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Scam Baiting Tips

How do I contact the 419 scam senders without using my real email address?
Well, there are actually plenty of web based free email services you could use. Of course the first one comes to mind is Hotmail, although we have noticed some scammers don't like to converse through Hotmail account holders. Google Mail (Gmail) is a real good web mail service. Just do a search for "free email" or "free web mail" in Google and you would find plenty to satisfy you.

The 419 scam mail senders wants to send me (fake) documents via fax, but I don't want to use my real fax. What can I do?
You can have many techniques or choices in baiting with these type of 419 scam people, where here two is given. Just bluff your way through it or tell them your fax is now in broken condition, or even better, sign up to a free fax service. Efax.com is good to be used. It's free to sign up, and free to receive faxes, though you would have to pay to send a fax. You get your own unique fax number and when the 419 scammer faxes you it arrives in your mailbox by way of an email attachment. To view the attachment you would have to install a small program (given free by Efax). Double-click on the attachment to view the fax.

What if the 419 scam people wants to talk on the telephone?
Make the scam baiting more interested with this 419 scam people, pretend as if you are not baiting, but waiting to take the in-charge or contract. Tell them that as you are a youngster your hearing was damaged after an illness. Tell them you're deaf. Personally good to use the deafness excuse, but follow it up with a line such as "I can to use a Text Phone". "If you have access to a Text Phone then I can to speak to you, otherwise communication would have to be via email only". Of course it is enormously doubtful that the scammers have a Text Phone (A Text Phone generally lets people type messages to each other across a standard phone line) so that will get you off the hook. Even though they won't have a Text Phone, your kind offer to speak to them via one would ease their mind that you are at least making an effort with them.

You could of course sign up for a voicemail account, through which this would make the communication one way. This is good as they won't be able to talk to you in person, and it also costs them money for the overseas call. Again, for voicemail services in just your area do an Internet search. Two recommended US based voicemail services are www.k7.net and www.J2.com both are combined a fax service, all totally free. If you wish for a UK based set-up, then it is recommended to go for www.yac.co.uk which is a great free voicemail/fax service.

Another trick you could try is to have 419 scam calls namelessly forwarded to your mobile phone (or your landline if you are feeling heroic). You can use a service called FlexTel (www.flextel.com). You get provided with a new telephone number that you could pass onto 419 scam senders. He dials the number and then this is namelessly also forwarded to your real mobile/landline number. You get to make the scammer pay for a small fortune on international calls, and the scammer might gets even more convinced that he has found a real victim!

The 419 scam people is asking for some of my naming or a copy of my passport. Where do I find some fake ID to send to him?
Normally in well planned scam baiting we now deject people from sending fake identification to 419 scam mail senders. There is the option that the 419 scammer might use the ID you send to him, to fool a real victim, and though you might create what you think is a completely unbelievable ID featuring some well are known celebrity or funny name, there is a chances that a real victim might be totally unaware of that celebrity or may comes from a country where because of the language problem does not know the amusing name as such.

Are these 419 scam people dangerous?
Well, Africa is the most part is where (but it is to be stressed, NOT all) these 419 scams originate from and been a long, long way away. It is suspected that it would take a lot more than wasting their time over a few emails for them to go to the cost to fly over and give you a beating!

It is imagined that they do get seriously angry at these time wasting letters, but not sufficient to warrant us a visit from overseas. Certainly no body would want to meet up with one of them in a dark alley! Death threats are in fact quite common, and are considered a trophy of sorts, particularly the good ones. In Scam baiting, scam baiters could expect to receive a lot of ill-treatment from mainly these 419 scam mail senders as well, which is good, because at least you know you are doing your job right!

One thing to be remembered throughout this dealing with these 419 scammers; they are THIEVES, pure and simple. Some of them are also kidnappers and murderers. You might find that sometimes they resort to absolute pure pleading for help. Pleading with you that they are in a terrible and life intimidating situations. Sometimes they could be very convincing indeed. They really would tell you totally anything they think you need to hear in order to scam you. Please do not ever give out personal information to these 419 scam mail senders. Just do well planned scam baiting to avoid falling in these 419 scam thieves.

Just use your common sense for scam baiting! Another good way to wind a 419 scam senders up is to intentionally misconstrue their instructions to you. For instance, a scammer might tell you that in communicating with his "lawyer" you must not disclose what the chief deal is about, or also mention the 419 scam senders name. Of course, sometimes it's a good quality idea to say everything to the lawyer!

If they send you documents to fill up and sign, does it wrong? Pretend as if you didn’t understand their instructions and ask them to repeat themselves. Have they sent you any fax or email attachments? Tell them you have not receive anything, and please will they send it all again.

It is also found that if things don't seem to be going your way, tell them blankly that the deal is off "unless they agree to XXXX". In baiting with these 419 scam people be bold and brash and make out that you are dictating the terms here. You are the one with the cash and you are actual the boss. They are your bad little puppies! Many times the scammers have also refused things - such as providing with a photograph. It's quite surprising how some of them would buckle and do about anything you ask if they think you are serious about ending 'the deal'.

If you have your mark persuaded you're on your way to meet him at the airport, a fine idea is to ask him to hold up a sign with your name on it so that you would be "able to recognize" him at the arrival. Hopefully before this you would have convinced him your name is something like Dina Mite, Barney Rubble, Eric Shun or anything like that!

If you are about to ask your scammer for something, hang a carrot before you do. If you desire to hit him for a photograph, mention that you would like to bring him some gifts (laptops and any mobiles phones are favorites). Pretend as if you are doing him a favor before you ask him for anything. If they think they are going to get extra out of you they tend to clasp easier.

Another good method in doing this scam baiting is to play completely dumb. Let the 419 scam people think you haven't a clue what's going on. Always do ask questions every step of the way while baiting. This would annoy them.

If you are as sure as you could be that your 419 scam mailers has fallen for your baiting (and thinks you’re flying out to him), get him to book a good hotel for you. Pick yourself a nice 4 star hotel that has online facilities for confirm a booking, like the Hilton, Sheraton or Sofitel hotels in the Nigeria. Tell your victim that you would not fly out until he sends you a booking delivery for the hotel (which you could check online for validity). Most of the time your mark would make up a million excuses why he could not do it. Simply tell him the deal is off, and ultimately if you're lucky he'll crumple and do as you say if your scam baiting is in perfect too.