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Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 7:23 pm

Quote:

when you get there you have to speack bold and tell them you are sending this fee to Nigeria for your uncle that is not filling fine and the money is for his treatment you have to convice them,do what ever you have to do to make sure they allow you send the fee.

What could possibly go wrong with such a simple plan? Laughing

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18312

^^^ I know, right? Laughing

@metamit: Thanks! I imagine him saying it too.

Obviously, I still haven't been able to make the payment. Money Gram was no better, so I came up with a great idea:

Part of my email to Randy wrote:

I have an idea to prove that it's my boyfriend to them. Can you someone to take a picture? If I had a picture made just for me, that shows my boyfriend, they have to let me. The lady there said I just needed that proof.
I want to send this fee!

Randy didn't like the idea.

Subject line of email from scammer wrote:

TELL YOU FRIEND TO HELP YOU AND SEND THE MONEY OR YOU GO OUT FROM YOUR STATE AND SEND THE FEE(Geer louise)

The email was very long and boring (and repetitive) about sending payment. It included this bit:

Randy wrote:

I will also want you to go out from your state and make the payment you no the WESTERN UNION OFFICE AND MONEY GRAM maybe they have notice you before that you have been sending money to NIGERIA and that is why they do not want you to send the fee,that is why you have to go out from your state and make the payment okay.

Before I even saw the email he left more voice messages (including a call with "Five Golden Rings" for B8ers holiday song project) and sent more emails.

He wanted me to try using a different service:

Randy wrote:

i will also advice you to check
RIA,you can still send money through it okay.

I push about the picture:

Geez wrote:

I don't even know what RIA is. I tried again today, and they keep making me read stuff and telling me I can't send it. I tried two different stores! I can't keep leaving work to do this.

Will you just get someone to do the picture with the sign so that I can show them it's my boyfriend?
You're going to make me even later with this payment. I have the money to send now!

He wants me to try some more:

Randy wrote:

Attention:Geez Louise

I recieve your mail,you have been sending money thruogh WESTERN UNION before why this now they are telling you that you can not send money,Geez Louise i want you to go to that place you use in sending money before to NIGERIA,RIA is also use in sending money you can still ask people around you to show you RIA office okay.

Geez Louise this is what is delaying you from not receving your ATM
MASTER CARD i will advicxe you to put in more effort okay to make sure you send this fee today,the AUTHORITY have been asking me that,they have not hard from me as i poromise them ealier before,that is why you need to do this okay,i will still advice you to check MONEY GRAM too okay,i no you have try to get this your CARD,the people in the WESTER UNION OFFICE do not want you to get your CARD that is why they keep on telling you sturf about Nigeria,i will only tell you to try more and make sure you send this fee today.

When you get there Geez Louise you have to be bold and instruct them to send the fee that is very important.okay,tell them that you no the person that is your SON that school in NIGERIA okay,make them to understand you that they should forget weather you no the person or not.

Wait to read from you with the payment information Geez Louise.do what ever you will do to make sure you send this fee today okay.

No. I want a picture. I push a little more:

Geez wrote:

Randy,

I have put in a lot of effort already - I keep trying to send the money and they won't let me! Every time I go to do this I have to spend money on a taxi, and if I go to more than one place to try, it costs even more.
If I have to keep going, I won't have enough money for the fee left because it will all be spent on taxis!

You have to do the picture so I can just go and send the fee. Why won't you get someone to do it? It would take a minute to make the sign and a second to take the picture and email it to me.

I'm starting to wonder why the places don't want me to send money to you, and if you won't do the picture, it makes me even more suspicious.

If you do the picture and send it to me, I can send the money after work today.

Please hurry, Randy! I'm getting sick of this and I need the ATM card money.

He just doesn't want to take a picture:

stubborn lad wrote:

Attention:Geez Louise

I receive your mail and the content is well noted,i want to remind you that we do not work that way here okay,i can not send you a picture of mine holding a sign is not done okay,i can send you a picture of a white man you will print it out and show them that he is your boyfriend Geez Louise that he is sick and needed the money for his treatment .over there.

We can still give you our agency in USA were you will send the fee to them,they will now send it to us here in NIGERIA.i want to let you no that what ever we have been saying here is been monitor by the
AUTHORITY here okay i do not want to lose my job.

Get back to me now.

It's starting to feel like a skit: No I won't, yes you will, no you won't, yes you will.

Geez wrote:

Randy,

It doesn't matter who is in the picture, as long as whoever it is is holding the sign that I told you before. Then they will know it's my boyfriend and will let me send the money.

Do it as fast as you can so I can send the money tomorrow.

Love,
Geez

He comes up with yet another angle instead of doing the picture!

Randy wrote:

SEND THE FEE TO OUR AGENCY IN NEW YORK USA(Geer louise)

The "agent in New York" turns out to be a mule - the information checks out to a real person and a warning via ScamWarners is in progress.

Again, I didn't even have a chance to respond when he sends more email and leaves voicemails:

Randy wrote:

Attention:Geez Louise

What is delaying you in making the payment as i have instructed you earlie, use the information i sent you in my last mail to you,and when you get to any MONEY GRAM OR WESTERN UNION tell the person that you want to send money for your sister,when they ask you for what reason you want to send money to her that she is not filling fine

I push harder for the picture:

Geez wrote:

If this lady is an agent in the US, why do I have to say it is my sister?

I'm starting to wonder about this, Randy. It doesn't make sense. If you would just get the picture for me I would trust you, but since you won't do the picture, I don't know if you're for real.

If you won't do the picture for me I will try to call your supervisor.

I will not let you be the reason I don't get my card!

Bingo! He sends the picture. Notice any problems with it? Laughing

Randy wrote:

Attention:Geez Louise

I receive your mail and the content is well noted i want to tell you
that after reading your mail this monining in my office with some of the board membesr they decided that i make that sign you have been demanding for okay.while i ask you to tell them that she is your sister is that they have been disturbing you all this days,you have noting to worried about becuase everything is working out perfect okay.

As soon as you woke up this monring i will advice you to print it out
and go with it to any werstern union office or money gram around you and make the payment with immidieate effect,and make sure you send the payment to us here in Nigeria. <---- He forgot that he's supposedly in Washington DC.

This is the imformation one again Geez Louise

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So the scammer who used my name over and over in so many previous emails spells it wrong, and even spells the word "loving" wrong. I do find it funny that he included the quotation marks, but the whole point was that there was supposed to be an actual person in the photo with the sign!

I've given him instructions on how to fix it - not sure if he'll comply. Payment is just one small step away, mugu - just like you do to victims.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

I missed this thread.

Still deeply amused by this, from page 1 Laughing

Quote:

Of course I am sure that I don't have a husband and kid. That's something that people are pretty sure of. I don't have them because I didn't get married or pregnant.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18312

^^^

I still have no idea why he was asking that.

As I hoped, in for a penny, in for a pound, just like they do to their victims. I'm always intrigued that we use the same psychology in baiting that they use for scamming but they don't see it.
The money is so close, Randy! Good job on the picture . . . for now. Twisted Evil

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 6:25 pm

Way to go Ima! beers!

Who knew you could bait? Razz

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Quote:

I still have no idea why he was asking that.

Who knows...maybe you forgot them at the airport or something, and he was genuinely concerned they were stuck in lost and found? Laughing

Doubting Thomas wrote:

Who knew you could bait?

Clearly JC doesn't get out much. Wink

Great job on getting the corrected trophy, Ima! Very Happy

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 6:50 pm

Nice.

Posted: Fri May 22, 2015 6:52 pm

Nice trophy, Ima

Justcold wrote:

bait?

You should try it sometime, you never know you might be good at it. Cool

Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 1:20 am

Posted: Sat May 23, 2015 1:44 am

Well Geez Louise that's a fine photo you have there. Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18312

Thanks, everyone.

Justcold wrote:

Who knew you could bait? Razz

Probably very few people! It's been quite a while since I baited and even longer since I posted a bait.

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18312

After he sent the picture on Friday, I sent him an email to tell him I'd send the money after work and email him again. Later, I sent this:

Quote:

Hi Randy!

Good news! Sent the payment today - I used the other details like you said in the voice message. I'll be gone for the holiday weekend, but hope to get my ATM card as soon as I'm back.

Hugs! Geez

There was no voicemail with other details, I didn't give him any info and now I'm gone for the weekend. He's been emailing:

Randy wrote:

I DID NOT SEE ANY MONEY YOU SENT(Geez Louise)

Attention:Geez Louise

How are you doing today,i receive your mail and i must tell you am
waiting to receive the MTCN

YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION BELOW TO ME.

SENDERS NAME:.......................
SENDERS ADDRESS:........................
CELL PHONE NUMBER:.........................
MTCN NUMBER:...................................
TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER.......................

Randy wrote:

GET BACK TO ME (Geez Louise)
I did not receive any money from you, get back to me ok

Randy, starting to figure out what must have happened wrote:

HAVE YOU SEND MONEY TO THE WRONG PEOPLE(Geez Louise)
Attention:Geez Louise

Am still waiting to hear from you,i want to ask you which details did
you use to sent the money,i do not no what is happening i did not
receive any money okay,or have you send money to wrong people Geez
Louise.

Get back to me.

Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 11:16 pm

A lot better than my most recent trophy (I think the lad photoshopped mine)
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Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 11:51 pm

Lovely way to leave him hanging, and worrying. Very Happy

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