Revenge Safari - Lagos to Abidjan

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Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 2:31 am

Remember the lad that made me look stupid by almost getting himself chopped?

That was the one who supposedly traveled between Lagos and Accra which was "confirmed" by an IP and phone number change. I had about 3 or 4 people on IM at the time and I told all of them how great my new modality is. Then I started a thread about how great my new modality is... Then I found out it was all a case of mistaken identity. Sad

Well, after that, rather than committing harakiri, I decided to salvage a bit of the pride that I'd flushed down the toilet by focusing on only one of the Zooms and getting him to really travel. It was intensive, sure, but so worth it.

This time, I:
-checked for a phone number change
-checked for an IP change
-made sure the IP change was from the exact same e-mail address (no more switching)
-compared voices to make sure it's the same guy that called from the Naija number
-made certain I was giving only him information that no one else had

All of it checks out so now I'm confident in saying that, unlike last time, this is a legitimate safari.

Letters pick up after I split the two lads:

Quote:

Attn: J0hn,

Thanks for your response. I have just try the number again but is not going through.Tell me what is going on with your line,i want you to call my private number which i gave to you in my last email.

I will be waiting for your urgent response soonest.
Best regards.

Nigeria
Received: from [41.217.65.3] by web113009.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:28:22 PDT

Quote:

Thanks for your mail.i will try and call you right way okay.
Be expecting my call now.

Best Regards.

Nigeria
Received: from [196.1.177.28] by web113005.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:35:07 PDT

Quote:

Hi J0hn,

I am not happy that you are regarding my transaction with you not to be real.

We did not comence this transaction today and lot of water has gone under the bridge before you arrived Ghana, therefore i see no good reason why you should be telling that you will leaving to Ivory Coast.

I was at the airport to pick you upon arrival but unfortunately you have left the airport before i arrived. i actully had a flat tyre on the way to the airport.

I do not like this development and the way you are going about it because you are supposed to be my guest.

I have made all the necessary arrangements down for there to be successfull transaction for you.

I phoned you all through yesterday but you failed to pick my call and i was happy when i got you on phone today but the accusation from you was disturbing to me.

I have already secure 250 Kg and local miners are ready to give us more at lower prices.
You can easily reach me through my mobile telephone number:xxx xxx xxxx.

Send to me YOUR Hotel name and room number xxx.

I will appreciate your immediate reply.

Regards,

Zum@ D0uglas

Ghana
Received: from [41.202.16.131] by web113011.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:34:32 PDT

I hadn't checked the IP when that one arrived since I've been pretty sick the past few days, so I simply went along with my Abidjan story.

I wrote:

Dear Zum@ D0uglas

Don't worry, I've arrived safely in Abidjan. I'm going to relax today, but tomorrow I'm going to go down to your office to submit the payment.

I guess you've already come back home to Ivory Coast so you'll probably see me tomorrow.

I look forward to meeting you.

J0hn

Sure enough, a day and a half later...

Quote:

Hello Mr J0hn,

Please i am coming this evening, i have been trying to reach your satellite phone number, when it ring and you pick the call it stop.

Please do call me on this number (+225xxxxxxxx) immediately you get this mail, so that i will know the hotel were you are. Do give me the hotel number and your room number.

I am worry about you; start in your hotel room. I will appreciate your immediate call.

Regards,

Zum@ D0uglas

Ivory Coast
Received: from [41.202.73.177] by web113015.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:58:19 PDT

Then, just to make sure...

Quote:

Hello Mr J0hn,

Please i am coming this evening, i have been trying to reach your staterliet phone number, when it ring and you pick the call it stop.

please do call me on this number(+225xxxxxxxx) immediately you get this mail, so that i will know the hotel were you are. Do give me the hotel number and your room number.

I am worry about you, start in your hotel room.

Thanks

Ivory Coast
Received: from [41.202.73.177] by web113015.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:33:32 PDT

But wait, there's more. Have a side of voicemails.

Voicemail 1
Sounds like he has a partner with him. Twisted Evil

Voicemail 2
Poor boi sounds quite confused by my ambiguous voicemail recording.

Voicemail 3
His partner can be heard in the background again... or is that a radio?

Voicemail 4
As time goes on, so does the enthusiasm drain from his voice.

Voicemail 5
He's starting to sound frustrated here.

Voicemail 6
A moment of silence followed by angry voices. Very Happy

Voicemail 7
His last attempt for the day. A good effort all in all.

All of those voicemails came from a +225 number, which is the calling code for Ivory Coast.

All in all, 550 miles in one direction isn't a bad run. Let that be a lesson to all of the lads out there. Don't make me look stupid, or I'll make you look worse.

Thank you and good night.

Edited for censorship.

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 3:27 am

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:45 am

Nice! Congratulations on salvaging that pith!

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 10:41 am

Thanks, MOP and Juan.

Well, I just had an interesting conversation with my lad. He asked me which hotel I'm at, and I gave him the usual answer: "Sheraton". Well, as it turns out, there are no Sheratons anywhere in Ivory Coast. Oops.

I stall as long as I could by telling him that the people at the reception only speak French, but that didn't really help since then he just wanted to speak with them directly. Finally I cave in to his demand to speak with someone at the reception by walking over there and handing the phone over.

Much to my surprise, the lad seems fluent in French. Laughing

Well, I'd been blindsided so many times by now, that the only thing I could think to do was speak back in French... I don't know French, by the way. Razz

Here are the calls:

Call 1

Call 2

If anyone here speaks French, a translation would be much appreciated. Smile

EDIT: I should probably add the context. He keeps on saying that he's at the border and not in Abidjan because I keep asking him where he is so that I can go to him. Evidently, he doesn't trust me.

Another thing, that moment of "allo, allo" after he speaks French was answered by only static from my side. I was trying to buy myself time without terminating the call. It failed.

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:15 am

Nice one NickTheCop!

419Eater is my life Joined: 20 Jan 2009 Posts: 445

Nice, I'm also trying to get a lad to CD'I. He's whining about transportation costs Rolling Eyes

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 27 Sep 2009 Posts: 14

Speaks way to fast for my high school french, all I managed to pick up was 'le nom de votre hotel si vous plait?' Which is, 'The name of your hotel please' and right at the end at the end when he hangs up I think he says something 'merde' which is french for shit Smile

Amazing work by the way, shows what a difference a phone call can make, I just don't think I could think on my feet like that!

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:37 am

MBL: Always a pleasure.

Alive: Transportation costs? But surely you're going to reimburse him for that when he arrives. Wink

Zebait wrote:

'le nom de votre hotel si vous plait?' Which is, 'The name of your hotel please' and right at the end at the end when he hangs up I think he says something 'merde' which is french for shit Smile

Right at the end, when I decided to stop making static sounds, I kind of guessed what the question would be (plus I'd heard "nom" and "hotel"), so I mustered up the best French African accent I could (it was terrible) and answered, . Obviously this was not the answer he wanted to hear, hence the foul comments before hanging up. Smile

Zebait wrote:

I just don't think I could think on my feet like that!

Obviously I can't either, judging by how badly I screwed this up. Oh well, it's always better to screw up after he's traveled rather than before. Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 11:45 am

Nice going, Nick! Very Happy

Revenge is a dish best served cold...
And since the lad screwed that one up so badly the second time, send him on another one. Smile

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:04 pm

The lad simply asks over and over "what is the name of your hotel," and "I want to know the name of your hotel." At the end he says there's a visitor there he is supposed to pick up, then he swears and says that's crazy shit, there is no Sheraton and hangs up.

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 7:22 pm

That's awesome Nick the Cop! Really well done!!!

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 8:19 pm

Well done on getting him to travel, but doesn't he know that everyone calls it the Sheraton, I know it should be called the xxx but we've always known it by its old name. (you'll have to look up the name of a real hotel should he call back.)

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:20 am

I dunno, but this

NickTheCop wrote:

the only thing I could think to do was speak back in French... I don't know French, by the way.

comes very close to being a sig.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 7:27 am

SlapHappy wrote:

And since the lad screwed that one up so badly the second time, send him on another one. Smile

I would, but I don't think he like me no more. Smile

Inspector Gadget wrote:

(you'll have to look up the name of a real hotel should he call back.)

In hindsight, what I should have done was say "the hotel at the golf course" since Abidjan has more than enough of those. This is why I shouldn't talk to lads when I'm sick. Sad

Juan: Thanks for the translation. Thumbs up

FOD: Always a pleasure. Very Happy

Nosmo: So sig me then. I won't sue you. Just be prepared to answer what will no doubt be some very bizarre questions.

As for our boi, I'm afraid he hasn't written back to me yet. The last thing I'd sent him was a mild slap.

Quote:

Dear Zum@ D0uglas

The man at the reception called the manager over and told him to tell me that you swore at him and hung up the phone. I though the line had just dropped. Why would you do that?

I must say, I am very appalled at the way you are handling this transaction.

I do everything you say. I land in Accra, you aren't waiting for me at the airport. I arrive in Abidjan by myself, you refuse to tell me where your office is. I give you my hotel name and room number, you call me a liar. I hand over the phone so that you can speak to someone working here, you curse at them.

Why are you doing all of these things? Is this how you handle business? I'm not impressed by your actions at all.

J0hn

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

You're putting a lot of sig lines to shame, Nick! Keep building those piths up. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:01 pm

PM me if i can help you i do speak french and willing to help you out.o ou only want translation of the convo's...i am listening right now and will PM you the important stuff.The lads english is abit simular as there french you have to have used to it to be able to understand it.Many do speak perfect french because many been colonised by the french but the way they pronounce it is just funny my best friend who sadly passed away was fluent in french i could talk that african french accent that every time he used it was ROFL.ok hope i can help you.

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 2:36 pm

here is the translation....

Hallo goodday..Please can you give me the name of the hotel i wana know the name of your hotel.Hallo Hallo Godday,Yes please i wana know the name of the hotel so i can get him to pick him up...what a piece of shit there is no Sheraton....

This is the whole translation......

Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 6:06 pm

Craig: As always, you're too kind. Very Happy

mugu_eater wrote:

PM me if i can help you i do speak french and willing to help you out.

I think this bait has run its course, unfortunately. And I sure as hell won't make the mistake of pretending to be able to speak French again.

But, if you'd be willing to spend a dime on this boi, I think we can squeeze another pith out of him. That pith sure would look good in your sig, wouldn't it. Wink

I jest, I jest. Don't feel pressured to do it. I know I wouldn't. Smile

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