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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Apr 2020 Posts: 10

Here's one of the baits I've got going right now, probably the most interesting one at this point because this lad is pretty rude and impatient at times. Without further ado, here it is!

*Please note, I have changed all names used in the bait (the lad's name and the bank name).

Me:

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Hello, I got your email about the COVID-19 funding and am interested. Could you please tell me more?

Lad:

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This is to acknowledge the receipt of your message; I am Ella Smith, Head of ABC Bank, Canada, South Africa and Asia
I write to notify you that I am in charge of your transaction payment of usd$1M issued and authorized by United Nation and WalMart, to assist people in this difficult hard times.
Your file arrived to me few days ago before the UN lady directed you to me. I will help you receive your fund in all honesty, truth and transparent without anything fishy. [Oh yes, I'm sure nothing fishy will occur.]
United Nation and WalMart made your funds of USD$1M 100% free for you to receive your funds, all required documents that will enable bank request for money has been provided by United Nation and WalMart. ((BUT)) every country has its own law and policy that all institution must abide.
Here in South Africa, I cannot release your funds to you without registering your funs/details with The South African Reserve Bank (SARB). This is where 250$ is required. Anything contrary to this message cannot be attended to and will be delighted. [Anything contrary will be delighted? Very Happy

]
My Semi ID attached and your funds approval. [Semi ID? Is that even a thing?] Stay Blessed. Stay Safe. Isolate yourself from this virus.

A certificate, the "semi-ID" (which looks like a business card), and a photo of "herself" was attached.

Next, I did a bit of stalling, asking questions like whether I'll have to pay taxes on the money (the lad said no), nothing too interesting so I won't bore you with those emails.
Finally, the lad said to pay through WU, so I responded.

Me:

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How does Western Union work? I am not familiar with it.

Lad:

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You don't sound genuine to me, even 10 years old child knows about western union, please I request to see your passport before we further

Time for a bit of a slap.

Me:

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There is no need to insult me, it's not my fault I've never had to use Western Union before. That was uncalled for. I know of it, I just do not know exactly how it works. I do not have a passport, I've never been out of the country before. How do I even know you're genuine?

Then the lad apparently decides that explaining WU to me isn't worth it and decides to go for a bank transfer instead (piggy for me!)

Lad:

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Your message is received, I will start the processing right away. Below is the given account for cash deposit.
<Piggy reported to mod>

I claim to have wired the funds to her account, saying the bank told me it might take a day or two though. Some more stalling ensues as we wait for the bank, the lad asks for the confirmation slip, and then I revealed that "something went wrong and the transfer did not go through" but say that the bank didn't tell me exactly why. I then ask, "Do you happen to have another account that I could try the transfer with?"

Lad:

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I DONT HAVE ANY OTHER ACCOUNT

Me:

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There is no need to yell, that is rude and unprofessional of you. I merely asked a simple question. Since you do not have any other accounts, I will try the transfer to the account you already gave me again. Hopefully it goes through this time.

Lad:

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I WILL BE WAITING GOD BLESS U

I claim to have done the transfer, the lad asks for my full name, phone number, and address so after a bit of stalling I provide the (fake) info requested, except I say that I don't have a working phone at the moment. More stalling, then the bank notifies me that the transfer failed again.

The lad then asks for my bank info, after some more stalling I provide fake info for a fake bank that I made up.

Then the lad responds with "Every information you have provided so far are fakes" and proceeds to tell me what the correct routing number and sort code are for this bank that doesn't even exist. The lad ends that email with "This is where we come to the end of everything, goodbye fake man".

I say I'm not fake and claim that they're mistaken with the bank info and must've gotten my bank mixed up with some other bank, but then I propose we try a MG transfer since these bank transfers are being really difficult.

She gives me the needed info for the MG transfer but says the amount needed has gone up to $300. I ask why, she says because now she's going to mail me some documents that I need to sign.

Me:

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Okay, sounds good to me. I'll get the transfer done soon.

Lad:

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I WILL BE WAITING

Me (a little later):

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Okay, I've done it!

Lad:

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I AM GETTING ANGRY THE MORE YOU HAVE DONE WHAT IF IS THE MONEY GRAM WHERE IS THE INFO LET ME TRACK IT ONLINE FIRST

I have yet to respond any more, please let me know if you have any good ideas for where I could take it from here.
I could make a fake receipt and redirect to the MG number in the help forum, but I don't know if that would make my lad too upset.

Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2020 12:56 am

It's heartwarming to know that even in times of crisis the world's most mighty organizations with similar mission statements and goals will set aside their differences in order to pair up and join the fight to preserve humanity as a collective whole. I can think of no other organizations better suited for this than the UN and Walmart...facilitated by a bank that can't be bothered with any country in Africa except for South Africa Rolling Eyes

Such an uplifting post. Thank you for sharing Laughing

Go with the MG number in the Help Forum as you mentioned before. You'd like to hear the sincerity of their voice for yourself. You think that during this pandemic many slave labor children in 3rd world countries have been forced out of work being money mules for traditional purposes. You don't really have that problem where you live because most of them work in Amazon fulfillment centers these days. You read somewhere that laid off children are now being enlisted by the UN to act as MG/WU mules for programs just like this one but you're not really into kids in general so you don't actively keep up with all the latest gossip. Just kidding, but it is fun to get the inside scoop on these lad's thinking processes. Especially those that blow a head gasket when you say that your country's banking system has gone paperless and "payment slips" are now simply a thing of the past. Ironically, if you tell them that you require all of their receipts for lodging, transportation, meals, and incidentals while on safari in order for them to be properly reimbursed they will quickly remind you that that receipts don't exist in Africa because "things are not done the same like they are in your country. Why are you passing me through all this stress?" Razz

Then they go postal on you because payment slips don't exist on your side of the pond and it is illegal for you to send them copies of your government ID. The irony is always lost on them. Ladland is a strange and mysterious place.

Wannabe Baiter Joined: 28 Oct 2018 Posts: 90

She might enjoy chatting directly on the phone with Lenny.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Apr 2020 Posts: 10

Next, it took me over 24 hours to respond to the lad (which I'm sure annoyed "her" a lot, as she *thought* she was just about to get payment details).

Me:

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My sincere apologies for the delay! Right as I was about to send you the information, I got a call from my mother who informed me that sadly my dear aunt Kate has passed due to the coronavirus. I was very close with her so of course I am very saddened by this news.
Would you like me to just type the info and send it or would you like the receipt?
Thank you for your understanding!

Lad:

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If you send the money then send the receipt?

Seriously, she didn't even tell me she's sorry about my aunt? How rude.

Next, I made a fake receipt with the form on the MG thread and sent that to her.

Lad:

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I REALLY DONT KNOW THE GAME YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAY, IF YOU SEND MONEY THEN PROVIDE THE INFO LET E TRACK IT AND IF YOU CANNOT PROVIDE THE INFO THEM DONT WORRY KEEP YOUR MONEY, HOW CAN YOU CLAIM YOU SEND MONEY FROM USA, NO LOCATION IN USA, AND I WILL CALL PHONE NUMBER IN UK TO GIVE ME THE REFERENCE NUMBER OF THE MONEY
GOOD-BYE

Me:

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I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure I understand. I've never used Moneygram before and to be honest I didn't really look at the receipt very well since I got distracted by other matters.
I agree that it seems odd that they'd give a UK phone number, I could try calling it to try to sort this issue out if you would like.
I just ask that you please understand that I am grieving right now for my aunt and the last thing I need is an email yelling at me. I really need this money now more than ever to help cover the funeral expenses and I am trying my best right now.

Of course, I have no intention of "sorting the issue out", my plan here is to "call" and say that only the recipient can call and get the number.

Lad:

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ONE MORE CHANCE GET THE INFORMATION CORRECT AND WE PROCEED
WAITING

Me:

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I will be calling Moneygram in an hour or two, first I have to complete an important project for work.

Lad:

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Fake

Me:

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I do not understand why you are throwing out these accusations about me being fake??
I am currently on hold with Moneygram, waiting to get the reference number you have requested.

(Time gap of 21 hours, no response)

Me:

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I had to go prepare for the funeral so I had to hang up with Moneygram as they were very busy yesterday and I was on hold for a while.
I called back this morning (luckily they were less busy) and they said that it was a new security measure and that only the recipient would be able to call to get the reference number.

Lad:

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YOU ARE A BASTARD AND IDIOT FOOLISH

Sadly it's looking like the lad isn't going to call the MG number, no matter what. Also wouldn't be surprised if this one drops me soon, she seems to be losing her patience (which she had very little of to begin with). Oh well, not the end of the world if she does, she was never very compliant to begin with, and at least I got a piggy out of her.

Me:

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Why do you keep insulting me like this??
I have been trying my best to get you the payment. If you do not want to call Moneygram I can get a refund and send it via other means.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Apr 2020 Posts: 10

Quick update!
After my last email, I got no response, so I send another one after around 24 hours.

Me:

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I await your response to my last email.

Lad:

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DONT WRITE ME AGAIN

Me:

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Why are you being so mean? Do you not want me to send you the fee and receive my money?

It’s been over 24 hours and still no response to my last email, I fear this may be the end. Oh well, I’ve got a few others going that seem to have more potential anyway, as those lads seem to have a bit more tolerance to the various problems I keep “coincidentally” encountering.

Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2020 3:47 am

LOL. Glad you have other lads to torture. Hot heads like this one are probably a waste of time just as you suggested. They may never play ball but their quotes are pretty hilarious. You could base your baiting out of the UK if you think it may increase the chance that your lad will buy into the MG Hotline modality. When it fails he can call Lenny who has a UK number as well Laughing

Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:40 am

Bravo. You had him sucked in for a while and you got a piggy. Nice work!

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 12 Apr 2020 Posts: 10

Well, this bait certainly took an interesting turn that I was not expecting!

So "Ella" hasn't responded since 4/24, when she told me to not write her again.

However, on 4/25 I got a new scam email which I found interesting enough to try to bait (dying widow format, I'll include it later in my post). I've been exchanging emails with this new lad, who I'll call "Susie". I noticed a few similarities between their writing styles, as well as both "Ella's" bank and "Susie's" bank using emails with the @vivaldi.net domain, but I didn't really think too much of it until "Susie's" bank sent me info for who to send money via WU to - which happens to be the exact same name (and it's not really a name I'd think would be common) as the person "Ella" told me to send the money too. So I now believe that both "Ella" and "Susie" are the same lad. This is good news for me, because evidently "Ella" wasn't mad enough at me to drop me from their mailing list.

Anyway, since I believe it's the same lad, I'm just going to include this new bait in this form as well (even though it's not really coronavirus-related anymore).

Note, I have changed all names, including my baiting fake name (for simplicity, changed to Aquila), in all of my posts.

Lad:

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Dearest
I am Mrs. Susie Webb from USA, Married to a Nigerian citizen, am suffering from cancer of the breast. I came to you in other to join hands with me in Gods names to use my late husbands funds of usd$5M in helping the less privileges and the poor.
God bless you
Mrs. Susie Webb

Me (to lad):

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Dear Mrs. Susie Webb,
I will definitely help you with this! What do I need to do?

Lad:

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Dearest
I thank almighty God for using this medium to establish his gospel in our both lives and for us to meet here, I hear so many stories every day I became afraid asking God where the world is going to.

Evil in the highest places, Impersonation, lies, cheating and killing, men are now lovers of themselves women the same. Fathers are molesting daughters, brothers and sisters committing fornication, rumor of war from country to country. No love anymore, hmmm May almighty have mercy. So how are you doing and that of your family?

I came to you because of my present state of illness (Cancer of the breast ) because if anything happens to me the bank will sit on the My late Husband Funds, I have no brother and sister that is why I came to you, on a good day I wasn't supposed to come to you because internet is evil so many lies.

I was raise by a Reverend Father, he told me that my parent are late, my mother died after given birth to me while my father left my mother when he was still pregnant of me [Okay, hold on. "My father left my mother when he was still pregnant of me." Yep, that makes sense. Very Happy

] no means of communication till date.

The Reverend Father that raises me died in plane crash. I was left alone in this world, I started working in a sugar company Illinois USA, and then I was transferred to the branch office in London that was where I met my husband, whom is a nigerian after some years of dating we got married unknowing to me that he was impotent, but love took the better part of me. Today he is late, leaving me again in this world.

Am attaching the deposit slip of the said fund, my valid Drivers licensees and my present picture, the said fund is deposit with standard chatered Bank Lagos Nigeria please use 60% of this funds to help the less privileges, orphanages, widows and widowers, churches and mosque, the poor and the needy ETC. while 40% for you. God bless you. I will fill your details and submit to the bank and I will tell the bank that you are my late husband extended relatives [So wait, after all that harping on how bad lying is in the first few paragraphs of this ridiculously long email/sob story, the lad offers to lie about who I am to the bank?? Razz

] or I will tell the bank you are my friend. The required information from the bank as follows
1. Your Full Name
2. Home or Office Address
3. Marital Status
4. Date of Birth
5. Phone Number

God bless you as I look forward to your responds
Your Friend and Sister
Mrs. Susie Webb

And "she" sent a deposit certificate, a picture of an elderly woman lying in a hospital bed with a mask on, and a driver's license with that novel-sized email.

Me (to lad):

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Dear Mrs. Tamara Barker,
I am so sorry for all that you've had to go through in your life - the death of your parents, the Revered who raised you, and your husband, as well as your cancer. I will pray that you recover.
Thank you for asking about my family and I. We are doing alright. My aunt died recently so I am of course sad about that. My husband is working from home because of the virus and my children are thrilled that they don't have to go to school (although they aren't too fond of virtual school either).
Are there any charities in particular you'd like me to help?
Here's my information:
<Fake info, for the phone number I used the U.S. Lenny number>
I'm so grateful and honored to help!

Lad:

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Dearest
I received your mail and to say God bless you, I was thinking If you would open an orphanage homes in remembrance of me and you and you will call it, (Aquila and Susie orphanage homes) but If you think is not OK then you can do it your own way
Once again I appreciate your responds and your details and to say God bless you, I have contacted the bank I told the bank to expect an email from you. You are to contact Standard Chartered bank Lagos, Nigeria, in the person of Chief (Dr) Jeff Samos, he is the Chairman, Board of Directors of SCBN, Email address is <snipped>.
Copy the message below and send to him.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Hello Chief (Dr) Jeff Samos
I am Aquila, friend and family to Mrs. Susie Webb, I am here for the claim of the late husband funds of USD$5M. I look forward to your reply
Thanks
Aquila
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Copy the message and send to him God bless you
Yours Friend and sister
Mrs. Susie Webb

I'm going to see how much I can derail this whole conversation with Susie to talking about making the orphanage, which she proposed. (If anyone has any ideas on where I could take this, I'd love to hear them!)

Me (to lad):

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Dear Mrs. Susie Webb,
That is a wonderful idea! I was thinking maybe we could also name the orphanage after your husband. What was his name? Also, I have decided I will donate some of the money to breast cancer research in your honor.
I will send that message right away!
I hope you get better soon!

I then copied-and-pasted the thing she told me to send to the bank to them.

Lad:

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It would be better we name is Aquila& Susie orphanage home [Strange, she doesn't want to name it after her husband at all.]
What do you think. Please try contact the bank [Yeah, I already contacted the bank. Check your other email account/contact the other lad you're working with and tell them to check it.]

Bank:

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This is to acknowledge the receipt of your message and that of Mrs. Susie Webb; I am Chief (Dr) Jeff Samos, Chairman, and Board of Directors of (SCBN) Standard Chartered Bank (African Head).
Before I will open your file kindly update Mrs. Webb that her will certificate is needed indicating that she approves you as her next of kin.

Me (to lad):

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Yeah, I guess naming it after three people would be a little bit too long of a name. It would be great if you could send me a paragraph or two of whatever you'd like to say about the orphanage that I could use for outreach and on fliers and things like that. [I'm partially trying to keep it open-ended here, and partially just struggling to explain.]
I have contacted the bank, they asked that you send a will certificate naming me as the beneficiary.

Me (to bank):

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I have asked her for the will certificate.

Lad:

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My dearest
This early morning I received an email from the bank requesting for my Will certificate, I contacted my late husband lawyer whom is now a Reverend Father, he is based in England.
I told him all about this transaction and what my spirit leads me to do, and he has helped me to issue my Will certificate. Please view my will certificate I have already forwarded it to the bank.
Thanks and God bless you

Me (to lad):

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Great, thank you! I have yet to hear back from the bank.
Did you get my last email? Did you have anything you wanted to write for the orphanage?

Bank:

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TO our dear Customer Aquila
This is to notify you that Mrs. Susie Webb Will certificate is received, and your file is opened; now I can call you our dear customer.
This transaction is 100% free [Oh, sure, 100% free except for that one fee I have to pay.]; the only demand from you is registering this transaction with IMF for legality purpose because of African scam.
The IMF made it mandatory that every legal free and fair transaction must be registered and the registration is 100$.
Without the registration the transfer cannot reflect in your account. Every other thing is free. Get back to me to enable me provide you the info which you will use to send the required 100$.
I look forward to your responds

Me (to bank):

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Great! I am eager to receive this money because I can do so much good with it. Do you have any favorite charities?

Lad:

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ANY UPDATES FROM THE BANK

Me (to lad):

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Yes, I have to pay a $100 fee to do the transfer.
Also, you did not answer my questions from the previous emails.

Bank:

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Your response isn't inline with my request, 100$ is needed. and you are to send, but before that I request to have your mobile number for other communication

Me (to bank):

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I don't have a mobile number.

Lad:

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Aquila & Webb orphanage home

Lad (one minute after the last email):

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HOW DO YOU INTEND TO SEND THE MONEY

Me (to lad):

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So wait, are we calling it Aquila and Susie or Aquila and Webb then?
I'm not sure how I'm paying yet. The bank hasn't contacted me back with more details. I suppose the easiest thing to do would be a bank to bank transfer.

The lad has not responded back to that email, but the bank finally responded.

Bank:

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You can send the fee through xpress money transfer of western union or Ria transfer

Me (to bank):

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I have only ever heard of Western Union so I guess I will send the fee through that.
I would think it would be easier for a bank to do a bank transfer, but I can do WU if that's really what you want me to do.

Bank:

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<receiver info snipped>
Please copy the name <snipped> very well because any mistake the bank here will not release the money till you go back to correct the name

Me (to bank):

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Okay, I will go there and send the money tomorrow.

And that's all I've got so far! Smile