A mugu who googles!

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Posted: Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:36 pm

Try saying that ten times fast! Laughing

I had a narrow escape today. I'd previously posted some choice excerpts from one of my baits in here, and inadvertantly neglected to l33t my baiter name (H3ster D3moll3ster) in one of the posts. Fortunately a kind member in here had the forsight to notice that and PM me. I quickly went in a l33ted it, but too late - google had found me! Even a few days later I tried googling my baiter name, and shazaam - led right to the thread on Eater.

I don't know much about how google works, but apparently my l33ting ultimately did have the desired effect. I only know this because I got an email today from an NOK lad that I recently started baiting. I'd earlier told him that I didn't think the money belonged to me because I wasn't related to the "deseased". Today I got this from him:

Quote:

Please you should have every confidence in me for the successful completion of this project. I assure you once again that this transaction is real as I am sure of what we are doing. If I am not sure of this transaction there is no way I will be wasting my time on it. Know that I am aware that you are not in any way related to the deseased client, as you must not be relative to anyone, since your name turn up nothing on google. The client have a different name from you, but many relatives have different names altogether from each ther. What you should always bear in mind is that I am not doing this business because of the large amount that is involved but rather, because it's safe and very safe for both of us and I will like you to keep it to your self so that no body will know how we made our money.

The mugu googled me! Shocked

I quickly googled my baiter name, and this time absolutely nothing comes up.

Moral of the story is, I know we all get a little bit annoyed at all the leeting that goes on in here (I actually hate it), but as this proves, it can be pretty important to keep a bait going.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:08 am

Cachuma wrote:

Moral of the story is, I know we all get a little bit annoyed at all the leeting that goes on in here (I actually hate it), but as this proves, it can be pretty important to keep a bait going.

Or, Alternatively, don't post it until finished. 1 h@t3 1t wh3n n0rm@1 w0rd5 @r3 133t3d. t0t@11y p01ntl355. Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:16 am

Does a MuguGoogler "Mugle"?

Google are rather quick to catalogue whatever they can - even user comments on an IT articles site (the most excellent http://www.theregister.co.uk - If you're even slightly technically inclined, it's for you) appear within hours, I've noticed.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:31 am

Nurse Nasty wrote:

Or, Alternatively, don't post it until finished. 1 h@t3 1t wh3n n0rm@1 w0rd5 @r3 133t3d. t0t@11y p01ntl355. Laughing

Yeah, but then we'd never hear about some of these awesome ongoing baits, and get to have input from the peanut gallery on what evil tactics to inflict on our lads next! Twisted Evil

I agr33, 1 h@t3 l337ing t00.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:39 am

After reading this, I googled my character's name (She's new she won't pop up here), and a TRUCKLOAD of wierd crappy german sites popped up. Let's see what happens when you do an image search.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:03 am

I meant the usual words people leet. There really is no need. Ongoing bait names I alter. So if my name if Jeff Buzznee, I write on the forums; Geoff Buzzy. Keeps me safe and warm. Just like a warm pee on a cold and frosty morning.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:11 am

Fortunately most lads don't Google but it certainly can happen. I don't worry about it much, I still bait with my forum name and with other characters who are readily Googled back to here. It's very rare that I get rumbled.

For an extra level of security leeting an obscure baiting name certainly can make sense. But some people go overboard, IMHO.

There's no reason to leet common names like James, John, or whatever. I cringe when I seen things like "J4me5". Why bother? A search for "James" brings up 620 million hits. If your last name is unusual then it could come up, but changing a single letter will cover it. Why take the trouble to write "Fr31z\/\/1d4tt" when "Freizwid4tt" would do -- and be a lot easier to read in a post. I also opt to leet only the one letter than is closest to normal, e.g. "Pr0vidence" rather than "Provid3nc3". My eyeballs hurt when I read some posts. Wink

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:21 am

That's why my characters all tend to be comedians or comedy characters that will throw up a thousand references if googled and when Lads trace Mr G0mer back here, it only enhances his reputation.

Keep in mind that any Lad who googles is clearly an advanced computer wizard but it still requires them to work out what google is telling them - and, even then, most Lads can't interpret the answer.

Not all Lads are dumb - but then not all polecats are geniuses.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:46 am

My mistake was in choosing a baiting name that is utterly and completely unique. Google it - you'll see that NOTHING comes up! It's all because back when I was in college a few of us put on a silly play that one of my friends had written, and I played the part of a slutty girl named Hester. My friends started calling me Hester the Molester, and the name stuck...for a while anyway. That's why I picked that baiter name to begin with, not thinking about the fact that its very uniqueness could be a problem.

I do think this was an unusual situation, and I'm eager to see where this bait goes. Is he an unusually intelligent mugu? Or does just happen to have a wee bit more knowledge about the internet than most lads? I'll see what happens with him.

Oh, and Juan, I completely agree about the leeting on overdrive. The only reason I leet both names of my character is because it is so unusual.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:25 am

I made the mistake of posting my baiter name here, and google found it -- unfortunately here and a dating site are the only places that show up for it - I suppose I should have used a more common name (but it is funny)...

I went back and changed it to leet, but it still hasn't changed in google...

So if a lad googles me, I'd better think quick.

On another site I posted my e-mail addy and a lad googled it - I explained that I posted scam e-mails I got, so other people would know it was being sent around...I kept the explanation to just the e-mails and didn't hint at anything like he was doing (romance scamming)...this satisfied him and the bait is still on...

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:45 am

Try using place names for your baiter names to counter this. I don't publish my baits here, but it will prevent any google search form leading your lad here unless he wants to go to page 1532 of any search he may do.

Some of my many names:
Watford Gap
Kingston Bypass
Heston Park
Usman Flyover <Yes it really does exist Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:12 am

I'd be surprised if he actually googled your name. Lads lie you know Wink

Looks to me like just part of his script.

Other than that, I must not be related to anyone either since googling my real name turns up nothing about me. Although, I use to think my name was pretty unique but apparently it's not. Also, some who share my name appear to be dumb asses Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:46 am

if I google my real life name sites come up that will sell your personal information - things like car titles, home deeds, phone numbers - any public records.

I used to write to each one and ask them to remove my name (only way they'd let you do that) but then there just got to be too many of them so I gave up

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:48 am

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Dora absolutely hates this.

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:05 pm

I'm way too attached to my baiter character to change names now. Wink

Hessie and I have been through so much together! She's almost become a real person to me. I know her so well at this point, I don't even have to think about what to respond...it just comes out in her voice. If I was to change the name I'd have to rebuild the character in my head!

Ghost, I agree that it seems to sound like part of the script, but then that particular line only makes sense in a situation like mine where my name comes up with absolutely nothing on google. I have had dozens of NOK lads change the name of the dead guy to my character's last name, and maybe that's what this one was planning on doing until he googled me and saw there were no other people with my last name. I mean, even the last name on its own comes up with zero! So I still think he actually googled me. But you could be right. In any case, just to be safe, I'll be leeting Hessie's name in here going forward. And I'll be interested to see if this is a particularly astute mugu.