I Think My Lad's Hallucinating...

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Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 6:44 am

One of my current lads has been asking lately for a copy of my passport, so I sent him a .dll file renamed to a .jpg, all jacked up to 3mb.

At first he complained and said that the file wasn't a photo and I tried to convince him that his operating system was to blame but he didn't buy it so he asked me again to send a passport.

So I send him the file again, but this time he replies saying he received it successfully and that I look very handsome... I thought this was strange but it got even weirder. The next day he asks for a photo of myself and so I send him the photo of some Mexican soap actor/porn star that I use as my personal pic for all baits and he tells me that he likes 'my' beard, despite the fact that the photo is of a man that is clean shaven.

So what do you reckon, is it time to book my lad into rehab for his hallucinogen addiction? Has anything simlar happened to you where you have sent unusable files and your lad has commented on your good looks?

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:20 am

Strange indeed. I would reply to his email very confused. What beard is he talking about?

Try to act like a genuine victim would. What would a real person say if they sent their photo (clean shaven) and the lad says they like his beard? They would probably suspect that the lad is just playing a joke on them.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:48 am

^And educate them? Hell no!

Just don't notice it. The lad was probably mixing up photo's and the beard he was talking about might've been sent to him by someone else (hopefully a baiter). You don't want to warn him about screwing up, he might just do that again Wink

419Eater is my life Joined: 07 Apr 2006 Posts: 441

I think he's trying to test you.

So you should complain about the beard thing, questioning his eye sight, so he knows you've noticed you have no beard, hence you must be quite serious.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:00 am

I don't think he's screwing up. I think he's testing him at this point, to see if he's a real victim.

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:03 am

^ I agree, that's what I suspected and I have shot off an email to him mentioning the beard. I'm eager to see his response...

Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:40 am

thats a weird reply dude but i think he might be testing you... there have been a few smart(ish) lads lately

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 5:16 am

Black Dog wrote:

... there have been a few smart(ish) lads lately

I have noticed that - of course I still rejoice when a dumb lad falls into my web but there are smart ones who are wary of us scam baiters.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:07 am

^^ I'll take a smart lad over a dumb one any day!

The really dumb ones are often too thick to move off-script, even when you make it very inviting for them to do so.

I like the ones that are clever enough to suggest all kinds of complex, alternate solutions to the overwhelming problems my character faces with a simple WU transfer.

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:38 am

I love the logical progression here.

1. You sent your lad a picture of a clean shaven man
2. Your lad says 'nice beard'
3. You all think it's a lad testing to see if his victim is real

... over a beard. Laughing

Ignore the comment and move on. You could email back that you like his beard as well. Very Happy

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:59 am

^^You missed:

Step 0. the lad is already seemed suspicious to the OP because of the passport rouse.

"Nice beard" indicates some kind of neurons firing in the lad, beyond the usual cut and paste of pre-scripted text. There's no way "nice beard" would be part of a generic script (well, it's extremely unlikely). I've also never seen a format that asks for a picture of the person in the very next email after getting the passport. So, the lad's up to something, or thinks he's up to something.

It's not unreasonable to entertain the idea that the lad's been baited before. If he's been baited before, he's probably gotten a junk file "passport photo" before, since that's common baiting practice. His new victim sends him another junk-file passport photo, so his alarm bells ring. Is he being baited again? Maybe he'll crank up his brain, and try to devise a test! Smile

Yeah, it's all "over a beard", but sometimes the little things can be very revealing! And sometimes the funnest part of baiting can be playing armchair detective, and out-thinking the lad when the lad tries to be clever!

Very Happy

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:12 am

You put far too much thought into that. But thanks for the insight into lad psychology. As I've never baited before I must have missed the intricate details. Wink

It's a lad. So what if he's suspicious. Rule #1 - No matter what. It's always the lads fault. Laughing

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:20 am

Nurse Nasty wrote:

You put far too much thought into that.

Heh heh! You say that like it's a bad thing. Laughing

It took almost no time to think through. But I will grant you, I put far too much time into explaining it! Razz

Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:37 am

Especially since it didn't need to be explained. You could have used all that typing for the lads. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:05 pm

There is another way................ say funny he should mention a beard, has he got the sight? you just decide to let the designer stubble develop, then waffle on for ages about the pros and cons of shaving. Just a thought from a woman, what would I know?

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:46 pm

Thank him for the compliment, and send him some real pics of an ugly fat man with a beard. Close-ups, the works. Tell him you like beards too. Make beards feature strongly in all future correspondence.
You could even have him join the beard lovers association of america, or your amish group, in order to collect his payment from you. You could insist that he grows a beard himself.

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:06 pm

Beards rule, NN! Jammy has one, and you don't. You're jealous! Laughing

So, what did the lad say, Dr_Pimper? Smile

Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 11:55 pm

SlapHappy wrote:

So, what did the lad say, Dr_Pimper? Smile

He has emailed back and has said 'Sory i made mistake. i looked at the wrong photo but i hav looked at yours now and i see that you do not have a beard.'

I don't have a beard? What a shame...

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:57 am

See. No need for the mumbo-jumbo. He's a lad. Very Happy

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:52 am

^^^ A lad who is scamming so many people he gets confused!

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:02 am

Like I said Very Happy

I still hope that he's confused with a baiter pretending to be Sinterklaas Laughing

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:05 pm

Damn it, NN! You are always right! It's maddening! Laughing

Have you been taking lessons from NN, MOP? Very Happy

Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 2:22 pm

This is a good object lesson.

Lads are completely focused on getting cash, and that is their fundamental weakness which we can exploit.

So, as a baiter, you can't go wrong, unless you deliberately do dumb things which alerts the Lad to the fact that you are a "joker".

The mere fact that you appear to be the 1 nitwit in 1000 who is replying and taking their scam seriously is enough to hook them.

All the great baiters have followed the same pattern -- work slowly, play it straight until they have their Lads hooked, then and only then can the requests become more outlandish and the trophies and safaris follow.

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