CAST OF
CHARACTERS:
I will
use the following colour coding for identification purposes:
Alhaji Ishmaila Gwarzo “Chief
security advicer of the then military leader of
Andy Coker Barrister
/ 419 scammer from
Steve Seagoon My
literary personna, a rough and ready
Notes Notes
bringing the reader up to date with developments
I
receive this offer from a Nigerian solicitor.
He tells me that there’s even more money available from the late General
Sani Abacha. At least the money is being
offered by his security advisor, and not by one of his poor impoverished widows.
From: "Andy
Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: GOOD DAY
BARRISTER ANDY COKER
& CO.
IKOYI-LAGOS.
FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION:
RE: REQUEST FOR
MUTUALLY BENEFITTING ENDEAVOUR.
I humbly crave your
indulgence in sending you this mail, if the contents does not meet with your
personal and business ethics, I appologise in advance.
I am Barrister Andy
Coker ( attorney at law), I represent Alhaji Ishmaila Gwarzo estates. Alhaji
Gwarzo was the chief security advicer of the then military leader of this
country(
The main purpose of
this mail is to intimate you of a business proposal that might be of interest
to you. My client has informed me of the existence of funds deposited with a
security company abroad. This fund came about as part of security votes that
were allocated to my client's portfolio during his tenure as chief security
advicer to the then president. What happened was that he had part of the funds
transferred from the vaults of the Central Bank Of Nigeria to this security
outfit with the aim of purchasing arms and ammunitions for the personal
security outfit of the then president. But before the purchase could take place
the president died. my client has deceided to keep this for himself as all his
properties has been confisticated by the present regime. But due to his
incarceration he cannot travel out and effect the change of possession to his
benefit.
I have been mandated
by my client to source for a foreign partner that can help him facilitate the
change of possession. the deposit certificate and the code needed for
theexecution of this endeavour are in my possession. my client is also well
disposed towards reaching an agreement with you that will be at par with the
help required of you.
The funds in
question is USD13.6M (Thirteen- Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States
dollars Only). Should this proposition be of interest to you, you can reach me
through my e-mail address thus; [email protected]
so that we can go through the rudiments of this endeavour.
I remain most
obliged.
Barr.Andy Coker
I think
I’ll be a rough and ready
From: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject:
RE: GOOD DAY
Gidday
Andy,
Interesting
deal you’ve got there. Sure beats the
hell out of selling used cars,
Yeah, I’d
be interested in helping you out. Got a
few questions though. A guy’d be stupid
if he didn’t.
I’ve
checked up on the net on this General Sani Abacha, he sounds like a tough
man. Had his opponents jailed and
executed. Little wonder that he had his
security advisor sidetrack government funds into an overseas bank.
What’s in
it for me? What do I have to do? How do I know you’re for real, and not some
Russian mafia scam artist after my bank account details so you can empty it and
leave me as poor as a church mouse. I’ve
worked hard for what I’ve got, and I’m not letting any Russian mafia bastard
get his hands on my money. I’ll need to
have a think about some way I can get you to establish your identity.
Now I’d
better tell you a little about myself.
My name is Steve Seagoon, my friends call me “Neddie” because of my love
of horse races. I have a number of
businesses here in
Now I
have a couple of conditions under which I’ll participate in this deal. This deal must be handled with absolute
secrecy and confidentiality, no letters, no phone calls, just e-mail between
you and me – that’s untraceable.
Secondly, I’ll open a special personal bank account for this deal. There’ll be no dealings with my companies’ bank
accounts. That way we’ll be dealing with
a bank account that only I know about and that I have absolute control over,
and no-one will get the details of any bank account which has my own or my
companies' money in it.
Looking
forward to your next e-mail,
Steve
(Neddie) Seagoon
Director
Seagoon Motor Group
Oh
yeah! My Nigerian Barrister friend
thinks he’s got a hot one. But only 10%
plus taxes, that’s not very generous.
Obviously a set reply, he’s forgotten to add my name to the form letter.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: GOOD DAY
Attn;
I hope this mail
gets to you in good health.
I am glad that you
sympathise with the plight of my client. I am giving you the full assurance
that this transaction if perfectly legal, you will confirm the existence of the
funds from the security company where it is deposited presently.
First of all I want
to assure you that as an attorney, I know the implications of falling short of
the law, this business endeavour will be carried out within the confines of the
laws of both countries.
This fund in
question as I indicated in my first mail to you, is presently with a security
company in the
Being a military
govenment, there was always the need for arms and ammunitions, and some
government and businessmen were willing to do business with my country
irrespective of the sanctions.
In order to carry
out these transactions without incurring the wrath of the EU and UN, finance
and security companies were created to act as fronts, funds were transferred
out of the country under the guise of procuring agricultural machineries.
This USD33.6M was
deposited with the Central Bank Of Nigeria CBN, my client is in possession of
the deposit certificate and the fund transfer documents.
All the documents
along with the contract will be put at your disposal. As we proceed along more information will be
put at your disposal. I want you to give me contact i.e name, address,
telephone/fax numbers. With these information, I will draw up a power of
authority in your favour, this power of authority will give you full
authorisation to contact the security company and secure release of the funds.
My client is
favourably disposed towards an offer of 10% of the total fund tax-free.
provision will be made to cover the tax you will pay on your share, because it
will reflect as an income recieved in the contract I will draw up. I await to
hear from you.
I remain obliged.
Regards,
Barrister Andy
Coker.
Tel:
234-805-671-8906
OK, I’ll
just play along as the expectant, though greedy, participant. I may as well ask for a larger slice of the
action seeing there’s no money anyway.
Give him the good feelings that he’s got someone greedy, but with access
to money, and put in an excuse for not writing for a week.
From: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Thu,
Subject:
RE: FURTHER INFORMATION!! CAR SALES
Dear
Andy,
Sounds
simple. I’ve just got a couple of
points.
First, I
don’t sympathise with your client.
People probably died because of the weapons that were bought with money
from this account. I am in this just for
the money, which leads us to point number two.
Secondly,
my share. I don’t care about taxes. I’ve run several very profitable businesses
and have managed not to have to pay taxes for the last 5 years. I’d take a straight sum deal. I transfer your USD33.6 million to
Thirdly,
I’ve opened a special “expenses” bank account just for this deal. Only I know the details and only I have
access to it, so it’s secret and confidential.
I’ve also taken a special Post Office Box just for this enterprise, in
case you need to mail me a hard copy of anything.
Fourthly,
where we can we use only e-mail. I
believe that’s untraceable, yet safe. I
need to think about some way I can be sure you’re not some Russian conman
trying to extract all my money out of my bank accounts. I’ll have a think about this.
Now I’m
flying to
Regards
Neddy
Seagoon.
Now I’d
better reply to this message when I arrive back from
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu
Subject: MAIL!!
Dear Steve,
Sequel to your mail
was noted by me . However i wish to inform you that this transaction is just a
mere business proposal which all parties involved will definetly benefit from
so, if interested, you kindly inform me swiftly so i can perfect all documents
in your favor which will enable you make claim of the consignments on behalf of
my client
Secondly my self and
my client have agreed to offer you 10% of the total funds which is very
considerate after the funds have sucessfully gotten to your custody.
Now it is left for
you to decide if we can proceed on getting this transaction completed with the
percentage offered to you by my client or not.
Thirdly i find it
qiute confusing each time you make mention of the russians because from my
contact telephone number which you have,it's obvious that i am from Nigerian.
So my brother and
friend i will be expecting to read from you soonest after you must have
recieved this mail and decided what exactly you want. Furthermore i will be
expecting your details i have requested for in my last email to you.
My warm regards.
Barr Andy Coker
I come
back from my trip to
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: AWAIT RESPONSE
Dear Steve
I await your responses to my mails upon your sucessfull
arrival from your journey.
Thanks
Barrister.
From: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Thu,
Subject:
RE: AWAIT RESPONSE
Dear
Andy,
I’ve just
arrived home from my trip to
I’m
exhausted, I spent two days at an auction buying 450 used cars and arranging to
have them shipped to
I will
send you another e-mail tomorrow when I’m back at work and fully awake.
Regards
Steve
(Neddie) Seagoon
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: WELCOME BACK
Dear steve,
Thanks for your
mail. I hope your journey to japan went on well as expected ?
Actually i want to
acknowledge the fact that i recieved your email and shall expect to read from
you any time soon like you have promised so we can proceed in the completion of
our pending transaction.
Please notify me if
you recieved this mail
Thanks,
Barr Andy Coker,
Tel:
234-805-671-8906
From: [email protected]
Sent:
Thu,
Subject:
Back on track
Dear
Andy,
Thanks
for the brief note yesterday titled “Welcome Back”. I was very tired when I landed late last
night after a ten hour flight from
Let me
address the points from your e-mail below.
Please go
ahead and process all the documents required to clear this money to my bank
account here in
Secondly
I agree that asking for $10 million was a bit greedy, just for having this
money pass through my bank account.
However, I am taking a huge risk here because in
Therefore
I will receive a gross sum of $5.0 million, all taxes, duties and expenses to
come out of my share.
My
mentioning the Russian mafia stems back to an incident where a friend of mine
in
Finally,
the contact details you requested.
Name: Stephen Nelson Seagoon
Address:
Postal
address: P O Box xxxx, Mt
Telephone: 64 25 xxx xxxx
Note,
this is my mobile number. It would not
be secure to use my business phone number because all calls are routed through
my secretary, nor would it be advisable to use my fax number as all my staff
members have access to the fax machine.
I hate
having my mobile ring during meetings or discussions with a customer, so I
leave it switched off most of the time and use it only for outwards calls. Otherwise the damn thing would be ringing all
the time. E-mail me and let me know when
you’d like to ring me and I’ll make sure it’s switched on. Just remember that
In the
interests of security and confidentiality we should use e-mail only. Any documents needing sending should be
scanned and attached to an e-mail. I can
open all common image formats.
In the
interests of security and confidentiality we should use e-mail only. Any documents needing to be sent back and
forth should be scanned and attached to an e-mail. I can open all common image formats.
Please
note also, that the most convenient method of transferring this money to
Regards
Steve
(Neddie) Seagoon
Now
Barrister Andy Coker turns Irish on me, “Top of the day to me” indeed! And suddenly become confused with whom he is dealing,
I’m now down to Steve Nelson.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu,
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE
RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL
Dear
Stephen Nelson.
Top of
the day to you,
Thanks
very much for your mail and wellcome back from your trip,hope it was gainful.I
commend you for all your efforts towards ensuring the success of the mutual
beneficial transaction of my client, please keep it up.
The best
I can do,is giving you my personal assurance and guarantee that this
transaction is 100% legal and out of risk.more so you have to follow my
instruction that I shall give to you from time to time to ensure our schedule
time frame.
Thank
you also for understanding about the persentage set aside for you.Please note
that I will be ready to deducted any tax or duties from my share when funds
transferred into your designated account,I am not self centered,any were in the
world they tax incoming or out going funds.
I quit
agree with you that the most convenient and safe method of transferring this
money to New Zealand is by bank to bank telegraphic transfer.But kindly note
that two option was giving to us by the security company in Europe.this option
include either you coming over to the security company in person for the funds
or funds get transferred through wire or telegraphic transfer via an affiliated
bank in Canada before getting to your bank in New Zealand,the choice is our's.
As soon
as all statutory documents are ready,I will send them to you via your email box
as you have instructed.But it's very important we talk on the phone for any
urgent matters that will arise.
Acknowledge
receipt of this email and give me the usual feedback.
Truly,
Barrister
Andy.
Then a
follow up, this lad seems hot to trot.
At least I’m back to Steve Seagoon.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent:
Subject: acknowledge
receipt of last mail
Dear
Steve Seagoon.
Please
kindly acknowledge receipt of last email sent to you.
Urgenly
waiting for your reply.
Best
regards,
Barriste
Andy Coker.
I’d
better acknowledge and feedback.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Sat, 10 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL
Dear
Andy,
Just to
acknowledge receipt of your e-mail below and a couple of points. Sorry to have been delayed in replying, but
there has been much to catch up with since my return from Japan.
1. We will use telegraphic transfer to move the
funds to my bank account here in New Zealand.
That is the simplest, most secure and cheapest way.
2. Please, my full name is Stephen Nelson
Seagoon. Stephen is the first of my
given names. Nelson is my second given
name. Seagoon is my family name. All my friends call me Neddie - please feel
free to call me Neddie too Andy.
3. I am quite happy to follow your instructions
in delicate matters, I am sure you are very experienced and are quite the
master at what you do.
4. Please ensure that all statutory documents
are arranged as soon as possible. Please
have them forwarded to me as necessary.
Regards
Neddie
Seagoon
I
receive this from Barr Andy Coker, it can wait for a reply.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat 10 Jul,
2004
Subject: OUR PROJECT
(ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF MY EMAIL )
Dear
Stephen Nelson.
Top of
the day,
Thanks
very much for your mail and understanding,I quite understand you as well.As
soon as all statutory pre-qualification documents that will entitle you as the
legal benefitiary of the funds are out,I will send them to you for your
perusal.Very sure on monday the 12-07-2004,they will be out,I will send
immediately.Please acknowledge receipt of this mail.
Truly,
Barrister
Andy.
NB:YOU
CAN CONTACT ME ON MY OTHER NUMBER:234-80-23164939 FOR ANY URGENT ISSUES.
No it
can’t, I don’t want to be endlessly advising that I’ve received his e-mails!
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Mon, 12 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: OUR PROJECT (ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF MY EMAIL )
Andy,
I don’t
have time to reply telling you I’ve received every bloody e-mail.
OK, I’ve
received this one. Now, give it a break!
Steve
Well the
language has confused him. That makes us
even, because I get confused sometimes with the phraseology he uses.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue 13 Jul,
2004
Subject: OUR PROJECT
(memorandum of understanding)
Dear Stephen Nelson.
Thanks for you mail,but actualy
could not understand the content of the mail.Saying that you don't have time in
replying my bloody e-mail,I realy could not understand your terms,are you
calling my transaction a bloody transaction?,I think I need more explanation
regarding this statement.remember this is my client family future and he can't
place the content of this your mail.
Attach is the memorandum of
undertanding certificate,you are expected to study it,sign your portion and
send it back to me at once.Please note that as soon as the other documents are
ready,I will send all to you at once for your perusal,eagerly waiting for your
reply.
Best regards,
Barrister Andy.
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v409/steveseagoon/memolowres.jpg[/IMG]
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Sun, 18 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: OUR PROJECT ( memorandum of understanding )
Dear
Andy,
I’ve been
travelling around the country for the last four days. Sorry I haven’t been able to keep in
touch. I had to clear some business
matters up following my trip to Japan.
I had a
hard day at work on Monday, and you were the person who got told off. But I don’t feel that I need to reply to
every e-mail just to let you know that I have received it. And your e-mail on Monday had nothing of
significance to acknowledge.
Now your
e-mail below, yes I have received it and the attached memorandum of
understanding. I’ve examined it, and I
wonder how legally binding it is for me to print out your memorandum, sign it,
scan it and e-mail it back?
However,
I feels that it is the intent of any legal document that should be binding,
therefore I have signed a print of the document, scanned it and attached it as
<memo,jpg>.
What
next?
Regards
Steve
(Neddie) Seagoon
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Mon 19 Jul,
2004
Subject: OUR PROJECT
DEAR STEVE,
GOOD DAY TO YOU.
I ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL.I WILL GET
BACK TO YOU WHEN ALL STATUTORY DOCUMENTS ARE READY.THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
UNDERSTANDING AND YOUR TIME.
TRULY,
BARRISTER ANDY.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu 22 Jul,
2004
Subject: OUR PROJECT (CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT)
Dear Dear Stephen Nelson.
Sorry for taking much time getting back to you.I
just got the certificate of deposit,and other certified documents regarding
this transaction will be sent to you when clearify.attach here with the
certificate of deposit,note that a copy of this certificate will also be sent
to the paying bank for confirmation of our funds.acknowledge receipt of this
certificate.
Truly,
Barrister Andy.
I reply
immediately. How amasing, while
Barrister andy Coker’s first e-mail advised that $13.6 million was available,
this certificate of deposit is for $33.6 million. The interest rate in those Nigerian banks
must be incredible.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Mon, 26 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: OUR PROJECT (CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT)
Dear
Andy,
Your
e-mail received, certificate attached.
Regards
Neddie
I also
remember that I have not addressed the matter of the Memorandum of
Understanding that Barrister Andy sent me.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Mon, 26 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: Memorandum of Agreement
Dear
Andy.
Couple of
matters.
I have
had time to read the Memorandum of Agreement that you sent me. I have also taken the time to have a few
“business” lunches with a close friend of mine who is a lawyer. I have not told him of our arrangement, but I
have asked him some questions about such agreements where the partners are in different
countries. He has told me the following
relevant points:
1. There cannot be jurisdiction in two different
legal systems. In this case either the
law of Nigeria or the law of New Zealand should take precedence. I would suggest the law of New Zealand take
precedence, after all that is where we will share the proceeds.
2. He advised me that, under New Zealand
contract law, a contract or an agreement is only valid if there is “offer”,
“acceptance” and “consideration”. I
would assume that business law in Nigeria has similar definitions. That means that our Memorandum of Agreement
requires you to offer the proposal, for me to accept the proposal (both done)
and for you to make some consideration – or payment – to secure my services and
seal my agreement.
The
amount of payment need not be substantial, in fact a payment as small as
$US10.00 would be judged as consideration and seal the agreement. As an aside he pointed out that in days of
old, sailors in the Royal Navy were paid one schilling to seal their contract
with the Crown to man his Majesty’s ships.
This was referred to as “the King’s schilling”.
3. Back on the 1st July I advised that my share
would be $10 million with all taxes, fees and duties to come out of my
share. This offer stands. The New Zealand Reserve Bank Act requires
duties, fees and taxes on money transfers into or out of New Zealand to be paid
by a New Zealand citizen, so I would have to make these payments. These payments would come out of my share.
I therefore
suggest that your Memorandum of agreement read:
-----------------------------------------------------------
Memorandum
of Agreement
This
Memorandum of Agreement made this day 26th day of July, 2004.
Between
Alhaji I. Gwarzo and Stephen N. Seagoon under virtue of the Law of New Zealand,
represented herewith by their own selves.
Alhaji I.
Gwarzo hereinafter referred to as “The Foreign Partner” on the one hand, and
Stephen N. Seagoon, a citizen of New Zealand, hereinafter referred to as “The
Local Partner” on the other hand.
Collectively “The Local Partner” and “The Foreign Partner” shall be
referred to as “The Partners”.
This
Agreement witnesses as follows:
WHEREAS,
“The Local Partner” represents to secure the money transfer and transaction of
USD 33.6 million (THIRTY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US Dollars)
from/for “The Foreign Partner”, after the transaction “The Foreign Partner”
needs the “The Local Partner” to use his professional techniques to conduct
professional investments on behalf of the “The Foreign Partner”.
FEES: That for the services of the “The Local
Partner”, the “The Partners” agree that the funds of USD 33.6 million
(THIRTY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US Dollars) of the money transaction
should be shared as USD 10.0 million (TEN MILLION US Dollars) for “The Local
Partner” and USD 23.6 million (TWENTY-THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND US
Dollars) for “The Foreign Partner”. All
New Zealand duties, fees and taxes regarding the money transfer shall be from
the portion of the “The Local Partner”.
Any other expenses shall be reimbursable on completion of the money
transfer.
CONTRACT
AND CONSIDERATION: Whereas “The
Partners” have agreed on the service to be provided and the fees for said
service, consideration of USD10.00 (TEN US Dollars) shall be forwarded by “The
Foreign Partner” to “The Local Partner”.
HEREWITH,
the parties have virtually set their hands this date and year as above written.
Alharji
I. Gwarzo
Stephen
N. Seagoon
Witnessed: Barr. Andy Coker.
-----------------------------------------------------------
Regards
Steve
(Neddie) Seagoon
So the “contract” isn’t important
huh? We’ll see about that.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue 27 Jul,
2004
Subject: findings
Dear Steve Seagoon.
This is to acknowledge the reciept
of your mail.thank you for the extent of your finding out the good laws regards
international transaction.am very okay with your adjustment,but the issue will
remain that when after the funds is transfer into your designated account only
when I can pay the seal the agreement charges okay.
Please note that my resent findings
is that our funds can only be transfer through an on-line affiliated bank in
Canada to you final account in New Zealand okay.this is due to the fact that
they are the clearing bank for foreign accounts and wire and as such all
transactions have to go through them and all wire payments can be made directly
by them to any account in the world.in this regards you will be require to open
new account with this bank in Canada via on-line,and I think this will cost you
some little funds.in any case I will refunds any funds spent by you on
completion of this transaction okay.waiting urgently for your reply.
Truly,
Barr. Andy Coker.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Thu, 29 Jul, 2004
Subject:
Re: findings
Dear
Andy,
I’m
pleased that you feel that my suggested rewording of the contract is
acceptable. Do please go ahead and have
it notorised and e-mail me a copy of it for confirmation.
I have
chatted with my lawyer friend again regarding how the New Zealand legal system
views a contract. He was adamant that in
New Zealand a valid contract must show each of the three steps, offer,
agreement and consideration. I feel that
for your peace of mind we need to have a valid contract which can be enforced
by New Zealand law.
He did
point out something helpful though.
“Consideration” is taken as meaning payment, and we always assume that
it must be in convertible currency, for a New Zealand contract that it must be
in currency convertible to New Zealand Dollars.
That is why I asked for $US 10, it is so easy here to convert $US to
$NZ.
However,
I don’t have to be able to take the “consideration” out and be able to spend
it. It can just as easily be in Nigerian
money. So to finalise this contract
between Alhaj Gwarzo and myself, all you need to do is send me a Nigerian bank
note. Just get a birthday card or
something, and slip a bank note inside it, and airmail it to me. My mail address is:
Steve
Seagoon
P O Box
5290
Mt
Maunganui
New
Zealand
Please
e-mail me the rewritten Memorandum of Agreement when completed, for me to sign.
Regarding
the Canadian online bank, please forward the details of how to open an account.
I do
recall having trouble some time ago transferring money to Canada. I had negotiated to buy a load of spare parts
for classic American cars from a Canadian supplier. However, our Government had set up trade
restrictions on business with Canada.
Our Government is very environmentally conscious, and the Canadian
Government still supports whaling and the killing of baby fur seals. All I remember is that I had a lot of trouble
transferring the payment to Canada, and ended up processing it through a
holding company in the U.S.A.. I will
check that out and let you know.
Regards
Neddie
Seagoon.
Andy
comes back, alas he is unable to send money out of the country due to “high
level of money transfer restriction here in my country”. Oh well, a contract is not a contract without
the exchange of money.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu 29 Jul,
2004
Subject: Re: findings
Dear Steve Seagoon.
Thank you very much for your mail,also I must
thank your lawyer as well.Please note that I will scan new memorandum
aggreement and send to you okay.but i will like you first to note that I cannot
send money out of my country just like that,this is due to high level of money
transfer restriction here in my country.I cannot do that okay.funds can only be
transfer easy only on contract bases understand.
So you can take care of any cost from your end
okay,this can be deducted from funds after transfer to designated account of
yours okay.so what I want you to do immediately is to send me a copy of your
international passport or driver's licence for further documentation and for
easy identification when meeting you face to face,as soon as I confirm the
reciept of this ID recognition I will send new aggreement at once.also when
name of canada bank is confirm I will send contact details to you.waiting for
your reply.
Regards,
Barr. Andy Coker.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Fri, 30 Jul, 2004 04
Subject:
Regarding contract
Dear
Andy,
I am a
little disturbed that you do not wish to seal the contract we are
discussing. I don’t wish to have a
legally binding contract – with all it’s finer points such as the payment of
“consideration” completed – just for my own sake.
I feel that
for your own sake you should have the peace of mind that this transaction, no
matter how confidential we keep it, is governed by the laws of New Zealand.
I wish us
both to be protected against any failure by the other party, and for that I
must insist that the full requirements of contract law be met.
I will be
quite happy to meet incidental costs involved with the transfer of this
money. However, the matter of a contract
and the payment of “consideration” is a matter of principle and a matter of the
laws of New Zealand.
Andy,
just do this:
Buy or
make a “Birthday card”. It is my
birthday in October, so you will only be a little early.
Take a
Nigerian bank note, and slip it into the birthday card.
Mail it
to me at, Steve Seagoon, P O Box 5290, Mt Maunganui, New Zealand. DO NOT mail it to my street address, my P O
Box is completely secure, my street address is not!
Then you
will have made “consideration” to me in return for which I am contracted to
provide the service of transferring this money into my account.
As for my
identification, I will scan and send you a copy of my passport. I keep my passport in the vault at my bank,
so I will go there early next week and get it out and send you an image of it.
Seeing
that you have brought up the point of identification, I would appreciate some
means of identifying you. What I would
like is some form of photographic confirmation of your identity. Please have a photograph of yourself taken
holding a sign on which is clearly written the name GRYTPYPE-THYNNE.
I had a close friend who died last year. He had the unfortunate name of Hercules
Grytpype-Thynne. No-one would ever guess
that I was asking you to hold up his name on a sign for identification – so a
photograph with that sign in it must be you. Please make the writing large and bold so that
I can read it in a photograph.
I look forward to hearing the details of the
Canadian bank. I have checked and the
New Zealand Government no longer has any trade or currency restrictions in
place with Canada. therefore it will be
simple (and anonymous) to transfer money from Canada to New Zealand.
Regards
Neddie
Seagoon
And back
comes this e-mail. I think I’ll need
identity confirmation before I send off a copy of my e-mail.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sat 31 Jul,
2004
Subject: waiting for you now
Dear Neddie Seagoon.
All details noted,please kindly send
your passport immediately so that I can furnish you with all documents require
by you regarding this mutual transaction.eagerly waiting for your passport.
Best regards,
Barrister Andy.
So I go
back and demand identity confirmation before doing anything else.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Mon, 02 Aug, 2004 04
Subject: Items which must be
addressed first
Dear Andy
I am
astounded that you wish to proceed with this transaction before addressing the
two concerns I expressed in my last e-mail, namely”
1. Confirmation of your identity
2. The redrawn contract / memorandum of
agreement and payment of consideration.
Considering
the first point. I have my passport
handy (I went down to my bank today and retrieved it) and am ready to scan it
and send the image to you.
However I
would like some form of identify confirmation from you before I send my
passport image winging away through the internet.
As I said
in my last e-mail, I had a friend who died only last year. I want you to have a photograph taken with
his name, GRYTPYPE-THYNNE, written in
large bold letters on a sign which you hold up in front of your chest. No-one could know that I am asking for you to
show this particular name on a sign, so an image of someone holding this sign
must be a photograph of you.
Now, taking the second point. Have you redrawn the memorandum of agreement
or contract? If so, then I would be only
too happy to go ahead and sign this redrafted agreement. However I want any agreement between us to be
able to be upheld in the courts of New Zealand.
And for that to be applicable, I need you to forward some ‘consideration”
to me.
That is for you to send me a small token payment to
establish our agreement as a bona fide contract.
I am able to meet certain incidental expenses to
smooth the way of this transaction, but this 'consideration' must be a payment
by you to me.
This is for your protection as well as my own. We may be in total agreement now, but who
knows what changes will occur when one of the partners sees all that money
sitting in a bank account.
I also await hearing the details of the Canadian
bank. Please forward those when
available.
Regards
Neddie
Seagoon
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed 04 Aug,
2004
Subject: waiting urgently
Dear Neddie Seagoon.
Thanks very much for your email.I
also thank you very much for your advice regading this mutual
transaction.Please note that I will mentain my stand.Before contract
proceed,you must send photograph of your self which must include your name like
an Id card or international passport before your redrawn contract / memorandum of
agreement will be attest to okay or before sending you my Confirmation of your
identity.waiting urgently for your reply.
Best regards,
Barr Andy.
So I
send back my fake passport photo, it’s an expense for him in time if not money
to get me a photo.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent:
Wed, 04 Aug, 2004 04
Subject:
Re: waiting urgently
Dear
Andy,
I have
been remiss, I should have sent you a scan of my passport if I expect a
photograph proving your own identity.
Attached
is a scan of the identity page of my passport as file <steve seagoon
passport.jpg>
I am
looking forward to receiving the identity photograph of yourself as I described
it, with you holding a sign with the name GRYTPYPE-THYNNE written in large, bold letters on it. No-one else knows I am asking you to hold a
sign with this name on it, so I take this as proof positive of your identity.
Regards
Neddie Seagoon
And Andy
does in fact confirm the transaction is “100% risk free”, what a relief! But, he does not want to pose for a
photograph.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wed 04 Aug,
2004
Subject: waiting urgently
Dear Neddie Seagoon.
Thank you very much for your mail
that include your international passport.business must get very serious since I
can identify you when meet face to face.please note that I am the one
entrusting funds into your hands,and I must be the one to ask you what to do
and not you.I will send you a copy photograph of my family picture,that will
include my wife,my children and my self okay.I will not hold any sign as you
described in your last email.this sound very low and funny to me and my
profession okay,holding sign for what.I should be the one to ask for your
identity insisting on holding sign,and not you.if you are ready conclude this
mutual transaction with us,please kindly indicate so that we can conclude it at
once.I am a man with great family here in my country okay,so I can never be
party to any form of illegal activities.so my business is 100% risk free and
legal.I will print your redrawn contract / memorandum of agreement and attest
to it before sending back to you for confirmation.waiting urgently for your
reply.
Best regards,
Barr Andy.
So I
must take a hard line with this lad, no photo – no transaction. Also, I make just a little reference to my
unseemly wealth to tempt Andy Coker to have his photo taken.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Thu 05 Aug, 2004 04
Subject: Re: waiting urgently
Andy,
I have
been helpful and have sent you an image of my passport. I am absolutely prepared to complete this
transaction as soon as possible.
However,
I am becoming a little unsure whether I should proceed with this transaction.
A business
project such as this one requires trust between the partners. And trust is something which is built up, not
something which is instantly created. I
only do business with people I trust, and I only trust people that I know.
At this
time, I do not know you. At this time, I
still do not trust you. You probably
have similar feelings about me. After
all you want me to hold in my bank account and then pass over to you, your
share of $13.6 million. That is why I
have tried to get the Memorandum of Agreement soundly confirmed in law as a
binding contract – for your protection as well as mine.
However,
I do insist that I receive a photograph of you holding a sign which I know
cannot be duplicated, a sign which no-one else in the world knows about. I need to receive a photograph of you holding
a sign with the large and clear writing on it saying GRYTPYPE-THYNNE”.
I should point out again that I am a successful
businessman, I am extremely wealthy in my own right, and I can easily handle
from my own private resources such local taxes and duties as those imposed that
will be on the transfer of such a large sum of money into this country. I am so wealthy in fact that I am going to
donate my entire share of this transaction to charity – the charity that helps
kids with cancer.
So, consider carefully whether you wish to send me
such a photograph. If you do not want to
send me that photograph, then you might be better to find yourself another
partner in this transaction.
Regards
Neddie
Seagoon.
Uh
huh? Andy wants a photo of me holding a
sign. Has he been baited before? Slapping time again.
From: "Barr
Andy Coker" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Fri 06 Aug,
2004
Subject: waiting urgently
Dear Neddie Seagoon.
Thank you very much for your mail.To
confirm that you are the person you claim you are,please kindly take a
photograph holding that same time,then I will do same and send to you.
best regards,
Barr Andy.
From: [email protected]
To: "Barr Andy Coker"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Mon 09 Aug, 2004 04
Subject: Re: waiting urgently
Andy,
You've
got to be kidding! Let me remind you of
two facts which may have escaped the small, imbicile’s brain which seems to
reside within your skull.
ONE: You contacted me for help. YOU APPROACHED ME AND ASKED FOR MY HELP!!!!
TWO: It is YOU who do not seem sincere in this
partnership. Who is it that does not
seem to want to complete a legally binding contract? YOU!!!!
And where is the updated copy of the Memorandum of Agreement?
It is
because of those two, inescapable, facts that I am wary of progressing this
matter until I receive that proof-of-identity photograph and the token of your
"consideration" to make our contract / memorandum of agreement valid.
You may
recall that I was concerned that you could be some Russian fraudster after my
banking details so he could empty my account.
I still
have this concern that you are who you say you are. So I need an identification photo as I have
described to convince me that you are in fact an Nigerian solicitor working to
clear the ill-gotten gains of General Abacha from the account of Alhaji Gwarzo.
NOW
LISTEN TO THIS! I want to receive within
a couple of days:
1. Avice from you that you have airmailed me the
"consideration" that will make our agreement valid.
2. A copy of a photograph of you holding a
clearly written, bold lettered, sign saying "GRYTPYPE-THYNNE".
3. A copy of the notarised updated Memorandum of
Agreement as we have discussed.
No more
snivelling around, get off your big fat arse and do some work.
Seagoon.
No response
from Andy Coker, so I assume this bait has run its course.