Mugu's time Question

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Not quite a Newb Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 46

What time do the scammers (In nigerian time) usually email back?
And also, where do most of them actually email from?

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:07 pm

It depends on the scammer. For instance, if the scammer isn't in Nigeria, as many are not, Nigerian time has little bearing on when they email back.

My last lad was in Ghana where the time is the same as GMT, and he emailed me at all times of the day, sometimes 8am, sometimes 11pm, and everything in between.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:08 pm

Somewhere between 0001 and 2359 any day of the week.
Mostly from a PC but some have been known to use a mobile device.

What a question. You cannot be serious Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:16 pm

^^^^ I was going to answer with almost the exact same words. Laughing

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:20 pm

@Breddan

Sorry, but I have to disagree. I've had emails that were sent at 0000 Very Happy

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:44 pm

^^^^Leave WT alone. He/she has to get their post count up somehow.

In answer to the question, basically any hour of any day that ends in 'y'.

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:08 pm

I'm located in the US and, generally speaking, the West African lads tend to e-mail me overnight. From what I've seen they tend to keep to standard daytime business hours, which means I usually receive their responses overnight or in the early morning.

But as the other folks have said, they can and will mail at all hours of the day. I'm working a lad right now who usually mails me around 3:00 pm here, which would be 9 or 10 pm local time (I can't remember exactly where he is).

Not quite a Newb Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 46

C'mon guys,
I just tend to check my emails when its around 2am nigerian time, so its a bit annoying and a pointless thing to do, I was just trying to organise a daily routine where I check my emails around a certain time each day.

And also, when I asked where do they email from,
It seems a bit obvious that I wasnt asking "Do they email from a computer?"
What I ment (Although not obviously); "Do they email from Internet Cafe's or do most scammers own their own PC

EDIT: Also, Im in Australia, so in US time isnt all that helpfull to me, but thanks anyway!

Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:02 pm

Generally they use internet cafes, some of them have their own computers, but generally the vast majority live in a cafe unless they go down WU/MG or decide to take a holiday to another country Twisted Evil

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

There is no rule in general, but you might find a particular lad has a fairly fixed schedule. Check the times on his replies and see if you can see one. I had one lad that could be depended on to only send mail between 10am and 1pm, and generally only on a Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. The lazy mugu had a four-day weekend.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 46

So obvious,

Quote:

Check the time he replys

I cant beleive I didnt think of that before, thanks for the serious answer by the way.

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 11:34 am

Tommo Shanter wrote:

In answer to the question, basically any hour of any day that ends in 'y'.

which leaves out days as x-mas (ending on 's') when many of the lads visit their families Wink

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2007 12:26 pm

Just as an aside:
Doesn't the time on the email match to the computer clock the lad is using?
The reason I mention this is that should the computer clock be reset, the lad is hardly going to bother adjusting it himself and the 'time sent' data would be inaccurate

Baiting Guru Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 3193

^^^ Not if he's using webmail, then it depends on Yahoo's (or whoever's) clock, which is more likely to be correct.