Title: SWEET BABY JESUS AND THE ORPHANS
Scammer Name: PASTOR KOTHAPALLI PRABHARARA RAO
Submitted By: SHIVER METIMBERS
PAGE TWO.
[The picture arrives a short while later the very
same day, with a very short note!]
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: The photograph.
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:33 PM
this is my photo
[And what a super photo is is! Full marks to
pastor Rao for the beautiful (but wasted) sign!]
[I like the sign so much that I want the Pastor
to make me one for my site! So, I knock up a very simple single
page site and with the help of a spare 419eater Domain Name we're
in business - the fish business that is!]
From: Father Ed Wood
To: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Dear brother Rao,
My thanks for sending the image last week. I must apologise for
the delay but this was do to some ministry work which I had to undertake.
Pastor Rao I am happy to inform you that your picture has been
accepted by the donation committee. We shall prepare the Donation
Agreement for you later this week. One of the Donation Committee
members, Father Arple Macintosh is away on holiday until Thursday,
but once he arrives back I will forward the form to you for signing,
then of course once the signed form is received we can move forward
to sending the full payment to you.
Pastor Rao, I have had a request made to me by me brother-in-law.
He is the owner of a very large chain of seafood suppliers. His
company is called 419 Eater Seafood Supplies. You can see his site
at www.419eater.co.uk
(EDIT: For latecomers to this particular scambait, the 419eater
Seafood site no longer exists. It was a site I created to fool Kothpalli
into thinking my brother owned a seafood supply service called 419eater!)My
brother was extremely impressed by the excellent work that you did
with the sign and he wondered if you would be willing to make a
similar sign for him to use for his company? He would like to use
it as a flag outside his company headquarters.
Of course, he would be willing to pay you for such a service, but
he would need it the same size (or even larger) than the one you
made for us. So that he can be sure of the size of the sign he would
like you to stand next to it and have your photograph taken, so
that it is plain to see how large the sign is. Once he has received
the photograph of you standing next to the sign and is happy with
the size of it he is willing to pay you $1,000 and he will also
pay for the full postage costs to have it delivered to his company.
If you are in agreement to this Pastor Rao, please can you make
such a sign for me as soon as possible? The words my brother needs
are:
I RECOMMEND
419 EATER
Just those 4 words and nothing else. If you can make the new sign
in the same style as the last one that you did for the church that
would be perfect, Obviously we will need you to send us a picture
of yourself with the sign for verification so that my brother can
tell me if the sign is acceptable and then I will contact my brother-in-law
to arrange payment and shipping.
I will be in touch with you very soon my brother.
Blessings,
Father Ed Wood.
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: fellowship.
Date: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 10:23 AM
From : Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
To. Father : ED. Wood
Dear Brother in Christ,
I had received your E-mail and I had gone through
all the prominent contents of your e-mail in a most degnified and
rational outlook. Thank you very much for your E-mail. In Accordence
with your E-mail, you had received our picture in a Right time.
Soon after Return of father MASCINTOSH from his holiday, we do hope
you will send the Donation Agreement Form to me for my onward process
of work and Accordingly, on any part, I shall forward the donation
agreement form, duely signied by me to your kind notice and file.
As far as your specific point as regards to your
brother-in-law's. I request for an agreement form, which is duely
signed by me and accordingly and I shall send this agreement form
also to you. As regards to my Indivudual photo, I had already forarded
my full size photo to your kind notice and file. In this aspect,
I do fallow and oblize your suggetions and accordingly I shall also
forward my Indivudual photo to you, for your onward process of action.
Hence Brother, so far as your Brother-in-law's
shipping of the sign and its related specific subject matter is
concerned, it is my humble request, kindly clarify me all the relevent
particulars for my further process of work. Most obviously let me
know very clearly and candidly from you, In which way we will have
to proceed furtherly in this aspect. Please suggest us and guide
us with decent fair outlook.
Please pray for us and for our ministry and we
shall continiously pray for you, for father macintosh and for your
Respective Donation Committee members.
We shall look forward for your further the most
valueble and favourable responce at an earliest in this regard with
fervent hope.
Thanking you Brother
Yours in his Service,
Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
From: Father Ed Wood
To: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Dear Pastor Rao,
Bless you and how are you today? I hope that this message find you
and your family in good health.
Respectfully, I hope to be able to forward you the Donation Agreement
form very shortly.
My brother, in regards to the sign that my brother-in-law requires,
here are the particulars. I must tell you that if you are in agreement
to make this sign that time is very short as my brother-in-law requires
it very soon for the opening of his new restaurant.
What he requires is the following.
1. That a sign is made in the SAME STYLE as the one that you made
for our church (Sweet Baby Jesus and The Orphans).
2. The words on the signs must be the following:
I RECOMMEND
419 EATER
3. That you have your photograph stood next to the sign, and send
a large clear copy of the photograph to me.
4. On receipt of the photograph, my brother will authorise me to
make a payment to you in the amount of $1,000
5. When you receive the $1,000 I will then forward you the FULL
ADDRESS of my brother-in-law.
6. You will then post the sign to my brother-in-law's address, and
advise me of the shipping cost.
7. On receipt of the sign my brother-in-law will authorise me to
make another payment to you to cover the full cost of the postal
charges.
Brother Rao, I hope that explains my brother-in-laws request more
clearly. Please can you advise me ASAP if you will be able to follow
the instructions above, and if so please inform me of the date that
you will be able to send me the photograph.
Thank you for your help and patience so far. I will be in touch
again soon when brother Arple Macintosh returns. Please contact
me very urgently to let me know your thoughts about the sign for
my brother-in-law, he is waiting urgently for me to give him any
news.
God bless you and please take care my brother,
Father Ed Wood.
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: fellowship.
Date: Sunday, April 18, 2004 11:07 AM
From : Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
To. Father : ED. Wood
I had received your E-mail and I had gone through
all the principal contents of your e-mail in a most sensitive and
rational outlook thank you very much for your E-mail. In Accordence
with your E-mail and with your specific direction to me, I am sending
our picture, through Attochment.
Soon after you had received our Photo with Banner
and we do firmly hope and Anticipating from you for our Further
proces of work. Please pray for us as we pray for you.
We shall await for your further balance Responce
at an Earliest in this Regard with Fervent hope.
Thanking you Brother
Yours Brother in his Service,
Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
[The pastor sends me my sign]
[I'm happy with that, but that's still no excuse
not to make the Pastor wait a few days for my reply!]
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: fellowship.
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2004 6:04 AM
Dear Brother in Christ
Please prominently note that brother, we had forwarded
our detailed email with photo, to you on 18-4-2004 and immediately
on the same day you have sent me your email by specifying that you
had already received our photo and also you had appreciated our
photo and most obviously, you had informed me about father Macintosh
and his return on 21-4-2004 and subsequently you had informed me
to forward the respective donation agreement form.
Brother, still today, I was being awaited for your
email with utmost eagerness and so far I did not receive any kind
of email from you. Anyhave I shall await for your further the most
fruitful response as early as possible with utmost eagerness and
also with optimistic outlook.
Thanking you Brother,
Yours in his service
Pastor K. Prabhakara Rao
From: Father Ed Wood
To: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Dear brother Rao,
The agreement form was forwarded to you on 22/4/200. Please will
you check you inbox again and if it is not there get back to me
and I will be most happy to forward it to you again.
Blessings,
Father Wood.
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: fellowship.
Date: Sunday, April 25, 2004 1:58 PM
Dear Brother in Christ,
Please prominetly Note that Brother, already you
have sent to me donation agreement form .although, I didnot receive
any kind of e-mail from you. That's why, I am informing to you.
Please send to me donation agreement form quickly.
We shall look forward for your further valuable
responce with fervent hope.
Thanking you Brother
Yours in his Service,
Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
From: Father Ed Wood
To: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Dear brother Rao,
Please find attached the agreement forms.
Also, please will you also forward me a specimen of your official
headed notepaper?
Blessings,
Father Wood.
[Agreement forms attached]
From: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Subject: Re: fellowship.
Date: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 1:09 PM
Dear Brother in Christ,
I had Received the donation Agreement form and
also your mission statment Form in a Right time and at once I had
reacted sharply and I had filled all the relvevent columns in the
Donation Form and as you had Directed me, I had Mentioned the list
of priorities for which this amount is to be spent in a reliable
way.
Therefore Brother, as you had specified in your
previous E-mails and present respective forms, I once again heartly
informing you that I shall always abide by your stipulated terms
and guide lines and most obviously, I do stand by My word in the
name of Lord Jesus Christ that I will spend this money in a most
reasonable and useful manner.
Hence Brother, I am here by forwarding the Two
Forms (Donation Agreement Form and Mission statement Form) to your
kind notice and file, through attachment, for your goodself, peaceful
Reaction and Sympathetic Consideration.
Thanking you Brother
Yours in his Service,
Pastor. K.Prabhakara Rao
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The writing is a little hard to make out so I
have typed it out below:
"We are here by furnishing the list for which
we are going to take up some works for the cause and service of
the Lord Jesus Christ, after being donation made by you. I once
again promising and assuring you in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
and shall spend this money for the service of the God.
1. Construction of churches in the villages, where still to day
there are no churches.
2. As there are no houses for our respective pastors and as such
we will have to construct permanent houses for our pastors.
3. In ordered to spread the word of the Holy Church of Fish, Bread
and Wine. I do stand by my word and I will spend every dollar for
the task and endeavour, for which you are going to assign and specified
to me.
4. In you "THE HOLY CHURCH OF FISH, BREAD AND WINE" I
shall spend the money in the following social service sectors orphan
home for the destitute children, widows welfare, professional education
for poor Christian boys and girls and oldage welfare."
From: Father Ed Wood
To: Pastor Kothapalli Prabhakara Rao
Dear brother Rao,
Many thanks for sending the completed Agreement forms. I am happy
to tell you that they are wholly acceptable.
Please pastor, as requested in my last email, please will you send
me a sample of your official headed note paper? Once that has received
we can then finally process your payment.
Blessings,
Father Wood.
UPDATE: 25th May, 2004
Sadly since asking Pastor Rao for some official
headed notepaper I have had no reply from him. I also mailed him
for a copy of his official accreditation, but again no reply.
To quote the words of Jim Morrison, "This
is the end....".
END.
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