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dabluefrog
6 July 2006, 10:19
Hello! I am da blue frog, and I spend 27/8 (how does he do it?) playing with the criminally challenged, making them spend precious money, time, and resources in some of the most intriguing witty games of fraud, thievery, forgery, and lies on the internet.

I play the game like they do; I bait them with phony email addies, advertisements, personalities, phony website businesses, documents of all kinds,....all designed to suck them in and spit them out.

I will only be able to talk in generalities here, as the criminal element is most likely among us here. Terrible thought, but most likely true.

Criminals are just like us (well,...probably not blue), they "need" to survive. They have bills (rent/elec/water/garbage/FOOD/and supplies ISP provider to pay). They don't get a free ride, and I try to take that last bite of food out of their mouth, shut off their water & garbage, and leave them setting in the dark. The more people that waste their time, the less people they can victimize. And when the odds get really bad, they might try a new hobby, like robbing banks or stealing cars.

The Reward for me is getting their forged documents and Trophy checks to add to my collection. I get a smile everytime I shut down one of their email accounts, or report one to the authorities. I think my best reaction came from a Nigerian trying to sell me a trunk of US money. In the end he realized I had beat him at his own game, and pleaded, "please, don't contact me again." Hee hee hee Croak!!

I am fairly new at the game. I actually had 4 Cadillacs for sale for $30,000.00, and the criminals jump all over themselves trying to buy them with their dirty forged cashiers checks. That went over so good, I advertised a few cars I didn't have, just to keep them busy. That was fun, so I designed a concept car that would blow the doors off anything on the road, and they just keep coming.

Today I received a forged check for $4,500.00 from a Canadian art buyer. I am supposed to cash the check, keep 10% for myself, and then send the $4,050.00 via Western Union to the criminal. Houston Sheriffs are probably knocking on his door as I write this. I will gather up his phoney emails and report them - shutting them down, I will close an account he has at photo-bucket and he will loose all his pics, and I'll add another trophy check to the froggy room. Yes, tomorrow will be a great day in criminal internet history!!!

Da Blue Frog

FW Admin
6 July 2006, 12:55
Hello blue frog and welcome to Fraudwatchers.

I am glad to see that you seem familiar with the intent and purposes of the criminal scammers; indeed, what you are doing is otherwise called "scambaiting" and there are one or two organized comunities on the internet that ensure this is done safely and cohesively in a co-ordinated manner; for example ScamBaits (http://www.scambaits.com) and The Scambaiter (http://www.thescambaiter.com).

I sincerely hope that you are being facecious when you make your suggestions that they may find new hobbies; violent crime is never an answer or an alternative to anything within civilized society.

Safety is paramount, and I again hope that when you say you receive forged and/or real looking checks, these are not submitted to your home or anywhere that can trace back to you personally; I am sure that you would have taken adequate basic precautions. Also, it's good to see that you have convinced Law Enforcement to act against scammers; it would be very interesting to see any resulting convictions that arise from your reports. Perhaps you can keep us informed of progress?

One thing should be made clear at this point; possession of a forged instrument is illegal in many states of the U.S. Anything in this category that is received by anyone should be handed over immediately to local law enforcement, together with any packaging in which it arrived, taking care not to handle it unduly. If the police are unwilling to accept it, the instruments should be destroyed or defaced to an obvious extent, clearly indicating it to be a fake.

I would say that this site is for support and assistance to victims of internet fraud (actual or potential), their families, friends and acquaintances. Scambaiting has its place, but it is not something that would be advocated on this site as a method of total eradication of this crime. Education, awareness and knowledge throughout the populous will ensure that happening as without victims, there can be no frauds. Wasting their time and effort by baiting can be a means to an end, but should not be undertaken lightly, or without some considerable thought prior to embarking.

Nyla
6 July 2006, 16:01
Today I received a forged check for $4,500.00 from a Canadian art buyer. I am supposed to cash the check, keep 10% for myself, and then send the $4,050.00 via Western Union to the criminal. Houston Sheriffs are probably knocking on his door as I write this.

I sincerely doubt the law is knocking on the scammer's door. Western Union receiver addresses are worthless when it comes to "identifying" anyone properly. You could "send" the money to "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington D.C." and it could be picked up by someone in an office in France without any ID whatsoever that says they live at the receiver address. Fake IDs and the occasional bribe make it even easier. Criminals are indeed occassionally a bit less than brilliant, but they do not tend to conveniently give out their real home addresses when committing federal crimes.

If arrests were truly that simple, there are several dozen targets of fake check scams who have posted here in the last few months that would have their scammers behind bars by now.

If your main interest is scambaiting, then you really should check out some of the excellent scambaiting sites and forums out there. That is not the main focus of this site.

Magua108
15 July 2006, 10:06
One thing should be made clear at this point; possession of a forged instrument is illegal in many states of the U.S. Anything in this category that is received by anyone should be handed over immediately to local law enforcement, together with any packaging in which it arrived, taking care not to handle it unduly. If the police are unwilling to accept it, the instruments should be destroyed or defaced to an obvious extent, clearly indicating it to be a fake.



This is correct; check the penal law of your state.

If the police are unwilling to accept it, but you really want documentation, request a case report or blotter entry for a suspicious incident.