Lad convinced I'm a Nigerian Scammer - I wonder why?

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Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:15 pm

An amusing turn in what began as a gold-boi (we'll call him Goldilocks) straight bait. Quick background, Goldilocks is situated in North Sierra Leone but has dual citizenship in the US. We began our correspondence a few months ago. He's provided various foolish photos and scans of his passport which I believe to be authentic. We've talked on the phone and had numerous bad experiences with Western Union, the airlines and my character's friend in Accra. I suspect it was the friend in Accra who set the kernel of suspicion in his mind that led to the following developments. He's developed a strong dislike for many characters in the bait. He's very paranoid about me using his photos for nefarious purposes and has threatened me with curses from his diety.

These are the past weeks emails. My character will be referred to as Leto.

After a THIRD failed meeting at the airport, Leto Wrote:

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Apologies for the late response.

Due to the recent outbreak of Ebola Virus in your region, our board of directors has decided to ban all business flights to your nation.

Unfortunately, this means that the silver order we placed with your company is now considered officially cancelled.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

xxxxx

Angry, but trying to keep his cool, Goldilocks replies:

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xxxxx,
I have forgotten about you since the day you failed to perform what you promised to do ,I have already cancelled and forgotten you so don't disturb me again.

Leto NEVER lets lads get the last word.

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Failed to perform what?

To send you money without you sending me any merchandise? Before I had even seen the silver?

You are a strange businessman if you thought I would send you any money in advance of obtaining the silver. (I ought to point out that I promised him I would do exactly that.)

Imagine if I told you to send me a thousand dollars US for no good reason without guarantee for delivery of any goods.

Sometimes I wonder if you're not somewhat crazy in your head. Threatening me with your deity if I use your photo for anything. What are you even talking about? What do you think I would use your photo for?

Now this is where thing surprised me. I expected Goldboi to come back either dismissively or with a slew of insults (he's been good at those) or even a nasty voicemail on my K7. Instead, I received this:

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xxxxx ,you are a scammer from Nigeria period!!!!!!!!!!! don't contact me again go to your stupid guest book and become a day dreamer

This took me completely by surprise. Other than establishing I had friends in West Africa, nothing to this point should have led him to this conclusion. Although, my friend in Accra did imply that he would ambush him in Cote d"Ivoire to take the silver...Actually, my favourite part of this whole bait was when I had goldboi getting the price rates for local prostitutes in his area. Anyhow, I decide to play along.

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A nigerian scammer? Me?

I promise you sir, I am no scammer.

Please, let's put all this mess behind us. Send me some small money, maybe 10,000 dollars US, via Western Union to:

Receiver: xxx xxx
Accra
Ghana
Question: Whose passport, address and silly photos do I have?
Answer: Yours

I will use the money you send me to bribe my board of directors to lift the travel ban. Don't worry, I'll pay you back.

xxxx

Unamused, we exchange pleasantries.

Goldboi:

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Idiot

Leto:

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Mugu

And finally,

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Thank you I knew you are a Nigerian scammer trying to find luck in a new area ,I can see the next of kin is no longer working for you guys in cote d ivore and you are trying new areas .
Don't go and look for a job you will remain miserable idiots

So that's that. I'm a Naija boi now. I'm trying to think of a good angle to take things, assuming I can convince him to keep the dialogue open. Any suggestions?

Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2014 7:32 pm

You could always let this bait fizzle out. In a few weeks bait him from numerous new characters then under cut him on price, safari to meet customers and dolla chop the life out of him.

419Eater is my life Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 353

You could admit that you're a scammer, then tell him how successful your formats are and how much money you make compared to a small boi like him. But you can see he has potential so you offer to throw him a bone and show him how to use your winning format...you can even throw in a few good victims to sweeten the deal(massbait anyone?).

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 8:56 pm

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I have forgotten about you since the day you failed to perform

^
Words no one wants to hear.

I've had the odd lad accuse me of being Nigerian. It seems to happen whenever I reveal to know intimate knowledge of the region such as "Nigeria is in West Africa?" -Seriously I think they feel that everyone outside West Africa has absolutely no clue how things work there.

I think baiting as a new character in a few weeks, or some sort of mass bait would be funny. In the meantime, this lad seems up for some funny insult calls. Seems like it's easy to wind him up.

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 10:46 pm

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I decided to play the part and ended up with a response that confuses me.

Leto wrote:

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Are you trying to say that you and your gold digger bois are better than the rest of us guys? I wonder how. One job is as good as another.

To which, Goldilocks responds:

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You better ask your colleague Zuby who was once residing in cote d ivore which one is better .

Is Zuby perhaps some well know Oga? Anyone have any thoughts?

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 3:03 am

^^ no clue, but I would personally be tempted to run over to gmx.com and open up a Zuby@gmx email address, start a fervent discussion between zuby and your character about the lad's obvious lack of masculine attributes and sad, sad business skills, then ASEM the whole exchange to the lad.

Just a thought.

Twisted Evil

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