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firehouse5
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Joined: 09 Mar 2004
Posts: 4952
Location: swimming in Ogogoro
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:42 am |
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Given scammers' creative use of all possible ways to reel in victims I am surprised I haven't seen more scammers using twitter to try and lure potential contacts. I've seen an old scammer friend try spamming "Make money fast" type stuff on twitter but nothing of our usual fraud introductions.
Anyone have any examples of lads using twitter to get things going? Obviously their formats would need to be short but there's plenty of precedent for short email formats ("Contact me to receive your fund" etc).
Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?? |
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bearkat419
Baiting Guru
Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 4445
Location: Houston, TX
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:41 pm |
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Ssshhhhh..... don't give 'em any ideas 
I can see it now.
Refugee. Need help moving fortune out of Africa. Contact me to receive a percentage in exchange for help. [email protected]
Or
You have won Twitter lotto. Contact immediately to secure your winnings. [email protected]
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It could be fun to bait, however....
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If I ever come across one who is already aware of Twitter (I don't want to educate them otherwise) I think my goal will be to get an entire bait into that format. |
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lord goldblade
Elite Baiter
Joined: 13 Jan 2011
Posts: 1553
Location: Slaying The Prophets Ov Isa
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:49 pm |
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I think the main difficulty would lie in sending the initial script out. It would be hard to do a mail bomb with twitter. You would reach the daily limit v quickly. |
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The Monsignor
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Joined: 08 Nov 2006
Posts: 3219
Location: St Michael's Chapel
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:58 pm |
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Recently received a Twitter invitation from a pal of Alex Kelvin's, currently overstaying in Kuala Lumpur. |
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Ima Baeder
Baiting Guru
Joined: 03 May 2007
Posts: 18312
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Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:06 pm |
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One of my lads was using a Twitter account in combination with Facebook to get scams going (helping some orphaned young woman with an inheritance). He'd patiently make innocent comments to you on Facebook before moving you over to email.
The Tweets were something like: "I have a friend who is looking for a contact" - or "Friend needs help" or even more general comments, designed solely to open the door for becoming Facebook friends. Both the Twitter and Facebook were a supposed third party, who would eventually pass you over to the "friend". |
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Basinga
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Fri Feb 21, 2014 11:13 am |
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