French speaking Togolese scammer for 18 months.
All of our exchanges were conducted in English, even though I was baiting as a Russian, until at one time I introduced another Russian character who wrote only Russian, in Cyrillic, in all his emails.
The scammer didn't bat an eyelid and responded to every mail, answering every point, in English.

If the scammer thinks that he can sniff money he'll jump through any hoop to get at it.

However, you should bear in mind that if you don't speak a second language that you'll be putting in more effort than you need if you have to start translating.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:13 am

WORF has a lad that seems to understand Sweedish Chef!

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