posted on August 22, 2002 05:37:46 PM new
...had been feeling left out, but I finally got one! below is the text of his message, I'm going to play with this dip@#$% as long as I can, I'll keep you posted on the fun if anyone is interested, let me know ..
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT
I am Dr. Olu Oboba, a native of Cape Town and Director of Project
Implementation, South Africa Ministry of Mining & Natural Resources. I am
making this contact with you based on the committee's need for an
individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money
transfer. First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you
for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium. In unfolding this
proposal, I want to count on you, as a respected and honest person to
handle this transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.
I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the
execution of the deal described Hereunder for the benefit of all parties
and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this
transaction. Within the Ministry of Mining and Natural resources where I
work as Director of Project Implemention and with the cooperation of
four other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment
bills totaling Fourteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars (US$14,500,000.) which we want to transfer abroad with the
assistance and cooperation of a foreign company/individual to receive the said
fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive
such funds. More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the
South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate
offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
This amount $14.5m represents the balance of thetotal contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, which
we the officials over-invoiced deliberately.Though the actual contract
cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in
the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval
to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer (K.T.T) to any foreign bank
account you will provide by filing in an application through the
Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and
privileges of the former contractor to you.
I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will
be 30% of the $14.5 million, 60% for us and 10% for taxation and
miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part
provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area
of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of
this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you
will not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my
e-mail address to confirm whether or not you are interested in this deal.
If you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to
carry out this deal. I want to assure you that my partners and myself
are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided
you can give us a very strong Assurance and guarantee that our share will
be secured and please, remember to treat this matter very confidential
, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are
still in active Government Service .Once again, remember that time is of
great essence in this transaction.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
posted on August 22, 2002 06:28:42 PM new
I got another one yesterday. For the hell of it I responded that I wasn't comfortable discussing such transactions on line and to look me up if we could do some kind of cash transaction. This one actually wrote me back!
posted on August 22, 2002 06:48:41 PM new
Please keep us updated on your business transactions with Dr. Ooga Booga. Make him waste his time. I never get emails like that. Darn!!!
posted on August 22, 2002 09:31:28 PM new
I replied to his e'mail this afternoon. Here's what I sent him:
I am interested in helping your cause. Your
confidentiality will be strictly obviated. Please let
me know what to do next. My email name is for purposes
of anonymity. I sign my actual name below to assure
you of my genuine interest.
Sincerely
Cara Pelon Mentirosa
Obviously, my name is not "Bald Faced Liar" ...(or something close, that expression doesn't translate to spanish very well)... We'll see if he replies.....
posted on August 22, 2002 09:39:11 PM new
>I never get emails like that. Darn!!!
You can have my share. It seems that the spammers in the USA have been leaving me alone for a while now and all I get are hackers from China and con artists from Africa.
Prfo - do keep us up to date! There is nothing more fun than wasting a con artisit's time. Beware of the rule of never trying to con a con artist better than yourself!
posted on August 23, 2002 11:28:09 AM new
I love those letters. I try to see if I can make them angry enough to stop answering me. I will post a set of the letters next (I am the bait, the Nigerian Scammer is the Fish). I dropped him when he wanted to meet in New York. If they are in Amsterdam, I try to get them to pose in front of a Web Cam on a street corner. My goal is to eventually have one of them send me $5 in a birthday card...
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.
I am James Desouza, a Regional Director with NATIONAL TRUST
SECURITY COMPANY S.A.R.L with regional Office in Lome-Togo.
We had a foreign client (name with held) who deposited a huge
sum of amount, US$4.5million(Four Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) with our Company. Unfortunately, this
client was among the victims of EGYPT AIR BOEING 767 FLIGHT
NO.990 that crashed on the 31-10-1999
in U.S.A but, since then we have not had any body to come for
the claims as the next of kin. A sitaution I have monitored
closely with my position in the Company.
Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years
before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next
of kin for the past two years plus, I have removed the file
to my "private vault". I now solicit for your assistance to
present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has
being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner
to enable me move the funds to his account. This does not have
any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will
be handled by me and every loop holes sealed off.
I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return
message and I will furnish you with the full details and what
to do concerning this deal. What you stand to gain would be
discussed and it is negotiable before the deal commences.
Believing to hear from you soonest.
Regards,
James Desouza.
Tel:00228 913 75 30.
FROM: Bait
Thank you for your invitation to participate in this transaction. I would like to get some more information about this transaction. Who was this Mr. Held and how did he come about this $4.5 million dollars? I do not want to get involved with any blood money or anything like that. Where did you get my email address, and why did you decide to use me for this transaction. Please also send any other information that may be relevant.
Thank you
Daniel Regrubserp CEO
Smata Industries
Shmegma Enterprises
Hortence Earwax Amalgimated
365 E. Ave De Los Arboles
Suite 306
Thousand Oaks, ca. 91360
From: FISH
Dear Daniel,
I want to thank you for your mail which is in response to my
proposal to you and also for the interest shown in doing this
transaction with me. Meanwhile,Let me go straight to explain
more on the event that led to this before I expantiate on the
project proper.
The deceased customer,Mr.Levy Mohd Salaheldin Shimony was a
big customer of the National Trust Security Company S.a.r.l
Lome Togo Republic (where I work) he operated a foreign coded
account with us until his death in a plane crash in 31st of
october 1999.
He was born in Beruit in 1949 of lebanese parents from Venice
but he was fully known as a lebanese.He was the owner of S.T.E
SHIMONY & BROTHERS TRADING COMPANY SARL Lome Rep of Togo he
had handled so many Company projects here in West Africa.
He had a wife named Sherrifat and two daughters of course all
of them were in the same plane. Again The name of his company
was S.T.E SHIMONY & BROTHERS TRADING COMPANY SARL.But the company
folded up after his death.The above is quite a few of his bio-data
but if you would need some more specific information about him
or clarification,please go ahead and ask as I just cannot figure
out the precise information or details that you would want to
know.Hence,I am bound to deliver.
I would like you to understand that in the banking industry
or security company, chances or opportunities like this is common
but not heard. People put their monies in banks,reputable security
companies or in care of registered trustees and some of these
accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, therefore,
when such people dies what do you think will happen to these
monies when nobody comes for the claims? Well, this is one of
the numerous opportunities, good ?free? monies are made
within and amongst the bankers, security company directors or
caretakers of such monies. I did not mastermind Mr.Shimony's
death and I did not operate or manage his account, if there
was something that I could have done officially to have this
money sent to his real relatives independent of the security
company management, believe me, I would have done it.
Normally, when something like this happens in a bank,security
company or registered trustees it is reported to the management.The
Management can only wait for two years for a next of kin to
show up without publishing it or making it public because of
course, false claimants must definitely show up. Therefore,
it is not published and the bank or security company only waits
for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds
are expected to be in the late ?customers will? which would
be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled
to such state. So the bank or security company gives two years
for this, and if no claimant comes forward then the Management
sends the money to the Debt Re-conversion Department and the
account is closed and the consignment or fund will be sent to
the Nations treasury as will be confiscated by the government
of Togo.In this case,there is no will.So that is why I have
decided to send this fund into a foreign account for disbursement
with a foreign partner since we are not allowed to have foreign
bank account as civil servants.Hence you are the best bet.
Now the question is, who runs the Debt Re-conversion Department
and who is the Management? The answer is simple. The Chairman,
Managing Director and Board Members. These are individuals and
these monies are shared by them and nobody asks questions.In
fact,these issues are not even discussed outside board meetings.
To explain myself properly,I am not a board member and of course,
I am not part of the Management and I am not rich, therefore,
if I have this opportunity and
throw it to the wolves, then I must be the ?most stupid man
on earth? the most ?foolish-man? that has ever lived. It was
after i discovered this that the government will confiscate
this consignment if no action is taken and since the documents
that are necessary for this claim are in my possession,we should
act fast.So we are the only ones who know about this claim except
the creator Himself.
I have fully put everything in place and since this is an opportunity
open to anybody, i do not see anything wrong or ?fraudulent?
in what we are doing as long as we are not hurting who should
not be hurt . I can only tell you that it is just destiny that
brought us together. You are a human being and you can draw
your own judgement from the above explanations. Because I am
quite sure of what I am doing that is why I am committing all
my savings in this project because I know what the catch is
and it is worth it, my conscience is clear and I have no genuine
reason to worry about the dead. The procedure of establishing
the next of kin would be taken care by you and I since this
has to be certified by the security company, do not worry about
this.It will only need the assistance of an attorney to up-date
and authenticate your documents with the security company.
However,bear in mind that this project involves a large sum
of money and I would want you to take your time and understand
this project before we commence.Do understand that I occupy
a very sensitive position here in the security company and I
want to be very careful so that the project is closed very smoothly
and successfully terminated.To that effect, as an insider.I
shall only be giving you directives until you finally complete
documentations with the security company.I have all required
documents in my possession for this claim.I shall send to you
all that is required as soon as you reconfirm your willingness
and upon its demand
by the security company after your application must have been
approved for payment.
I need your response as soon as possible so that I will know
what your position is before I give details of the security
company's contact for you to contact them with an application
demanding the release of your fund to you as the next of kin
to the late Shimony.
You can understand that the money in question is huge so we
both have to be very careful and sure of what we are doing before
we commence like I have said before.
As soon as you state your position proper in this transaction,and
you confess your honesty and capability in handling this business
and you forward your application, this will automatically signal
the commencement of the transaction.
Bear in mind that this transaction has been programmed to last
for just a few days and we must maintain an absolute constant
communication to make sure that nothing hitches.Bear in mind
that this project remains absolutely confidential and should
be kept confidential to avoid any scandal on my own side. I
will also like you to send to me your private telephone number
for a constant contact at all time since this transaction will
need an absolute and constant communication.
Your quick response and your professed trust, assurance and
confidence will be most noted and that determines the immediate
commencement of this transaction.
I will be expecting your positive response as soon as possible!
Because of some misunderstandings, our stockholders and board of directors have put my phone lines under survaliance. I can not receive phone calls that are not monitored. If you wish for this transaction to be confidential, we can not talk by phone.
I am also puzzled by your statement that there is nothing fraudulant in this transaction. If I am required to lie to your government about my relationship with a dead Lebanese oil merchant, then that right there is a case of fraud. That is not to say that I will not do it. I would cut off my mother's own ba[[$ (if you will pardon the expression) to get my hands on this money. If this does happen, Life with my secretary will be all bouncy bouncy. Do you kravnik that?
I need you to tell me exactly what I need to do to make this happen. What is our deadline? Should I prepare to come to Togo? Besides these millions of dollars, what is there to see and do in Togo?
From: FISH
I am still maintaining my point that this deal is not fraudulent
and also it carries no risk,if all these things were involved
i would not have sticked out my neck into this,listen,i am a
man of 48yrs. married with three children and why i decided
to carry out this deal is you know what Africa is like,we have
poverty here and if this type of a golden opportunity comes
to ones way like this and he/she refuse to grab it well,only
God knows when such would repeat itself.
I would love it greatly if you could come to Togo for confirmation
and formal endorsements.But at the moment,i would want you to
send me your full name and banking particulars that this funds
be transferred into and it would be very good if you could get
yourself a private telephone or mobile phone for oral communications
and also get yourself a personal fax machine that you will receivze
and send mails concerning this deal.There are lots of things
to see here,maybe i need to tell you my country is a tourist
centre and lots of African goods are here for you to see or
buy and maybe if you come you will see and know type of things
you would want to do here.
We should not waste our precious time on this and i would say
here that we need to finalize this deal on or before 7 working
days if we cooperate and understand each other and listen to
ourselves.
I will await youe earlier response.
Thanks and be blessed!
Rgds.
James Desouza.
From FISH (form)
ATTN: MR.RAZACK PHILIPS
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS (FOREIGN DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT)
NATIONAL TRUST SECURITY COMPANY SARL, LOME, TOGO REPUBLIC.
TEL:+228-901 58 45. FAX:+228 222 56 16;+228 221 52 15.
APPLICATION FOR THE RELEASE OF DEPOSITED CONSIGNMENT
VAULT ACCOUNT #: 14-255-2004/NTSC/tg. VALUE: $4.5MILLION USD
DEAR SIR,
I, Mr. .................................................................,
of..........................................................................................................................................
humbly apply to National Trust Security Company S.a.r.l; today
the ......Day...of............,2002 as next of kin to your deceased
customer Mr. .Levy Mohd Salaheldin Shimony from Beirut,Lebanon,
who died on plane crash 31st October 1999.
I humbly apply, putting claim over his balance with this Security
Company valued at USD 4.5M, (Four Million,Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars Only) left in Vault Account #: 14-255-2004/NTSC/tg.
I also wish my application will be given an urgent attention
as I wish this balance be released and re-transferred into my
account as stated below,
BANK NAME: ...........................................................
NOTE: This is the money left behind in your Security Company
by my deceased cousin Mr. Levy Mohd Salaheldin Shimony, who died in a
plane crash in October, 31st 1999 with his entire family.
He was a Lebanese (nationality), but resided in Lome-Togo and
owned: STE. SHIMONY & BROTHERS SARL IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY,
LOME-TOGO.
I wish as the heir apparent to claim and instruct that the above
mentioned amount be transferred into my nominated account as
shown above. Please, accept this late application as it was
due to family logistic problems consequent upon his funeral
rights. I hope you will expedite action as soon as possible.
Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Pls print this out,fill it and fax it to the above security
company for approval,i will monitior it to the desk of the Managing
Director.
Pls listen to my directives and instructions for a smoother
success of this deal.
Thanks.
James Desouza.
From: BAIT
My dearest friend,
Attached is my application. Thank you for your patience on this matter. Any documents you need to send to me can either be scanned or they can be mailed by post. May your salami be blessed.
From BAIT (forgot to attach scan of form)
My dearest friend.
I forgot to attach the document to your salami. Please be blessed with this document. May god give you all that you deserve. I know that I shall.
From: My friend,
You are suppose to fax the application to the security company
and not me,he is the one to approve the application and to release
the funds,pls go ahead now and fax it to his office.If you are
to sneak out of your jurisdiction to do that pls go and do just
that,ok?
James.
From: BAIT
My Friend,
As I told you, I do not have access to a fax machine. could you please print the application I sent to you and fax it for me?
From Fish
My Friend,
Dan,
In the alternative,i would suggest you contact an attorney that
will represent and protect your interest as regards this deal,if
you deem it fine pls do contact Barrister Femi Frederick George
of [email protected] tell him that you were introduced
to him by a friend of yours that you need his services in laying
claims on the funds left behind by your deceased cousin.For
a smoother success of this deal,you have to listen to my instructions
nto to jeopardise all our efforts,ok?
If the attorney agrees to assist you then you will scan and
send the application to him to fax to the company on your behalf
it would be better that way and moreso, it legally done that
way or what do you think of?
Pls do that right away to allow us forge ahead we have no time
to waste,time is not our friend.
Rgds.
James.
From: BAIT
James!
I hope you are not a lawyer, because in this country they have a very low reputation. I would rather do business with the back side of a Hippo who had receintly taken 50 pounds of concentrated laxitive (In fact, I think I currently am). I'll never contact a lawyer, I bet he wants something like $25,000 or even $35,000 just to get started. He can forget it. The last time I had to deal with a lawyer, I ended up doing some unspeakable things to him when he questioned my ability to get a deal done. Lets just say they are still finding pieces of him here and there...
Look buddy, You asked me for help. I need this little bit of help from you. Just print the freekin paper and fax it. Think you can handle that? If you can't figure out how to print a paper and fax it, I doubt you have what it takes to get this or any other deal done.
Daniel Regrubserp CEO
Smata Industries
Shmegma Enterprises
Hortence Earwax Amalgimated
365 E. Ave De Los Arboles
Suite 306
Thousand Oaks, ca. 91360
posted on August 23, 2002 09:13:54 PM new
Doktor Ooga Booga replies:
Dear Cara,
Thank you for your response to our E-mail and your disposition in assisting us but due to the confidentiality of this mutual benefit transaction, we will give you answers to all you need to know about the legality of this project.
Therefore, we request that you send us your telephone and fax numbers in order for us to communicate with you via fax by sending to you more information on how we intend achieving our goal.
It will interest you to know that on receipt of your telephone and fax numbers, all communication would be on voice proceedings, these is as a result of our reliability on that medium.
Note; that your Tel/Fax numbers is very, very important as we need to send you some classified document that will enable us initiate the project as well as making you understand it processes as we go along.
Thank you for your time and God bless.
Best regards,
Dr. Olu Oboba
My reply:
My Dear Dr. O'bozo
I will be forwarding a confidential address to you soon. Unfortunately, I do not have access to a fax machine, as we are a poor family with little more than our sheep and goats, and our life savings of 259,000 US dollars, which we have saved from recycling aluminum cans carelessly tossed along the bleak desert roads of our homeland by the idle rich. Our phone line depends upon a kerosene generator which is not dependable, but this address which I will forward to you will be ingenuous and insecure. I hope this will fail to suffice.
Your friend,
Cara Mentirosa
P.S. I thought I would let you know that my friends all call me "GiGi"...
posted on August 23, 2002 09:18:40 PM new
I know it's heartless probably, but it's amazing that educated persons continue apparently to be taken in by these cons. They almost deserve to get stung for their stupidity.....
It will be interesting to see if Dr. Obooby replies once again...think he will?
posted on August 23, 2002 09:23:56 PM new
I have to hand it to you, prof. That was a good reply, but I think, a bit obvious that you are yanking their chain. One can only auume that they are smarter than their intended victims. Still, if you get a reply, put it heree. Best chuckle I've had for some time now.
posted on August 24, 2002 01:16:56 AM new
Very good!
They will respond. I have seen more unusual replys get a responce... especially since you tell them you have $259k laying around. They will respond...
I am working 2 new ones now. One I am answering like Hitler in "The Producers." 1960's hippy kind of guy. THe other is a Bi-polar personality. One letter is kind and helpful, the next is abusive and laced with obscenities.
If you are interested, I will post some links to some sites where people post their exchanges with these bozo's, and some of them are VERY VERY funny.
posted on August 24, 2002 11:02:43 PM new
http://members.optusnet.com.au/jcosmonewbery/nigeria.html
This is probably the best. It is truely amazing what this Aussi does to these guys.
Scamorama.com
Great for the HUGE number of scams run on these dudes. Hundreds of scams run... One of the funniest is near the bottom tell s of how one of the people talking to the scammers got them to send by DSL $3.
http://www.geocities.com/jaccountinfo/index.html
David Lee Roth is a great scammer of the scammers.
posted on August 24, 2002 11:29:20 PM new
Gads! I'm getting the same email scam on every email address of mine and I get a new one (same copy) daily! We're being flooded with this nonsense.
posted on August 28, 2002 05:41:59 AM new
thought I had warned him off...now I need to think about how to reply to this one...came today:
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Dear Gigi,
Thank you very much for your last email. I want to know that for us to complete this mutual beneficial transaction of ours successfully, you must acquire a fax machine to enable me transmit some classified documents to you. I will strongly advise you call me on my direct line ++871-762-534-725 for further briefy because time is of essence.
posted on August 28, 2002 10:42:20 AM new
You're putting the pro in profe51.
Maybe you'll get some of the fake stamps out of it. I never get emails like that either. I just get the annoying spam. You have the right to an informed opinion -Harlan Ellison
ear Friend,
