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khakhakha
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 18 Jan 2010
Posts: 2
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:24 am |
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New to the forums and I see a lot of people using it... |
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thrylos7
419Eater is my life
Joined: 23 Jul 2009
Posts: 487
Location: On my 767
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:30 am |
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Welcome to the forums! "Lad" is just our term for a scammer from Africa. Another common term is "vlad", often used for scammers in Eastern Europe/Russia. |
_________________ I HAVE TRIED TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS TWICE AND HAVE SPENT A TOTAL OF 10 HOURS THE FIRST TIME AND 6 HOURS THE 2ND TIME AND STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FINISH THE PROCESS YET. I CANNOT BE DOING ANYTHING WRONG - Sheik Mohameed Salam, satisfied SS customer
And I must tell you that I am not in support of you stealing a car, how can you stoop so low, are you a criminal? You are compounding your problems if you don't know. - James O.
I wish you were in front of me; you deserve 12 strokes on your butt. - Emmanuel K.
send me the MTCN number, the name and address of sender. If you cannot do that like you Americans say get fucky out here now.
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r2d2
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 19 Apr 2009
Posts: 796
Location: in a galaxy far far away
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 11:38 pm |
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windypops
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 6059
Location: Planet X
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:17 am |
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Scam o Rama first used the phrase if I remember correctly.
http://www.scamorama.com/scam.shtml |
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redshoes18
Hello I'm New here!
Joined: 18 Jan 2010
Posts: 13
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:24 am |
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r2d2, I do believe you are correct about lads being taken from the phrase you mentioned. However, you really cannot generalize that most 419 scammers are based in Nigeria, or that they are Nigerians living abroad.
These type of scammers can be found anywhere in the world and they are many different nationaliites. |
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Tyr Yuanoowon
Wannabe Baiter
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Posts: 80
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 5:19 am |
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redshoes18 wrote: |
r2d2, I do believe you are correct about lads being taken from the phrase you mentioned. However, you really cannot generalize that most 419 scammers are based in Nigeria, or that they are Nigerians living abroad.
These type of scammers can be found anywhere in the world and they are many different nationaliites. |
Wrong. They are, and it's a fact. Nobody said "All Nigerians are scammers." Most 419 scammers are actually not only in Nigeria, but Festac Town [I believe.], in Lagos. |
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manbiteslion
Baiting Guru
Joined: 12 Dec 2007
Posts: 4816
Location: Connecting my chair and keyboard
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:36 am |
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Sadly, the statistics seem to show r2d2 is right. I urge you to ignore my results though and to collect your own, please feel free to publish them here.
From my research, upwards of 85% of the 419/Advance Fee/Romance scams originate in Western Africa, and around 80+% of those, from Nigeria.
Nobody is claiming that most Nigerians are scammers, any country with 168M population will have a lot of rogue elements, it just seems that proportionally we see more than from (say) India, and surprisingly often when Malay or Spanish or Dutch scammers are traced they are also of West African origin. |
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Technomancer
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 08 Dec 2009
Posts: 671
Location: Sailing the infinite sea of the Net
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:38 pm |
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I always thought it came from "Jack the lad".
Defined as:
"(British slang) An irresponsible young man, seeking personal pleasure without regard to responsibilities. A rogue"
Though that might be a bit of an over-polite way to refer to a bunch of sneaky life-wrecking leeches... |
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windypops
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jan 2005
Posts: 6059
Location: Planet X
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Tue Jan 19, 2010 4:59 pm |
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We had a poll many, many years ago, and it was decided that 'Pet' was the most apt and least offensive term when referring to lads. They failed to live up to that exulted term though. 'Lads' just seems to fit somehow. |
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"We must disagree to agree" Raji Musa
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