TITLE: Get Mapping
SCAMMER NAME: Abu Moses/Ntomcukwu Ubabuike
SCAMMER LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria
SCAMBAITER: Shiver Metimbers We've seen a few scammers send in masses of handwritten text so I think it's time we moved on to some other similar time-consuming activity for them. Cue Mr. Abu Moses and friends: From: Abu Moses
To: Arthur Dent
Date: January 25, 2006
Subject: Reply
FROM:MR. ABU MOSES,
ACCOUNT OFFICER.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BTCIBANK, LOME- TOGO. Attention Please, I am Mr. Abu, from the western part of TOGO LOME working with the above bank. I will want to seek your assistance after my discovery during auditing in this bank, after getting your contact via the web intelligent directory then, as Account officer I discovered an abandoned sum in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in 26th of December 2004 Tsunami natural disaster where he lost his life and whole family who were on holidays in Phuket Thailand Since we got this information about his death, we have been expecting his next of Kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in
our banking and financial policies but unfortunately we learnt that his supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the crash leaving no body behind to claim the money. It is therefore upon this discovery that I as the head of this accounting department to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed bills.Do not view this as been illegal but to help people like us that have no hope in life instead of the bank converting this much money to the security funds of the bank because if you dont assist us the bank will lay hold on this money. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after long period, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.The total sum in question is:US$14 million US dollars (FOURTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS)The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indegine cannot stand as next of kin to the deceased family and moreover we as bankers are not allowed by law to operate foreign accounts. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged into your account, there are certain banking protocols to be followed in which I am very ready to furnish you with details and guide you accordingly. However, note that this business is 100% risk free, and I am prepared to offer you 35% for your assistance in this business, 60% for me and 5% for transfer expence to tranfer the fund into your account. The following website shows the extent of my discovery in which I saw the deceased name and families included and the next of kin dying along with everyone, hence leaving no next of kin. The website is http://missingpersons.or.th/index.en.html http://tsunamimissingamericans.blogspot.com The above website is for your own sighting for you to have full knowledge of the venture and partnership we are about bring together in unity and oneness of mind towards good success. Proof if any more were needed that these scammers have no soul, no pity, and no depths to which they will not sink to steal money from people, using the tragic deaths of thousands of innocent people as a tool for their scams. I will upon your response forward to you the 3(three) document that may required or demand by the Bank for the release of the fund. They are: * DEATH CERTIFICATE OF MR. JOHN CREEK SCHELPERT.
* CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MR. JOHN CREEK SCHELPERT COMPANY
* AUTHORISATION CERTIFICATE OF MR JOHN SCHELPERT Hence, I am waiting for your response in this respect for us to proceed while I give you ALL neccessary details, accordingly AT : [email protected] Your partner and friend, Mr. Abu Moses. 
I open up with a familiar but slightly modified routine. From: Arthur Dent
To: Abu Moses
Date: January 25, 2006 Dear Mr. Moses,
Thank you very much for you interesting email, it was kind of you to contact me with your proposition.
Unfortunately I am not in a position to help you at this point in time as my company are conducting a very important 4 year long research project on Advanced Handwriting Recognition and Graphology systems. Our work is extremely intensive and vitally important for our clients. They have committed over eight million dollars to our project and we are nearing the final stages. After nearly 4 years of research and development we are now only three months away from the conclusion and I am afraid I can allow nothing to interfere with the project until its completion.
Just for your information we are currently looking for new employees with map drafting skills to reproduce maps by hand from copies that we provide. We are offering three-year contracts to suitable applicants:
Job Title: Map Transcribers
Office: Cartography Department
Period: 3 years with a 1 year contract extension every 12 months
Salary: US $173,000.00 per annum base with bonuses
Positions available: x5
If you know of anyone who may be suitable for such a position then please do contact me. Of course we would need to meet with them for an interview but we will be happy to pay all travel expenses in advance, along with all hotel booking fees etc.
Once again I am sorry I can not help you with your proposition.
Sincerely,
Arthur Dent BSC. HHGTTG. PhD.
Director
Singlesideband Systems
Of course, as expected Abu knows just the people for the job! From: Abu Moses
To: Arthur Dent
Date: January 25, 2006
Subject: God is able Dear Sir, I know that God is able to do Good to his people as I can see it in you. Now that you can not promise to help me on my transfer proposal becuase you are afraid that you don't allow anything to interfere with the project you have at hand until its completion. Job Title: Map Transcribers
Office: Cartography Department
Period: 3 years with a 1 year contract extension every 12 months
Salary: US $173,000.00 per annum base with bonuses
Positions available: x5
I know of somepeople in West-Africa who can be suitable for such position.I do not know whelther you may need people from West-Africa. Since you will pay for the travelling expenses and the hotel bills and their return ticket in Advance if the inteview did not favour all of them. Once again I am asking you to think on how you can help me on this proposition. Thanks. Best Regards. Abu Moses.
From: Arthur Dent
To: Abu Moses
Date: January 25, 2006 Dear Mr. Moses,
Thank you very much for your prompt reply, it is appreciated.
We are happy to accept people from any part of the world so long as their skills are demonstrate, so if your contacts are from West Africa then that will not present any problems at all. We already employ for people from Nairobi, Kenya, and they do extremely good work, so I would be very interested if you have people who are qualified for such work.
Let me explain what the project requires:
My company are involved in advanced handwriting recognition systems. We are a multimillion dollar company, and presently we are looking for trainee cartographers. Although most road and street map are of course these days created on computer systems, we have a requirement to create systems that can recognise hand drawn maps. Many maps have to be drawn by hand because of various reasons, such as the location is not suitable for the setting up of computerised cartography systems etc. These hand drawn maps are then brought to us and our recognition systems convert the hand drawn maps into professional computerised maps.
So, what we require are people who have the ability to draw by hand copies of street or roadmaps for us to test and train our computer recognition systems on.
We require people who are proficient at copying/drawing by hand, copies of maps. If you think you have people who are qualified to do such work then we would certainly be very interested in inviting them over to discuss various employment packages.
We would of course be willing to pay all expenses in advance including of course flight tickets etc, however before we would be willing to interview them here we would require a small sample of their work to be sent to us by email attachment. We would send you a sample streetmap my email attachment and your people would need to make a copy of the maps BY HAND in as much detail as possible and then return a scan of their work by email attachment. If the work is acceptable then we would immediately give your people an invitation to come and meet with us, and of course send your travel expenses etc. by whatever way best suits your means.
Please signal your agreement to our terms and then I will forward you a sample map to copy. Also please inform me how many people you have that would like to apply for the available positions. Currently we have 10 positions available, however I expect these positions to be filled quite quickly. You may contact me on +44 8707 XXX XXX if you require further instructions.
Sincerely.
Arthur Dent BSC. HHGTTG. PhD.
Director
Singlesideband Systems
From: Abu Moses
To: Arthur Dent
Date: January 26, 2006
Subject: Gods given vision Sir, It seems like a dream,but it is a reality.It is a dream-come-true.What I thought was a lost vision,turned out to be God's directed vision. Self-trust is the first secret of success.I ask for what I want,but I am willing to take what God gives me.It may be best than what I ask for.I learn to let God run my life. The results will be best than myself runing my life. A wise investor is one who searches for good opportunity and not just any opportunity.A man who lacks good counseling will always make mistakes in his investments. "He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool;but who so walked wisely,he shall be delivered" (proverb 28vs26). Back to our project: Stealing cash from unsuspecting victims! Sir, I have to come down to Lagos and make contact on people that I know well who are proficient at copying/drawing by hand,Copies of maps.I have Six people who are qualified to do such work for you now. You can send the samples of a street map by E-mail attachment and I will travel with it to Lagos where I have such people to discuss with them face to face. My people would need to make a copy of the maps by hand in as much details as possible and then return a scan of their work by E-mail attachment to you.So forward to me a sample map to copy. Currently I have six and I hope when I get to Lagos the 10 positions available will be filled quite quickly by God's grace. I am serious about wanting employment for good people of God.I will use my two weeks holidays to work for the success of this project.Please promise me that you will show gratitude for all my hard work and kind assistance and that you will help to mobilize me when I am in Lagos I will call your personal office line no:+44 8707 XXX XXX Let me know your minimum Education Requirements,Age,Male or Female. Thanks. Abu Moses.
From: Arthur Dent
To: Abu Moses
Date: January 27, 2006 Dear Mr. Moses,
Thank you once again for your reply.
It is good to learn that you may have six people with the required skills to submit samples to us for inspection. It would suit my company very well indeed if we were able to employ a large group from the same location as this would cut down very significantly on paperwork and other matters.
However each applicant must submit a different sample, so shortly I will forward to you six different map samples for them to work on, along with further instructions.
Education, age and gender requirements are very minimal. What is most important to us is the ability to copy in as much detail as possible. Details is in the eye, not in the brain, so qualification for this particular work are unimportant. What is important is that all your applicants have a full and valid international passport as this will be required of course in order to come to my country to work.
I will forward the map data shortly.
Sincerely.
Arthur Dent BSC. HHGTTG. PhD.
Director
Singlesideband Systems
The next day I send Abu an email containing 6 very high resolutions scans of streetmaps and further instructions. From: Arthur Dent
To: Abu Moses
Date: January 28, 2006 Dear Mr. Moses,
As I promised, you will find attached the sample maps for each of the six people you have told me that are interested in our positions.
Here are the instructions for submitting the test samples:
You will find attached to this email a large detailed images of random map pages. You will be required to duplicate these map images in as much detail as you possible can BY HAND ONLY.
It is of extreme importance that the finished work is large and clear and represents the original images as closely as possible. I shall leave the size of the map you recreate to your own choice, however the bigger and more detailed you are able to make it the better for us.
Because of the size and the detail of the images you may of course require multiple sheets of paper to reproduce them, that is fine so long as the main rule that detail is kept as close to the original as possible. Depending on the size of the piece of paper you are working on of course you may require multiple pieces to recreate the entire maps. If this is the case then of course you can scan each completed piece separately and send them each by email attachment and we will ensure the scans are pasted together correctly.
You will notice the attached maps are in colour. You may if you wish reproduce the maps in black & white, however it will be looked on more favourably if you are able to reproduce the map in multiple colours. The colours DO NOT have to match the original image exactly though.
When you have completed the hand drawn version of the maps you will then need to scan the pages IN HIGH QUALITY to that the image or images you send back to us by email attachment of LARGE and CLEAR.
On receipt of the completed scans the work will be evaluated and if it is of an acceptable standard then you will be immediately invited over to our offices and offered a placement with us.
I hope that these instructions are understandable to you. Please inform me when you will be able to send us the completed samples.
Sincerely,
Arthur Dent BSC. HHGTTG. PhD.
Director
Singlesideband Systems I attach the map samples (the versions below are much smaller than the actual ones sent): | 
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