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Master of Master Baiters Joined: 26 Sep 2008 Posts: 689

So recently I got talking to a woman from (***** UK) all nice friendly and polite initially but the conversation rapidly changed to more adult things. I played along .... then she starts on about needing something that runs to a few hundred pounds .....

Yeah my 419 senses kicked straight in and I checked her out every which way possible .... and it was amazing how much I could verify, she had quite an internet footprint.

She didn't press me for anything it was just idle conversation.

Could have easily ruined a growing friendship there Smile

So has your 419 addiction ruined things for you?

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:07 pm

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So has your 419 addiction ruined things for you?

Not so much ruined anything, but it has given me a healthy paranoia.

Last year I booked a stay on an island off the coast of Queensland, through the resort's website. For payment, they asked me to fax my Amex card details.

Much to the wife's amazement, I wouldnt part with a penny until I had run a whois on dnsstuff.com and a full series of checks with Google. For all I knew it could have been a lad with a made up website I was giving my cc details to..

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:52 pm

N N N wrote:

... then she starts on about needing something that runs to a few hundred pounds .....

Isn't that's what normally happens when you start chatting with a hooker...

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:48 pm

@ NNN

If it's a friendship thingy with a UK female I could maybe help as long as my chesthair doesn't put you off.

Wink

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:23 pm

Kate; Your chest hair made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. Great photochop Smile

As RC said above 419 has given me a bullsh1* meter second to none. So no, the Eater hasnt ruined anything for me just the lads Wink

Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:44 pm

Roycropper wrote:

Not so much ruined anything, but it has given me a healthy paranoia.

a few months ago we refinanced our home (crappy economy drops interest rates, bonus). we completed all the initial paperwork, paid for the appraisal (a guy who works closely with the mortgage broker) and sat back and waited for the closing date.

as the day drew nearer i realized we hadn't recaived any updates from the mortgage dude. I became a bit anxious and 'I've been Scammed" started running through my mind (especially after the alleged closing date had come and gone and the check for the appraisal was cashed).

it all worked out, it took two weeks longer to close than expected, so those two weeks played quite well with my imagination.

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 12:46 am

well im not paranode enough fffffffff sold my boat on ebay guy comes up checks it all over says great now his phone says he is busy busy my ass if the guy had said no that would have been fine but now i have to relist it and i will get the bastard ill track him down in a dark ally not tomorrow but one day

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:19 am

Like Roy, I now check a websites background before making an online purchase.

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:27 am

I recently bought tickets to a concert. About a week before the concert the box office called me at home to tell me the concert was cancelled. Since I paid for my tickets using my credit card they asked if I wanted it credited back. Naturally I said yes, so then they asked me for my credit card number. I said no way was I giving them my credit card (they already had it, why'd they need it again!) . The red scam light went off in my head immediately.

After I hung up I found out from another source that the concert was cancelled. Before scambaiting I would have trusted the person calling me.

That reminds me I still haven't gotten that refund!

Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 7:33 am

Call the credit card company. They will take care of it.