| The goals of scam baiting carry the pleasure | | | | Monday the scammer tells you its Monday, |
| of baiters and their readers. To that end, a | | | | check the calendar. It's possibly Tuesday. |
| general status symbol among scam baiters is | | | | |
| the collection or display of a photographic | | | | 3. Next you should make sure that you do not |
| "trophy," a picture apparently taken of the | | | | give any real personal information to the |
| scammer, typically while holding custom made | | | | scammer. This needs to be very obvious. Any |
| signs, or in odd poses with exact props (such | | | | actual personal information carries your real |
| as placing a fish on one's head). Other | | | | name, real address, place of work, real bank |
| trophies could include documents such as | | | | account number, and personal e-mail address |
| oaths and the pseudo legal documents, taken | | | | and so on. |
| as the 419 scamr as a step forward towards a | | | | |
| hopeless goal. | | | | 4. Remember you should never go to meet any |
| | | | scammer in person, regardless of their |
| There are handfuls on common sense basic | | | | location given. As most scammers are just |
| rules, which a scam baiter should follow: | | | | nothing more than pretty cheat artists, there |
| | | | had been many cases of muggings, kidnappings |
| 1. The first rules is to have a good | | | | and also murder of people who had gone to |
| anti-virus software running on your system | | | | meet with 419 scammers. Please do not do it. |
| all the time and do keep the virus | | | | |
| definitions ready. This is must for any | | | | 5. And the most important rule is, you should |
| computer which has internet connection but it | | | | never involve directly any innocent third |
| is most significant for the scam baiting. | | | | parties in your scam bait. No matter how much |
| | | | you may hate you boss or your ex-spouse, |
| 2. Make sure you don't believe in anything, | | | | don't take revenge through this. You should |
| which a scammer tells you until you know it | | | | not take on the identity of any real person |
| is true. In case scammer tells you "here is | | | | existing or do not send a scammer to meet |
| my photo" you could argue it isn't. If on | | | | with any real person. |