Even more proof that lads don't pay attention

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Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 11:33 pm

... not that we needed more proof, but I found this amusing anyway.

A couple of days ago I got a lottery scam ending with this:

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Accept our congratulations and send the details to us as we have mentioned so we can commence validating your payment.

The problem was, nowhere in the email did they tell me what details to send. So I responded with a genuine question:

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What information do you want?

That was the entire message I sent. So imagine my surprise when they recieved everything they wanted:

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We have received your full details and have forwarded same to our Asia zonal paying bank and the name of the bank is Canadian Bank Cambodia Ltd so please co operate with the bank as soon as you are contacted for the early release of your fund.

Slightly confused, I replied with:

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I like tacos.

And then they proceeded to send me exactly the same script again.

You heard it from him. "I like tacos" is an acceptable form of identification when claiming contest winnings. Rolling Eyes

419Eater is my life Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 329

Are you telling me that all those fake details I made up for my lads have been a waste of time all along? Damn! Laughing

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 3:58 pm

I had a pretty similiar one yesterday, asked for details and id, sent fake details, made excuse for no id, asked again for id, made another excuse. next email first line said

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We are in reciept of your id

He then went on to give me this huge speach about he misses the states and that the plane with the box will be landing in the states in a few days. He hopes to come over to the states to meet me etc.

My details said i was in australia, so unless we are the United States of Australia now...

Australia the other U.S of A

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:16 pm

Yep.

And I have had one that told me he had actually received the WU payment. That's the only time a lad ever threw me. I had to check my bank a/c.

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:52 pm

Huntington wrote:

He then went on to give me this huge speach about he misses the states and that the plane with the box will be landing in the states in a few days. He hopes to come over to the states to meet me etc.

My details said i was in australia, so unless we are the United States of Australia now...

Australia the other U.S of A

Happened to me too. One Lad wrote:

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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR TO SEND THE MONEY $400 IMMEDIATLY SO THIS MONEY WILL TRASFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THIS MONAY. BECAUSE I WILL BE COMING TO NEW YORK FOR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
FROM THERE I CAN VISIT YOUR HOME AND KNOW YOU MORE

My reply included:

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New York is a really great city, but believe me, it's thousands of miles from where I'm living now.

I'd already told him I was in Australia. However...

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I WILL BE COMING TO NEW YORK AS SOON AS THIS TRANFER ALSO GIVE A CALL SO THAT YOU TELL ME WHERE YOU ARE FOR ME TO COME OVER THERE TO PICK UP MY OWN SHARE OF THE MONEY .

Bloody hell...

Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 8:59 pm

Maybe they've figured out a new anti-baiter tactic.
Just stick their fingers in their ears and go "LA LA LA!" while ploughing mindlessly on with their script regardless of what gets in their way, lol.