*** Cote D Ivoire or bust. A 419Eater Safari Challenge. ***

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Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:24 pm

Cote D Ivoire or bust
A 419Eater Safari Challenge.

As you may have already read in <a href="http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=128642" target="_blank">this</a> thread, 419Eater will be sponsoring a series of baiting contests. Some will be quick trophy challenges; others will require an entire published bait. Since there are many types of baiters, there will be many types of contests. This one is a safari challenge.

The challenge is pretty simple. Get a lad to travel from Nigeria to Cote D Ivoire.

The Rules:

1. Your lad must start out in Nigeria. IP verification is required.

2. Your lad must end up in Cote D Ivoire. Again, IP verification is required.

3. The lad that emails from Cote D Ivoire must be the same lad that emailed from Nigeria. Do whatever you have to for proof. Lads have friends all over the place. We want to make sure that this is not a case of a friend emailing you, pretending to be your lad.

4. You have until May 31st for you lad to arrive.

5. The baiter to get their lad to take this safari in the most entertaining way will win. This is not a race. You may get your lad there first, but that does not automatically make you the winner. Your bait MUST be the most entertaining one to win.

6. This does not have to be a fresh lad. It can be one that you�ve had for years or someone that you pulled out of �Surplus Letters� yesterday.

7. You must publish the key emails in the �PUBLISH YOUR WORK HERE!� section of the forum. Entitle your thread like this: �Safari Challenge � {baiter name}�. This will make it easier for our top secret panel of judges to keep things straight.

8. The secret panel of judges will have total and final say as to whether or not the lad actually safaried.

9. The secret panel of judges will also be the ones who decide which safari baits are the most entertaining.

Post important updates in this thread if you like. This will be the one that everyone is watching.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

You posted that at the right time, since last night, 419weasel and myself will be trying to get her lad to Ivory Coast, fairly soon Very Happy

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 2:02 am

Ok I'm in

Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 6:41 am

Shoot! I've been working my lad over for this for a while. Looks like I need to fire readnotify back up. I know he's in Lagos, Abidjan is what we're working on. Twisted Evil

Not quite a Newb Joined: 07 Mar 2008 Posts: 61

christ, that means I'll have to get this lad to travel TO Nigeria First. oh well.

Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:15 am

^^ Jack, are you sure he is not there already?? Wink

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:29 pm

I have some new mentees - - maybe I can challenge them to go for this!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:16 pm

I think this is a great challenge. I am really interested in seeing a bunch of lads going on these safaris. This is a great idea. I have too many baits going on at the moment, otherwise I'd enter. Good luck to all!

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:23 pm

I'm in. Definitely looking forward to the laughs this thread should provide.

Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:28 pm

I'm going to redeem myself. I'm in.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:56 pm

<slight adjustment to the e-mail....>

Count me in. Razz

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:15 pm

A really good idea, but damn it, I have been targeting Ivory Coast lads and I don't have any Nigerians... Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 2:34 pm

^^ Maybe you can qualify by going the other way around. Wink

Hmm, I wonder if would like to visit that place...

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:22 pm

E_D and i are going to work someone Smile

im excited to try this out it should be fun

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:54 pm

^^^That's my new mentee! We already have a plan. Now if we can just make it work.

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 11:47 pm

Are we allowed to co-bait for this? I'm now realizing how limited my free time is due to the other baits I'm focused on, but I would like to take part.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:28 am

@prof - - so get a mentee - and walk him/her through it. I just sent off emails to about 20,000 lads. I gave my mentee another list of lads. So with so many lads to choose from - SOMEONE must bite. The more the merrier. I'd like to send them all on a vacation.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:55 am

YES. You can co-bait and enter your bait as a team.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 20

This sounds fun. Never baited before, but if I get a chance, I may try this. Good practice, at least.

Anways, how do I get IP confirmation through email? Sorry, it's a nooby question. But that is what I am...a noob.

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:10 am

@HeavyWater. It depends on which email program you are using. You will "push a different button" to read the headers. Then you take this special number that you get from the headers and go to http://www.dnsstuff.com and type it in a field on the bottom of that page - and it traces it for you. I realize this is a vague answer, but since I don't know what email you are using, I can't be more specific.

Welcome to eater and happy baiting.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 20

I am using a Gmail account. If I need to, I can easily just make a new account with a different service if it is easier to get the location that way. Thanks for the welcome.

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 1:16 am

Keep your gmail account. To see the headers, look at the upper right of the page. Look for a pull down list. In the list, look for "Show Original". That will show you the complete message WITH the header.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 20

Ok, I did that. But how do I get the IP? There are 3 different strings of numbers that could be the IP. Sorry, you're helping a noob here Smile

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:26 am

Easiest way: http://www.ip2location.com/emailtracer.aspx

Or when viewing the header the originating IP is usually the first one you see going from the bottom to the top of the header. Again just use ip2location.com to track it.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 04 Apr 2008 Posts: 20

Thanks Reaper. That worked.

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