Title: BOOKED IT. PACKED. IT F**KED OFF!
Scammer Name: MIKE HASAM
Submitted By: Shiver Metimbers
From: Mr Mike Hasam
Subject: Assistant
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:35:11 -0700
From:Mr. M.Hasam
Alternative email:[email protected]
Lagos-Nigeria.
Attn:President/Ceo.
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL RE: TRANSFER OF US$21.5
MILLION (TWENTY ONE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY).
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction,
this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and
top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will
make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact
you by e-mail due to the urgency of this transaction.
I am a member of the Federal Government of Nigeria Contract
Award and Monitoring Committee in the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporatio(NNPC). Sometime ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign
firm in NNPC by my Committee. This contract was over invoiced to
the tune of US$21.5M. U.S. Dollars. This was done deliberately.
The over-invoicing was a deal by my committee to benefit from the
project. We now want to transfer this money which is in a suspense
Account with NNPC into any Overseas Account which we expect you
to provide for us.
SHARE: -
For assisting us in this deal, you will be entitled to 30% of the
money,60% will be for me and my partners
while 10% has been mapped out from the total sum to cover any expenses
that maybe incurred by us during
the course of this transfer, both locally and international expenses.
I would require-
1. Your Company's Name,Address,Tel.& Fax. Numbers.
2. Your Bank Account Number and Address where the money will be
remitted.
The above information would be used to make formal applications
as a matter of procedure for the release
of the money. It does not matter whether or not your company does
contract projects of this nature described here. The assumption
is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it
out to
other companies. More often than not, big trading companies or firms
of unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontracts to more
specialized firms for execution of such contracts.
We have strong reliable connections and contacts at the Apex
Bank(Central Bank of Nigeria), as well as the
Federal Ministry of Finance and we have no doubt that all the money
will be released and transferred if we
get the necessary foreign partner to assist us in this deal. Therefore,when
the business is successfully concluded we shall through our same
connections withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government
Ministries for 100% security. We are ordinary civil servants and
we will not want to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to
get rich.
We want this money to be transferred to your nominated bank
for us, before the present Democratic Government start Auditing
all Federal Government owned Parastatals. Please contact me immediately
through my alternative email above 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. But where you are interested,
send the required documents aforementioned herein through my above
my alternative email, as time is of the essence in this business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. M.Hasam
[Wonderful. It's a dream come true! Hang on, could this
possibly be a scam?]
[My original plan was to try to get as many famous double
act names into the conversation as possible over the next few letters,
until my pet eventually catches on that I'm not going to fall for
his ploy]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam,
Your letter came as quite a shock I must say!
My company (Sycone Packaging Systems) has just moved to bigger
premises, and things have been extremely busy for me recently. My
partner, Mr. Stan Laurel is unfortunately ill at the moment, so
this has made things all the more busy for me; yet another fine
mess he got me into. Unfortunately, due to the nature of his illness
he is often away from work. Only this morning I have had to hire
in some extra help for me, and I was delighted that this morning
a great gentleman by the name of Mr. Oliver Hardy came to take over
from my sick colleague. Oliver seems to be a kind Godly man, though
he does seem to eat quite a lot (fat bastard). I only hope that
Laurel and Hardy are able to work together once Mr. Laurel returns
to work,
Anyway, I digress. Your letter is very welcome at this stressful
time, and I cannot doubt that the amount you are offering would
be of great help to my company. Don't get me wrong, we do have a
lot of spare cash for investment in new packaging machines, but
I am hesitating on spending it until Stan is back at work with me.
As I write, I have £32,750 stashed away in my desk (I don't
need to tell you how to avoid the taxman I'm sure!) but of course,
a 30% share of $21.5 million would go a along way to making things
easier as my 'habit' takes up quite a lot of my spare cash.
So, to cut to the chase, I would be very interested in your proposition,
but of course I would require more proof that your intentions are
honourable. Of course I would like to keep this business deal as
secret as possible. I would prefer it if Stan were not made aware
of these emails as he is a very suspicious person (and I suspect
a homosexual to boot).
May God bless you and your family,
Mike Stevens
Sycone Packaging Systems.
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: MORE INFORMATION/CALL ME
Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2003 20:19:15 +0530
Mike Stevens,
Thank you very much for your mail and I am sorry that I have
not responded to your mail as I was suppose to do,it has been due
to work pressure,but everything is alright as it is.
Well,as regards this transaction,I will need you to provide
me with the information I requested for in the first mail I sent
to you in order for your company to be the original beneficiary
of the contract sum.For this to be possible,I will need the following
informations:
1. Your Company's Name,Address,Tel.& Fax Numbers.
2. Your Bank Account Number and Address where the money will be
remitted.
The above information would be used to make formal applications
as a matter of procedure for the release of the money into your
nominated bank account. It does not matter whether or not your company
does contract projects of this nature described here,we have taken
all the necesary steps to successfully conclude this transaction,so
we will need your assistance as the foriegn firm that executed this
contract in order for the fund to be transferred to your account.
I want you to know that in my country,it is never allowed for
civil servants to have such huge amount of money in our account
because the government monitores all monitoring transaction in our
account,that is why I need you to please help us because we might
never have such an opportunity again.
I want you to provide all these informations I have requested
for so that we can start the registration of your company as the
original company that executed the contract in Nigeria and then
we will contact the Federal Ministry of Finance to seek for the
approval of the contract sum payment into the account you will provide.
Bear in mind that this transaction will be concluded within
the next 8 working days if you will follow all my instructions.I
know you might have one or two questions to ask,so do not hesitate
to call me the moment you get this mail so we can clearify other
vital issues: 234 802 304 4446. This is my personal mobile number
and free to call me anytime of the day.
I want to reiterate the confidentiality of this transaction
and you most not tell anybody what we are doing as even my wife
is not aware of this transaction,please do likewise.
warmest regards,
Hasam
[I thought it was time I got to see the face of my scammer
friend]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam,
Great to hear from you. After the delay I was worried that something
may have happened to you. Thank God that you are safe. I believe
you have a lot of wonderful wild animals in your part of the world?
I was worried that you may have been attacked by a Tyrannosaurus
or something like that.
In a way it is good that you were slightly delayed, as I have been
having trouble with my business over the last few days. As you know,
my partner Stan is away sick, and Mr. Hardy has kindly agreed to
help me out during this difficult period. Unfortunately (or fortunately
so for my profits!) I have received many orders for our products.
Your initial letter reached me at one of my company's busiest periods.
Yesterday I had to contact Morecambe & Wise Ltd, a local firm
which provides temporary workers. I have had to hire in two more
employees to cover our busy period, which I expect to last for the
next 6-8 weeks. Today my two helpers arrived, and it just so happens
that they are brother and sister! One was a delightful young lady
by the name of Marie, and her brother is very efficient man by the
name of Donny. Donny & Marie seem to have fitted in very well
with our company. I have a sneaking suspicion Marie wants me to
give her more than just a wage packet, if you know what I mean!
Sorry to go into so much detail, but with our impending partnership
I want you to be sure that I am very capable of completing this
deal.
Anyway, back to the matter in hand. Your email has been read and
understood, but you seem to have neglected to provide me some proof
that your intentions are indeed honourable. Here in my part of the
country, we like to come face to face with people who we are having
serious business dealings with (and most of the time have a good
booze-up). Are you able to fly over here to the UK to meet with
me sweetie? I am able to fly out to you, but to my great sadness
this will not be possible for some time yet as my business needs
me here and now. I would very much like to see the face of the person
I am dealing with, and it would also set my mind at ease that I
am dealing with an honourable man. Would it be possible for you
to email me a photograph of yourself? I will be happy to send you
my picture as I of course understand that trust works both ways.
Your acceptance of my terms will go a long way to ensure our business
dealing will be a happy one. I am hoping that my business commitments
will be over within a week or so, and at that time I will be free
to either greet you in my country, or perhaps maybe I can fly out
and meet with you at a location we are both agreeable to. Pardon
my ignorance (my geography is not too good) but is Nigeria anywhere
near Disneyland? If it is, that would be great. I've always wanted
to meet Pluto.
I have to go now my friend, my wife Britney has come to visit me
at work and I have promised to take her for a meal at her favourite
restaurant, Meet 'n' 2Veg.
God bless you, and I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Mike Stevens.
From: Mike Hasam
Date:Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:09:21 +0100
From: "marab40"
My good friend,
Thank you for your mail and I do sympathise with you or I am happy
that things are going on well with your business,undermining the
fact that your partner,Mr.Stan is away sick and cannot be there
to help.
I quite agree with you that,it is a good idea to know whom
we are dealing with and I had it in mind that after you provide
me with the information I requested for then I will make my international
passport available to you and I will like you to do the same.
I am now sending you a copy of my international passport for
you to know me and please when responding to this mail,kindly provide
the information I initially requested for and a copy of your international
passport/driving liscence.
You know that it is very important that we keep up with the
time frame,so send the information over for me to register your
company as the original contractor and subsequent beneficiary of
the contract sum.We have to register your company this week and
obtain the Cetificate of incorporation so by next week we can have
the necesary Approvals from the different ministry approving the
release of the funds into your account.
Please for further correspondence contact me by email through
this email box:[email protected] for security reason.I want
you to call me on my personal telephone number:234 802 304 4446,
so we can discuss more on this matter.
I look forward to your urgent reply.
warmest regards,
Hasam
[Mr. Hasam attaches his badly doctored passport]
419eater update: I tave taken the unusual
step of covering up part of the image above to protect
the identity of the innocent man who's identity has been
stolen on the photograph.
[My goal has now changed. Now I want to get a picture of
Mr. Hasam holding up a fake company logo, with my representative's
name written on it. Here's my pitch]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
My dear Mr. Hasam,
Bless you for replying so soon, and thank you for your letter.
Thank you for your concerns about my good friend Stan. I am sure
that he would thank you for your thoughts. Of course, due to the
secrecy of our upcoming deal, I will not mention any of this to
him until long after our (hopefully) successful partnership has
been completed. I think that Mr. Hardy suspects that I am up to
something, but I set his mind at ease by purchasing him a bag of
donuts.
I am sad to say that the photograph you sent to me I cannot accept
as evidence of proof that the person on the photograph is indeed
you Mr. Hasam. I am sorry that I am being so careful, but I hope
you will understand that the amount of money that may be exchanging
hands is so great that I have to proceed very carefully. It disturbs
me that to my untrained eye, the passport does not look to be genuine.
I could of course be mistaken, as I do not have experience of passports
other than my own UK one.
Of course, I understand that this deal needs to be completed with
the greatest urgency, but I am hoping a good man such as yourself
will understand my need to be secure that I am indeed dealing with
an honourable person (which I am sure that you are). However, I
must propose that you send me a photograph of yourself showing some
proof that the image upon it is indeed your good self.
One other problem, my good friend. As you will have noted in my
previous emails, because of sickness, I have had to hire extra people
to help with my workload. This means that my position as overall
manager is vitally needed at this time. Most of my spare time at
the moment is spent training my newly hired staff. I am afraid that
I will be unavailable to make any trips or meetings for quite some
time now. However, all is not lost. I have an associate who resides
in Kenya (in the Westland's area of Nairobi to be precise). He is
a very good and trustworthy man, and I for one would trust him with
my life. He is in fact my brother-in-law. Although not English like
myself (he originally comes Bintulu, which is a town in Sarawak,
Borneo). His name is Mi. E. Shun, [readers will see the full meaning
of this name very shortly] but our family call him Massat, as this
is his family nickname. Anyway, I have not spoken to him, but I
know it will be a very easy matter to have him fly over to meet
with you, after all, Kenya is very close to your location as you
well know, I realise this now of course. After checking my atlas,
I see Nigeria is nowhere near Disneyland, sadly.
Mi. E. Shun works for our associate company Searchlight Systems.
This company manufactures industrial lighting equipment ranging
from small battery powered light bulbs, to extremely large 100,000
watt lighthouse lamps [note that the significance of the word
lighthouse will become important later on]. I know that for
the next 4 weeks he is not at work, so Mi Shun would be an ideal
candidate to conduct this deal. If you are agreeable to this, please
let me know ASAP and I will telephone my brother-in-law to get him
to make flight/hotel arrangements. Once I have your approval that
Mr. Shun is acceptable to you, I will make some suggestion on what
type of photograph you may send to ease my mind that you are the
honourable man that I am sure you are. I will need to show Mi Shun
so that he may recognise you if and when he meets with you at the
airport.
You did not go into too much detail about your own involvement
in this deal Mr. Hasam, but can I presume that you will need a handling
fee for this transaction? If that is the case, please let me know
the approximate amount, and should you accept Mi Shun as my personal
representative, I will make sure he is given any processing funds
you require. I only need less than 24 hours notice to transfer almost
any amount over to him. If you do not know what the processing fee
may be, please do not worry as I can forward any extra amount to
Mr. Shun with just a few hours notice. I beg of you to accept Mi
Shun as my representative. As I said before, he is extremely trustworthy
and I can personally guarantee that he will mention this deal to
absolutely no one.
Also note: Please forward any future emails to my private email
account of phil.mycrackin@xxxxxx This is a much more secure mailbox,
far away from prying eyes. [I don't want my main email address
clogged up with 419 mail!]
I am very grateful for your help in this matter, and it is only
fair that you a reimbursed for your time and trouble.
That is all for now Mr. Hasam. Please find attached my company
photograph as you requested.
God be with you,
Mike Stevens.
Sycone Packaging Systems.
Mike Stevens a.k.a. Larry Sanders
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 08:13:52 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: RE: MY PASSPORT PIC/DO THE SAME
Stevens,
Thank you for your prompt response to my last mail and all the content
of what you wrote I fully understand.
You requested for more information about myself;
I am married with four kids;three boys and a girl,she is the apple
of my eye.
I have been working with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)
for 34 years and I will be on ritirement by next year and since
this opportunity came up,I believe it is an opportunity to realise
my dream of having and living a comfortable life that I have always
wanted to for myself and family.
I am from large family of seven boys and girls.I struggled
hard to be whom I am today by doing manual work in order to be able
to go to school and eventually get a job in NNPC. But at the end
of it all,the salary is not something to talk about because for
all my hard years of labour I cannot still boast of a buoyant account,niether
do I feel secure about retirement.
I guess in your country it will definitely be a different story
as workers welfare will be well taking care of and when they are
finanlly put-off,they will have something to fall back on.
I do not really know what you want to know about me but do
not fail to ask me anything you believe you want to know.
As regards this transaction,you know I cannot proceed without
registering your company as the original company that executed the
contract and I still do not have these informations with me,please
send them so that I will be able to back-date the date of registration
when registering your company with Corporate Affairs Commission
and procure the letter of incorporation and have them faxed to you
(I know somebody there who will help me with this).
It is very important that we have to consider time in this
transaction,so that within a time frame we can conclude this business.I
have told you before that this business will be concluded in 8 working
days,but we have not even started at all.
As regards your representative Mi. E. Shun,let us first of
all register your company and when if it is necesary for him to
come down here to sign any documents on your behalf we will inform
you.I will advice you not to inform him for now,as it might be easier
to secure the service of an attorney to help with all the paperwork
which makes it easier and convenient,or what do you think.
I do not know how much will be involve for now but if there
are any bills to be paid you will be made aware of it when we encounter
any and both parties will bear the responsibilty of any charges.
I want to let you know that it is very important for you to
send the informations over so I can submit them to the Corporate
Affairs Commission for processing,By early next week,we should have
the certificate of incorporation ready.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation so far,and
I am very happy to have met someone like you.
Hope things are going well in your company and how is the new division
of your company doing,hope well?
I look forward to your quick response and the informations
I requested for.
warmest regards,
Hasam
[Looks like Mr. Hasam isn't going for my understudy, so
I mention another (fake) con merchant who has emailed me with a
similar offer. Maybe the thought of him losing out to another con-artist
will scare him into accepting my terms?!]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam,
Thank you for your reply, and I am indeed grateful for your help
so far.
I have to say that I am sad that we will now not be able to proceed
for the following reasons. Until you accept Mr. Mi. E. Shun as my
representative and also provide the proof of your identity that
I seek I am not willing to proceed any further. Only this evening
I have received another offer similar to yours, and the gentlemen
(Mr. Imbatoo) seems very co-operative. He has also offered a greater
share of some offshore funds. However, I am an honourable man myself,
and I would like to give you the chance to prove yourself to me
before I consider Mr. Imbatoo's offer.
Here is what I want to do before I will send you any of my information:
1. I want you to accept Mr. Mi E. Shun as my representative. It
will be impossible for me to have time to conduct these proceedings
myself, but I am happy to submit any processing funds either to
Mr. Mi E. Shun to give to you, or directly to your bank/representative.
2. Once you have accepted this, I would like you to email to me
a photograph of yourself holding some kind of proof that the man
I am writing to (who I hope is noble man?) is the man on the photograph.
As Mr. Shun will be my representative, perhaps a photograph of you
holding Mr. Shun's company logo would give me the best proof? I
can contact Mr. Mi. E. Shun and have a satisfactory logo sent to
you so that you may be able to print it out. To see your photograph
holding my good friends company logo will of course set my mind
at ease that you are an honourable man, and we can then proceed
immediately with your plan. Please note that Mr. Mi. E. Shun is
my brother-in-law (he married my eldest sister) and he can be 100%
trusted to mention NOTHING to NO ONE.
I am afraid that until my mind is settled on these matters I am
not prepared to proceed any further, and I may seek out the help
of the other gentleman, Mr. Imbatoo instead. I hope as a experienced
businessman yourself that you will understand my need for such proof.
I am certain that you are a genuine person Mr. Hasam, but until
you are able to provide such proof as is required then the deal
will not go ahead I am very sorry to say.
Please let me know if you accept Mr. Mi. E. Shun as my representative.
Also, please note that time is now VERY important, as I will be
travelling to another part of my country next week (I am doing a
tour of the Jam Butty mines in Liverpool), and will not be able
to contact you again until I return, hopefully with a good selection
of Jam Butties. I urge your swift acceptance of these terms, then
once I have the proof I require I will be very happy to follow your
instructions quickly and to a successful conclusion.
I have to go now, Mr. Hardy is hungry.
Take care my friend, and God be with you,
Mike Stevens.
[Mr. Hasam seem very interested in Mr. Imbatoo's proposal!
He sends me another photograph of himself and fellow Lads - obviously
misunderstanding my last request]
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 10:49:52 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: RE: MY PASSPORT PIC/DO THE SAME
Mike Stevens,
Thank you for your instant reply to my mail and I will say
that all that you wrote has made me to sit back and consider your
stands as to this transaction and I have come to the following conclusion;
1.I will accept Mr. Mi. E. Shun as your representative on the
ground that all decisions taken between myself and him should be
dailogued with you first before any conclusion is arrived at,I believe
you understand that I know a little about you than him.
2.I have not only sent a photograph of myself but with some
of my colleagues,so that you will know whom you are dealing with.I
hope this will be satisfactory with you.
3.As regards to the percentage ratio you made mention of in
connection to the other business proposal you received from one
Mr.Imbatoo,you will realise that I am not the only one in this transaction
and I cannot take decision on my own.I will appreciate if you can
send my the business proposal that Mr.Imbatoo sent to you.
Finally I have found out all the necesary requirements in registering
your company with Corporate Affairs Commission and the back-dating
of the date of registration of your company and the total cost is
$13,243 (thirteen thousand,two hundred and forty three dollars).I
am waiting for you to send your information over so that I can register
it.
I want you to know that I have so much trust in you and I will
not like you to let me down at all and moreover time is not on ourside
as you said,that you will not be in town as from next week,so it
will be wise to start the processing today so that by Tuesday of
next week the Certificate of Incorporation will be out in order
for us to get the Approvals from other departments/Ministries.
Thank you and God bless you for your understanding and trust.
Hasam
Mr. Hasam's second picture. Is this a scene
from the Nigerian version of Reservoir Dogs?!
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Mr. Hasam.
It is indeed an honour to hear from you again, thank you.
Your letter is very welcome. I am now getting extremely busy at
work, and it looks like this year is going to be very profitable
for me. Also, Marie is taking me out to dinner tonight, so I think
I'm onto a winner there as well! You will be glad to hear that Mr.
Stan Laurel is now well and back at work. Both himself and Mr. Hardy
seem to be getting on very well, so well in fact that I may keep
Mr. Hardy on full time. I may get Laurel & Hardy to work together
for all my future projects.
I accept your proposal that I will be the sole representative between
myself, your good self and Mr. Mi. E. Shun. I will deal personally
with each communication. I understand of course that you know little
about him (as I do about you), but I can assure you of his honestly.
He is a good Christian young man. Although his age is only 27, he
has a very efficient manner, and you can be assured he will do absolutely
nothing without my strict permission, for fear of a damn good thrashing
(again).
Thank you once again for sending me your photograph, but I am afraid
you have misunderstood me. Of course, these mistakes are very easy
to make. I understand that English may not be your best language,
so I will explain a little more clearly.
To prove to me that you are indeed Mr. M. Hasam, I have attached
my good friend Mr. Mi. E. Shun's company logo, along with his name
written across the top. If you can supply me a CLEAR photograph
of yourself holding this logo, then this will of course prove to
me 100% that you the man in the photograph is indeed Mr. Hasam.
Please be sure to make the picture of yourself very clear so as
to rule out any possibility of forgery. Please find the image attached
to this email. I would advise that you print it out to a large size
so as to make it clear on the photograph when you are holding it.
Once I have a received satisfactory photograph from you, I will
be very happy to proceed with your instructions immediately, and
there will be no further delays. I have all the paperwork you require
here with me now, and I am sure this can be sent to you and processed
within 24 hours of your providing me with a satisfactory photograph.
Thank you for getting the registrations documents ready for me.
The fee of $13,243 seems fair for this process (administration fees
in the UK are extremely expensive!). Are you sure that this amount
will be enough? It does not matter anyway, as I can very easily
arrange any extra payments should it become necessary.
I have just contacted Mr. Mi. E. Shun, and he will be happy to
fly out to an agreed location at 24 hours notice. I can forward
him the $13,243 to give you in cash in person, or have it forwarded
to your business account. Please let me know if you would like me
to make arrangements for Mr. Shun to fly out to you and I will forward
you Eric's flight booking information. [Now Mr. Hasam knows Mi.
E. Shun's middle name, will he twig?]
God bless you Hasam, and thank you for your co-operation and trust
so far. Once we get the small matter of the photograph out of the
way I am certain we can proceed with our deal immediately
Mike Stevens.
[Mr. Hasam seems a bit keener now. I receive his reply
below very quickly on the same day. Very unusual as I suspect he
normally only visits the Internet Cafe once a day!]
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 12:41:29 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: Re: URGENT:ACT FAST
Mike,
My good friend it is really good to get your response so fast
and I am happy for it.
I will do as you have said,but the problem now is that I will
make the photograph ready by on Monday because I cannot scan the
picture today.We have closed for the day,but if I am able to get
somewhere I can do it by tomorrow,be assured I will make it available
to you.
God bless you and have a nice weekend.
Hasam
[Looks like the Internet Cafe isn't open tomorrow]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
My dear dear friend Mr. Hasam,
You honour me with such co-operation. God bless you and your gonads
for helping me so much.
I will of course look forward to hearing from you very soon. I
have the necessary paperwork all ready to send to you as soon as
your photograph is received. Please pardon me for making this email
so short. Marie is waiting for me in the car, and damn, she looks
hot.
Many blessings upon you,
Mike Stevens.
[So now I wait with baited breath.....]
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:29:59 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: RE: URGENT:ACT FAST
This is the pic of my colleague and the logo of your in-law.
This is the information of the bank you should pay the money
into:
BANK OF NEW YORK
SWIFT CODE :IRVTUS 3N
CR; DBS BANK LIMITED, SINGAPORE
SWIFTCODE :DBSSSGSG
A/C NO:0033- OOO175 - 01 - 0
BENEF: SUPREME ELECTRONICS PTE LTD.
REF :PAULINUS
Please provide me with the information slip once you have made the
payment so I will be able to use the fund for the registration of
your company.
I hope to hear from you soon enough.
Hasam
[Mr. Hasam attaches a picture of his 'representatives'
holding MI. ERIC SHUN's company logo]
Nice tool Mike!
[The the previous pictures he sent are probably
false, and that this likely to be the real face of the scammer]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
My dear Mr. Hasam,
God bless your little cotton socks for sending me the image that
I requested. It is good to see that there are still some honest
people left in this evil world today.
I am now happy to say that any barriers preventing this deal from
going ahead have been removed by your co-operation, and we can finally
resume proper negotiations in a precise and urgent manner.
[After saying that, lets make him wait a little more]
More good news today also. As you know, my business has been extremely
busy for the past few weeks, but today my wife Britney had the great
idea of hiring in a manager to oversee things so that I may take
a well earned holiday from the day to day stresses of my business.
Britney is indeed an angel, and I have this morning done exactly
as she suggested. I have hired in a temporary manager, Mr. Sly Stallone,
to take over my duties for the next two weeks. This of course is
even better news for you Mr. Hasam, as this will mean I am able
meet with you in person to finalise out business proceedings - God
bless Britney for such a great idea! [I suspect at this moment
Mr. Hasam hates Britney's guts]
Regarding the banking information you have sent; I feel that the
importance of this deal requires that payment is made in person,
and to this effect I am going to make arrangements to fly over to
meet with you. I am sure that this news will make you joyful. I
AM SO EXCITED! I have a contact in the UK government who is able
to rush thorough a Visa for me, so once this arrives I will forward
you my flight details.
One other thing Mr. Hasam, and I hope you will forgive me; I have
attached a scan from Packaging News Monthly magazine. This magazine
is produced solely for people in the packaging industry. Two weeks
ago I was awarded a very big contract with the UK division of the
RSPCA. Unfortunately, due to the secrecy I was sworn to by the RSPCA,
I was unable to tell anyone of the negotiations until the deal was
finalised. I was featured in the August issue of Packaging Monthly,
and now I am able to share the news of my good fortune with all
my friends.
I'll get back to you with my flight details as soon as my Visa
comes through.
Many blessings upon you,
Mike Stevens.
[A "scan" of Packaging News Monthly
is attached]
Click to enlarge (199k)
[Mr. Hasam will be licking his lips at the prospect
of a share in my good fortune]
[I got a little impatient for Mr. Hasam's reply. So I thought
I'd try to stir things up and complain about the photo he emailed
to me]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam.
I have had time to consider your last email and picture, and I
have to say that I am not happy. If you remember, I explicitly asked
that the image be large and clear. The very poor offering you have
sent to me is most disappointing, and I must insist that you arrange
for a more detailed an larger image to be forwarded on to me.
I am afraid that until my demands are satisfied, the deal will
not go ahead, and I will pursue Mr. Imbatoo's fine offer. Ya hear
me fella?
Many blessings upon you,
Mike Hasam.
[Success - a reply!]
Date: Wed, 20Aug 2003 06:06:27 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: YOU SAY WE ARE NOT SERIOUS
Steven,
I received your mail and it was not what I expected to hear
from you that I saw,knowing full well the time constraint I made
mention of my first mail to you.It is very imperative that we conclude
this transaction as soon as possible.
Furthermore,you mentioned that the picture I sent was not big
enough,you should realise that this a third world country and it
is not every organisation that has the facility you are talking
about.I have sent you different pictures of myself and colleague
and you are not satisfied,this does not determine the success of
this business as we have taken every step of it into consideration,but
what you are requesting for should be from us as we are the one
remitting the funds into your account and you stand to gain a lot
from us.
How could you be talking about our not being serious about this
transaction,were we not the one who contacted you and shouldn't
it be for us to decide if you are serious about this business?
You should note that this fund will be transferred into the account
you will nominate for this fund and we agreed on this, base on the
fact that we want you to know how serious we are about finalising
this deal.
Conclusively,we are going round in circle,we believe that it
will be far better to discuss this busines busines through the telephone,so
you can hear whom you are dealing with,don't you think it will prove
to us how serious you are?
Callme through my personal line:234 802 304 4446.
I will be expecting your call and I want you to also provide
me with your telephone number,in order for me or my colleague to
speak with you also.
We are waisting time over what will not make this transaction
succesful,we are men and should behave like one.
Let us round this thing up as soon as possible. I still have trust
in you and I believe we can conclude this thing amicably.
warmest regards,
Hasam
[Time to give Mr. Hasam a little ear-bashing....]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
My dear Mr. Hasam,
Thank you for your quick response. YOU are expecting ME to give
you $13,243 WITHOUT satisfying my normal business need for you to
prove yourself to me one small thing? This is bad business in my
eyes, and you must understand that although $13,243 is not a lot
to me, it is a significant amount and I expect my business partners
to put in the same effort as I will be doing.
You should have the facilities to make the picture I require. In
your first email to me you stated you were a "member of the
Federal Government of Nigeria Contract Award and Monitoring Committee
in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporatio(NNPC)". A huge
company such as that should easily have access to such facilities.
If you do not, then I think that you may not be the person I want
to deal with.
This is my final email to you sir. Unless I get the photograph
that I requested, then I am sad to say that our business deal will
not go ahead. If you cannot send me the picture I request then please
do not bother to contact to me again. If I do not receive a satisfactory
picture by tomorrow evening, then I will proceed with Mr. Imbatoo's
offer. He has already told me that he will produce any photographic
evidence that I require WITHOUT any delay.
Note that THIS DEAL WILL NOT HAPPEN unless I receive your good
faith gesture of the picture that I require. No further arguments,
END OF STORY.
I am sorry to be so insistent, but imagine if it was me that wanted
you to send me $13,243 without proof of who you are. I do not think
you would be so happy to do it.
Kind regards and blessings,
Mike Stevens.
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 15:12:56 -0400
From: [email protected]
Subject: URGENT
Dear STEVE,
i got your mail and the content well understood, i want you
to know that you investing the money is not the issue the issue
is that we must work on trust in this transaction.
i will get you all you have demanded for but let me also bring
to your notice that this transaction is of mutual benefit, so i
will need you to send me Your phone and fax number so that i can
be sure that you are serious in this transaction.
about the registration of the company, i want you to know that
i will handle the payment myself and if there is any other thing
i need to do i will also do it personally .
all what i need from you is trust just.
i want you to call me so that we can discuss before i can send
you the documents demanded of you. i am doing this because i have
to protect myself going by the position i am in the country.
Hasam.
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam,
I am sorry, but you seem intent on delaying me, and not supplying
the information I require. This is arousing my suspicions. Therefore
I think that it is only fair to end this deal here now. Please note
that unless I receive the image I want, I will sadly have to ignore
any future emails from yourself. Please do not email me again unless
it is to send me the image I require.
I shall now contact Mr. Imbatoo and start negotiations with him.
I hope you are able to find another partner to help you and I wish
you good luck in your venture.
Mike Stevens.
[Prepare yourselves for a example of how NOT to forge a photograph]
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 08:31:00 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: my own picture this time
DEAR Mike Stevens
i received your mail almost the very time i e-mail you , please
i have to be very honest with you that i had a sleepless night because
of what you siad and that of my colleague who is behaving very funny
for quite some time now.
the reason why you have not receive exactly what you want was from
his end he has been so seek and for we not to loose you who is trying
to assist us i personnaly have to go out of my way today to make
sure i satisfy your mind which i have already attach with this mail
for you to see.i could not make it full because of your company
logo. i tried it but it was not clear hence this type i now attach.
as regard the very mail you received which is similar to our
own transaction i so much beleive you hence i have to give you my
word of advise that this might be services of a propangada from
our government here , whereby they employ the services of secret
police to seek for the help of foreigners like you to help them
transfer such big amount of money and the end of it you will get
your fingers burnt for the transaction to look fake.the use this
method to know who conived with nigeria civil servant in such transfer
because this business has become very rampant here.
i introduced into this transactiuon and i have to be very very
honest with you as i will not want anything that will make you to
swim in a trouble waters.you are my friend and we have come a long
way and i have disclose to you viable business that will benefit
all in ultmost confidence we bestowed in you.
we intend to follow this transaction legitimately till we conclude
and the delay was from our end as you are ready to assist moraly,
financially and phisically till end.
please try to still maintain a high level of confidentiality
there by you protecting our interest because of my position that
i am currently occupying likewise us to you protecting you / company
. we assured you once more that if you see reason with us now in
your next mail hopefully by next week we will be rounding up this
transaction whereby the fund should be on transfer to your nominated
account you need send which we will file in with the application
along with.
once more i apologised and you shoiuld not fill as if you are
a fool (NO)we so much count on you as we look forwad in concluding
this transaction with .less i forget todays our goverment has authorised
all ministry to pay all foreign contractors their debt please we
want to use this oppurtunity to include your company name so please
endeavour to act fast .YOU ARE LIKE A RAY OF LIGHT AT THE END OF
A DARK TURNNEL TO US IN AS FAR AS THIS TRANSACTION IS CONCERN.it
will be very difficult to see a honest man of your type and we cannot
affort to miss you as we look forward to invest under your canopy.
looking forward to here from you now.
regards.
Hasam
[Mr. Hasam attaches a corker of a picture
this time. God only knows why he thinks this would fool anyone.
Note the cut & pasted head, and the beautifully sculptured shoulders.
This could come right out of South Park]
419eater update: I tave taken the unusual
step of covering up part of the image above to protect
the identity of the innocent man who's identity has been
stolen on the photograph
[Time for another wrist slapping....]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam.
Do you take me for a FOOL? I sadly think that you do. The image
you have sent to me today has been FORGED! Yes, FORGED! I do not
know who the unfortunate person is whose body you have used, but
you have simply cut your head off the passport photograph and pasted
it into another image! I am insulted that you have tried to trick
me this way. It is obvious to me that you have no serious intentions.
I wish you well in your future venture, but I cannot continue this
procedure unless you are willing to do the small thing I ask IN
RETURN FOR MY $13,243.
Please Sir, do not waste my time. I am a serious businessman, running
a large and busy establishment. I handle over £200,000 of
business every week. I am a VERY busy man and cannot afford to have
my time wasted by AMATEURS.
The next email I receive from you had better be a GENUINE image.
I warn you Mr. Hasam; my patience is now AT AN END.
Mike Stevens.
[Mr. Hasam's emails are coming in thick and fast now......]
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 14:40:57 -0400
From: Mike Hasam
Subject: true story
My dear mr steven,
it is with a sober heart and a subdued spirit that i write you
this email because i see my whole world crumbling down
before me and i have no power within my immediate confines to
do anything. since i got your email i have been in total disarray
as to why i was chosen to be put in this type of situation without
any
power of my own to right the wrongs and advance the rights in
my life. mr steven, i am a happily married family man with four
children, three boys and one little girl, with a job that pays
peanuts a mortgage to look after and i feel my problems are
more than any body else's in the world. mr steven, this transaction
i had hoped would solve all my problems for ever, and give me the
chance to create a legacy
for my children, so i can be a father they can be proud of.
mr steven, it is with a very heavy and sober heart that i will have
to confess to you that the allegations in your email are perfectly
true, but not without a reason, in my position with the nigerian
national petroleum corporation, i have put in thirty four years,
with one year left for me to retire, and i feel as if my whole life
is almost wasted if i cannot conclude this transaction before leaving
office.
mr steven in as much as i wanted to conclude this transaction
in a hurry, i do not intend to do anything to jeopardise my career
and my current position in office, which is a political one, and
quite sensitive, hence my carefulness in treading so i dont lose
my gratuity and retirement benefits, hence the fear in not sending
my exact picture, because of what i enumerated in my previous mail
as regards the secret police. i still intended to send you my full
pictures including my family pictures as we go on after we have
both won each others trust.
mr steven, the issue that is most important is not the money
you intend sending to facilitate this transaction, because you already
have some doubts in your mind. alternatively i would start making
arrangements to sell my gas station in other to raise the money
so we can move ahead withou any further delay. at the end of this
transaction when i finally meet with you in your country in company
of my family, you will know i am a man of integrity who is also
afraid to take a wrong step.
i need a foreign partner but i have to be careful at my end
also, not to jeopardise everything i have been working for. mr steven,
i have given you my numbers several times you dont call me, and
you have refused to give me yours, this scares me, but with my faith
in God and my believe in this transaction i will not fail. please
send me your numbers so i can talk with you and let you know the
way things are. You can call me on my new number: +234-1-7762874.
please i have disregarded the previous number i gave you due to
my fears arising on matters arising.
please accept my apologies and lets move forward. every cloud
has a silver lining accept my best regards
Hasam
[Things are getting desperate for Mr. Hasam.
Time to fire off my parting shot and reveal all]
From: Mike Stevens
To: Mike Hasam
Dear Mr. Hasam,
I know Mr. Hasam is not your real name. You probably go under many
different names. The fact is, you have been wasting your time trying
to scam me out of my money. Here are a few facts that YOU should
know:
- My name is NOT Mike Stevens.
- I do not own or run a company called Sycone Systems. There is
no such company.
- I do not have a wife called Britney (sadly!).
From your very first letter I knew you were a Nigerian "419"
scam artist, trying to con me out of money.
Mi. Eric Shun does not exist either. In fact, try saying the name
out loud quickly. Doesn't it sound like "My erection"?
Also, the company logo. Look closely. I think you will find it quite
resembles a rather private part of your anatomy, don't you think?
I have been wasting your time, simply to annoy you and hopefully
keep you away from some potential victims. I sent you an image to
print out and hold up, JUST to make you look like a complete idioy
to all the people who will soon be seeing your picture.
Your stupid scam (and your stupid face) will soon be appearing
on a web site where thousands of people will be able to read all
the letters and see all the stupid pictures that you sent to me.
Things I know about you:
- You are very stupid
- There is no 21.5 million Dollars
- You are just a VERY BAD 419 scammer who is very easily tricked.
Goodbye for now Mr. Hasam, but beware when you send out more of
your scam emails; there are plenty of good people like me, ready
to make you look like a fool.
[At the time of this story going up, there is still no reply
from Mr. Hasam!]
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