Warning - Scammers re-using baiters' ID's, docs, etc.

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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:19 pm

For goodness sake!! Why the big hoo har and 2 page discussion?? Unless I have missread everything then it really is quite simple.
The warning from Tada is to make sure you put fake on your documents over wording and pictures before posting to make it very difficult for anyone to do anything with.

Why the argument??

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:08 am

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Most of us do this sort of thing anyway--having ID for Woody Wankur or Fanny Mingetoucher is more likely to be a red flag to a potential victim.

Not to beat a dead horse here,but I am a native speaker of English,and honestly Fanny Mingetoucher means nothing to me.Now it looks odd enought that I may think about it,but in American slang this is meaningless.What about someone who is not being alert,such as the elderly?Now factor in someone who may speak English,but lacks any western cultural base at all.It is all great fun to us,but is worth thinking about.I once baited someone using the name Obi Wan Kenobi,and presenting myself as owning a wookie ranch.Outrageous to us of course,but I will bet there are English speaking people who have never seen Star Wars.Just food for thought-but here may be a point here.What we find obvious may not be to most of the rest

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:13 am

tada wrote:

Yes, you're missing the fact the scammer is saving them into his yahoo account for some unknown reason.

If it was an isolated occurance, I would just think the scammer was an idiot. But considering there are a number of instances, and a number of related scammers doing this, it should make you wonder what's really going on here.

-tada

Just out of curiosity... how do you know that?