My standard reply to 419 scammers

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

After I use my standard reply to scammers, I rarely hear from them again.
Some of them are really dumb and keep trying. Some become angry and
will send me all sorts of nasty things.

Here is my standard reply:

Dearest Chief Nelson Bagudu,

I am so glad that you chose me out of the other 6+ billion people
in the world. Send me one million dollars in advance and I can get every-
thing set up to handle your request. My psychiatrist informed me that if
I can come up with this money, I won't have to stay at the mental hospital
any longer. Wearing a straight jacket all day and being injected with all
manner anti psychotropic drugs is a real drag. I would hope that you could
understand how difficult it is for me to type this message with my nose,
tongue and the only other free member that I have (straight jacket remember).
The featureless white padded cell and lack of external stimuli makes it
hard to stay excited and tumescent. A situation that makes it a real chore
to type so please don't waste my time with a lot of correspondence.
Well, the nurse is on the way with my next Thorazine shot. She may be 65
years old but Woo Hoo!, I'll use any stimulation I can get in order to
continue typing. I hope that you will send the one million dollars soon for
I am getting blisters on some very sensitive body parts. Here is a link to the
kind gentlemen who taught me how to type in my current state.

http://tinyurl.comxxxxx Mod edit - link deleted until you can tell us what it leads to - SP

[8~{} Uncle Monster

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:44 pm

Uncle Monster wrote:

I rarely hear from them again.

I never would have expected that.

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 1:54 pm

So, are you interested in baiting them or telling them to f&ck off in a somewhat convoluted way. There's a difference.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 3123

Keep going like that, you'll be an elite baiter in no time Very Happy

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Moved here from Publish.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 15 Jul 2007 Posts: 72

And I believe you mean "strait" jacket.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

I don't know why the moderator deleted the link, that was the funniest part.
It's a funny video on YouTube and it's not porn. Perhaps the deletion is an automatic function?

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:51 pm

^^^We're all a bit twitchy about following a link that a new member has posted. Could lead anywhere.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Quote:

http://tinyurl.comxxxxx Mod edit - link deleted until you can tell us what it leads to - SP

SP removed the link because it was a tinyURL and didn't give an indication of where it redirected.

edit to remove a second comment since the post to which it referred no longer exists.

Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2007 11:00 pm

If you want them to respond, I'd suggest changing your initial response to something like, "Very interesting. Please tell me more."

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 12:04 am

My standard replies are something akin to, "Are you sure you sent this to the right person?" or "I think you sent this to me by mistake".

Recently I've started using "Please explain", which seems to work as well.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 4:54 am

<br>As said above, if you are serious about baiting these lads you need to ditch that. Lads will think you are a weirdo and, as you are finding, will not respond.

Most lads only scan your initial emails anyway as they progress through their scripts.

A simple "Thanks for the email. How can I help you?" will usually get them on the hook.

Can I suggest you read the Published Letters forum to get an idea of the approach. Also sign up for a mentor and read all the stickies at the top of each forum.

Welcome to the eater and have fun.

Master Baiter Joined: 09 Feb 2006 Posts: 136

Sometimes when my inbox gets overwhelmed with lads I reply with absolutely nothing in the email just to waste their time and I get a surprisingly good amount of responses.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:22 am

^^^
Good point. Most lads don't even read the first response, let alone click on any links included (funny or not). If a lad DID actually read that response, I don't think he'd be too inclined to clicky the linky anyway.

That said, if you are looking for some truly thick lads that might fall for a rather outrageous bait, this is probably a good way to find them.

Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:13 am

SlayerFaith wrote:

Most lads don't even read the first response,

I disagree with your use of "most".

<http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=928608#928608>

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Rodus Longus wrote:

^^^We're all a bit twitchy about following a link that a new member has posted. Could lead anywhere.

If the moderator would give me permission, I could post
the actual YouTube link. It makes the message and if the
scammer is stupid enough to reply, I become even more
bizarre in my replies. I tell them how ill my three legged
child is and his only comfort was his pet barking turtle
who ran away with the circus.

[8~{} Uncle Monster

Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:28 pm

Welcome to 419 eater Uncle Monster. I do suggest you read a few of the stickies, as well as Otterfan's awesome explanation of straight-baiting. As a few other people have suggested if you actually want to start baiting a few lads then you're much more likely to get responses by replying with a simple "that's interesting... please send me more info". I suppose one in a thousand may send you an email back saying anything other than the stock reply they would have sent anyway.

That may lead to an interesting bait. But I think it's quite unlikely. However, if you did hook any using that approach I would love to read the baits you end up with.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

That may lead to an interesting bait. But I think it's quite unlikely. However, if you did hook any using that approach I would love to read the baits you end up with.

Thanks Josh, believe it or not I've actually had some morons
Email me back. I'll answer with more and more bizarre Emails
and some of them keep trying. I've been doing this for years
and I sure wish I had kept the darned messages.

[8~{} Uncle Monster

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:38 am

Uncle Monster wrote:

I've been doing this for years

But of course.

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 6:47 am

Indeed, your skills show it

Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:23 pm

Uncle Monster wrote:

If the moderator would give me permission, I could post the actual YouTube link.

Please do

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 5

Oh thank you lotta! The video is part of the response and some
idiots still keep trying. Remember the video is of the guys who
taught me how to type while trussed up in a straight jacket.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBu2ScNjpG4&mode=related&search=

Mod edit. Removed unneeded full quote of post right above yours. TS

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:06 am

Funny, but what does this has to do with baiting or did I miss something Confused

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:33 am

It's called tickling the ivories, I used to do that all the time until dad slammed the lid shut.
Ivories, as in Ivory Coast?

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 4:37 am

*yawn*

Well if we send that to all scammers we are in contact with and they watch it, we will put them all to sleep and our job here will be done. What a brilliant idea!

Bravo that man. Bravo! clapping

Please dont take my poking stick off me Mr Tsnerd!

:sigh: Alright. TS.

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