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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

Hi everyone, love what your doing here so i thought I would give it a crack Smile

So, i have set up gmail and hushmail accounts, got some lads to email me and have sent out between 10-15 replys and have had no luck in getting them to write back Sad

Do you usualy only get a 1:20 ratio of replys, or am i doing something wrong? i have tryed sounding like a serious business man, a desperate lonely person, a complete idiot (im quite good at that) and still no luck.

have tryed searching through the forums but to no avail!

thanks in advance for any advice

Also, first post, so hi everyone Smile

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 7:57 pm

Welcome aboard leboosh! Smile

How long ago did you send your baits? If over this weekend, you will probably get some replies tomorrow. Lots of lads take weekends off.

Edit: Be sure to sign up for a mentor:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183735

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 80

I usually get replies to 2 out of every 3 I send out.

What sort of scams are your replying to? What do your replies look like?

I like to act simple/stupid (not difficult in my case) in my replies. Laughing

Good luck baiting, have fun. Wink

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:22 pm

Also remember not to appear overkeen - appear suspicious and wary, let them win you over like a real person. If you're overkeen they get suspicious of you and will go for lower hanging fruit...

Baiting is all about social engineering and acting, the more you do it, the easier it'll get.

And as mentioned above, lads often take the weekends off...

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:31 pm

What is your opening reply ? Usually you don't need more than "I'm interested. Please tell me more." to start the process. There is always time to get the lad off-script when the lawyer is introduced, the first time they mention western union, etc.

Perhaps you should post your opening reply here - experienced baiter could tell you what they think.

Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:42 pm

Remember that lads are lazy criminals, often with poor English. If your first couple of replies are novels, they aren't going to bother (as has been said.)
Keep it short and compliant until they start really asking for stuff, whether it be your address or your money - then you can become skeptical and ask to be reassured.

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:30 am

I've found that if I mash the keyboard with my face, 9/10 they will reply using their script.

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:18 am

See? Lazy.

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:18 am

CookieMonster wrote:

I've found that if I mash the keyboard with my face, 9/10 they will reply using their script.

Hm. I wonder how long I could keep a lad replying to me by only replying with my face?

... must try this.

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 3:48 am

As long as you use your nose to type "MTCN" once every paragraph or so, I'm sure you'll keep him hooked for a while!

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:19 am

Alright, banging my head into the keyboard proved infeasible as I'd hit too many keys at once for anything to get typed, so I started poking random keys with my nose instead. Hope that won't skew our results.

Sent to the first 10 addresses from surplus, 3 bounces so far:

Quote:

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Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 4:57 am

I've found a rolling motion from either eyebrow to cheekbone works reasonably well. I have one of the new apple keyboards with the keys nicely spaced apart so you hit them individually.

Alternatives I have just thought of in case you can't use your face:
- Elbows
- Chin
- Cat
- Small dog

Then when he starts getting wild with you, you can type out telling him you have no arms so can't fill out the WU form! Very Happy

thrylos7 wrote:

As long as you use your nose to type "MTCN" once every paragraph or so, I'm sure you'll keep him hooked for a while!

Maybe start the conversation with 'I have no arms, sometimes I try to type with my nose when my home help/secretary isn't available. If you get emails which are hard to understand, try your best, this is what is happening.' Then respond to the next few emails by mashing the keyboard.

Competition: to see who can get the most responses from one source using the mashed keyboard technique!

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:54 am

CookieMonster wrote:

I've found a rolling motion from either eyebrow to cheekbone works reasonably well. I have one of the new apple keyboards with the keys nicely spaced apart so you hit them individually.

Just tried it, it was better than my forehead but still utimately infeasible.

... are we seriously having a discussion about the best methods for typing with our faces? I love this place Laughing

Quote:

Competition: to see who can get the most responses from one source using the mashed keyboard technique!

I think you'll want to disallow finger usage here.

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:56 am

foo wrote:

... are we seriously having a discussion about the best methods for typing with our faces? I love this place Laughing

I find that no matter what forum I take part in, I'm always getting warned for being off topic Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 8:13 am

Welcome leboosh, World cup and weekend over, you can expect your lads to raise their heads for some serious baiting.

If they are busy they hold maga replies in reserve for later. So it's not unusual to get lad responses after a few days, weeks or even months in some cases.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

Thanks for all the replys Smile

on my phone at the moment but when I get near a computer I will post some of my outbox on here. I have sent a few out that just say 'thanks for your email, please send me details on how I can help you'

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:42 pm

Welcome to eater, leboosh! Have you checked your Spam folder? Some replies may land in there.

@foo & Cookie Monster - there was a discussion a few months back which started when bohigal had her one year old respond to some lads by randomly banging on the keyboard (clicky). A few others decided this was a worthy modality. Very amusing. Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:07 pm

I find that simply wiping your cheek across the keyboard works well.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 08 Jul 2010 Posts: 3

aha!!! sucess! got a couple of replys Very Happy

im going to go ahead and try these guys on my own, but will sign up for the mentor scheme anyways

Thanks for all the input guys (thats what she said etc)

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 12:38 am

Using the face method, or going old school and typing using your fingers? Very Happy

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:48 am

I'm telling you, cheek wiping is the way to go.

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:55 am

I always get replies at least 9/ 10. sometimes 10/10. and I don't even want to admit what I'm typing with (clue: you have to be nekkid) and it's the only way I can count to 21.

Welcome leboosh

Master Baiter Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Posts: 154

I've tried the "mash your face into the keyboard a few times and hit send" approach before, and the lad replied with simply a "what tha hell?"

I guess I need to start a church. A church where you are only allowed to type with your teeth. And you have to take pictures, of you trying to type with your teeth. And you have to type the book of Genesis.

Maybe I've got carried away...

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 9:11 am

rocknrollnobody wrote:

Maybe I've got carried away...

Probably, but you'll fit in quite well here. Wink

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:00 pm

Church of the Holy Masher?
Church of the Lettered Face?

Update: The maximum so far on the face mashing technique is 3.