Black People : SCAM BAITING - someone wants me dead

[Zulile]

Good morning Fam

Some know I used to be an avid scam baiter back in the day.. I was involved (in various degrees) in scam baiting ranging from the basic online lotteries, to incarcerated royalty, businessmen looking for partners to Bank/Creditcard fraud and much in between. I stopped for a variety of reasons.

But today.. I received a scam email I had only heard of before and am now tempted to play the bait game once again. Below is the email - only the addresses have been edited - and I've created a new email address myself to begin correspondence, but havent started.. yet.

I'm curious on how folks at destee view scammers - or scam baiting for that matter - and if anyone has ever fallen for, or baited their own.

From: email address #1
Subject: SOMEONE YOU CALL YOUR FRIEND, WANTS YOU DEAD.

I felt very sorry and bad for you, that your life is going to end like this if you don't comply, i was paid to eliminate you and I have to do it within 10 days.

Someone you call your friend wants you dead by all means, and the person have spent a lot of money on this, the person also came to us and told us that he wants you dead and he provided us your names, photograph and other necessary information we needed about you. If you are in doubt with this I will send you your name and where you are residing in my next mail.

Meanwhile, I have sent my boys to track you down and they have carried out the necessary investigation needed for the operation, but I ordered them to stop for a while and not to strike immediately because I just felt something good and sympathetic about you. I decided to contact you first and know why somebody will want you dead by all means. Right now my men are monitoring you, their eyes are on you, and even the place you think is safer for you to hide might not be.

Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? It is up to you. Get back to me now if you are ready to enter deal with me, I mean life trade, who knows, and I might just spear your life, $8,000 is all you need to spend. You will first of all pay $3,000 then I will send the tape of the person that want you dead to you and when the tape gets to you, you will pay the remaining $5,000. If you are not ready for my help, then I will have no choice but to carry on the assignment after all I have already being paid before now.

Warning: do not think of contacting the police or even tell anyone because I will extend it to any member of your family since you are aware that somebody want you dead, and the person knows some members of your family as well.

For your own good I will advise you not to go out once is 7pm until I make out time to see you and give you the tape of my discussion with the person who want you dead then you can use it to take any legal action. Good luck as I await your reply to this e-mail contact: email address #2

Mr.John kiki

 

[$$RICH$$]

what in the world !!......hummmm this a game i don't care for and wouldn't do , just not my cup of tea

 

[queentswana]

Sound like a head game to me...smh be careful Zulile.

 

[Edward Williams]

What is "scam baiting"?

 

[Zulile]

What is "scam baiting"?

The aims of scam baiting are various, Edward - some just plan to waste a scammers time with the notion of delaying him getting to others, some to track and trace and report to the authorities, some hope to instill a moral lesson, some aim to redicule, some may hack and send warnings to others on the grade 2 mailing list (grade 2 being people who responded positively to the initial scam mail).. etc