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khawk
Master Baiter
Joined: 28 Sep 2009
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:25 pm |
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I'm back to bating after 8 year break. The new iphones make it so easy since back then. How is the general landscape... Are the lads a lot tougher and more suspicious than the early days? |
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firehouse5
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Joined: 09 Mar 2004
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Location: swimming in Ogogoro
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:45 pm |
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Welcome back khawk! Others will weigh in with their views but one of the biggest changes is that so many lads now bait from smartphones. This changes things a lot from the olden days where many used internet cafes and were unavailable much of the time.
The use of "mules" for payment has also increased a lot, many people have been duped into handling scammer payments through work-at-home scams. |
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khawk
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 1:54 pm |
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What are mules? And yes, I have seen a number of work at home scams coming to my email. What is the story with them? |
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B8er
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:30 pm |
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Money mules - they're usually innocent victims of employment or Romance scams (although sometimes they're complicit), who have been tricked into receiving the proceeds from other scams and forwarding the money on to the scammer.
They are very valuable to scammers as it is a lot easier to appear legitimate if you ask for money to be paid to a bank account in the US than by Western Union/Moneygram to someone in Africa for example. |
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khawk
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:48 pm |
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Interesting... It seems that they are getting more sophisticated....
I sent on a US bank account to firehouse there.... Guess I am behind the times |
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khawk
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:23 pm |
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Ah... I love it.... Basic stuff but I am trying to attach the moneygram order to an email by bluetacking the sheet to the screen.... Lad thinks I'm thick as shit! |
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bware419ers
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:51 pm |
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khawk
Master Baiter
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 5:08 pm |
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Thanks Bware! I will take a look at the university part!
I wouldn't worry about the moneygram being tracked online... the lad is explaining to me how to scan and attach an email of the receipt! I M trying to attach it by blue tack king it to my computer screen |
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