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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:28 am

So I've got this lad who convinced me to go to South Africa... then he realised (after i'd bought the ticket) that he lives in Nigeria Rolling Eyes

and can't afford to go to South Africa. So after admitting that he lied (in a really slimey, ladish way) he convinced me to change my ticket. Unfortunately the best flight I could get was to Accra, Ghana not Lagos, Nigeria as they were all full at such late notice.

So he obviously isn't over the moon about this and is complaining he can't afford to get there, but still wants gifts. So he sends me this today:

Lagos Lad wrote:

you should get laptop and phone for me , you should call the managment phone number ,+23480324xxxxx, they can pick you in accar airport ,

What does this mean?

He's a catcher and there's someone higher up the food chain who will organise to pick me up?

Btw, it's a puppy scam.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:33 am

The phone number is a mobile in Nigeria. Probably another lad that your lad has offered a cut of the take. Bit odd for a puppy scam, unless they are planning something unpleasant.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:38 am

^^^ My thinking is that it (a meeting in Ghana) is a bit beyond my lad, he has really bad english (often I can't understand his emails at all) and is pretty much crap at everything he has tried to do (i mean really crap). So he has passed me on to another lad who can afford to do what needs to be done etc. He also thinks I'm hot and wants me for 'love and body'.

Perhaps I'm moving up the food chain?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:11 am

Probably not moving up the food chain.
You gotta remember just how organised the lads are. They network like crazy. You're either being set up for a meeting with a "cousin" or another gang member that has worked with your lad's gang before.

When I've played at being a scammer I've quite often found that the lad I'm trying to convince has contacts in a suprising number of countries.

From an Ivorian Coast lad:

Quote:

Gee,
If you are in lagos give me your offer and your number,I have bros that will meet with you right,if then you are not at lag,then it will be on phone or the only person I have in accra which is cousin.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:15 am

^^^ crap, no safari then Sad

well, i guess we'll see how it goes!

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:42 am

I'd say that he is preparing a welcome party for you with his associates in Ghana.
Whether they are relatives or just another gang, you really don't want to find out face to face.

I once had a laddie who I could place in Nigeria, but he swore blind to me that he was in Athens.
He even gave me his hotel details, and they did, check out.

Who was waiting for me at that hotel, I'll never know, but somebody was.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:14 am

This VERY weird lad has now sent me this (i LOVE the subject line Laughing

)

bonkers lad wrote:

Subject: my accountan have stole me money

my accountan have stole me money away, and the puppy , i did not have any money for now, and i have sell the company , if you come to accar i can take you to me friend were you can get the puppy , i have email miss sxxxx (my characters travel agent) about it , and it did not said any thing , i should look for money .

lol, any one have any idea what he's rabbiting on about now?! Shocked

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:25 am

^^^Has this definately come from the same laddie..?

The writing style reads differently ( Rolling Eyes

) Obviously...

So, if this really is the same laddie, maybe he is just smacked off his tits... Laughing

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:30 am

I have pics of a laptop, my dell one Very Happy

and the box it came in

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:38 am

^^^ cool, that'd be great! thanks reap!

And yeah, definitely the same lad, he is an absolute wacko, i'm pretty sure he's off his rocker.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 1:24 pm

Yeah, he's clearly losing the plot.... not happy at all Very Happy

lad wrote:

YOU DID NO WANT TO BELIVE ME , I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT YOU SHOULD SENT SOME AMOUNT TO ME , HOW CAN I GET YOU IN ACCRA AIR PORT , YOU SHOULD SCAN YOU PICTURE TO ME , THE CLOTHER YOU ARE GO TO WEAR THAT DAY, IAM GO TO TRAVELL TO ACCAR BECUSE FOR YOU, I DID NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO GET AND HOSTEL FOR YOU , MIS Sxxxxx HAVE JUST EMAIL ME NOW , I WANT TO RELP HER BACK

You have to travel to Ghana all by yourself?! Shocked

how terrible!

No hostel?! I asked for a hotel, not a hostel, you won't be getting lucky in some flea bitten hostel mate!

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Yeah, he's a bad scammer. If he were smart, he would get you to Africa and find a way to fleece you once there. By coming off so incompetent he's hardly inspiring you travel now his he?

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:04 pm

Red don't say no safari yet. It is amazing how many times planes get rerouted or you get on the wrong plane and end up on the other side of the country.

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:07 pm

^^^ Very true Smile

Thanks mate!

He's all over the place this one, never can do anything right, and now he's telling me he will come personally. Well, naturally I'm confused as anything, but hopefully so is he!

bi-polar lad wrote:

i have just email miss xxxxxx, i told her to send are picture , the clother that is wear that day,i can get her in the airport in accra,

Why do flights always get stuck in tamale! Razz

Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:13 pm

I can't believe they stole the puppy! Crying or Very sad

If the bait ever comes to an end, you should have the Humane Society chop his dollar.

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:00 am

^^^ It's ok though, there are another 34 (he keeps forgetting... seems he thinks i'm paying $60,000 for one puppy... yeah... gold plated puppy maybe!).

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:41 am

lad wrote:

YOU SHOULD SCAN YOU PICTURE TO ME , THE CLOTHER YOU ARE GO TO WEAR THAT DAY,

Of course your pet'll have to do the exact the same + a banner with your name on it Laughing

A possibly safari and a trophy - two for a price of one Twisted Evil

Posted: Wed Jul 18, 2007 12:32 pm

You could always drop the whole puppy idea and tell him you've decided that since you've booked your air tickets you may as well bring the money to invest 'offshore' in Ghana anyway because the taxman is after you and you have a rapacious creditor/ex who wants to be paid his/her share of your substantial assets.

If you can convince him that either way you are arriving with a sack full of cash he's going to be interested.

Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:56 am

^^^ I'm bringing $60,000 for 35 puppies (which he thinks is for 1 puppy all of sudden... as if!)... should be enough cash to get him there I think. Although today he sent this:

bonkers lad wrote:

Subject: you want to set me up

my friend is dead by the police, you want to set me up , you can no get me in accra , they have contact the police in accra, you can get me in nigeria ,

Hmmm I just told him, sounds good, see you soon in Accra!

Whenever he writes that disjointed (as he always does) I pretend (sometimes honestly) that I can't understand a word he's saying.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:40 am

Here's an update from my lad:

puppy lad wrote:

Subject: Here is my photograph

for you to easily identify me when you arive. take note. i will be putting on a strive slive, a strive trouser and a black shoe ,am 6 feet tall, my complexion as seen in the picture , note i shall say to you "welcome xxxxxxx xxxxxx".

Reckon he'll come himself?

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:48 am

How far will he need to travel?? If it's particularly far I doubt it, he'll just get one of his associates to travel. That's probably who the photo is of.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:10 am

Red wrote:

^^^ It's ok though, there are another 34 (he keeps forgetting... seems he thinks i'm paying $60,000 for one puppy... yeah... gold plated puppy maybe!).

For that kind of $$ that better be a 24k solid gold puppy or puppies that crap emeralds! Shocked

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:55 am

@ Josh - Lagos - Accra (after many troubles convincing him... which leads me to suspect you're right, an associate in accra will meet me).

Current IP: 41.204.224.25

Hopefully that will change.

@ thefife - damn right! Can you imagine the cheek of the lad? He is incredibly average in the brains department this one. I tried, unsuccessfully, for weeks to get him to fill out some forms for me.

He kept sending me weights and heights for every animal known to man (except for puppies).

I'm talking blue whales, elephants, kangaroos... you name it, he sent it. This went on for so long I got entirely fed up with him not understanding that the form I sent him simply needs to be filled out and sent back... so I figured... bugger it, safari time.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 1:58 am

Sounds like you've a hilarious bait going there Red. While it's unlikely he'll safari you've still wasted an awful lot of his time. And in the end, even if it's an associate you're messing up at least one lad's day, hanging around waiting for you, then having to call his mate to say you didn't show up.

Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:02 am

That pics looks like a footballer/actor from a magazine photoshoot or publicity shot. It's way too slick for a lad, especially one as dumb as yours. Anyway, what about some pics of those cute puppies? Obviously you need a sign with the date on it. You've heard about about these puppy scammers so you need to be careful about who you are about to hand over all that cash to.