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Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:07 pm

Hi everyone, I'm new in romance baiting, as in baiting in general (although i have few baits on which I'm working on currently).
I'm very interested in romance baiting, I even set up a profile on few baiting sites, but it seems that it is not good enough..
Do you have any suggestions which dating sites are best for finding scammers?
Thanxx Smile

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 8:06 pm

Welcome to Eater Romance francesca

This guide is good http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=125681

Also visit the University and read up stickies.

Bait safe at all times - and ask if you are unsure about anything.

A good source of scammers to bait can be found at Scamwarners Romance here

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:36 pm

Hi francesca! Wink

Welcome to the facility. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:15 pm

Hi, what type of romance scam are you after. Vlad, laddette, lad, phad?

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:58 pm

Hm, well vlad or lad, or phad or whatever...I mean, I can also pretend I'm male, no problem...but I think it will be easier to bait as a poor, romantic, love seeking woman Very Happy

But the problem is that I'm mainly approached by vladettes Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:00 pm

The vladettes are males anyway - merely using stolen photographs.

I alternate my bait characters to suit, but have found it best when female, to be at least 40.

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:42 pm

francesca,

I have a male/hotmail and a female/fastmail account. Double trouble! Very Happy

They are bro/sis or husband/wife and they have the same last name. Wink

I can bait as to what I feel like at any giving moment. Mr. Green

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:37 pm

I have an account on 4ppl.com that gets a lot of hits. Try find a photo of some minor celebrity that's unlikely to twig your vlad/lads. I use a photo of performance artist Internationalchrysis (And no-one picks that the person next to her is actor Nick Nolte!).

I play her as completely stupid, barely able to operate a computer. Her niece (also played by me), can operate a computer, but is completely psychotic! I LURVE playing the niece.

I also have backup characters for when hitmen drop me

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:51 pm

Oh, great, thanx for the advices ppl Smile

I made a character of an overworked, stressed, but pathetically naive woman, who waits for her prince...But she is loaded (I thought that would be a nice bait)
..Well, ill alter it a bit and see if it is ok Very Happy

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 2:32 am

A few other things that have worked for me:

As already mentioned, 4ppl is great for picking up scammers. In fact, I'm not sure if there are any real people on the site, as it seems to be nothing but scammers and pervs. Tagged is constantly showing up too, but I haven't used them myself. The tips below are for 4ppl but probably translate well to other sites. PlentyofFish used to be scammer-heavy too, haven't checked it out lately.

I have noticed that more and more scammers are avoiding profiles without pics, so even if it is a pic of a dog, put something up. As already mentioned, for females, make the character over 40, and if you do have a photo for your character, make her unattractive if possible. This greatly reduces the odds of getting a real person, and the first choice of scammers is typically anyone who appears lonely and desperate. I usually like to put something about starting over after a divorce or something like that. For pictures, I personally like to seek out ads for sleazy weight loss products that have "before" and "after" photos, because (a) the "before" picture is usually made to look as unattractive as possible and (b) if you are willing to lie and promote an ineffective and possibly dangerous product, I don't feel bad about using your photos!

Check out the "online now" section and post your new profile when there are a bunch of scammy-looking people online. Plan to stay online (logged into 4ppl) for a bit after you post your profile (you can just stay signed in while surfing in another window). When they see a new potential vic pop up, especially one that is online, the scammers will fall over each other, racing to be the first to approach you. Be aware that 4ppl has a messaging system, and they will start trying to reach you that way too, though. By using this approach, I can usually get 8-10 scam approaches in the first hour after posting my profile.

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 10:11 am

Wow, thanx for all the info Very Happy

Will try it as soon as I get home...Hopefully it will help me get scammers from all around the world Very Happy

Posted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:36 pm

Male wise vlad will usually bite on anything...

I like to drop this guy in every now and then.

Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 7:59 pm

hehehe, I will try baiting some vladettes as a female, just to see if i'll succeed Very Happy

I already have one lad hooked...I am most certain it is a scammer, tho he has a normal picture..but as my profile said I am a romance seeking, catholic woman, he then sent:

Quote:

hello dear ,
how are u doing , i hope u are doing well by the grace of GOD , well thanks a lot for ur reply to me ,i rely love it . my dear , do u know something any thing that happened in this world have a purpose , i mean not to hurt u but , that man thought he was doing something to rely hurt u but he does not know that i was at the coner waiting for he to go , i think is GOD who alow that happened becouse , like i will not have meet u for the frist place , but still found a place in ur heart to forgive him since i am here now by the grace of GOD .
dear , here is a few a sntence about me and if touchs that we can know each other plz get back to me ur lovely latter .read with ur heart my dear

And this was only the beginning of the email Very Happy

GOD oh GOD. You get the picture ... Think its a scammer Smile

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Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:10 pm

What nationality does he claim to be? Definitely sounds like typical scammer, but if he is claiming to be from US, UK, or any other country in which English would be his first language, then it's a guarantee.

Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 2:09 pm

The problem is, that he is claiming to be from Ghana, so that is definitely something he is not lying about.
his name is Jude Brown...hm...But all his emails look like scam Very Happy

He even sent me pix and a rose (wow Rolling Eyes

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EDIT: did I forgot to mention he loves me already?? Shocked

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 4:13 am

I usually pass on those myself--they are the least likely to succeed in getting money. Personally, I think time is better spent on the ones who are more likely to get money from victims.