Stupid Lad Is Confused By My Name

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 26 Jul 2013 Posts: 3

I quickly typed up a letter to a lad earlier that wanted to transfer $7.5 M to my personal bank account because his client (who died in a car accident) was closely related to my character. Now you'd be think that a relative of my character would share his last name but instead, he was named after the company my character works at. The lad also thought that my character was named after his company and that the name in his signature and e-mail must have just been there for show...

My signature (that really confused the lad):
Sincerely,
Larry Hanson
Booz Allen Hamilton

The beginning of the letter I received from Mr. Roland Phillip (aka Lad):

Dear Allen Hamilton,

I thank you very much for your urgent response, It is a great pleasure hearing from you and I believe that God has a purpose making us to know each other through this medium, Before i tell you more about this transaction let me tell you little more about myself. In a brief, I am Mr. Roland Philip , 54 years old and have work under this bank for many years, I am married and blessed with two kids, and we live at N ° 28 Agenda GRA Lome Capital City of Republic of Togo, My wife is a midwife and work with the University Teaching Hospital here in Lome the capital city of Togo.
I know you will be very surprised after going through my previous message because we have never met before, However i came across your contact while searching for the Mr. Davies Hamilton. FAMILY TREE and I found you and I decided to contact you to know your I made my intention open for you to understanding that late mr.Davies Hamilton. is a customer to our bank who died few years back with his entire family in a car accident and left behind the total sum of (US $ 7.5Million) in the dormant account of the bank leaving nobody behind for the claim,

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:03 am

Well, you could just go with it, and keep using Allen Hamilton as your character's name. But personally, I'd call him on it and try to make him squirm, and see how he responds. You risk losing him, but you might get some interesting responses from him, and it will definitely throw him off script.

And if he does disappear, you can always start again with a different character and email.

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:29 am

Welcome to Eater!

Don't explicitly tell the lad that he made a mistake. You could leave off the Booz Allen Hamilton occasionally, or mention someone else in your family who also has the last name Hanson. But let him think that you're Allen Hamilton until he asks you to fill out the form with your name, the decedent's name, how he died, what account he had, and so on. Then put your right Hanson name and see if he figures out how Larry Hanson and Davies Hamilton are related.

Lads frequently mix up European naming conventions. We don't want to educate them, as their mixups help real victims twig.

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 7:54 am

yeah roll with the mistake, ive changed my characters gender in baits before to see if they even notice, which they didnt. XD

Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2013 9:05 am

Welcome!

One of our classic baits, where a baiter replied: 'I am a penguin with an orange nose' (the thread now sadly pushed off into the abyss) didn't phase his lad one bit. Name confusion should pose no problems to your lad.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 26 Jul 2013 Posts: 3

Thanks for all of the advice!
I wish I could have read the thread the Captain Pugwash is talking about XD
I decided to go with it for now and see if he even realizes that he made a mistake...
If he does realize it and questions me about it, I might tell him that "Larry Hanson" is my wife and business partner.
I'll say if he responds or not and thanks again for the responses and help.

EDIT: He responded. This time he's calling me Larry Hanson but my close relative is still named Mr. Davies Hamilton...

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