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Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:05 am

Apologies for borrowing your WU manager WIMP modality Bruin.
Does anyone know if it is possible to have someone arrested at a Western Union trying to pick up the fake money on this modality? I was just thinking about it and wondering if I should tell my guy to go to a certain Western Union and try and have the cops arrest him (in Indonesia).
Thanks,
Viper

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 8:07 am

I'm sure that Bruin won't mind you borrowing his WIMP modality. Baiting is all about re-using stuff and never doing more work than the lad.

Arrests are very hard to come by. Why don't you check out how many members here have shields in their siggys? Very few. There are many reasons for this.

1. LE are busy throughout the world. They may have different priorities to yours and may feel that their time is better spent on a different case

2. Arresting and successfully prosecuting a lad is no easy matter. Can you provide the necessary evidence to get the lad arrested?

3. Does your country have relevant laws that cover 419 fraud?

4. Are you sure that the lad, or one of his associates, is going to pick up the cash at the WU office. Many times a lad will get a victim to make that pick up.

I'd shoot a little lower. Get the lad hooked and then see what your options are.

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:16 am

The idea of this was to assist me in future, not now... I just thought that given he was going to illegally cash in on 'someone else's' money it might have been possible.

In response to your points
1. I know and that's pretty much what I expected. I suspect, if its a first world country they might tackle it but not necessarily in a third world country.
2. Depends on how much and what type of evidence is needed i.e. would it require you to have them asking for money and giving details or something else?
3. Does this apply to my country or his country?
4. I can assure that, in my case, its a reasonably low level lad having (mentor's thoughts on this, probably should have asked him this question, sorry) previously baited him and got him to back himself into a corner...

By the way Bruin definitely minded when a lad stole it...

Thanks again for your help,
Viper

Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2011 9:51 am

You have to get the LE in the lads country to arrest him which is very complicated. As long as the lad is not giving you his RL details it is impossible. And even then you have to find a victim of the scam since you are no victim you are a baiter - he did nothing to you except for writing mails and asking for money...

Try to make the lad's lifer miserable, send him on a safari, mess with his mind... and as Music man said: "see what your options are".

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