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Master Baiter Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 144

I wouldn't have replied to any more scams, as Ive probably got a lot on my plate as it is, but this one was just asking for it Very Happy

Mr Ben Obi wrote:

FROM THE DESK OF THE MINISTER: Hon. (Mrs.) Doores Morgan
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
SECRETARY: Mr. Ben Obi
5th Floor, Annex 3, New Federal Secretariat Complex,
Shehu Shagari Way, Central Area
Abuja - Nigeria .
Tel: +011-234-802-956-5322

Attn: Sir/Madam
My name is Mr. Ben Obi, I'm the personal secretary to the new
Minister of Finance, I'mdirected to contact you by the Minister to urgently
confirm from you if actually you know one Peter Woo who claim to be your business associate/ partner in Nigeria .

The said Mr. Peter Woo is claiming to us that you are dead and he will
like to change all the Information�s that you gave to us as our bona fide beneficiary.
This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all your outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries� around the world in which your payment file was affected.

As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a total sum of
$35Million U.S Dollars. We need to confirm from you if it's really true that
you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mr. Peter Woo is correct.

You are to contact me through my email address as soon as you receive
this message so as to know the true position of things with you so that
we would not make any mistake in remitting your out-standing payment to
a wrong person/account.

Your swift response will help this ministry a lot. Do email me with your full names and direct phone number for an easy communication, your age and occupation to this effect.
Best Regards.

Hon. (Mrs.) Doores Morgan
The Federal Minister Finance (FMF).
TEL : +011-234-802-956-5322 (24 hrs).
PERSONAL SECRETARY: Mr. Ben Obi

My reply wrote:

Dear Mr Ben Obi,
I would just like to confirm that yes, in fact I am dead. I hope this answers your question.
Regards

Ive lost him havent I? Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

QXT wrote:

Ive lost him havent I? Laughing

I wouldn't bet on it!

Master Baiter Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 144

^It'd be interesting to see his reply.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:32 pm

on the basis that the lads never (or at best very very rarely) read anyones response, my guess is you'll get a reply along the lines of ...

I have read your email andfully understand it. I am pleased to offer you this...... etc etc.

Laughing

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:44 pm

: sigh :

Yesterday, I did a small mass-mailing to get a co-bait off the ground. Today, checking my account, from 25 emails sent out, I have 11 replies so far. 6 of those have actually read my initial email and have asked me for more details relating to what was in that first email.

Just saying, that's all...

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:46 pm

^^^I had exactly the same, joint bait, mass mailing and quite a few of the lads bothered to read it.
I hope you've got some answers planned QXT, if they ask how you're contacting them from the afterlife.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:55 pm

I replied this to a standard 'I have 15 million USD for you' scam:

Quote:

Dear Mr. Murphy Owen
I think you know where you can take those bogus money and show up, and if not, let me guide you a bit. It's a place where the sun never shines, unless you use one of those bun-spreaders you can buy in f.x. Calella.

Best regards

I got this polite answer back:

Quote:

Greetings from Mr. Murphy Owen, thank you for your
response, I�m really excited to hear from you. As I
stated in my previous email, to make this transaction
easy, we have successfully move out the Fund from our
Bank here to [...]
Kindly promise me and my colleague that you will not
disappoint us as soon as the Fund gets to your account
from the Finance Company in London, we wait to hear
your promise, immediately we hear from you, I will
contact the Finance Company in London and instruct
them to contact you and release the Fund to you[...]

I then replied:

Quote:

Dear Mr. Murphy Owen
I shall promise you, that you shall never see a dime of the money should you send them to me. You have my word on that.
Best regards
Joe

And would you believe it, he just mailed me back asking for personal details, heh.
So at least some of them aren't really bothering to read the replies they get.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:00 pm

Yes, JoeM, some do and some don't. It's the "very rarely do they read your reply" bit of the myth that irritates me, mainly because it is not what I've found at all. It's not a majority who actually read the first reply, but it's certainly more than the tiny percentage that's claimed. From the various mass-mailings I've done so far, I would estimate about 25% have read and noted my first reply.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:17 pm

@Otterfan

Ah, yea that's correct. At least that's also what I've experience in my short time of baiting. Some of them are reading the first mail and respond accordingly, but most are just giving you the standard 2nd mail.

I guess we could make some statistics on it and get an estimate of how many lads that reads the first mail. Write out something completely non-sense or insulting that would certainly require a different answer than the standard 2nd mail.

I might be interested in doing that and making some statistics out of it, but I'm not that bored at the moment Smile

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:20 pm

All of you are missing the greatness of this lads name. You need to start asking him if you too can become a Jedi Knight.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:33 pm

Ask him if he believes in reincarnation and ask his theories on it.

@Ook

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 3:35 pm

I started thinking on it, he asked if you are dead because he is dead. You know Obi-wan is the blue glowey ghost. So you can always go that angle too.

Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:57 pm

JoeM: Here are the 14 replies I've now had from yesterday's mini-mass-mailout: The first email I sent each one was a polite "Thanks for the offer but I have a problem that needs resolving first" reply. I don't know if it was the wording or what, but I'm going to have to revise my 25% figure after this batch, it seems.

Quote:

THANK YOU FOR THE MAIL,I WANT TO KNOW THE SITUATION SO THAT I CAN SEE HOW I CAN HELP.AS LONG YOU ARE INTERESTED TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING MY CLIENT'S FUNDS.I ANTICIPATE YOUR RESPONSE.

Quote:

what is your problems

(c&ped script for rest of message)

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This is to confirm the receipt of your mail.

My first priority is to see that this fund is moved out from here after that i and my partners will travel down to meet with you.Then we can talk about your situation,

Menwhile let me more about your situation.

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(script reply)

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I am very happy for your explanation therefore go ahead and send your details for the delivery of the certified bank draft.

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Greetings And Thanks For Your Email. Infact I am Very
Sorry For Your Situation And I Pray You Will Be Okey Soon. Regards To
This Business Offer, (... script)

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(script)

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dont understand what you are saying , please tell me more abou it , are you intersting in what we about to do or not

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(script)

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(script)

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(script)

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Thank you for your response,please I will help you if I can.What kind of help to you mean?But are you interested in my proposal or do i look for someone else?

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How are you and your family?. This is to inform you that i received your mail. Please feel free to tell me what your immediate roblem is like.
Send your mobile number to me so i can call you in other to brief you more on this and also, hasten the whole process.I beleive speaking on phone will create more room for understanding.
All i need from you is sincerity and dedication.

I contacted you with the assurance that you will do your best here.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Quote:

let me know your situation.

Master Baiter Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 109

QXT wrote:

Ive lost him havent I? Laughing

Not necessarily: clicky

Master Baiter Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 144

TheGreatOok wrote:

All of you are missing the greatness of this lads name. You need to start asking him if you too can become a Jedi Knight.

Yeah, i saw that but the only thing that kept comin into my mind was this: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/audio/play/950

While you're there, this one is pure class: http://www.ebaumsworld.com/audio/play/960

Laughing

Master Baiter Joined: 28 May 2007 Posts: 144

@ Johnny5: Thanks, hadnt seen that. Maybe me and fatbastard can work together as an army of zombies or some bs like that. Laughing

Sending someone an email asking if they're dead really does warrant that sort of reply.