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Bait It Up
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Joined: 12 Dec 2009
Posts: 294
Location: USA
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Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:46 pm |
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Maybe sometimes Lads are smarter than we think. One of my character is an old man, so when I had to send a photo of myself I sent a photo of Gene Hackman (not a professional runway photo by any means, but one that looks like a more candid photo and one where he is showing his age). So I get a reply back from the scammer with the subject line "(My characters name) are you Gene Hackman?". So I figure I have been found out, but yet the message still continued with the huge long paragraphs still trying to scam me.
I'm sure he just copied and pasted his usual script, but I just found it interesting that he is calling me out on being Gene Hackman, yet still possibly trying to scam me. Think I've got a shot at baiting this guy still? Suggestions on where to go from here as far as a reply goes? Do I just ignore the subject line and continue to bait? I know there's many ways to handle this but I am curious as to what some of you guys would do here.
Also do you think the lad (who is from Senegal) actually knew who Gene Hackman was, or did he use a site like Tineye to figure it out? Maybe the lads are craftier than I imagined. |
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jose_cuervo
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Joined: 01 Mar 2006
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:54 am |
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I would tell the lad that you are indeed Gene Hackman, but you were afraid that the lad wouldn't believe you if you told him who you really were.
Lads watch US movies, so it is not a stretch of the imagination that he would recognize a pic of Gene Hackman.
If the lad buys your story and believes that you have Hollywood connections, you could offer to get him a part in a big movie. Connect the lad with your "agent" and then get him to send an audition video. |
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Breech Birth
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 28 May 2009
Posts: 57
Location: Newark
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:57 am |
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jose_cuervo wrote: |
If the lad buys your story and believes that you have Hollywood connections, you could offer to get him a part in a big movie. Connect the lad with your "agent" and then get him to send an audition video. |
Bravo! Potential for an epic safari. |
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internationalchrysis
Baiting Guru
Joined: 19 Aug 2008
Posts: 3793
Location: Romancing the (Blood from a) stone!
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 4:41 am |
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Oh hell yeah! go for the jugular with a Gene Hackman bait! Love it! |
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Baitsamurai
Baiting Guru
Joined: 30 Mar 2010
Posts: 2186
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:48 am |
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Remember: once there was a lad who was writing mails to Colt Seavers and then he set his leg on fire |
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Jeannette
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Joined: 21 Oct 2006
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 6:51 am |
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The lad might have used Google's latest feature, Image Search. To avoid being busted, slightly change your picture before using it. Mirroring it horizontally and turning it a very few degrees should do the trick. |
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woodyuk
Master Baiter
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
Posts: 104
Location: Dazed and confused
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:35 am |
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Now your lad has found out who you really are it could be worth setting uo a Gene Hackman email addy and telling him that now he's recognised you from your photo you may as well use your normal email account rather than the one he originaly sent his email to which you use to avoid getting humdreds of email from adoring fans etc.
With a bit of luck that will really hook him and from there on the sky's the limit because if the lad believes that he's dealing with a Hollywood star with squillions of cash you may be able to get him to jump through as many hoops as you want.
The funniest thing that I've had happen along these lines is I sent a lad a pic of David Jason and the lad replied asking if I was Derek Trotter (may not mean a lot to non UK members).Well yes of course I was and for about 6 months various email s flew about from my brother Rodney,other members of the Trotter clan and from Trotter's Independant Trading's offices in Paris,New York and Peckham.
I hope you hook your lad really well because I can see all kinds of fun developing if he swallows that you're Gene Hackman. |
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conga22
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Joined: 08 Jul 2009
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 10:34 am |
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You could just slap him and tell him that you're fed up with people mistaking you for Gene Hackman. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:50 pm |
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^^Or swear him to secrecy that he is corresponding with Gene Hackman. Explain that your are tired of the constant attention from fans and that you crave anonymity. Thus, the made up name. |
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username14
Please Taunt and Ridicule Me
Joined: 27 Apr 2011
Posts: 186
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:41 pm |
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Not trying to be a party pooper but doesn't this, even celebrities, violate the ITP rule? I don't know how innocent Mr. Hackman is in his private life , but still... I mean it's one thing to use his photo and claim you just look like him ("Oh, I get that all the time") but to actually claim to be him.
I apologize if I'm wrong, I'm still trying to get a feel for specific rules around here. |
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Morgain Le Fay
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Joined: 14 Oct 2010
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Wed Jul 13, 2011 12:56 am |
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^^ There is such a thing as Public Figure rights. When one becomes a "personality" or "celebrity" they give up certain rights. They will sue you however if their "name" (brand) is commercially exploited for money. It is perfectly acceptable to use a celebrity's name in a novel or other works of fiction, even in non-fiction (i.e. books that include many public figures' names). If slander is involved, the public figure has a right to sue.
Often times celebrities and personalities names and likenesses are used in satire, i.e. Saturday Night Live., without their permission.
Having said that, how many lads use personalities/celebrity names in their scams?
Perhaps a Moderator will pass by and add more information for our edification. |
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lakeside77
A chaff in the USA
Joined: 11 Jul 2008
Posts: 2700
Location: Out there in the cold, getting lonely, getting old
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Wed Jul 13, 2011 3:04 am |
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^^Back in my undergraduate days as a journalism major we had a few lectures on legal aspects of journalism, including privacy and libel issues. I recall that celebrities have a lower expectation of privacy than members of the general public. US courts generally have upheld this, especially when entertainers and politicians are involved. By the nature of their professions, these people are considered to be inviting public attention. |
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Father Frank
I must let you know that am sick and tired of all this whole bull sheet do you know my ass is on the line - Jonh Raymund
i want to say i am very sorry for the Mother that gave Barth to you -- Jim Ovie
. . . it is disrespectful,malicious, an ILEDAN EYE,to our corporation and embarrassing to my secretary as he was messed up by your action. I thought I was assisting a true American gentleman without knowing that I am trying to help one of the most chaffs in the USA. --Dr. Leo Stan Ekeh
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Starwolf08
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Joined: 29 Jul 2011
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:37 pm |
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Another choice would be to ask him not to tell anybody and, say, put a price to his silence |
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Nailgunner
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Joined: 01 May 2008
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:56 pm |
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^welcome new guy, good suggestion there You will go far. |
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Starwolf08
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Joined: 29 Jul 2011
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:31 pm |
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LOL! I haven't engaged into full war yet. I have messed a bit with lads, but I'm doing it from my main account so my name is compromised. Usually I like to push them about telling me what is the address in that box they say they have for me... Of course they can't, so since they're supposed to be my "agents" I boss them around to talk to the people that holds the box to tell him... Basically asking them for things there's no way they can do although by the position they claim they hold, they should.
By the way, I have a fake passport JPG one funky lad sent me... where in the site do I upload it or to whom should I send it? |
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El Nombre
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Joined: 06 Jun 2009
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Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:39 pm |
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^^^ http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=115801 that would be the home for all things passporty... just remember the big red FAKE stamped on it so it can't be recycled |
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