A Safari I wasn't expecting... claim or not?

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Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 10:28 pm

I'm in an interesting situation here.

I as Captain Mal, with significant help from SlapHappy and Mr Biggs, have been baiting one V1ct0r W4ll4 since 24 October last year. The Lad has used multiple personalities on us, but never loses certain quirks of style that give him away.

Mal and his buddy Gunny Marcink0 went to Abuja and got into trouble with the locals. Acrimony between Lad and Baiter ensued.

Just today, the Lad wrote:

Quote:

i have searched every where in Nigeria both the US embassy, hotels,Kuje and you are no where be found.

Now here's the interesting bit; at first, both of the Lad's primary personae had the common IP location of 196.220.14.222, which puts him in Ikeja in Lagos. Since then, the lawyer persona switch to lawyer.com, but the banker still uses Yahoo, and just today, I checked the banker's location and it was 41.219.154.5 - which is north of Abuja!

That's about 400 miles distance.

Can I claim a safari from that?

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 12:29 am

If it were up to me, yes! Very Happy

Way to go Yastreb, SlapHappy and Mr Biggs.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:00 am

I remember a lad of mine was in Bamako Mali and then after a few emails he went to France but I didn't tell him to go there and so no if I get no pith, you probably don't unless you TOLD the lad to go to that location. If you told him to go to Abuja then yeah I think you should.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:10 am

http://www.blurtit.com/q262502.html

The Distance between Lagos (Lagos,Nigeria) and Abuja (Abuja Federal Capital Territory,Nigeria) is 541.54 kilometers (km).
In Other Units:
336.5 miles.
292.22 nautical mile.

He went there because of you.
Looks good to me. Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

Can you explain a bit more? Why did he go there? Did you try to get him to move? I think safaris have to be intentional. Wink

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:40 am

SlapHappy and I were working on getting our Lad to one of the Simba Safari Parks, and we were telling him that we were in Abuja, with Mal in trouble with the authorities.

Between us we were constantly complaining that he wasn't where we needed him, and it's possible that he went to Abuja to check on us.

So, we were trying to get him to safari, but not Abuja specifically.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 8:31 am

I'd say claim it. He traveled as a result of something you said (as opposed to just getting up and traveling one day, or being sent on safari by another baiter while you were also baiting him) which seems like a good guideline. Wink

And congrats! Very Happy

Why can't I do awesome stuff like this?

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 10:14 am

This lad was a total pain in the ass on the phone... Well done Yastreb and SlapHappy Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 3:56 pm

Here is Victor's last email. Very Happy

Quote:

Subject: GET BACK TO ME
To: Captain Mal

Schmid Merez Chambers
Solicitors and Advocates
57 Kanayo St., Owerri. Imo State, Nigeria
Telephone: +234 703xx xxxxx

Attention
---------

Where are you in Abuja liar?call my phone number with a mobile phone to confirm that you are still in Nigeria.Malcolm is a lunatic and needs to take to the hospital one time quick.His brain is off in that jail,i regret knowing him in the first place.

If you are still in Nigeria with Malcolm don't go any where i want to see you today tell me where i can meet you lair.I don't have time with Malcolm and his childish brain if you can handle this transaction for him fine i know that you can do it more better than him,he always look for a way to run away from this payments which is not possible.I trusted you Marcinko,i took you as number one citizen of the USA but now i am disappointed why this lies.

Joe watson's Estate is here,all the companies are here too,both the fund in Eco Bank Nigeria Plc so if you think that you are honest, too bad you missed a lot.if i did not see both of you then i will have to get my visa because i know that you are not in Nigeria now,you have gone back to Australia since pretending to be here.look Marcinko you are man of honor so please don't let this poor Malcolm to kill your position in the world.He always look for war and can never get to any where in this transaction.

Be honest now if you are here call my phone number with a mobile line.Malcolm has low mentality his mind is fool of cheats he is the looser now.As soon as i am back from france then i will go to the USA and search for any body with the last name Reynolds to come and make claims on this transaction that could be more better.

Yours sincerely.
Barr. victor walla (Principal Partner)
Barr. Louis Eze (Partner)

Gunny called him. He says he's in Abuja. I believe him. He's really pissed.
On to Yankari Park!
http://www.4shared.com/audio/m3wMI4qe/victor_walla_nigeria_11_33_AM_.html

Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

Yastreb wrote:

Between us we were constantly complaining that he wasn't where we needed him, and it's possible that he went to Abuja to check on us.

Thanks for the further information. It sounds like a great bait but my take on this is that he didn't go to specifically meet up with you and there's a chance he was going there anyway and decided to check if you're there while he happens to be there. I don't think this counts as a safari unless it's a purposeful trip for a planned meeting. I'd like opinions from other mods and will ask them to weigh in.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

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On to Yankari Park!

Surely if this goal is achieved, the whole thing could be considered a safari? Regardless of his intention of going in the first place, if he is made to go further, doesn't his first point of contact constitute part of the safari too?

Not a complaint/criticism/moan, before you all start. Just an enquiry. Laughing

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:11 pm

We have beating on him for months now. We finally flew into Abuja, and got in trouble at the airport customs. Malcolm got taken to jail. We told him to come up to meet us.
If you want to see more emails, we'll send them to the Mods, and I'll eat my hat if he isn't there! Very Happy

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:19 pm

Koko.Dk wrote:

I remember a lad of mine was in Bamako Mali and then after a few emails he went to France but I didn't tell him to go there and so no if I get no pith, you probably don't unless you TOLD the lad to go to that location. If you told him to go to Abuja then yeah I think you should.

I told one to 'go to hell', does that mean I win a Twisted Evil

pith hemet with horns.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

@SlapHappy: My hesitance is less about whether he's really there or not (which I assume you can confirm) but more about whether or not his travel was set up for a planned meeting with you.

Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:31 pm

Right now it doesn't appear to fit the usual definition, but your pushing him onward to Yankari certainly would. Go for it! Very Happy

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 4:39 pm

Yastreb's history with Victor is abuse him and keep at him until he gives you what you want. He has gotten 20 plus custom document trophies from him this way. Victor was reluctant to meet us in Nigeria, so Yastreb and I decided to keep doing what works. So, despite the lad's reluctance to meet us before we paid a 3750 fee, we came to Nigeria anyway to work it all out once we get there and to hammer at him daily to get his butt up there. We told him repeatedly to meet us at the airport. He wasn't there when we arrived, but later showed up there as Malcom was being released from prison. He gave us what we wanted, which was traveling to Abuja. He is just tip-toeing around the face to face meeting now. And traveling late is the same M.O. as all the previous late trophy documents. Smile

Trophy Videos · Posted: Thu May 20, 2010 5:16 pm

Update: Gloria emails the lad. He gets a free room! Smile

Quote:

Dear Barrister Walla,

Hello! My name is Gloria Rhodes, and I'm the co-manager along with my husband Bernie here at the Simba Safari Camp Yankari Park. Your two business associates arrived early this morning and would like you to be their guest here at the park. They have secured a luxurious room for you at their own expense, and told me to keep the dates open for you for the next two weeks. I would like to tell you that this will not be a problem. Just tell me when you plan on arriving, and I'll get your welcome basket ready for you in your room here.

If you need transportation to our resort, we have shuttle buses available to pick you up at any hotel in Gombe, Nigeria. Just drop me a line, and we can send the driver to the hotel to get you. Or if you are driving yourself in your own car, I can send you a map on how to get to the park and the resort.

We look forward to serving you as our guest, Mr. Walla. If you require any special diet, let me know as I can procure for you any type of food you prefer, and we have an excellent chef on staff here. Did Gunny Sgt. Marcinko tell you about the shrimp scampi? He was just raving about it. It was pretty tasty. Captain Reynolds is marveling at the varied wildlife here. He said he can't believe his eyes, it's so fantastic, and very peaceful here.
I'm terribly sorry to hear that the satellite phone cut out on you today in your call to Sgt. Marcinko. It's sometimes not reliable here in the bush, but it's the best we can do. Cell phones only work near the main road to the north in Gombe and Bauchi.
The camp is just out of range. Our internet is reliable, thank God for that.

I'll be waiting for your email, and i can't wait to meet you.

Warmest regards,

Gloria Rhodes/Simb@ Safari Camps

Damn, I forgot to tell him to save all the transportation receipts, etc. for reimbursement on arrival. Yastreb, have one of the other characters tell him to save his travel expense receipts. Wink

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Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 6:14 am

Okay... I did a check for myself on the IP addresses and it comes up on Whois as:

Ikeja for the original IP: 196.220.14.222

Unconfirmed Nigerian location for the 2nd IP: 41.219.154.5

Here is a screen shot of the location:

Note that the location pin is right near the country name, this is because Whois couldn't locate the position but confirms it is still a Nigerian IP

I ran the new IP addresses through another search tool I use http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation and got the results as such:

IP 41.219.154.5: Lagos

Sorry to burst the bubble here but this aint a safari

Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 8:48 am

Glad you agree, I noticed yesterday that both locations resolved to the point on Mr B's map above, which is:

Quote:

IP address [?]: 41.219.154.5 [Whois] [Reverse IP]
IP country code: NG
IP address country: Nigeria
IP address state: n/a
IP address city: n/a
IP address latitude: 10.0000
IP address longitude: 8.0000
ISP of this IP [?]: Netcom Africa Limited

Lads often end up in the sea off West Africa, while puzzling at first, they're not on a boating safari, they are coming back as 0.0000 Lat, 0.000 Long. This is similar.

On some locators, all Netcom adresses just come back as 10 degress by 8, no decimal, just a very vague location for all of them. Others just give Lagos as thats where they are regsitered to.

Here is dnsstuff for the same IP.

Quote:

ource: AFRINIC # Filtered
parent: 41.219.128.0 - 41.219.191.255

person: Yen Choi
address: Nwtcom Africa Limited 7 Adeola Odeku Street Victoria Island Lagos

He just travelled over 300 miles in 2 minutes!

Trophy Videos · Posted: Fri May 21, 2010 4:30 pm

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:pith:

Hey, Yastreb! They are crunchy! Yumm. Laughing

Looks like we just keep annoying him from the park. Smile

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