Zaire Money Scam; best options to keep 'em on the line???

[Lalakai]

Had to happen sooner or later; finally got an email from a "diplomat" in Zaire saying that he needed some help moving money safely from one account to another, and that my name came up. All I have to do is volunteer tons of personal info along with some up front cash (to show my committment and honesty), and then I'll get a cut.

What I want is some input on the best techniques that I could use to eat up alot of this guy's time, making him think I'm "nibbling", while basically leading him down a dead-end. It has to appear genuine or else he'll know and will just cut his losses.

So give me all your sneaky, devious and twisted plots, and we'll see just how long I can keep this guy dancing.

I'll keep folks posted on how it's going.

 

[iamme]

Why waste your time?

If you really want to, just reply and ask questions. I'm sure this spammer sends out thousands of emails with very few replies.

 

[Lalakai]

No doubt it's not a very efficient use of my time, but it's even a more inefficient use of his. And you'ld be suprised at how many people are taken in by this scam; talked with a agent who was trying to shut down one ring, and he said the scammers have so many cases that they are actively working, that they have to assign them specific numbers or else get the cases confused.

No, for some reason this one feels more personal then the other mass spams that have ended up in my trash folder. 'Sides, it's kind'a like a game of chess seeing who can set their pieces and lure their opponent into a trap.

 

[hoihtah]

there was an article in WIRED (August) about this.

if i were you... i'd just delete and move on. it's not like he's going to sweat over it.

 

[jimmygates]

I got one of his e-mails too. I just got his reply e-mail address and signed him up a bunch of times g@ysex.com's mailing list



-Jimbo

 

[amnesiac]

Wow, if you're going to be so vehement about wasting this dude's time, how about I send you all of the spam in MY inbox and you waste those guys' time too? PLease?!