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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 11 Dec 2007 Posts: 2

I responded back in Nigerian English to see if he would respond back. He did. So now any suggestions on how I can send them on a wild goose chase. What would be a good trophy for a first timer.

My converseation is in brickets (brackets).

[I jst reseifed your eeeemail and i am so xcited. i can"t beleiev I wan.
my name is
i live in the spokane of Washington.
( E-57-10747, R-456-76)]

THE FOUNDATION DE FRANCE (FDF).
35 Rue Lanterne,
Lyon 69001,
France.

Compliments of the day,
Be notified that your email id has just qualified
you for the Foundation De France End of Year
Donation, hence you have been awarded the
sum of $2,550, 000.00 USD and below is your
Qualification number Sad

E-57-10747, R-456-76) .

To claim your $2,550,000.00 USD , quote your Full
Names, Address and qualification numbers to
our Executive Sec.

Executive Sec. Mrs. Ashley Tyler
Email: [email protected]

Best Regards,
Mrs. Emily Cole

I told them I am sending them money via UPS

The Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)
Regional Office, Manchester, United Kingdom

Attention:Jill M. Lucas ,

I acknowledge the receipt of the delivery option.

Kindly note that as outlined in my previous email, your delivery has to be insured by the British Insurance company before been sent via your courier Option. Furthermore my previous e-mail also stated that you are to provide the insurance fee of ₤435.GBP. You can pay the courier charges to the courier delivery officer when you receive the cheque and document..

Please note, failure to produce the insurance fee will mean cancellation of package delivery by the courier so as to enable my company secure her good name they have always maintained, since the package delivery without the insurance will be illegal. The Ecowas guarantees you that my office will be responsible for any loss resulting to misfortune to your donation parcel .

MODE OF PAYMENT:
We only use our account when we are dealing with Affiliate organizations or companies for security reasons. The management recommended that payment should be made via WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM to the company's Public Insurance relation officer whose payment details are stated below. So are to visit any WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM agent allocated outlet shop close to you and make the payment .

Receiver's Name: Jakob Brown,
Receiver's Location: 39 Bedfont Lane, Feltham
Middlesex, TW13 4AL . United Kingdom.

After which the following details of the payment should be sent to us for verification ie.

1. MTCN OR REF{money transfer control number}...........
2. Amount Sent................?
3. Senders first name...............?
4. Senders last name................?
5. Address of sender.................?
6. Text question and answer ......?
7.A scan copy of the payment receipt.

Immediately our account department confirms your payment receipt, your parcel will be Insure and will be sent to you via your courier option .

Do note that your donation pin shall be requested by the courier delivery officer that will deliver your parcel, after is has been insured.

We look forward for your prompt response; should you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us.

Thank you for understanding.

MR. MUSA ALIYU
COUNSELOR, ECOWAS.
Tel:+44 70457 54256 Or +44 702 407 7581
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:12 pm

Why did you respond in "Nigerian English" if you live in Spokane? Confused

Moderator Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 14513

I would suggest slowing this down. The scam is to get you to pay a "delivery fee" via Western Union or Money Gram. You can ask the delivery company some questions to slow this down.

Like, do I have to pay taxes in both your country and my country?

I'm confused, what do you mean by courier service?

Or the best "I've been contact by Mr. Goodluck Adams at express courier about the same package, what should I do?

Just let the lad play his hand out a bit

Not quite a Newb Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 51

laverdad, I am Dew, I live in the post falls of idaho. Pleased to meet you. Aint this fun?

Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:08 pm

As Dev says, slow this guy down.

He's cutting to the chase pretty quickly, once he's at the payment stage there are only so many things you can do. There are many, many hoops you can get him jumping through before you go charging off to UPS just yet.

Trophies are hard to come by, the lads are getting more wise to the "Internet joker". It takes months of patience and skillled baiting.

Get asking those questions. One per email. Really hack him off with how "stupid" you are.

Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 2:21 am

Hi laverdad100. I use the poor spelling, poor English etc. trick also. My character is a little old lady living in London, (right now... Laughing

) who had very little education. Which would be the truth for someone her age. In this way l am able to not only waste the mugu's time, I am also able to help not to educate them. It's one of the fun parts of my baits and I get a huge kick out of reading the crap they write and reinforcing them in their use of it.

As pointed out to me by Marvinator of this site, a little Latin also impresses them...especially when you get to the Lawyer stage i.e. in extensionum pro bono sic hoc. Mrs. Malaprop's Lawyer, Harold Schnark of Sitmore and Doolittle, English Solicitors, is a very educated Lawyer and most impressive in this field. He will be educating the Mugu Lawyers like crazy I hope.

Maybe, to draw this one out and get the lad offtrack, like another one of my characters, (also. alas, a little old lady from Australia), you could have a car accident on the way to the WU office? Mine swerved to miss a koala that had been startled by a golf ball and sideswiped a didgeridoo tree. Messy business that put her in hospital for a few days and wrote her car off. They swallowed that one hook, line and caddy shack. Another baiter, my mentor, has the misfortune to keep running into packs of wild dogs and being savaged by them. That's always good for a delay of a week at least, as wild dogs can be very destructive to one's good looks. Cool