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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:48 am

Does anybody know where an average joe like myself can set up a decent fake profile to lure vlads? I've been to totallyfreedating.com and nothing-nyet-diddly. I went to this other site called true.com, but so far they've just spammed the hell out of me with ads!

What's the secret? Am I too oogly or something? Any suggestions would be most welcome.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:46 am

friendfinder brings about 2/3 per week.
Wink

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:29 am

Set up a short but nice profile on belovednet.com as a businessman you'll have em crawling in no time

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:07 am

Sparkleroad works for me. Whatever site you use though, it pays to be active on it, as this will keep you on top of the lists that the scammers go through to find potential victims. Just keep the page open in the background and click on something every half an hour or so.

Also, if the vlads won't come to you, go looking for them. Most glamourous Russian girls with a long and rambling profile will have a vlad behind them, so get in touch and ask if they want to take it to e-mail or instant messenger. You may pick up a few genuine cases this way though, so bait straight for a while until you can spot the difference.

An even more high yield group is women who look like white supermodels but apparently live in West Africa. I've messaged dozens of these and have yet to find one who isn't an obvious lad(ette). They're far less scripted than vlads, and usualy much more fun because of it.

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:08 pm

Love-Town.com is always a good one, single123.com as well and cupidbay.com is always a fav but mybelovednet.com is unreal, I have to fight them off with a stick.
Just remember if they don't come to you then cold canvass some female members at those sites, choose the ones with really attractive photo's with a very open age range of partner sought, usually a good rule of thumb to spot a scammer. Be polite, don't be overly aggressive and if your contact turns out to be genuine and you actually don't wish to meet her or form a relationship then remember they are only lonely women so treat them with good grace and move on quickly.

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:11 am

Thanks amigos!

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:01 pm

its usually safest to let them find you.
that way you limit the possibility of wasting time on some bimbo who just wants to sell videos or pics, or a prodater.
most of the vlads do not search the profiles manually.
they're using some form of program that retrieves a massive amount of profiles in the target range, and then sends internal messages to all of them.
the dating sites deny this of course.....
just make sure you have middleaged and male in the us/uk in your profile and you're set.
don't put too much effort into the profiles

Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:21 pm

Good advice from Stepan.
If you actually wish to fill out your profile on any of the sites with some bait to entice the scammers mention that you enjoy being generous, have no financial concerns, own your own house....you get the idea.
One profile I had on a site I was a 54 year old man weighing 370 pounds with several unsanitary habits and possible leprosy, and yes I was swamped by nubile young bints, oyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:11 am

(laffin at Tarquin)

So.... what you're sayin' is I need to have an inbox address?

Geez, and to think of all the years I've wasted in reality-land by working for money and begging for sex!

I think I might have worked too hard setting up my profiles (successful business, beachfront condo, cute dog, etc.). Although I took the initiative and just viewed a few female profiles (from Russia of course), and got a few responses.

I gotta tell you... these "girls" are pretty darn convincing sometimes! I can only suspect Vlad activity at this point, but I can see why this type of scam is so successful. A couple of hot photos and an ego-boosting message (even to a fictitious character) are deadly-dangerous tools of the trade. I'm there as a BAITER and that crap almost works on me!

Good thing I'm broke all the time! That might be my only safeguard.

Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 9:01 am

Yep, you don't want to give yourself a good profile. You might actually get some real women after you if you do that! A bland one will still hook in the Vlads and if you throw in a couple of unsubtle turn-offs you'll ward away the genuine ladies in the process.

Another thing is photos. Most real people won't even touch a profile on a dating site if it's not got one. Vlad's don't care. They'll happily fall in love with you without even seeing one, although it may help to send a few copied and renamed DLL files just to placate them once you've got to e-mail.

Master Baiter Joined: 22 Apr 2007 Posts: 209

@Tarquin9,

There is one lady who claims to be in Beverly Hills and has a Phd. Her spelling is appalling though, so would she be a candidate?
"well i will start by saying that i am Mrs katie and i am
from us california 90210 BEVERLY HILLS and i do have my own
mobile home...i am divoreced now for 4years now and i have a
son his name is williams and he is the only kid i have well
my proffesion is sales and marketing and i am also self
employed and i travel alots to many differences
countries,like europe and asia,an manyothers and also i have
interest in human resources and my hobbies:
reading,swimming,well talking about my grew up i grew up in
usa and i studied in united kingdom and obtained my PHD
degree.Well my parents are last and gone away but grani
stays with me together but often go to my other home is uk
for holidays. well i travel alots sometimes depending on how
many companies orders. well this is all i have to say
for now ...so if u have anything to ask me..just feel free
to contact me"

Not quite a Newb Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 72

Yeah, the spelling is a good giveaway, but that pales into insignificance beside the fact that she says she lives in BEVERLY HILLS in a TRAILER!!!!!

419Eater is my life Joined: 12 Dec 2003 Posts: 482

eez, by the writing I would say you're writing to a Nigerian lad and not a Russian babe. Wink

Beverly Hills in a mobile home would pretty much be a dead giveaway that "she" has no clue.

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 4:40 am

Hits, hits, hits! I'm now stringing 2 vlads along nicely, though I'm just getting a feel for the date-baiting thing. They seem to stick to standard scripts like the 149-ers, but there's a different atmosphere to their scams. Who knew I was just so damned attractive to Russian super-model nymphomaniacs?

You guys were dead right about the "too perfect profile" thing too. I've also received a couple of real hits, which I have politely declined.

If I were to get involved with the real hits, I would then put myself at risk of the well-known "divorce court scam", in which some local lawyer walks away with all my money!

Thanks for all your help folks.

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:24 am

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=108759
William S*** is a 54 year old Scatologist with a good income and a face only a mother could love. He is getting 3 or 4 hits per day, you want some?

Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 8:11 am

@Eezablade
That's PhDs for you. They excel at theoretical physics, but their English is appalling. Given the miserable amount of funding most of them get, I wouldn't be surprised if they live in trailers either. Smile

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