Good fun with a vlad on trillian

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Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:01 pm

I got a request from my russian girlfriend to add her to yahoo messenger, now i am chatting with her/ him/ it...good fun!

He wants to get the money thing going, I want to avoid that for now....advice?

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 4:18 pm

IM baits are great fun. The main advice I'd give is:

1. Bait safe. E-mail is one thing, but IM baits can progress very rapidly in unexpected directions. Whatever you do, don't give personal details and don't let the scammer rattle you. If you feel threatened at all or uncomfortable by what they say, give yourself a breather. Make some lame excuse (got to get the phone) or pretend to be upset or angry.

2. Be consistent with your story. Again, this is a bit harder on IM than with e-mail, so prepare a bit of a backstory for your character first. A name, address, job, family, bio, etc. should be enough.

3. Dig holes in their story. Most lads don't prepare their background properly and can't wing it convincingly. Build up a list of inconsistencies and drop one on them when they ask you for money or something. You can repeatedly sidestep requests for cash by doing this without blowing the bait.

4 When in doubt, slap. Most IM lads can be slapped repeatedly and hard before they'll give up on you, so don't pull your punches. Also, keep them waiting for your replies and slap if they buzz you excessively as that's just bad etiquette.

5. Don't let it waste too much of your time. IM baiting is great fun, but it can take over your life if you let it. Try to keep your sessions short and sweet and end them by giving some sort of task e.g. filling in a form.

Have fun. I know I would. Laughing

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 5:49 pm

Right, kept it short and sweet, as soon as she started over the bank, I ditched, I had a meeting which I announced earlier in the chat. Glad I built that safeguard in though.

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:14 pm

That's the right idea. Ideally, don't even say you're going. Just leave it hanging there and keep them staring at an empty screen for a bit. Laughing

Just vanishing without trace whenever the cash question comes up will make them suspicious though, so it's probably good to have some sort of carrot to dangle in that direction when you next chat. A good one is to say that you can get whatever it is that they want cheaper as you just happen to have a friend who can get you a huge discount on it. This works a treat for the usual flights/visa modality, as you can then stall the scam until they've filled in a load of forms for you.

Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:02 pm

You are aware most banks have identity theft measures in place now? Even if you wanted to send the money to them right away, it'd take a few days as banks only allow $300 a day to be taken from cashpoints. You'd LOVE to send them the $1500 they need right now, but it's simply inmpossible. Give it a week tho and you'll have it.......

Wink

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:31 pm

You are pretty sure these guys are in an internet cafe somewhere... even if they are not chatting about money that phone will ring, oh and someone is at the door... crikey it can be a long wait when your mother gets talking!

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