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Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.18 21:45:00 -
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Edited by: Ebedar on 18/02/2006 21:48:54 And when I get bored, I sometimes do odd things. The particular one I'm going to mention here came about as a throwaway remark I made to my CEO, Merdekka, on Ventrilo when I said it would be amusing if someone tried to replicate the 419 scam mails in Eve. (I didn't realise at that point that similar things had been attempted in the past, though perhaps not quite in the same way.)
The next day, being bored and all, I signed myself up for a trail account and created two characters on it: Moses Odiaka and Manfred Becker. I put Moses into a corporation to give him an air of respectability and put together a 419-style mail to send out to various players. These mails subsequently generated a couple of forum posts (here and here) û the mail I sent out can be seen in those posts.
I should point out that my intent was just to have a bit of fun and not to actually get ISK out of anyone, which is partly why I left so many clues as to what I was doing. Moses' corporation was called 419 Financial Enterprises for a start. Furthermore, Googling the names of either Moses Odiaka or Manfred Becker would have yielded the original e-mail that I based the Eve-mail on. Surprisingly, no one picked up on the latter point (or if they did, they didn't mention it).
I sent the mail out to 21 people in total. These lucky(!) individuals were picked for a number of reasons. Most were regular forum goers who would ensure the mail got some publicity. Others I chose because I wanted to see how they would react, while a few were also mailed because of their financial or social status. The people mailed were:
Anihilus Baldour Ngarr Chribba Cochise CYVOK* Dark Shikari Dr Scope* Entity* Foyle Freewheeling Istvaan Shogaatsu Khatred Light Darkness Naal Morno Omber Zombie Oveur (YA RLY) Seleene Shin Ra* SirMolle* The Enslaver* TRIGGER*
I should point out that I don't name them here to shame them in any way, more to allay curiosity as to who the recipients were. Those marked with an asterisk are the ones who actually responded to the mail ingame, some of the mails being quite amusing. CYVOK told me I was out of my skull, for example, while Shin Ra requested a 15m ISK release fee in order to be able to send me the ISK I needed. Khatred told me that "Nigeria is that way ----->" (but when I tried to follow the arrow I ended up bumping into my wall instead ) while Dr Scope, after being pressed, told me he wasn't interested as there was "too little isk" in it. I would like to thank all those who did take the time to respond, even if it was just to say no.
My favourite response, though, came from The Enslaver, who was the only one who recognised it for the joke it was and sent me ISK. His 5m will be returned to him once I log in and as a gesture of goodwill I also plan to donate 10m to a new player in his name. Enslaver, I salute you (and I may send you a mail to get hold of that cheap Tech II gear I hear that you sell :P j/k).
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.02.18 21:46:00 -
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Just because The Enslaver was the only one who responded telling you he knew it was a joke doesn't mean that others didn't realize it was a joke
P.S. Quality. -- Proud member of the [23].
The Tachikomas are DEAD! Click sig for video.
<3 Tachikomas -Eldo But I'm the cutest of them all, and I'm not even a blue robot - Wrangler I have seen you. You cannot deny it anymore - Vanamonde You used to be one of the twenty three, now you are a part of me - Cortes Immy > You All - Imaran Tachikomas > All ~kieron POKEMON -eris Jacques was 'ere Capsicum still is | Jorauk was, but got hungry and left Everytime you turn down a duel, 1 unit of chicken appears on market -zhuge liang Limited to 4 posts per day - Cortes |
Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.18 21:46:00 -
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After the initial impact, the joke understandably lost impetus so I tried (pretty much unsuccessfully, truth be told) to inject new life into it. Firstly, Manfred Becker suddenly came back from the dead and told Moses he would be coming after him (this after Moses had told all and sundry that his goat and his mother were ill and he needed money to get them well). My plan had been to have Manfred's corp declare war on Moses' corp, but game mechanics stopped that. Trial account players can't transfer cash, so the money for the war bill couldn't be transferred from Manfred's wallet to the corp wallet. I skirted around the issue and went straight to suggesting that Manfred had podded Moses and the issue was resolved.
So anyway, that's what I got up to because I was bored. My thanks to all those who helped relieve the tedium in their own ways. On a final note, to those who thought this was a genuine attempt at a scam û and there were a surprising number who did û remember: it's only a game
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Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.18 21:48:00 -
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Originally by: Dark Shikari Just because The Enslaver was the only one who responded telling you he knew it was a joke doesn't mean that others didn't realize it was a joke
P.S. Quality.
Oh yeah, I completely understand that. I forgot to emphasize the "and" between the words, will do that now.
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Dark Shikari
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Posted - 2006.02.18 21:51:00 -
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It is nice to know though where all those mails came from -- Proud member of the [23].
The Tachikomas are DEAD! Click sig for video.
<3 Tachikomas -Eldo But I'm the cutest of them all, and I'm not even a blue robot - Wrangler I have seen you. You cannot deny it anymore - Vanamonde You used to be one of the twenty three, now you are a part of me - Cortes Immy > You All - Imaran Tachikomas > All ~kieron POKEMON -eris Jacques was 'ere Capsicum still is | Jorauk was, but got hungry and left Everytime you turn down a duel, 1 unit of chicken appears on market -zhuge liang Limited to 4 posts per day - Cortes |
Sarai Atvar
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Posted - 2006.02.18 22:00:00 -
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You know you've made it in EVE when someone sends you a 419 scam EVEmail. -----------------------------------------------
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Nikolai Nuvolari
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Posted - 2006.02.19 04:36:00 -
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So YOU'RE the one behind that! I laughed so hard when I saw Chribba's thread on that...
But seriously, you sent them to "forum regulars"? Ahem? Somehow, my EVEmail never arrived! *glares*
Anyway, good show. When I'M bored, all I do is annoy people in various RP channels. -------------------------------------[04:04:04] Tom Thumb > for a nut case you rawk
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[07:38:53] Graelyn > Nikolai for Dev 108!
Stop whining about my signature - Wrangler \o/ ~kieron [\"] -Capsicum <3 -eris you wanted colours now you have them :) -eris..again Donuts and cAKe anyone? Jacques' Nikolai can post twice as fast as me, and i'm uber -zhuge liang Uhm, I'm new to this, does this work? *clickety* Oveur |
Pouah
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Posted - 2006.02.19 06:14:00 -
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Very funny
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Dakath
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Posted - 2006.02.19 07:08:00 -
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Not funny at all.
You are herebye sentanced to a lifetime of SPAM!
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Shin Ra
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Posted - 2006.02.19 09:07:00 -
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Now we know who to declare war on
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The Enslaver
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Posted - 2006.02.20 09:01:00 -
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Hehe, just noticed that in my wallet with the reason pointing me here
Anyway, was a nice refreshing mail. Was good to see a mail from someone I didn't know that wasn't trying to buy something. Need more comedy in EVE tbh. -------- Shinra Director
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Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.20 14:33:00 -
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Originally by: Nikolai Nuvolari So YOU'RE the one behind that! I laughed so hard when I saw Chribba's thread on that...
But seriously, you sent them to "forum regulars"? Ahem? Somehow, my EVEmail never arrived! *glares*
Anyway, good show. When I'M bored, all I do is annoy people in various RP channels.
Heh I wouldn't worry too much about not getting a mail. My method of choosing recipients was basically to contact Merdekka via MSN. Then I listed some people off the top of my head and he added one or two more.
Then for the next ten minutes I'd suggest a name I came across while browsing the forum and he'd reply with, "Yeah, fine." Took me that long to realise that he had stopped caring a while back
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Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.20 14:34:00 -
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Originally by: Shin Ra Now we know who to declare war on
Originally by: The Enslaver Hehe, just noticed that in my wallet with the reason pointing me here
Anyway, was a nice refreshing mail. Was good to see a mail from someone I didn't know that wasn't trying to buy something. Need more comedy in EVE tbh.
Glad you enjoyed it
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IrenLundevall
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Posted - 2006.02.20 14:51:00 -
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Eb you are a bad man.
Just coz Leeds drew with the Foxes.
Quality.
Don't mention the goats.
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Seleene
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Posted - 2006.02.20 14:57:00 -
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Half of the people on that list are my alts. -
See the MC in action in our latest vid! Sig Hijack!11 - Imaran |
Ebedar
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Posted - 2006.02.22 19:51:00 -
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Originally by: IrenLundevall Eb you are a bad man.
Just coz Leeds drew with the Foxes.
Quality.
Don't mention the goats.
Gah, don't mention that game
Originally by: Seleene Half of the people on that list are my alts.
I heard you were Omber Zombie's 'good' alter ego...
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.02.22 19:57:00 -
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next time i want one
sigs of the 23/24/25 hijack just as well -eris yarrrr, i shall retake my sig -HippoKing Not a chance, our 1337 sig haXx0r sk1llz are too powerful! - Wrangler Ho-Ho-Hooooooo, Merry Saturday!11 - Immy Yo ho ho and a bottle of BReeEEEEeee.... - Jacques ARRRRRRchambault |
Jinx Barker
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Posted - 2006.02.22 20:52:00 -
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Originally by: HippoKing next time i want one
I agree, Hippo should have recieved like 10 of them... he is everywhere on this forums, playing EVE in windowed mode!!!
(Yea, I can see you!)
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