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Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 40

There should be a Sig Award for getting a bait to do volunteer / good work in his home country.

For example, spend a day painting a local health clinic or picking up trash. I am not entirely sure how it would work. It would have to be confirmed somehow. But if someone did figure out a way it would certainly be worthy of a Sig Award.

It would be the ultimate victory, since you waste the bait's time AND give something to the local community.

I'd even be happy to put $5-$10 into a "pot" given to whomever could pull it off first.

Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 11:43 pm

This is something worthy of attention. I think we've had a few lads do community service. I'll need to dig around a bit.

I tried to have one lad and his friends pick up garbage from their neighbourhood. At the end of the day they just had bags filled with scammers. Wink

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:02 am

@Landrin

I think its a good idea. But it will be very hard to get good evidence for it (papers telling they did can be faked and photos can only prove they held a broom for the second the photo was done).

In addition you'd need a nice modality to make them fall for it.

Give it a try though and see what happens Very Happy

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:19 am

You could maybe get them to clear a piece of wasteland and convert it into a nice community garden...

That way you have plenty of before / during and after photos for evidence.

Infact, I have a feeling that modality may already have been done successfully.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 40

I know it would be difficult, but the humanitarian modality would be quite an accomplishment.

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:02 pm

What do you propose the icon to look like? Do you have one in mind?

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:19 pm

OxygenDeprived wrote:

What do you propose the icon to look like? Do you have one in mind?

IMHO: Icon could be a paint brush, or perhaps a "shovel" or carpenter's hammer. The shapes are distinctive in profile. But with the imaginative members in here, someone is sure to come up with something appropriate.

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 4:25 pm

How about a hand..."a helping hand"...."a hired hand"... Confused

Master Baiter Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 187

^^^What is that award that the Queen gives out to people like Bob Geldof? Some kind of medal could work.

I've been thinking along similar lines lately. Instead of just sending the lads out getting documents and taking photos, maybe we could start making them do something useful. Maybe we could eventually push lads into a big group project in Lagos and/or Abidjan. This would be especially appropriate for charity scammers.

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 593

knighthoods / OBE's

I like the shovel idea

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 5:04 pm

dont share the skin before you killed the bear. let us discuss the siggy line icon after s/o got a lad to do this Very Happy

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 40

I think I just threw down the gauntlet.

Let the best baiter win.

Posted: Fri Aug 24, 2007 6:27 pm

I'm sooooooooo giving this one a go now.
Very Happy

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 40

I just think that instead of simply taking the bait's time and money we should be open to the possibilities of giving something to someone else.

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 1:55 pm

We'd need to be certain there's no potential danger to the recipient of the lad's charitable acts. IMO the modalities are fairly simple: you could offer to assist the lad in moving his consignment or whatever, but he'd need to demontrate his christian, charitable nature by digging a well, painting an orphanage, donating a tidy sum to a good cause etc etc first. Each stage would need to be photographically documented. We could even find deserving causes for the lad I guess, this could become a safari too. If the prize is big enough, he'll do it.

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:49 pm

Wasn't it Huck Fin that had the kids paint the fence?

I like the paint brush idea.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Posts: 40

PDS: I was just thinking about that.

I think it could be done with a local charity, but another way to be to have him do something that does not involve any other people.

One modality could be plant a small community garden on some unused public space (even as small as the median between two roads for example). This would not involve other people and he could prove that he did it with before and after pictures.

I just think that if you can convince these guys to make rap videos, transcribe harry potter book 1 by hand, hand copy maps, and get tattoo... then we should be able to have them do something good.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 05 Aug 2007 Posts: 19

I really like this idea and when I start my religious scambaits I'm definitely going to incorporate it! My church, the Church of Wh@t's H@ppening Y@weh?, is very rich (due to all the good luck our members have, granted by Yaweh!) but we don't have enough members to do all the charitable missions that we would like to do. We grant charitable contributions to those who are willing to undertake community service projects within their own country! Of course, you have to join us at C W H Y and prove that you performed your community service before you're eligible to receive this generous grant...

Y'all feel free to use the modality!

Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:06 pm

Selling - Close! It was Tom Sawyer.

Bruin

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