TITLE: The Road To Nowhere
SCAMMER NAME: Matins Davis & Co.
SCAMMER LOCATION: Accra, Ghana and London, UK
SCAMBAITERS: Shiver Metimbers, A. Skinner and Charlie Fake
PAGE SEVEN
Ed Shanks lets Davis know I'm away on a trip.
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 16 April 2005
Dear Davis,
Thank you for finally coming up with the information. Did you get
the email address of Peter Jones?
Mr. Max will be in Von Richthofen in Germany for a week, so that
will delay things. I will be in touch with both of you when he gets
back.
Ed Shanks
From: Matins Davis
To: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
Date: 16 April 2005
Title: ????
Hello Shanks,
But why is not Replying me again ? he told me that once he gets
that email cxoncerning the information he will email me
He ready to make payment ? or Not , We should know that instead
of wasting my TIME Please By theway i asked for some money from
you to meet up this CASE after Paying $3,500, you told me, you can't
get it till months End From Church, is that how will do business????
what of about your friend in USA you mentioned, can't He Rase some
money for you ??? becuase we can't contiune like this.
It looks like we are not doing anytime on this , Very soon i
will stop Responding to your email or whoever that comes from you
that NOTHING GOOD to Offer
Tell Mr Max that he should stop playing Games with me and if
you are involved in these games with him, then i will advise two
of you to stop because i have another things to do.
Davis
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 16 April 2005
Dear Friend Davis,
There are no games here. Max is out of town on vacation & I
am broke right now. It is as simple as that. You will have to wait!
I may be able to get money from the church in a month or two, but
that is some time away. Be calm!
Ed Shanks
A few days pass, but Davis seems to be desperate for even a
little cash:
From: Matins Davis
To: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
Date: 23 April 2005
Title: hello shanks 500
Hello Shanks,
How are you doing ? i hope fine .
well concerning what we discoursed on phone today that i need $500.
can tell Mr Max t o send that money to me through Western union
? hopely to hear from you.
he can send the money on this name ,,,,Mr LAWRANCE SOWAH
waiting to hear from you
Davis
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 23 April 2005
Dear Davis,
I will tell Max that you are in a state of desperation. I am so
sorry that my own funds have been depleted temporarily. I still
plan to try to get money from the church when their funding is available.
Ed Shanks
Davis gets in touch with the now returned Max N. Paddy.
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 23 April 2005
Title: welcome back
Hello Max,
how are you doing ? well in your last email , you mentioned
that ONCE I you have the information for Mr Peter Jones you will
make $45,000 USD ready, but what can I say now that no email from
you again, well i hope you recieved an email from Mr Shanks, ? I
told him that i need $500 from him since I paid all my Money in
other to see the $18,000 out but it seem you are ready for that
again as i am not hear ing you.
Can i get $500 from you ?? as i am out of Cash now
Thank you waiting to hear from you
Davis
From: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 24 April 2005
Mr. Davis,
Thank you for your email. I assume that Ed Shanks made you completely
aware that I had to visit Von Richthofen in Germany for the last
week. I only returned home earlier today and have just seen your
message.
I am happy to inform you that all preparations are in place to send
the $45,000 payment to you, which I will do at the beginning of
next week, probably on Monday or Tuesday. Please will you confirm
in full exactly how, and to whom the payment is to be made. I am
thankful that at last we will be able to make some good progress
on this matter.
Sincerely,
Max N. Paddy.
Managing Director: Dark Side Communications Inc.
www.the-dark-side.co.uk
Davis seems to think there is finally a light at the end of
this very long tunnel.... the poor deluded fool!
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 24 April 2005
Title: welcome back
Hello Max
Thank you very much for your email. And welcome back home. I
believed this time around the Payment will be made, by the way how,
have you gone concerning Peter Jones Case over there ?? I could
not do anything as I paid $3,500. I borrowed $1,500 to add up to
my $2500 I hard with me in other to get them trapped here, as you
know since I could not get the money required for me to pursue the
case here. But since you are back it will be okay
Well Now you are back home, I hope things will move speedily
? Once again back home and this is the Bank Information Again
THIS IS THE INFORMATION
STANDARD CHARTERED BANK NEW YORK,
SWIFT BIC CODE: SCBLUS33XXX
FOR ACCOUNT NO: 3582092805001
IN THE NAME: UNIBANK GHANA LTD
P.O.BOX AN 15367
ACCRA- NORTH
BENEFICIARY NAME: A.F.B LIMITED
ADDRESS: P.O. BOX KN 3714
KANESHIE, ACCRA
ACCOUNT NO: 0330240147211
Thank you
Waiting to hear from you
Davis
Note,,,,,, ARE YOU STILL ON PHONE ?
Davis, full of expectant glee, sends an email to Ed Shanks.
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 24 April 2005
Title: max
Hello Shanks
I hope you my email last sent to you
Mr. Max Said he will send the money {$45,000} today or tomorrow.
I sent the message to him and you as well I hope you received it
But I hope send it as promised,
I gave him my account Number to transfer the money, well I dont
think it is necessary contacting the Church again for money , that
if he will send it this time around.
Thank you
Davis
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 25 April 2005
Dear Davis,
That is really good news. Max is a kind and gentle man and I knew
in my heart he wouldn't let you down. Please keep me posted.
Ed Shanks
I'm a few days late with my $45,000 payment an no replies to
his "where are you?" emails, Davis is a little worried
and tries to hit me for some quick cash.
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 27 April 2005
Title: 2000 please?
Hello Max
Please can i get $2,000 before friday through WESTERN UNION
TRANSFER ??? I needed it for very important thing,
let me know if you can send that to me before transfer of $45,000
Waiting to hear from you
Davis
I am disgusted that Davis wants even more money!
From: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 24 April 2005
Mr. Davis,
What is going on? You promised me that the $45,000 payment would
be the final payment that Mr. Shanks and myself would have to pay
and NOW you are asking for yet MORE money ($2,000)?! I was going
to send your $45,000 payment earlier this morning (Thursday), but
after seeing your email below I thought it best to question you
first.
Why are you asking for yet more money? You have now delayed the
payment. I will not have time to send it today. You had better come
up with a good explanation.
Sincerely,
Max N. Paddy.
Managing Director: Dark Side Communications Inc.
www.the-dark-side.co.uk
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 28 April 2005
Title: re: 2000 please?
Mr Max,
The $2,000 I Asked for is part of the money that you will send
to me
Mr Shanks is Aware of this when you are on your trip Germany i Requested
for it
on phone. I am not asking for more money Rather then what we agreed
on ,
if $2000 was sent then you have only $43,000 to send as remain money
.
On your email where you stated that you are sending this money
, you mentioned on
thursday or Friday which i don't know yet if you are sending it
on that Day since you Said you have
alot to do in Your Office as you came back and their is alot to
do in your Office
Now you have known the reasoning that it is part of the money
that i requested .
can you still send the money today ??? their still more time Today
or tomorrow morning
I hope to hear from you
Davis
I ignore Davis for a short while to make him sweat a little.
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 27 April 2005
Title: re: 2000 please?
Hello Max,
I am waiting to hear from You as you said today you will make
the payment
I hope to hear from you with the Receipts for the payment
Thank you
Davis
I want to kill off my character to screw with Davis's mind even
more, but to do it all of a sudden would be suspicious, so I need
to plant a "seed of impending doom" into his mind!
From: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 29 April 2005
Mr. Davis,
I was going to make the payment this afternoon, however I became
suspicious of a man who seemed to be following me very closely when
I went to the bank. He followed me all the way from outside of my
office, all the way to the front of the bank. I decided it was not
safe to withdraw the money today.
I will make the payment to you on Tuesday, and you have my 100%
guarantee on that. I cannot make the payment on Monday because it
is a holiday here in the UK and the banks are closed.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Sincerely,
Max N. Paddy.
Managing Director: Dark Side Communications Inc.
www.the-dark-side.co.uk
Davis can almost smell the cash!
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
Date: 29 April 2005
Title: re: 2000 please?
Thank you sir, you are a wonderfull person
thank you
davis
The day of doom (erm, I mean payment) arrives.
Time to let Davis know all is well, and to set up a call to me.
From: Max N. Paddy (Shiver Metimbers)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 3 May 2005
Mr. Davis,
I will be asking the transfer of the $45,000 later this afternoon.
I need to get down to my bank after a meeting to withdraw the money
and take it to my personal bank to make the transfer to you. I am
hoping to get this completed before 3pm today (Tuesday). Please
call me by 3pm today to confirm the payment details. My cellphone
number is +44 87XX XXX XXX
Sincerely,
Max N. Paddy.
Managing Director: Dark Side Communications Inc.
www.the-dark-side.co.uk
Well, it had to happen. There I was, minding my
own business getting ready to make the $45,000 transfer to Davis
and suddenly whilst I'm speaking to him on the phone, tragedy happens:
THE
DEATH OF MAX N. PADDY - 748k MP3
Can things get any worse for Davis? They certainly
can't get any worse for Max!
Davis tried to call me back, but of course I can't
answer the phone because I'm dead. He contacts Ed Shanks by telephone
and tells him he is worried and heard shots. He's very confused
and is not sure what is going on. A. Skinner thinks Davis is genuinely
worried that he may be dragged into a murder investigation!
Time to put together a newspaper item about my
murder!
I mock up a fake newspaper article describing Max
N. Paddy's death and get Ed Shanks to send it to Davis. Note the
"419" reference on the watch and mobile phone.
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 04 May 2005
Davis,
Do you know that Max has been robbed and murdered. What you heard
on the telephone yesterday was a robbery and murder. We are all
involved!!!
Mr. Kimble sent me a news clipping from the local paper. I attach
it here for you to read.
What on earth have we got ourselves into? I suggest
you call Mr. Kimble and notify the police. Respond ASAP.
Ed Shanks
Jim
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Later the same evening I received a message from
A. Skinner to tell me that Davis had telephoned him in a state of
agitation. Apparently he was worried about Max. Was unsure what
was going on but he was sure he heard gunshots!
Davis later claims to be spending too much money
on telephone calls, but A,. Skinner suspect he may be a little worried
about being dragged into a real murder investigation!
Davis has had time to think about things, and is
now very suspicious that the wool is being pulled over his eyes
(I can't think why!). He send an email to both myself and Ed Shanks:
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy & Ed Shanks
Date: 4 May 2005
Title: re: back
Gentlemen ,
You think I pick Money on the Floor ? I called you and told
to hold while talking to somebody, it is time I close the you and
Your Shanks issue, since you have refused to pick call again.
Mr. Shanks if this is how you and Max does your business, then
I am sorry you need a change, Well I am tried of you tricks and
lies.
From look of things we are not qualified to handle it , sometimes
I wonder how you will handle this business with your style of business,
Please Mr. Shanks Do you not email me again since you are not
capable take care of this business,
Davis
Oh dear - Davis appears to be upset!
As I can't reply to Davis myself (I am dead), Ed Shanks gets
back to him:
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 3 May 2005
Dear Davis,
I am literally SHOCKED at your tone to me. You made a deal with
Max and I am sure he was planning on sending the $45K USD to you
today. I don't know what happened. You have called me 8 times now,
but at the present I have no answers. We will have to wait until
one of us talks to Mr. Max.
Ed Shanks
A. Skinner contacts me to tell me Davis calls him on the phone
and admits to also hearing sirens during my shooting!
He complains that this deal (otherwise know as "his scam")
has been going on for many many months now and all he has for his
trouble is telephone bills (shame!). He tells A. Skinner he won't
be able to sleep tonight.
The next day Davis wakes up extremely suspicious, and is adamant
he has been wronged (what drugs are these guys on?!). Time for him
to issue us with some threats.
From: Matins Davis
To: Max N. Paddy & Ed Shanks
Date: 5 May 2005
Title: inforamation
Shanks,
You don't worry about it i will send the message FBI and then we
will know where Max is, i Talk to a friend in USA who works with
Airforce, he said he willl give information on one his Friend who
is FBI, so when i get his number and i will information him on how
Your So call mark has been operating by Changig his phone number
on every two weeks,
I am very sure he is connected with OSAMA , I am sure he wanted
the Funds help him America for second time or maybe UK,
SHANKS I need Max contact information on the hospital where the
Body is at the monment,
I need his picture, INTL passport, Mr Kimble information as well.
I need his wife name and picture,
i have your contact information, don't tired changing it information.
VOA will pick it up because i am tell them everything. and larry
King also will talk about it on CNN show.
Davis
NOTE,,,,,I NEED THE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HOSPITAL BECOS FBI
WILL
NEED IT PLS
Looks like Davis is starting to go a bit mental!
Ed Shanks writes back to say he needs information on Peter Jones
before he will give out any further Max info as he suspects Peter
Jones murdered Max as revenge! Shanks also tells Davis that he has
no more money to give and that his church is his only support now.
More crazy rantings from Davis:
From: Matins Davis
To: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
Date: 5 May 2005
Title: I NEED THIS INFORMATION
Shanks
I am not giving you any information because you may be behind
all of this. ,,, YOU SEE SOMETIME I THINK ARE GOING CRAZY .
Did Peter Jones murder Max? ,,,,, WHO IS MAX ?? PETER JONES
WAS IN GHANA, YESTERDAY I WENT ASKED HIM FOR $18,000 USD FROM WHICH
HE TOLD THAT HE NEVER MET MAX , THAT MAX NEVER SHOW UP TO MEET HIM
, I AM NOW BELIEVING HIM WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING, LOOK YOU AND SO-CALL
MAX ARE MAD AS LONG I AM CONCERNED,
AT YOUR AGE, YOU STILL PLAY GAMES LIKE THIS, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
IF ARE WHOM CLAMED TO BE WITH THE AGE YOU GAVE TO ME, WELL NO PROBLEM
I WILL KNOW WHEN FBI COME IN THIS CASE ,
DAVIS
This is great stuff! Strange though that even thiough Davis
admitted Peter Jones was a thief some days ago, he was in Ghana
with Davs yesterday?!
Davis, unable to control himself it seems, write again a few
hours later:
From: Matins Davis
To: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
Date: 5 May 2005
Title: INFORMATION
Hello Shanks,
I SEE, you will not Surprise if Peter Killed Max,
Max that has no I.D to show when ask him one, FBI has told me
not talk more much they will take over,
Do you know that Max is planing to use the Funds to attack Prime
Minister Toni Bla of UK, He only decleared himself Death because
he knows he will not be able to do what he intends doing before
the Election, well that is the little story they believed Max need
the money for ?
FBI has also goted information that Max company was not registered
and it is not where he said it is located,
For your information I HAVE TOLD FBI ABOUT THE FOUNDS $27M WE
ARE ABOUT TO TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, I know i will be question
later on that and too as well,
LARRY KING Show this will take on for All America to know what
is going and what we planed to use this money ,just the same where
Micheal Jackson case is how the will do on Air CNN,
We want to know who killed Max and the kind of business he doing
as well,
i sent Message to Ken Mehlman, The RNC Chairman, i beileved
you know him very well , am sure he will reply this matter, the
whole Americans will know verything if you DON'T PAY ME MY MONEY
ALL EXPENSIVE I MADE
Waiting for you
Davis
Look like myself and A. Skinner are in deep shit with the FBI
AND Larry King
Now, we decided to give Davis the telephone number of the morgue
where Max's body is presently being kept, so that Davis could have
a chat with the people there and get some kind of confirmation that
Max is indeed dead. Of course, we didn't give him the number of
a real morgue, instead we gave him the contact number of a fellow
scambaiter who will be taking on the role of morgue attendant.
After we sent Davis the telephone number, he replied with the
following:
From: Matins Davis
To: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
Date: 6 May 2005
Title: telephone
I WILL GIVE FBI THE NUMBER TO CALL HIM , I WILL NOT CALL HIM
UNLESS I WAS TOLD TO CALL ,
SHANKS FBI CONTACTED INTER-POL YESTERDAY AND THE CALL ME, BUT I
TOLD THEM I WAS IN A MEETING BUT I WILL MAKE IT TODAY.
SHANKS IF YOU DON'T TELL ME WHEN YOU WILL GIVE ME MY MONEY {EXPENSIVE}
I WILL GIVE YOUR INFORMATION TO LARRY KING SHOW AND INTER-POL AS
WELL FBI,
FOR YOUR INFORMATION EVEY PHONE NUMBER MAX GAVE TO ME TO CALL
HAS BEEN GIVEN TO FBI AND NOW THEY ARE ASKING FOR YOUR INFORMATION,
QUESTION,,,,,ARE YOU PAYING ME THE MONEY ?? YES OR NO
IF YES IT MUST WITHIN 7DAYS,
IF YOU GIVE ME MY EXPENSIVE I MADE, I WILL NOT GIVE YOUR INFORMATIONS
TO LARRY KING SHOW,
AND I WILL NOT TELL FBI ANY BAD STORY CONCERNING YOU,
BUT IF NO ,,THEN I WILL TELL LARRY KING,FBI, TALK SHOW IN VOICE
OF AMERICA{VOA} AND YOU KNOW WHAT I WILL TELL THEM WHAT NEVER HAPPENED,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
SHANKS YOU PLANED TO HELP A FAMILY WITH THEIR FUNDS,BUT IT WILL
BE DIFFERENT THING NOW, IF MAX HAS THIS GAME TO PLAY THEN WE WILL
PLAY IT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW WHATEVER I TELL FBI THEY WILL BELIEVED,
FOR MAX PART,WELL DO YOU KNOW THAT THEIR WAS BOMB THAT BLASSED
A BULIDING KILLING MANY? WELL MAX YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT IT, AND
I AM CONNECTING HIM TO THAT AS WELL.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU AND MAX PLANNING DIFFERENT THING SAMPLE BUT
I AM MAKING IT HARD FOR SOON IF I DON'T GET MY EXPENSIVE MADE ,
OR YOU WILL SPEND MORE,
I GOT INFORMATION AGAIN FROM FBI THAT THE NEWSPAPPER THAT WROTE
ABOUT 419 MAX SENT TO YOU
DON'T ANYTHING ABOUT THAT STORY, AM SURE THEY WILL WANT TO KNOW
HOW MAX DID THAT, WE YET TO KNOW IF THIS LAST NEWS ABOUT HIS DEATH
REALLY HAPPEN
SHANKS REPLY ME AND TELL ME HOW MUCH YOU ARE PAYING ME AND WHEN,
IF NOT .....
DAVIS
You just can't make this shit up!
Ed Shanks replies to tell Davis there is no money for him. Perhaps
it would be a good idea for Davis to call Max's boss (played by
Shiver Metimbers) who is looking after all the funeral arrangements
and is the executor of Max's will:
From: Ed Shanks (A. Skinner)
To: Matins Davis
Date: 6 May 2005
Dear Friend Davis,
Look my friend, this is all getting to be more than I can take.
My nerves are on edge. Can't you understand that I am broke? No
greenbacks, no Euros, no cash, no USD
(at least not right now). Hold off on your demands.
On a happier note, I had a call last night from Mr. Bunchov Schitz
who is the Director of Max's company which as you know is Dark Side
Communications. Mr. Shitz is the person who will attempt to find
a replacement for Max and is also the executor of his Will. He is
now making arrangements for Max's funeral.
Sadly, I won't be able to attend. However, the good news is that
I may be inheriting some cash from Max. He and I were very close
until the end when he was shot (probably by Peter Jones).
I told Mr. Shitz about you, but did not mention all the threats
you are making. You can tell him if you want. I'm sure that Max's
company does not need all the negative publicity you have in store
for them. Mr. Shitz can be reached at this email address: [email protected]
I urge you to hold off on your threats. I am taking most of the
day to attend a durarium with the Church of Milk and Honey. Blessings
on them.
Sincerely,
Ed Shanks
UPDATE OCTOBER 21ST 2005
Sadly I have to report that my fun and frolics is well and truly
over with Mr. Davis.
After the email to Davis above he quickly twigged that he had
been taken for a very long ride and many many insults ensued. Of
course, we reciprocated with some threats of ours own, and we both
had a war of words for a few weeks afterwards, 99% of which is unrepeatable
in polite society!
Davis's threats of getting the FBI involved, and even worse,
Larry King never materialised.
I've had a few of Davis's email accounts shut down and have
been generally trying to be a pain in his ass, but now instead of
issuing me with threats he has taken to ignoring me!
I might just get back in touch with him as another possible
victim sometime in the near future, but for now our journey has
come to and abrupt end.
END.
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