From: Gary Miller (garymiller@starband.net)
Date: Fri Jun 13 2003 - 11:52:25 MDT
>> How would I write a suckerbot script that would be
>> a simulation of a person who has fallen for this
>> bonehead scam?
It depends on what level of realism and variation you hope to achieve.
To really inundate and fool the con men multiple responses could be sent
from different email addresses. But since most mail services like
HotMail or Yahoo require a human interpreted number to be reentered to
create an Email account this would be difficult to automate which is why
they implement this in the first place.
The actual response generation would be fairly easy using the response
generation piece of my bot or you could rewrite the output parser fairly
easily.
You'd manually write an English language response template such as
Dear Dr. Serge,
I am {flattered|({happily|pleasantly} )surprised} to hear that {my
reputation has traveled|you have heard of me} as far as Africa. I would
be ({extremely|pretty|quite|rather|really|truly} )(very ) interested in
the {financial|fiscal} opportunity you {are suggesting|have discussed}.
Please {email me|let me know|inform me} as to what (steps )I would need
to {do|take} to {participate in|take advantage} of the (exciting
){opportunity|proposition}.
{Best Regards|Sincerely|Yours Truly},
[First_Name] [Last_Name]
Using this template generation language.
{} Required - One of the enclosed strings is pasted into text
() Optional -50% change of the enclosed text being evaluated
| Seperater for multiple random choices within Optional or Required
[filename] Pull a random value of the file named within
Taking this approach is much simpler than having to write patterns to
actually understand the text of the con but of course will require
multiple English templates for multiple widely disimilar cons.
For each canned response you get back you could create another template.
If the responses are custom just respond via a template still sounding
very interested but requesting more information.
By varying the templates enough and enclosing optional () sentences in
responses you should be able to keep them fooled and quite busy for a
while. :)
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