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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 09 Oct 2014 Posts: 5

OK guy, be nice to me. I should have done a lot better but this took place a few weeks ago and before I stumbled upon this great site.
This was my first baiting attempt and I think I could easily have gotten a picture trophy if I had done some research at 419eater first.

Blue text = Happy64
Not my real name of course, I replaced my name with my 419eater nick
Darkred text = Diplomatic Agent Steve M@rris
AKA The Lad, I guess Smile

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Sep 16

Hi , I'm Diplomatic Agent Steve M@rris , I have been
trying to reach you on your Email about couple of days now, just to
inform you about my successful arrival in Austin-bergstrom
International Airport, with your ATM VISA CARD. Which I have been
instructed by D.H.L COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to your
home address. The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up
papers to prove to them that the ATM VISA CARD ready for delivery, I
have presented the papers
I handed to them and they are very much pleased with the papers I
presented but the only thing that is still keeping me here is the
airport custom yellow tag and International Clearance Permit
Certificate. Which is not placed on the package, one of the Airport
Authority has advice that we get the custom yellow tag and
International Delivery Permit certificate which cost $489.

Regard
DIPLOMATIC. Steve M@rris

He found my card, thats strange, I did not loose it.

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Sep 16

Hi there Mr. M@rris.

I´m glad to hear from you and I praise the lord for his infinite wisdom
placing all those helpful souls such as yourself on the earth.
How my visa card got into your possession is beyond me but the thing is
I got four different visa cards of which I only use one on a regular
basis.
That card is in my wallet but I´d like to be sure that the card you
have is indeed mine.
My other cards are mostly used for online transactions such as shopping
on TV shopping channels. I´d hate having to close all my card if its
not absolutely necessary
Could you send me a picture of the card before I transfer any money ?

May God be with you and bless your heart.

Greetings.
GT

The only thing I thought I knew about dealing with scammers was
A) Ignore them.. or
B) Try to waste their time.

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Here is the ATM CARD attached. Respond for the details to send the
charges for the yellow Tag to proceed.
Steve

http://dc606.4shared.com/download/H10_d2Ruba/happy64.jpg?lgfp=3000

Again I have edited my name from the picture of the card he sent me.
He had done a bad photoshop attempt and misspelled my name on the card

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Have you received the scanned Atm card? Waiting to hear from you.
Steve

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Happy64, respond back to me .
Steve

He gets impatient.

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Hello again Mr. M@rris.

Thank you for taking time to help a fellow human being.
I am sorry for not responding sooner but by some mistake my internet
email provider classified your email with the image of the ATM card as
a spam and I had to spend some time looking for it.
I will have to contact them on that matter. I really can´t understand
why all those folders are necessary in my email program. It just make
things harder to find.

That reminds me of this one time when I was living with my grandmother
at her house. She had only one closet for her dresses but many chest
drawers all around the house for all the other clothing items such as
socks, trousers and underwear. She did all the laundering, my clothes
and hers all washed together and hung to dry in the back garden.
Because she was getting a bit senile she never could remember which
clothing items to put where. That made my friend think I was up to
something funny when he was visiting me in my room and I opened a
drawer to get a fresh t-shirt and all he could see in the drawer were
some old ladies underwear. He did not say anything back then but I
later found out that he told everyone at school that I was a
cross dresser.

Maybe that´s the reason I had such a hard time getting a date until
after I moved to another city when my grandmother sadly passed away.
But it was for the best, I turned to the Lord for companionship and
those girls at my school were no match to my relationship to our savior.

oohh.. enough about that, please don´t tell anyone about this. I´d like
to keep that a secret.

The image you attached is quite small on my computer screen but the ATM
card appears to have my name on it but it is a common name in my
country.
I might have to contact my bank in order to verify if the card number
is correct but could you check if my picture is on the backside ?
It would save me a trip on the bus to my local bank and back.

Hope to hear from you soon.
Yours truly

GT

A rather long reading but I could think of nothing better for him to
do but read through some bullshit. But I asked to see the backside of
the card but he ignored that...

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Dear Happy64,

I am coming to house is it not better you send the money now to enable
me proceed immediately than stay here incurring more debit.
Here is the name to send the 489 dollars, send it with this name
western union Mr. Dee Bl@mmer,
address: Dallas Texas And I will board to your house.
I am sorry about your lost, but till I meet you in your house you tell
me more.
steve

I think he must have read my little story, he is sorry for my "lost"

Smile

Now he suddenly introduces a new caracter.

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Did you receive my last mail, if yes go ahead and send the money
immediately to enable proceed to your address;
Here are the information to send the money

Receivers Name: Mr. Dee Bl@mmer
Address: Dallas Texas

send the following after the payment, senders name and address, MTCN,
use western union money transfer and make the payment.
I cannot wait in the Airport today again.
steve

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I am waiting to hear from you now.
Steve

He can not wait in the airport today again Smile

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Hi Mr. M@rris.
I am a bit confused now.
Who is this Mr. Dee Bl@mmer and where does he live ? I think I will
need his street address if you want me to send your money to him.
A city and a state is not a complete address is it ?
Can I do a western union money transfer online or do you think I have
to go to my business bank ? I might have to register an account at
western union.
In either case I am not comfortable with the idea of sending your money
to someone else.
And besides, if I go to my bank I could verify that the card you are in
possession of is mine. Did you check if my picture is on the backside ?

I am so sorry if your travel plans have been delayed for days on my
account. Did you have any place to sleep at the airport ?
I hope you have not had to much expenses because of this but remember
this from the Book of Books, the Holy Scriptures, the Word of Christ,
the Holy Bible: "and let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due
season we will reap, if we do not give up."

May God be with you on your travels.

GT

Now I started to end my letters with some bible quotes which those
nice people at Google helped me find. Smile

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Dear Happy64,
You don't need to be confused Ok. Dee Bl@mmer is the custom officer in
the airport that has been helping me get this done here. He also took
me to his house Ok.

Here is the full address 642 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, TX, USA. You can
send the money online. Going to the bank will delay more. Just send it
online or any western union outlet near you OK.

I am waiting to hear from you now.

Steve

Nice people at the customs office. Helping and providing a place to
stay. I did a google maps search on that address, empty lot.

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Hi Happy64, Go ahead and send the money with Dee Bl@mmer there is no
problem two of us are here. send the details of the payment after
making the payment. Just go to any western union Outlet and send the
489 dollars immediately. Respond if you are going to send the funds.

Steve

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Hi Happy64, what is happening? respond if you have send the money. let
me know what I am doing here. Steve

Poor impatient Lad

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Hi Mr. M@rris.
I´m so glad to hear from you again and isn't it wonderful how the good
Lord provides when good people get into trouble.
God bless Mr. Bl@mmer for being the good Samaritan when things weren't
going our way.
Please tell him he will be in my prayers tonight. Praise the Lord for
showing me that there are good people among us like your self and
Mr. Bl@mmer.

I registered an account for an online money transaction at western
union. It took some time and I had to call my sister for some computer
assistance because she knows much more about computers than I do. She
even knows how to repair computers and this one time when I was in band
camp she replaced my computers broken cup holder. I must say that
those computers are not as sturdy as they should be, all made of
plastic which breaks to easily.

A few minutes ago I made a transaction of $498 to 6420 LBJ Freeway,
Dallas, TX, USA. I decided to use your name instead of Mr. Bl@mmers
because I really want to make sure you get the money and not someone
else. I hope that won´t be a problem.
Please let me know when you have collected the money.

Your kindness reminds me of this scripture from the Holy Book
Thessalonians 5:15
Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to
do what is good for each other and for everyone else.

Hope to hear from you soon.
GT

Now I started telling him about my sister and the bible quotes
continue. Smile

I also used a wrong address and the wrong amount and
decided to not trust the customs officer. And the band camp did not ring any bells ?

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Dear Happy64, Why will you not understand the situation send the money
with Mr Dee Bl@mmer and not my name that is better. HE WILL NOT TAKE
THE MONEY IS A GOOD MAN AND I WILL BE HOLDING THE TRANSFER DETAILS And secondly, when sent money kindly send these information for him to pick the funds. Mtcn number normally 10 digits, senders name and address.

DONT SEND IT IN MY NAME OK. SEND DETAILS

steve

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IF YOU HAVE SENT MONEY CAN I HAVE THE MTCN NUMBER MAKE SURE IS IN THE

NAME OF MR DEE Bl@mmer. AM WAITING

Is he shouting at me ?

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Hi Mr. M@rris.
If you trust mr. Bl@mmer then that is good enough for me.
My sister told me that typing with caps-lock on meant that you were
angry or shouting. Please don´t be angry at me. I am doing the best I
can with no help from anyone but the Lord. As it turns out the Bible
has no answers to modern computer problems. Maybe it will be included
in the next printing. I really could use some answers to modern time
questions.

I once dropped a peanut butter sandwich on my keyboard and had a hard
time cleaning it. Some buttons dropped off and I could not remember
where to put them. That made my emails very interesting on a count of
all the funny misspellings. For a few weeks after the incident everyone
I sent an email to commented on why I was angry. I of course didn't
understand that then but my sister and I frequently burst out laughing
when we talk about it now. It must have looked like I was loosing it.

I managed to cancel my previous western union money transfer and I made
a new one according to your requirements.

*MTCN: 2342003254
*First Name: Dee
*Last Name: Bl@mmer
*Amount $488.00 -

Hope this all goes well and remember the Lord words:
Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you
have, for he has said, I will never leave you nor forsake you.
Hebrews 13:5

GT

Will he stop shouting ?

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I need senders name and address needed urgently.
steve

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Hi Mr. M@rris.
I am glad you have gained control of your temper (or remembered to turn
Caps Lock off).

First name :Happy64
Last name: Jhonaslon
Address: 1130 S. Vermont Los Angeles, CA 90006

I gave him a messed up version of my last name and the address I
used is the address of a police station in LA.

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Hi Happy64, we want to three different western union and we were told
that the mtcn is not showing on the system. Check the mtcn well if you
sent money and get back to me.
Or call the western union to know why inform to post if it has not been
posted. Waiting for your update.
Steve

Hehehe

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Hi Happy64, there is no match found with the mtcn you sent me. Do call
western and back to me immediately. Steve

Impatience is not a virtue is it ?

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Hi Mr. M@rris.

Please excuse my mistake.
I wrote the MTCN number on a piece of paper first and when I entered
the number into the email I was writing to you I got it mixed up.

My sister once told me it was best to do a copy and paste to make sure
things like this don´t happen. Usually she is right when it comes to
computers but this time I´m not so sure.
When I was at the library a few weeks ago browsing the internet I came
upon a wonderful recipe for slow cooked hamsters. I carefully selected
the whole page including text and a funny picture of a screaming
hamster in a frying pan otherwise full of green carrots. When I came
home I opened notepad on my computer and tried to paste the recipe into
my document. Nothing happened. The page was completely blank. I even
tried rebooting the computer.
A few days later I went back to the library but by then someone had
erased the browsing history.
Do you like cooking Mr. M@rris ? Maybe we could exchange recipes, my
favorite are small rodents recipes preferably if it contains some
garlic and snake vomit.

Oh, enough about that. I guess you want to get the correct number. I
really made sure this time that the number on my paper matches the
number I write in the email.

MTCN: 2342203254

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you
the green plants, I give you everything.

greetings GT

As some might notice my story´s are getting stranger by each post.
If I had more experience before trying this I could have done so much
more damage to this poor Lad´s mental health. I really wanted to know
if he actually read all my posts.

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Hi Mr. M@rris.

I just got a confirmation mail from western union that someone has
received and collected your money.

Because I have not heard from you in a while I am a bit worried that
you didn´t get the payment.
Could you please confirm that you or Mr. Bl@mmer have gotten the money.

If I don´t hear from you in the next few hours I will try to contact
Mr. Bl@mmer at the airports customs office.

Please reply Mr. M@rris.

A few days passed an for the first time I sent two posts in a row. I
guessed he must have read my mail properly and figured out I was
pulling his leg.

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Your non existing mtcn, maybe your sister collect it. That western

union is inside your head. You sent noting ok. I will abandon your

package when you are ready, you go and collect it. Steve

Hehe, yup, he got played. I replied with the following link.

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http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/middle-finger-gif

End of story. I have promised myself to try for a picture trophy if
I get another scammer e-mail.

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:34 pm

Hi... I promise to read your bait in a moment, but something is bugging me and need to say it before going on and forgetting.

From your starting paragraphs it seems like you were baiting him with your real name and adress. Is that so?

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:52 pm

Ok! now I have read it! and it was fun! I loved reading your stories, although im sure they are why you got dropped hahahaha.

One thing I should point is that in these forums we are asked to mark all possibly useful images as "used by scammer". like the credit card one.

Also, I noticed that you actually used your email account, your name and screwed you last name, what we recommend is that you create two new email accounts, a catcher account and a baiter account.

the catcher account will be filled with spam and then from that spam you can select and respond from your baiter account.

Also never give real world information (that includes your name), you did well not giving your adress tho.

Wellcome to baiter and be sure to grab yourself a mentor! they are cool people that will help you out when you have doubts!

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 09 Oct 2014 Posts: 5

the_doctor wrote:

Hi... I promise to read your bait in a moment, but something is bugging me and need to say it before going on and forgetting.

From your starting paragraphs it seems like you were baiting him with your real name and adress. Is that so?

Hi, thanks for your comment.
The scam email came to my regular gmail address and I used my real name, not my address. He seemed to belive I was located near Austin Texas (Austin-bergstrom international airport) but I live in Europe.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:07 am

Hey! well that's good for you, since he only knows your name, but from now on try to be safer, and not provide them with even that Wink

it is very stressed throughout the forum tho bait safely, and believe me, when shit hits the fan, you will want to be baiting safely

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 09 Oct 2014 Posts: 5

the_doctor wrote:

Ok! now I have read it! and it was fun! I loved reading your stories, although im sure they are why you got dropped hahahaha.

One thing I should point is that in these forums we are asked to mark all possibly useful images as "used by scammer". like the credit card one.

Also, I noticed that you actually used your email account, your name and screwed you last name, what we recommend is that you create two new email accounts, a catcher account and a baiter account.

the catcher account will be filled with spam and then from that spam you can select and respond from your baiter account.

Also never give real world information (that includes your name), you did well not giving your adress tho.

Wellcome to baiter and be sure to grab yourself a mentor! they are cool people that will help you out when you have doubts!

Marking pictures, point taken.
I have created one new email account, I will create another one.
Catch and bait.
Thanks for your advice, glad you liked the story´s Smile

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 12:20 am

Glad I could help mate! anything you need, just ask, anybody in this forum may be able to help

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 2:49 am

Happy --

That was definitely a good first bait, especially since you didn't have a mentor and hadn't read a lot of other published baits for reference.

the_doctor has already covered a lot of the big don'ts (such as no real life information, no real email accounts, and especially no last names -- even if they're garbled).

The best advice I can give you is to slow down the pace of the bait. Be very deliberate, don't allow the lad to drive the scam, and give the lad time to get hooked. Then, once you know you've got him, you can bring in the wackiness and really start having fun. It's not supposed to be a sprint; you want him with you for the long haul.

So, welcome aboard, get yourself a mentor, and have fun!

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 09 Oct 2014 Posts: 5

TheLoneHaranguer wrote:

Happy --

That was definitely a good first bait, especially since you didn't have a mentor and hadn't read a lot of other published baits for reference.

the_doctor has already covered a lot of the big don'ts (such as no real life information, no real email accounts, and especially no last names -- even if they're garbled).

The best advice I can give you is to slow down the pace of the bait. Be very deliberate, don't allow the lad to drive the scam, and give the lad time to get hooked. Then, once you know you've got him, you can bring in the wackiness and really start having fun. It's not supposed to be a sprint; you want him with you for the long haul.

So, welcome aboard, get yourself a mentor, and have fun!

Hi, thanks for your advice. I forgot to include all the dates in my post but this was over in about 4 days. Poor Mr. Morris was stuck on the airport... Smile

I just wish I had the imagination to ask him to send me a picture of him and the customs officer, mabey both holding "my" card on the pic.
I have applied for a mentor and I hope my skills will improve Smile

Quick question, if I use a separate catch and bait email accounts, do I simply forward or copy/paste from one to the other, will the scammer not notice when he gets a reply from an email account he did not send to ?

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 3:49 pm

happy64 wrote:

Quick question, if I use a separate catch and bait email accounts, do I simply forward or copy/paste from one to the other, will the scammer not notice when he gets a reply from an email account he did not send to ?

Good questions. When a lad sends out spam, he's emailing many many folks from a list he purchased/harvested. Verifying their responses against that list would be way too much work, and I've never seen it done. In general, lads don't really care who responds to them so, as long as they get a reasonable response, they're good to go.

When you receive an email in your catcher account, you can either cut-n-paste the text into your response or just send a response from your bait account. There's no need to worry about forwarding the email from one to the other.

Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 4:16 pm

Once I read a comment from capone (I think it was him) that said that you can email any scammer saying "im sorry I didnt read your mail, it got lost in the spam folder" and he would gladly start the scam.

this comes to show how much they care about who they are scamming.

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