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Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 1:42 am

I just finished a 2 month straight bait and I am getting it ready for publication. I was looking for a new victim in the surplus letters and this little fellow sorta grabbed me.

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LETTER OF COMPENSATION FROM ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES

This is to inform you that the Federal Government Of Nigeria and the
Economic Community For West African States has decided to compensate
all international investors who have one way or the other lost a whole
lot of money while trying to get their inheritance, lottery, business
contract or compensation funds claim from any West African Countries
under the Ecowas body.

We need you to understand that you have being dealing with the wrong
persons and you are adviced to seize immediate communication with them
to avoid further lost of your personal funds. You're hereby adviced to
Reconfirm.

YOUR COUNTRY.................
YOUR FULL NAME..............
HOME ADDRESS.................
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER...........
OFFICE NUMBER........................
HOME NUMBER........
AGE...........
SEX...........

Meanwhile, For the purpose of clarification, it is advised that the
entire fee has been Paid for the delivery so all that you will have to
pay is only $85 dollar That You will have to send to their security
office as charges for the safe Keeping Fee of your over due payment
fund.

Yours Faithfully,

Pastor Chi-Chi

First of all I wanted a Doctor, Lawyer or Pastor and his asking for a piddling 85 Bucks with no real bait amount was amusing. I'm sort of drawn to the underachievers anyway.

I don't know where this is going. I'm just going to wing it.

I start with Who? Me?

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Pastor Chi-chi,

I don't believe the item below was intended for me

But if are you truly a Pastor in Nigeria you could be the answer to a prayer, Please get back to me.

Regards,

I love it. He still leaves out the amount of "compensation" but asks for his $85 to be sent with no instructions as to how. I've always been a good judge of men!

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Thanks for your email my beloved Rev, i understand how you feel but i want you to know that i am not here for a joke and also as a man of God you don't expect me to be party to a scam or do anything that is not right. so please my dear Rev, go ahead and send to me the needed information include the $85 for clarification as directed and received your over due payment without any further delay again ok

Let's see if we can get his mind off the 85 dollars......

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Pastor,

I'm afraid you misunderstand me. I am not seeking nor do I want any compensation. The Lord provides for my small wants and needs.

My church is in searching a pastor in Nigeria to receive and manage the funds for a medical clinic and church mission. We have not yet identified the location but we have raised over $24,000.00 Shocked

to build or purchase and staff the clinic.

This requires a dedicated, honest man of God with a good business sense and a strong desire to help and serve others.

Are you such a man or can you recommend someone else?

Blessings to you,

Yep! That did it. Laughing

And he is just the man I was looking for and quite the eager beaver!

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Thanks for your email again, i am a very honest man of God and it has been my duty to serve others and also i have dedicated my life to work for God until end of my life. so i am very interested working for your medical clinic and church mission ok.

So please get back to me with more details on how to start and also your contacts information and of your contact.

Remain Bless.

A few questions for Chichi to get him warmed up and a day of rest for me....

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Pastor,

Thank you for your quick reply. I hope you understand that you will be required to answer a lot of questions over the next few weeks or so. We have to be very careful who we trust to manage our missions.

I need to find out a little more about you before we go any further;

1. Are you an ordained pastor of any denomination?

2. Are you an active pastor of any church?

3. In what city do you reside?

4. Are you married? Children?

5. What is your education level. Do you have any theology degree?

6. We don't need them right now but are you willing to provide at least 2 references buy professional men or women (doctors, lawyers or other pastors) as to your good character.

7. Are you able and willing to travel short distances (Up to possibly 500 miles or so) to help and support other missions?

8. Can you do cross border travel to other West African countries if needed.

There will be many more questions but this should get us started.

Tomorrow being Sunday and a day for worship and rest, I look forward to your reply early next week.

Many Regards

We shall see where this leads.

Posted: Sun Jan 17, 2016 9:00 pm

I've not done this much so far, nice idea though - hooking a lad so obviously near the bottom rung of the ladder. Go for it, use up all his resources and contacts and flay him good.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 01 May 2011 Posts: 51

Good job getting him off format right away!

Unfortunately, those "foot in the door" small amounts are very successful in snaring victims. Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:22 am

Snothead,

This is brilliant. Looking forward to more.

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:57 am

^^^^^

High praise indeed. I hope the remainder of the bait lives up to it. Laughing

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 4:04 am

Well played! Great to get the lad totally off-script so quickly.

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:59 pm

Snothead,

Really nice work! I'll confess that I've stolen some of your ideas and sent them off to a Nigerian doctor.

Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:38 pm

Great job annoying this lad, keep going!

Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:40 pm

Snothead,
FYI - Your stolen modality has changed a heathen, kidney-rooting, bush doctor into a convert serving The Lord! Hallelujah.

Dr. Kennedy wrote:

Yes I can help you manage and build everything okay so when are you
ready so we can proceed okay

The lad's busy right now answering an ordination questionnaire.

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 1:09 am

^^^^^
Great news indeed. It's not going so well on my end.

I didn't hear back from Chichi so I was afraid I hit him with too many hard questions too quickly. I scratched him between the ears and let him smell the back of my hand so maybe he will get used to his new owner.

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Pastor Chichi

I hope this finds you well and that you had a most excellent Sabbath Day. I'm afraid I overdid the sermon yesterday morning and strained my voice. I can barely speak this morning. Some may say that is a blessing LOL.

I just re-read my last email to you and realized that it may have sounded too hash and formally questioning. If you found it so, please forgive me.

This is by no means a test and I want you to be comfortable communicating with me and realize that I must learn more about you. I hope you can think of it more as a conversation between friends than a formal examination.

If you have any problems with understanding any question or knowing how to answer please let me know.

The new website and domain for the church should be ready in the next week or two. My email address will be changed to the new domain and I will no longer have to use gmail. I will let you know the new address when it changes.

I look forward to your reply.

Turns out his brain cannot hold more than one idea at a time. Anything new forces out the old....

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TILL THEN

Damn!

Come back here and SIT!

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Pastor Chichi,

I do not understand your reply. We can continue on gmail until the address changes.

We need to press on as I need someone in place there fairly soon. Do you wish to continue or do I need to continue my search? I would hate that because you sound like just the man we need.

Do please let me know.

Remain blessed,

I get this.......

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what do you need from me?

Followed less than 1 minute later, this....

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First, i need your phone number

I may have found a lad too stupid, drunk or both to bait. Laughing

I'll try to drag him back into the yard and put up a better fence.

Bait potential may be low but amusement factor looks high! I still stubbornly hold firm that he is the man for the job!

Does anyone have any training pads?

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:05 am

All that follows is conjecture based on how a bait may turn. Your mileage may vary.

Random thoughts on this modality:
Small chance of scoring piggies.
High chance of wasting time & resources.
Excellent chance for Safari!

Push the "Volunteer" your services to "prove yourself worthy" early on. "Others have given, why can't you?"

I plan on having other "clinics" located strategically based on where my lad lives. They may be in a line leading a short way then further and further and further.....

I'm an assistant pastor. I have a full pastor and a stupid church secretary on call if needed. Some things must clear the (gulp) Church Finance Committee.

We are recruiting locals to help because travel expenses were sending all money to the airlines and hotels instead of the people in need.

There is a local "Head of Missions" somewhere in West Africa. I plan to name mine Mr. Randolph as a HT to TM. Mine will be a American born to West African parents who made a fortune and returned to WA to be of service. This will explain his good English. I think of him as a good guy trying to ride heard on a bunch of bushmen.

Other doctors and lawyers and pastors can head mission clinics and may turn rogue and steal away with the church funds. Shocked

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:18 am

Snothead wrote:

Small chance of scoring piggies.
High chance of wasting time & resources.
Excellent chance for Safari!

Isn't that the point of doing a church bait?

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 2:28 am

^^^^^^^
I said they were random thoughts. I didn't say that they weren't obvious. Laughing

Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 4:13 pm

I guess he ran away from home. I'll leave the gate open and a big old piece of red meat out to see if he comes back.

Meanwhile I'm going back to the pound to find a new pet.

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Pastor Chichi

I hope this finds you well.

I'm afraid time is getting short and we must find a trusted man in Nigeria soon. The United Nations will match our NGO funds up to $10,000.00 for funding a clinic in Nigeria but it must meet their qualifications, location and timetable. I do not have time to waste on someone who does not qualify.

That $10,000 with our $24,000 means we can have $34,000 to help get healthcare and the word of God to thousands of your countrymen.

I am very busy and this must be settled soon.

Are you willing to answer a few questions to see if you are the man we need for the job? If not please go with no hard feelings and my blessing.

Blessings to you and your loved ones