It Started February 7, 2008 - My First Bait (Still ongoing)

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Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:48 pm

I have been working this bait since I joined E@ter under the tutelage of Tasman. bow_down

I have made good decisions, bad decisions, and undertaken timely modalities, and untimely modalities. I have learned alot and continue stringing this mugu along. Thanks Tasman for all the help thus far!

I will be posting this bait for your amusement/critique over the next day or so.

It all started so simple:

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On Feb 7, 2008 1:40 PM, Yus@ S@k@shite <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mr.J0zef Buch@,
> I am interested in a new mortgage loan. I await your response with more
> information.
>
> Thank you,

> Yus@ S@k@shite

And the response:

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Hello,
Thanks for contacting us and you are sure of a very transparent and
fast service.Anyway,there are no much hassles in obtaining
business/personal loan from us.Before we move on,i will like to ask
you some few questions:
1.How much do you need for the loan in USD
2.How long do you want to take this loan if granted
3.How credit worthy are you to payback this loan once it is granted
4.What do you do for a living presently.
5.Your country of origin
6.Your Monthly Income
7.Purpose of the loan
If your answers are satisfactory,you will then get an instant
qualification for the loan,right?

Write back so that we can swing to the next step asap

Mr.B3njmin Sm1th(MD)
L0ng T3rm L0an C0mpany Ltd
Official email:[email protected]

After I responded with some straight-bait responses, I got this:

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Hello ,
Sequel to your mail received. I can help you with the loan amount of
$800,000 but I will like to inform you that we have lost some money to
some internet hoodlums in the past and for that singular reason we are
very skeptical about doing financial business outside our
country,though we now have some precautionary process/measures of
doing e-loans without having the fear of being hoowinked again,this i
will abreast you of in my conditions subsequently.
Concerning the loan terms:You will have to agree with me that you
will be making a monthly repayment of $7,133.33 for the duration of 10
years(the monthly interest rate was calculated at 7%),a receipt will
be issued on any payment made to a bank account that will be sent to
you subsequently.Do also let me if you are not comfortable with the
monthly repayments,okay?

Please send down these info. to update your file:
1.Full name
2.Occupation and current position held
3.Phone number(mobile and home)
4.Name of next of kin
5.Residential Address
6a.Identity card number
b.State the type of identity used
c.ID expiring date
Let me know if you have anything to add here as my terms are quite
flexible,transparent and direct.

Await your swift response asap.
Mr.B3njamin Sm1th(MD)
L0ng T3m L0an C0mpany Ltd
Official email:[email protected]

7%? Are you kidding me?

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Mr. B3njamin Sm1th,
There seems to be some sort of misunderstanding here. The current mortgage rates for loans are 5.5%, but your email is quoting me 7%.

I am sure it is just a mistake by your secretary or assistant. Before we continue on, could you please check the interest rate that was quoted?

Also, I am very concerned about fraudstars on the internet as well, so let's be skeptical together. I would like to recommend a security step to ensure that our communication is secure and between just the two of us:

Let's use a passphrase each time we communicate. I would like to recommend my beloved wife's name - Ima Sakashite {I was really hoping to get a sign of him stating he is a sack of sh*t}
Please let me know about the interest rate. If you can go below 5.5%, then I would like to reconsider the loan amount, as my wife has added plans for a koi pond, buddhist pagoda temple, and a zen garden to our new home plans. Initial estimates from the contractor that will be doing the work will be $1,500,000 so I will be looking for a 20 year loan instead of a 10 year loan.

Please verify 2 things: the interest rate and your acceptance of our passphrase

By the way, my wife and I are going to Okinawa for the weekend for my mother's 65th birthday and won't be back until Monday. As with Japanese custom, I would like to bring you (my new business partner) back a token of my appreciation from Japan. {I still want a safari out of this lad to retrieve this token from customs somewhere} Please let me know what you would like and I will certainly pick it up for you.

Best Regards,
Yus@ S@k@shite

Paraphrasing for a bit now. B3n accepts my new interest rate and sends:

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And as for your kind offer,will a laptop be too expensive for you to
pick up for me?I heard Japan is the home of electronics.If yes, this
will be very appreciated by my secretary. I promise to reciprocate
this kind gesture you have excercised here as you are the first person
to do this.

Laptop too expensive for me? Hell no!

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Mr. B3njamin, it was so humble and thoughtful to plan on giving the present from me to please your secretary, I have brought back two laptops from Japan. One for you and one for your secretary.

Such a happy lad after only about the first week of baiting:

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Good day Yus@,
Wow,you are really a nice man.I am so sorry i am not able to fund
you with the full proposal {He wanted to do 2 loans to total $1.5 million, but will do $800k first and $700k second loan} but i assure you that once we are able to
get the first loan to you the second would follow suit,okay?
How do you deliver the laptops?

Have a great day and say me well to your wife {Thanks for being so concerned about your impression to Yus@'s wife. This will bite him later}

Mr.B3njamin Sm1th

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Hi Yus@ and Im@ S@k@shite,
Like I said before this is the first time a client is offering me a
gift like I also promised earlier, I will give my full support to
ensure that this loan and credited to your bank account or any other
means you deem right to receive the loan soonest. As to where the gift
will be directed to, l will suggest you direct it to my residential
address below and since i am not always around, I will advice that the
laptops be sent to my wife, Mrs. E1leen Sm1th, she is very creative
and works indoors, she said she would be sending to you both a piece
of her creative art work from her gallery in return of your Valentine
gift but i was suggesting if you could send a joint picture having you
and your wife so that she can reproduce the picture in painting just
for you to feel her handiwork. {I will bring this offer back into the bait later if the opportunity arises} After all, there is love in sharing.See
below for the delivery details:
Name of the recipient: Mrs. Eileen Smith
Residential Address: <address snipped>
London, SW9 9BN
England
Mode of delivery: DHL Courier Delivery (it is safer and more reliable)
You are expected to send in the tracking details and other information
once you have sent the laptops.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Extend my candid greetings to your wife
Warmest Regards,
Mr.B3njamin Sm1th

P: Im@ S@k@shite {remember this is the password that protects us from the fraudstars. I may also use it to chop his dollah later.}

Fast Forward through clarifications on how to pay Western Union. Also, an unfruitful trip to MoneyGram {Dear Yus@ confuses the two} just to find out they don't take credit card. A small slap to B3n and we moved on to WU S3cure modalities (3 of them). Tasman did his best to help me get a photo trophy of my mugu, but his stubbornness and my over-quick decision led to my mugu sending a photochopped ID and thus ruining the photo trophy quest. So, on to MTCNS3CURE modalities.

B3n is getting frustrated, so he tries to call Yus@'s K7 number with no success. He writes to complain and here is Yus@'s response:

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Mr. B3njamin Sm1th,
I apologize that my phone goes to voicemail so often. When I am at work, I have to leave it in my office. No cell phones are allowed in the R&D labs.

Besides, my English is not that good. How is your Japanese?

My daughter or my niece stop by every morning to help me proofread my email before I send it out (My wife and I only moved here after my daughter was accepted to University here).

I got a call from DHL yesterday. Their laptop shipping boxes have come in. I hope to send them today at lunch. {just more delays on the tokens of appreciation I fear. Damn DHL was out of laptop shipping boxes.}
Regards,
Yus@ S@k@shite

Meanwhile, Yus@'s health is failing due to walking every day to MoneyGram to do something else.

I will post more tomorrow including the trophies I have on this bait so far.

Elite Baiter Joined: 28 Feb 2007 Posts: 1731

Good work, over a month now, hope you have many more.

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:06 pm

I'll bet your Japanese is better than his. Nice work!

Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:51 pm

Damn right! Keeping a loan shark hooked for over a month is beyond expectation. Well done ! Laughing

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:17 am

Congrats both to you and your mentor Very Happy

Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:00 pm

Picking up where I left off:

Yus@ does his part to de-educate lads:

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They stated that if I did that and you were still unable to open the file, that perhaps someone more computer illiterate could help you.

B3n has an explanation why the payment modalities are all falling in Yus@'s favor:

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Good Day Yus@,
Now, I can figure out why it has been so hard for us to download
their attachment and get the MTC Numbers. Western Union of today will
not release such money to us no matter the recipient's status. The
last time i received such wire of this nature(over $5,400USD) it took
3 weeks and 2 days before i was given considerations.
Like i said in my previous email, I will advice you to withdraw your
money and try and resend it in two folds, that is,$2,500USD today and
the $2,500USD the next day, I know this will be really stressful to
you but i will give you the benefit to deduct the Money Gram or
Western Union charges and other miscellaneous from each transfer you
make, I think it is only reasonable for both of us to bear the
inconveniences involved, alright? {How nice of you B3n}Update me once you have done as i have instructed because i also know
that you need this loan urgently.

Reply
Mr.B3nj@min Sm1th

Only happy to oblige, Yus@ will then need 2 days to drop the same amount of money at the WU. This will delay the laptop shipment because:

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Regarding the laptops, they are packaged and ready to go. The issue is with the location of DHL and the location of MoneyGram. I walk to work and can only stop at 1 place per day and these places are 2 completely different directions. As soon as I stop wearing out the sidewalk from my house to MoneyGram, I can make it to DHL.

B3n is getting fraudstrated:

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Good Day Yus@,
Did you read my last email very well? {As best as Yus@ can, he is Japanese you know} I have had enough stress
trying to explain things to you {You don't know stress yet my friend}, I said, there are other delay
problems apart from downloading their form.

Yus@ is trying to do as B3n instructs:

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I can send the second payment to your secretary. I will need her full information. That is not a problem. The problem is this infernal method you have chosen for me to send you the cash Twisted Evil

. I sure hope there are no issues with the next 2 transfers I do (Wednesday and Thursday). Twisted Evil

{What could go wrong}

No Western Union for 3 days? What will Yusa do with this window of opportunity? Go for trophies Twisted Evil

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Mr. B3nj@min,
We have a wonderful window of opportunity open to us. While we are waiting for the 3 day limit on getting the money back, I have time to get to the DHL store to ship the MacBook Air notebooks.

My wife, however, is now upset with the stress I have been through regarding this loan. She has forbidden me to send them to you until she either meeting you in person (as our culture normally dictates) or you send a token of apology. Since we are now in a digital age, I have convinced her that a photo should do. So, here is her request which will let me go to DHL today and shit the laptops for you and your secretary: She would like a picture of you with a note stating "I'm sorry Ima Sakashite". I am sure a successful businessman like you has access to a digital camera, so please try to send the picture by noon Pacific Time. I will then go to DHL during my lunch.

I have taken a picture of one of the laptops I took with my phone last night before I packed it. {i.e. some MacBook Air in the wild photo from the Internets}I have also attached a scanned copy of the receipt for Customs declaration purposes.{Gotta love Writ3Junk}

It appears the next few days will be spent filling out more gorram forms at the Western Union offices during my lunch.
Regards,

So, B3n quickly ruins the photo trophy with a bogus ID mockup, but I did get 2 handwritten trophys (first one was written too small and Im@ couldn't read it). I will attach these as soon as I find a way to post the images. My firewall at work is blocking most photo-hosting sites.

Over a month with no payout, B3n is getting creative. He remembers that my niece helps me proofread email before sending:

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Ask your Niece you earlier told me about to help you with the second
payment so that they do not get to know that she is connected to you
or better still ask her to go to another place to make the transfer of
the second wire, alright?

Loyal Yus@ follows the instructions:

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Mr. B3nj@min,
We went to another MoneyGram and here are the payment details as well as the email they sent us.

Name of the receiver: H3ather J3ane S@k@shite {This won't raise any red flags if he was concerned H3ather J3ane would}
Street address of the receiver: #45 Abbey Close ,NewBury
City of the receiver: Liverpool
Country of the receiver: England
Amount to send: $2,375USD

My wife has accepted your apology conditionally. She stated if there are no further issues with this loan {How could there be?}, then I can send the laptops on Wednesday.

Regards,
Yus@ S@k@shite

B3n doesn't like MTCNS3CUR3 but Yus@ isn't backing down on this one yet:

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Mr. B3nj@min,
My niece was at Western Union for over an hour getting the
explanation. We are given no MTCN. You are the only person able to
retrieve the MTCN from the MTCN S3cur3 site. They told her this was to
prevent fraud.
They also told her as added security, you have only 48 hours to
retrieve the money.
Please work with MTCN s3cur3 to get the number you are requesting. I
am very confused as to this whole process.

Lazy mugu only clicked 9 times. Then he sent me a bank account which I promptly forwarded to Alan. AND ignored that he even sent me this.

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Below are the account details of our India branch:
Name of our Account Holder: G.S NGANGMAYO
Account Number:: 000000xxxxxx
Pan Number: AMMPGxxxxx
Bank: Barclays Bank
Swift Code: BARCINxxxxx
Branch: 121 Greenpark Complex New Delhi,India

So, B3n sends me another email for Yus@ to get the MTCN:

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I tried to follow up the process of retrieving the MTCN but i found
out that it will lead me no where,so i stopped.Try and read through
the email you previously sent to me and try and follow up the process
that leads to retrieving the MTCN,do this and update me soonest.

Yus@ responds:

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I have contacted MTCNs3cur3 and received an email from Mr. Ramit. He informed me that you are the only person that can retrieve the MTCN number from Western Union S3cur3. Mr. R@mit {Mr. R@mit Upyer@z is very helpful to all my mugus}told me that you had successfully completed 9 of the 10 required steps {This may change unexpectedly to help improve security}to retrieve the MTCN and that you had not submitted any support tickets related to this transfer. He also informed me that the transfer is going to expire this morning and I will have to yet again walk to the Western Union store and retrieve the money.

Why did you give up when you were so close? This whole thing has me so stressed. In Japan, I have never had this kind of trouble with loans or financial transactions.

B3n is dismayed that he was one clicky from winning the game:

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Frankly speaking,I have never had issues like this with my past
clients.If completing the 10 steps would reveal the MTCN and there
would not be any other issues then i think i will be able to work
towards that to receive the MTCN so that we can have this whole stress
sought out without delays.
You can go ahead and make the first deposit again because i noticed
the money has been returned to you back. {Sure thing!}This whole secure process is
so frustrating and i apologise for not completing the 10 steps,there
was no indicator to update me on how long i was to go.

How is your health now anyway? {Failing I fear Twisted Evil

}

So, faithful Yus@ sent him the clicky game again this morning...
To Be Continued.

Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:38 pm

29 clickies and this lazy mugu gave up again on MTCNS3CUR3:

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Hello Yus@,
I have again completed the steps(10 times) and nothing has come up.
I beieve this is a game,right?

Have a nice day
B3n

Since this is the third time I got him on the clicky game, and still don't have 100 clicks, I decided to try to go back for a photo trophy on WU S3cur3 or a bank account to kill, or a fruitless trip to the airport.

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Mr. B3njamin,
I spoke with the representative on Saturday and I was able to retrieve the money again.
Western Union is unsure why you were having such difficulties retrieving the MTCN number, so they suggested using the Western Union S3cur3 form (which is what we tried first I believe). It was explained to me that Governor Schwarzneggar {Yes, Yus@ has trouble with those Austrian names} has enacted an Act to prevent internet fraudstars from stealing money from Californians. All money amounts $500 and over being sent overseas MUST use a secure method.

Tell me what we do from here. I have thought of a couple possibilities:
1. Fill out their Western Union S3cur3 form and send it in. Then they will issue the MTCN immediately without issue.
2. Take the deposit out of the Money Order you are going to send me and hold that as the deposit.
3. Combine both loans and I will bring Im@ to London to deliver the laptops and make both payments in person. She and I could both use a little vacation now

Please let me know what you would like me to do.
Regards,
Yus@ S@k@shite

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 2:38 pm

This bait will either turn out good in the next couple weeks or be over completely. 5 days with no word from my mugu.

Anyway, here are the first trophies I harvested from my first bait.

He is sorry for being a sack of shite.

He really is.

Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 6:19 pm

He should be! He is ! Laughing

How does it feel, the first trophies? It made me greedy go get more !
Well done !

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 3:04 pm

That is awesome work YS, not just for a first bait but for any bait in a career. Make him feel the pain beating

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:18 pm

I wish there was an emoticon for laughing so hard that stuff is brought up. It only happens about twice a week here on the Eater but your Ima Sakashite did it for me right now. Thanks and great baiting. Keep it up and help me bring it up.

Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:22 pm

Great baiting. You have the mugu under control Thumbs up

Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:02 pm

Things have slowed down with this mugu, after he passed me off to someone in India for Yus@ to meet in person. Unfortunately, the Indian mugu is dumber than a brick and I am trying to get the original mugu back on the hook. I still want a safari out of this bait.

On an unrelated note, I thought I would share a trophy from another bait I started the same day as this one. It is a puppy scam and they have yet to retrieve the money from Yus@ (even after roughly 400 clickies on MTCNS3cur3).

HUGE GREAT PAGE-BLOWING IMAGE

Yes, another mugu apologizing for being a sack of shite.

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