Culturally Clueless or Lazy?

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Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 11:50 am

Or both?

There are lots of examples of US passports that can be found on genuine government (federal or local) websites.

In order to stop these from being used as scans of genuine passports, many of these have the person's name as "Happy Traveler".

Here's one:

I received an email this morning with the above picture as an attachment. And the email itself?

Clueless Lad wrote:

You have been awarded with the sum of $500,000 USD by our Western Union office as one of our best customer for frequently using our Western Union service on your business transaction. Note: This award was done through the internet whereby your Email address was selected and notified.

Please take note that the sum of $10,000 USD will be sent to you daily until the total sum of $500,000 USD is fully paid. Right now you are advice to contact our remittance officer through the Email address below so that the first daily payment of $10,000 USD will be paid to you quickly without delay.

Name: Mr. Mario Andrea
Position: Western Union Remittance Officer
Email Address: [email protected]

Please, make sure you provide our remittance officer with your rightful personal details listed below so that the first daily payment of $10,000 USD will be paid to you successfully without mistake.

1.) Your Name:
2.) Your Address:
3.) Your Country:
4.) Your Telephone#:
5.) Your Private Email:

Please tell our remittance officer to provide you with the following details such as; Sender’s Name, MTCN, Text Question & Answer so that you can be able to collect the first daily payment of $10,000 USD at any Western Union office close to you within 5mins ok. Thanks for using Western Union service, God bless.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Happy Traveler
Western Union Promotion Manager

Couldn't stop laughing for a good five minutes.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 12:25 pm

Yep, it's been copied from here:

http://www.dol.wa.gov/cdlchanges/

Although that picture exists as a sample in a number of places.

I got an email from the "FBI" once:

http://scamwarners.com/main//guestupload/20160902142214_FBIidentification.png

Edit: Sorry, don't know how to embed the picture in the post!

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 1:10 pm

^Use the [img] tag.

There are people named Happy, so it's likely that the lad thought that's someone's real name. How about baiting as Erica Mustermann so that the lads would use that as their character name? "Mustermann" (German for "example man") is used similarly on samples of German ID cards.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:48 pm

I absolutely LURVE that! I hope you can keep this maga going so he/she thinks people are being fooled. Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 07 Jul 2006 Posts: 5727

I have considered baiting with a character whose last name is Void. Naturally he would never be able to use Western Union or write a check, as when it came time for the signature.....

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:23 pm

^^^ First name Nolan?

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:44 pm

^ no surname, just "VOID". He could be a black metal drummer who burns down churches whenever it snows. That's a good chance to annoy your lad.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 3:47 pm

I don't believe it's unusual in West Africa to have "Happy" as a name. It's no different with "Blessing" or "Precious" and is probably related to naming habits.

Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:09 pm

There are people named Null who have run into problems when entered into databases. They end up having no name and living in the ocean south of the Bight of Benin (Null Island, though there's only a buoy there). Not as bad as a Bobby Tables problem though.