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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 5

Hi

I have hooked a lad in Burkina Faso according to his IP on a bank scam. (First email!!)

A bit unsure about posting too many details on here about the bait...any advice appreciated as to how best to proceed

I have already tried to sign up for the Mentor Program, unfortunately, no slots available.

4 mails and a light tickle to the cheek from me, 3 from him

Thanks in advance

Scoop101

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:02 am

Hey Scoop. Welcome to Eater! Are you baiting safely?

I'd suggest you ask a mod to move your thread to the Help and Hints forum so it's behind a log-in. Then you can post all the details.

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:05 am

Hi, scoop101 and welcome to Eater!

You have to had posted once before you sign up for a mentor. Now that you have posted, try again. Wink

Your mentor should be able to guide you, but of course you can read the stickies, Eater U, and other threads for good ideas and advice.

Some of the forums are behind the login, which is just a fancy way to say those are not googleable and you can post there freely without worry of google finding you. Help, Hints, and Tips is one of those forums behind the login, so that is a good place to post up about your baits if you want feedback. (To know which forums are googleable, here is an easy way to know: Log out of Eater. If you can still read the threads in a forum, then so can google and the other bots. If you can't read the threads without signing in, then you know they are safe from google.)

Enjoy baiting! Very Happy

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 5

Thank you,

I've got a mentor now

Yipee

Scoop101

Baiting Guru Joined: 10 Oct 2003 Posts: 4747

have fun and bait safe! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:19 am

Hi Scoop, Welcome to the insanity.
You are well on your way if you have your mentor already. I hope you can endure the tortu...I mean the hospitality of our mentors. Twisted Evil

And like the others said...Read stickies and Eater U is also very helpful.
Be Safe! Have Fun!

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:22 am

Glad you got a mentor, Scoop101, and welcome to Eater!

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:50 am

Welcome Scoop101

You will have a lot of fun here. I won't repeat all the advice already given. In addition to all the reading, I used the search tool at the top of the page alot trying to find things.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 06 Jan 2011 Posts: 5

Thanks all for the welcome, and particularly supprt from Doc

Scoop

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 5:53 am

Welcome to Eater Scoop......... Laughing

You have a PM !

Not quite a Newb Joined: 31 Dec 2010 Posts: 26

Welcome Scoop Very Happy

I'm on my first bait too right now and I'm having a lot of fun confusing this lad [hehe] Twisted Evil

so yeah the stickies and eater U is SO helpful, I've learned so much from that already Smile

like everyone else here said, Be Safe

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:18 am

these helped a lot:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147262

search for the user otterfan and read everything

a bit about west africa:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=144298

some problems you'll have early on:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=174394
http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=150757

and read all the stickies!

Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:40 pm

Hi Scoop

Say goodbye to your friends/social life/sanity and say hello to feeling all warm and fuzzy.