A new tool for baiting- an old cell phone

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Wannabe Baiter Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 90

I used to have more free time to bait, but my current job does not allow me much time on work.
So I came across an old Android phone I have laying around in my sock drawer- it's obviously not activated, but it still works on wifi, so I reset it to factory settings, and I setup all the apps strictly for using for baiting- the gmail accounts is synced with my baiter address, my fake Facebook account, my photobucket account with my fake person's pictures, and 419 Eater and other important pages are bookmarked in my browser.

With this device setup ONLY for baiting purposes, it's much more convenient to do things while I'm at work- I can either ignore or respond to responses from lads, or choose to leave the phone in my pocket, the main importance of this is that it's not tied with my REAL LIFE email, Facebook, etc. so sorting and sifting through things to see what's important and what isn't is much easier now. I might even re-establish service on the phone, so it will be a "lad's only" line.

I just thought Id share this, I'm sure a lot of us have an old phone laying around after upgrading.

Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 1:54 pm

Great idea! I didn't have an old phone that worked laying around-I tend to use mine to failure. I went with the burner option with 8 hours pre-paid. The caller ID is blank, the phone listing shows nothing. Google shows zip, It's lads only.

Baiting Guru Joined: 10 Oct 2010 Posts: 3876

I'm using a nokia 9300. great for calling lads (my prepaid plan is virtually equal to some skype plans). and the best part: the lads can call me Twisted Evil

the only drawback: no wireless lan.

Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:49 am

Old phone over wifi. Great idea. I am a ludite for phones, lost the old flip phone and bought an Iphone 2 months ago.
But my daughter left a BlackBerry here, would it work threw WIFI ?

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 4:34 pm

I use skype over my iPad. Quite fun Smile

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 6:00 pm

What's this "cell phone" thing you're talking about?

J/K That's a great idea. I have been thinking of getting a pre-paid so I can accept phone calls for lads, but don't know how to set it up, yet.

(I don't have a cell phone in my personal life. I refuse to have the expectation to always available to people or be one of those people who are tethered to their phone.)

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 90

Like I said, it's not just for making phone calls to lads, but more like a file cabinet of my baiting-related gmail accounts, fake Facebook account, IP tracking app, photos I use to bait with (and blurry copies of my "passports", I'D's, etc., MoneyGram/WU receipts...

Think of it as a "Baiting Device".

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:01 pm

I used to use an old phone for the lads to reach me at.

Boy, did I regret that....

Before I knew it, lads was chiming cpmtinously throughout the day - and night! The final drop when an idiot lad woke me up at 4:30 AM, and I found myself yelling at the idiot at the top of my lungs. After that, I turned it off, never to turn it back on. Lads simply don't give a rats rear end - they'll call you whenever they like, adn they don't care if it's inconvenient for you or not.

My personal conclusion was, that although I love phone baiting, I'll do it when I - and not the lad - wants to. It has the additional advantage, that I'm always prepared. Wink

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 8:17 pm

^^^ Did you not think of keeping it on silent? Mine's always switched on, but I only have the volume on if I want to talk to them.

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:37 pm

^ Tried, that didn't work, either, because then I'd never hear it, and never reply when a lad called me. Might as well get a K7-number, then. Wink

Also, when I was more active than I am now, I had a LOT of baits running at any given time, as I used a strategy involving big numbers and some degree of straightbaiting in order to weed out the good ones (and then bring on the lunacy). Pretty efficient, but the cellphone was red hot. So I couldn't keep up with answering the calls, anyway.

Another factor, that didn't work for me, is that I use MorphVox a lot - not only to make background ambient and special effects, but mostly to morph my voice, which gives me the ability to play a female character. Some of my best baits has involved this capability, and since this is a piece of PC software, I'm cut off from using a cellphone in those baits.

There are those who insists, that it's a must to receive calls in order to safari lads. I disagree. I safari'd many a lad without receiving calls from the lad, and I've even safari'd lad with no vocal contact at all. And I'm not the only one - back in the mythic early days of Eater, it was done all the time. So all that taken into consideration, I have long since decided to only speak with lads on the phone when I'm making the call - which I only do to set the lads things in motion, bait wise... or to make pranks. Wink

The most important argument for me, though, is the advantage of you being in charge of when to speak with your lad on the phone. By calling the lad yourself, you are always in charge, and always prepared. And it's you and only you who chooses when you speak and what the subject is. That gives you an important edge in the bait, that I personally won't trade for the ability to receive calls from a lad. When it comes to making calls, my PC is tweaked into a deadly weapon, in a way I could never tweak a cellphone. Wink

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 20 Feb 2011 Posts: 90

Like I said- my phone isn't even activated right now, but it still works on wifi, so I can still interact on Facebbok, gmail, Photobucket and other websites, and keep pictures and stuff, it does a lot except actually calling lads, which I'm not really into anyway.

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