[Ok.. Before I start, I need to explain something. The whole point of taking on this particular scam was to try and get a picture of a lad holding up a picture saying 'Trust Pablo'.. Why? Because my friend and I are setting up a comedy website about one of our pals, and needed a suitable 'trust pablo' amusing caption. I thought a 'lad' would do nicely for this. So, I called myself Pablo as away of making this job easier!
My Scammers emails are in Grey. Mine are generally in Black, but I add a few more colours as time goes on and new characters are added!
And so it starts...]
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM BARRISTER ARIWA., A LEGAL LUMINARY BASED IN LAGOS-NIGERIA AND
BY VIRTUE OF MY PROFESSION AND HARDWORK I MADE FAME AND BECOME
ONE OF THE WELL KNOWN LAWYER AMONG MY PEERS.THIS LETTER MIGHT COME AS A SURPRISE TO YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MEET FORMALLY BUT BY ALL INTENT I HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO WRITE YOU.
I HAVE CLIENTS AMONG THE BIG MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES BASED HERE IN MY COUNTRY BUT PRESENTLY I AM IN A DILEMA.
I HAVE A CLIENT BY THE NAME MR BORIS ELKHOURY A LEBANESE
CITIZEN DOING BUSINESS HERE IN NIGERIA AND BEING HIS LAWYER I HAVE ACCESS TO MOST OF HIS BUSINESSES/CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS . MR .ELKHOURY DIED IN A GHASTLY
MOTOR ACCEDIENT 1 YEAR AND 8 MONTHS AGO. PRECISELY , 6 MONTHS AGO
HIS BANKER'S CALLED IN MY OFFICE AND I WAS DETAILED BY THE BANK
ABOUT THE DEPOSIT HE HELD WITH THE BANK AND IN HIS ACCOUNT BALANCE
WITH THE BANK CONTAINS THE SUM OF USD$10MILLION.AFTER MY MEETING WITH
HIS BANKER'S WHOM I AM WELL -KNOWN TO AS HIS LAWYER THEY INFORMED ME THAT I SHOULD CONTACT MR .
BORIS ELKHOURY NEXT OF KINS TO COME AND COLLECT THE DECEASED
DEPOSIT BEEN HIS ACCOUNT BALANCE WITH THE BANK.TO MY GREATEST
WORRY ALL EFFORTS I HAVE MADE TO REACH ANY OF HIS
RELATIVES HAS PROVEN ABORTIVE AND FOR THIS PAST 6 MONTHS I HAVE PERSONALLY TRAVELLED MYSELF TO BEIRUT ,LEBANON TO LOCATE THEM BUT TO NO AVAIL. FOR THE PAST THREE WEEKS I HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOTS OF PRESSURE FROM THE BANK AND THEY HAVE NOTIFIED ME THAT IF THE LATE
MR. ELKHOURY'S NEXT OF KIN FAILS TO COME FOR THE DEPOSIT THAT THE
BANK WILL USE THE BANKING LEGISLATION TO CONFISICATE THE DEPOSIT AND TRANSFER IT TO THE STATES ACCOUNT AND THIS SIMPLE MEANS THAT THE MONEY WILL BE PAID INTO THE BANKS TREASURY AND AUTHOMATICALLY IT
BECOMES THE GOVERNMENT MONEY BECAUSE IT HAS NO CLAIMANT AND IT
IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM CONTACTING YOU, BECAUSE WHOEVER I PRESENT TO THE BANK AS LATE MR. EL KHOURY NEXT OF KIN IS NOT QUESTIONABLE
WITH THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS IN MY POSSESSION.WE STAND TO MAKE A
LUCRATIVE PROFIT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING ME TO
ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE BY PROVIDING YOUR ACCOUNT FOR THE TRANSFER
OF THIS MONEY AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO LATE MR. ELKHOURY . I WISH TO STATE THAT THIS IS 100% RISK FREE AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND CAPABLE OF WORKING WITH ME TO REALISE THIS OBJECTIVE I AM WILLING TO GIVE OUT 40% OF THE US$10,000,000.00(TEN MILLION U.S.DOLLARS ONLY
TO YOU WHILE I TAKE 60% AND DO CONTACT ME VIA THE ABOVE
E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR QUESTION.REGARDS AND GOD
BLESS WHILE I AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.
YOUR'S FAITHFULLY
BARRISTER ariwa.
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[Excellent! Here we go..]
This sounds like an excellent idea..
What do I need to do?
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo
ATTN;,MY GOOD FRIEND,
I have received your e-mail,with the contents well understood.Listen my good friend,i have to explain better to you,regarding to your statements.You should understand,that whaterver is going to be an overcost towards this transaction,should be for official logistics from the Bank for the proccessing of the approvals towards the payment.
You should bear in mind that this mutual transaction is 100% risk free,and any expenses been made towards this our mutual transaction will be first of all be deducted out from the toatal sum of USD$10,000.000.00 Dollars as soon as your account is been credited over there.Therefore my good friend,as a matter of urgency send to me the following requirements needed for this our mutual transaction.
1.BENEFICIARY'S NAME,TEL AND FAX NOS.
2.ACCOUNT NOS;
3.BANK NAME AND ADDRESS.
4..TEL,FAX AND SWIFT CODE NOS OF BANK.
As soon as i receive all these vital informations from you,i will immediately forward it to the UNION BANK PLC for immediate payment updating.I am very much anxious looking forward to be receiving the requirements.
Thanks and best regards,
Barrister ariwa jonah.
PLEASE MY GOOD FRIEND,CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS ariwa2b@yahoo.com
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa.
This is excellent news.
Sadly, I am out on an oil exploration at the moment, as I am the managing director of an Oil company, based here in the UK.
At the moment, I have only email access, as I cannot get cellphone coverage where I am. I am using sat-com in order to send email to you, and I’m afraid for at least another month, this will be the only way I can communicate. I do have fax at my office, but I wish to keep this transaction a secret from them for the time being. We may be able to use the fax machine there if we are careful.
My name is Dr. Pablo. J. Wind.
My bank name and address is
The Bank of Plunder and Flee
69 Missionary Road
Manchester
England
M60 9BJ
My account number is 24433960
And my sort code is 22-69-41
Best regards,
Dr. Pablo J. Wind.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo
ATTN: DR PABLO J.WIND
MY GOOD FRIEND
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.I HAVE FORWARD YOUR BANK DETAILS TO THE BANK,AND ONCE THE BANK CONTACT YOU,DO E-MAIL ME SO THAT I WILL GUIDE YOU FOR US NOT TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE.
LIKE I TOLD YOU,I AM LAWYER BY PROFESSION,MARRIED TO MY LOVELY WIFE,BLESS WITH TWO LOVELY CHILDREN AND WE RESIDES AT NO 1O M0LADE OKOYE THOMAS OFF ADENIYI JONES,IKEJA--LAGOS.MY GOOD FRIEND,I WILL ALSO LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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[Hoo hoo!! Check out my dodgy website. Just shows that the scammers really don't bother to do their homework!]
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello again..
Well, I am the Managing Director of an oil exploration company called Globaloil. I like to spend most of my time out in the field, prospecting for Oil.
At the moment, I am in the deserts of Scotland, on a big find. We’re hoping to strike Oil near to Glasgow somewhere, but so far we’ve only found Golden Showers which aren’t really going to make us a lot of money.
If you like, you can look at the Globaloil website.
It is www.81x.com/globaloil/globaloil
Please forgive that the website is very basic, but as you understand we are not really the sort of company that deals ‘online’ so an Internet presence is not normally required. We only paid about $10,000 for the site, which is small change as far as we are concerned.
At Globaloil, we probably turnover about $20 million dollars per year. We are the 4th biggest supplier to the ‘Oil a Man’ Oil company, which is the biggest petroleum supplier in the UK.
I am un married, as I prefer to have no ties and work out in the field wherever possible, although I must admit I do occasionally partake in some crazy dogging with some nice $5 sluts from Amsters, usually after getting totally coked up out of my tree. Do you like to be coked up?
I’m looking forward to hearing from the bank.
Cheers,
Pablo.
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Union Bank to Dr Pablo:
ATTENION: DR PABLO J.WIND
DEAR SIR,
WE HAVE CONSIDERABLY RECEIVED YOUR BANK REQUIREMENT FROM
BARRISTER ARIWA OUR LATE CUSTOMER MR. BORIS ELKHOURY'S
ATTORNEY TO FACILITATE THE CREDITING OF YOUR PERSONAL
NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO OUR BANK.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR BANKING ETHICS,YOU HAVE BEEN
ADEQUATELY ADVICED TO FORWARD TO OUR BANK A LETTER OF
ACCEPTANCE AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT OF KIN.
AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THIS,WE WILL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE
ACTION TO UPDATE YOUR PAYMENT.
REGARDS,
MR ADE FATAI
DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT.
UNION BANK PLC MARINA.
TEL;234-80-33508894
FAX;234-9-2728284
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Word dude. What’s happening?
So what's the score? What type of letter do you cats want?
Just let me know so I can get on the case.
I'm still oil prospecting, but I'll be able to get my secretary to sort it out.
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Shit man, the bank are asking me for a letter to prove I’m the next of kin. What, oh what will I do?
How can I get such a letter? If only I were able to pay someone to provide me a letter, then all would be well.
Having gone this far already, I really need to complete this transaction as soon as possible.. I suppose spending a bit on a letter won’t be a major problem..
Please contact me urgently.. As I am away, I may need to get my Secretary, Miss. Ing to complete the transaction on my behalf, but we cannot tell her what the transaction is. This must remain OUR secret, or the deal is off! I will just ask my secretary to ‘Trust Pablo’.. I am always telling her this!!
And what is your weather like today?
Here in Scotland, it is about 80 degrees.. quite hot really, even for this place.
We had to chase off some haggis yesterday that were trying to steal the food from our tents, but we managed to get rid of the little critters just in time.
We also had some local weegie soap dodgers trying to nick our mobiles.. the cads.
All the best,
Pablo J. Wind.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
THANKS FOR YOUR INFORMATION.THERE IS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM.REGARDING TO THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE,THE BANK ASK FROM YOU,DO NOT BOTHER YOURSELF MUCH,IT IS JUST A SIMPLE LETTER WHICH I WILL DRAFT AND SEND TO YOU,SO THAT YOU WILL FORWARD THE LETTER TO THE BANK ON MONDAY.
REFERENCE TO THIS OUR TRANSACTION,I AM HIGHLY WITH YOU IN TERMS OF KEEPING IT SECRET.MERRY CHRISTMAS MY GOOD FRIEND AND REMAIN BLESS.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Thankyou.. and I look forward to hearing from you..
Regards,
Pablo..
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,
I ADVICED YOU TO SEND THIS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO UNION BANK PLC NOW.THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE IS WRITTEN BELOW,SEND IT TO THE UNION BANK PLC IMMEDIATELY AND DO KEEP IN TOUCH.
27th December, 2004
Dear Sir,
In accordance with your ethics of banking operation, I
have the honor to confirm what follows:
I: DR PABLO J. WIND--UK confirms to being the recipient légitimate of LATE MR BORIS ELKHOURY.
BARRISTER ARIWA being the lawyer, it holds all the documents necessary.
I thus request this fact from you of carrying out the transfer of the funds in my bank account.
Awaiting your confirmation,
Yours faithfully
DR PABLO J. WIND
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa
Dear Ariwa. I trust you are well.
I will send the letter immediately.
Pablo.
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[It's interesting to point out at this stage, that no matter what I say, the contents are always well noted! I'm also questions about my life over here, yet I seldom answer!]
Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL AND THE CONTENT WELL NOTED.HOW IS YOUR LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.I JUST WANT TO FIND OUT FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SEND THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO THE BANK.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARiWA
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Hello, yes..
I was in an Internet Café when I received it, so I sent it from another account that was there. It is okay though.
I have forwarded it on to them.
Pablo.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL CONFIRMING THAT YOU HAVE SEND THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE TO THE BANK,BUT THIS AFTERNOON I WAS IN THE BANK TO FIND OUT THE PRESENT SITUATION AND THE DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT MR ADE FATAI INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THE LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE FROM YOU.
SO MY GOOD FRIEND,GO AHEAD AND RESEND IT TO THE BANK SO THAT WE CAN FORGE AHEAD.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hoots! Just sent it again.. I’ve copied you in on it too..
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Dr Pablo to Union Bank:
Dear Sir,
In accordance with your ethics of banking operation, I have the honor to confirm what follows:
I: DR PABLO J. WIND--UK confirms to being the recipient légitimate of LATE MR BORIS ELKHOURY.
BARRISTER ARIWA being the lawyer, it holds all the documents necessary.
I thus request this fact from you of carrying out the transfer of the funds in my bank account.
Awaiting your confirmation,
Yours faithfully
DR PABLO J. WIND
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.ALSO I RECEIVED THE COPY OF LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE SEND TO THE BANK,SO MY GOOD FRIEND,ONCE THE BANK CONTACTS YOU,DO E-MAIL ME.
HAVE A NICE DAY,HAPPY NEW YEAR IN ADVANCE AND REMAIN BLESS.I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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[I think it's now time to introduce a new character. My alter ego (well, one of them.. Miss Dawn Jane Ing. I hope she doesn't go missing at any point!]
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Helloooo..
Och, not long to wait now I hope..
I have spoken to my secretary about the deal, and only told her a few facts.. We may need her in order to complete the transaction, as I am still out in the oil fields of Scotland for the next few weeks.
Regards,
Pablo..
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[It's always nice to get an email from a bank, using a free email account from an Internet cafe!!]
Union Bank to Dr Pablo:
ATTENTION : DR PABLO J.WIND
DEAR SIR,
We have accordingly received your LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE as the
bonafide/legitimate next of kin to our late customer Mr.Boris
Elkhoury.
From our findings at the corporate banking department of UNION BANK
PLC,it has been observed that the account has adequately been
dormant for a long time now and needs to be revalidated.
In this regards we will be sending to you the banks PAYMENT
REVALIDATION FORM ''A'' ,which you will fill in your own personal
hand writing and send back to our bank immediately without any delay.
For your earliest information,the amount of USD$850.00 dollars only
has been recommended for the revalidating of the dormant account.
As soon as you receive the form,go through it carefully,
filled and return back with the recommended amount of USD$850.00
dollars only, through Western union money transfer,with the name of
our receiving officer MR.AJUZIE UCHENNA VICTOR
DR PABLO J.WIND,for your own interest,on your prompt receival and
submittment of the payment revalidation form together with the
payment slip of usd$850 dollars only for the revalidating of
the dormant account,immediate crediting of your personal nominated
bank account, will be made within 24 hours of submittment [What??] of form to
our bank.
You have been adviced to get back to our bank as soon as possible in
effect to this information.
Regards,
MR ADE FATAI
Director Foreign Operations dept.
Union Bank Plc marina.
Tel;234-80-33508894
fax;234-9-2728284
easy.com
This message was sent from the free private e-mail service by easy.com, the portal site owned by Stelios and the easyGroup. This email service is available to all members of the public to use for personal reasons only. Not all subscribers to this e-mail service are representatives of an easyGroup company.
[Check out the dodgy logo!!!]
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.OK MY GOOD FRIEND,I AM WITH YOU,ONCE THE BANK CONTACT YOU,DO E-MAIL ME.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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[Time to go in for the photo!!]
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello!
Yes, I got the form off the bank. I will fill this out later, but at the moment I am still out oil prospecting, so it is difficult to print it and then send it back.
I should be able to do this later on today though, or tomorrow at the latest.
The bank have asked for an $800 fee to change the bank details over. This is a mere drop in the ocean, so that is no problem..
I will arrange with my Secretary to get this amount paid to the person on the email from the bank.
The only problem though (which is nothing of a problem I know) is that my Secretary, Miss. Ing, will only pay money out when she has had photographic identification.
I’m afraid that as we are an oil company, we have many enemies, so we always keep a photographic record of whomever we have dealings with.
Once deals are closed, we then destroy the photographs, so there is no need to worry.
Would it be possible to provide my secretary with a proof of identity?
Can you email it to her..
Her name is Miss. Ing, and her email address is secretary@*****.*****
If you can get the photo to her today, I should be able to get her to go to the nearest western union office in the morning to pay the $800. We have that much in the safe as cash, so we don’t need to worry about our banks being closed.
I look forward to hearing from you..
Pablo..
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Dr Pablo to Union Bank:
Hello.
I am in receipt of your form, and I will complete the form and fax it back to you later.
I am oil prospecting in the desert at the moment, so it is not easy to print documents, as I only have my laptop.
However, I will be stopping by Glasgow later today, which is a small village in Scotland, but I am told they do have printers and scanners.
Regards,
Pablo.
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[Who the hell is Williams? Oh well. carry on anyway..]
Williams? to Dr Pablo:
Hello My Good Brother Pablo,
I just realise something after I sent you an email.
I do not know how possible it's, if I invite you to
come down here in Nigera to see everything with two of
your eyes?I will also take you to the bank(FBN)were
this money were deposited so u see everything that i
am telling all this while.
Please do let me know if this will be okay with you.
Williams
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Thankyou for the offer, and I'm sure that in time I will visit Nigeria.
However, at the moment, I am stuck on an Oil Exploration expedition.
This is going to keep me busy for at least the next couple of weeks,
probably the next couple of months. It all depends on whether we strike
oil or not.. Fingers crossed, eh?
I've attached a recent picture of ourselves at the start of the
expedition.. This was taken a couple months ago, as we were about to
head out into the deserts of Scotland. I am on the far right of the
picture.
All I am asking is some proof of identification.
I have spoken to my Secretary, and asked her to release the $850 to the
bank, along with the bankers information that they require.
She insists that I send her some photographic proof of identity of the
person we are sending the money to, before she will send it.
She will be going into town tomorrow, where there is a Western Union
office, so I can assure you that if I can get the proof of identity to
her, she will pay the money to the bank tomorrow, and also fax the copy
of the form to them at the same time.
All I need is a picture of you. To prove that the picture is of
yourself, and not one that is copied from the Internet, I need you to
hold up a notice saying 'Trust Pablo'.. That is all I require for our
records, and once the transaction of $850 is complete, the picture will
be deleted.
For the size of the transaction we are dealing with, I don't think this
is too much to ask is it?
If you are serious about this deal, it will not be a problem with you.
Of course I trust you 100%, but it is my secretary who will be sending
the money as I am on an oil exploration.
Once I can send her proof of identity, she will be happy and proceed.
Unfortunately our company is so large that it is very difficult to get
rules broken. If I were in the office myself, I would of course send the
$850 myself, but there is no Western Union in the deserts of Scotland.
I hope that you understand me, so we can move ahead with the deal as
soon as possible.
As $850 is a trivial amount for us, I can as my secretary, as a gesture
of good-will to you, to also send you $500 for your trouble.
Just let me know who this is to be sent to, and I will ask her to send
that, as well as the $850. This will mean a total of $1350 that we will
send.
But you must send the picture for our proof of identity, holding the
sign saying 'Trust Pablo'
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Dr. Pablo J. Wind.
[A suitable picture is thrown together!]
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL AND THE CONTENT WELL NOTED.SORRY FOR THE LATE REPLY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.THERE IS NO PROBLEM MY GOOD FRIEND,I WILL SEND MY IDENTITY CARD NOW TO YOUR SECRETARY FOR IDENTIFICATION AND AS WELL A COPY TO YOU ,SO THAT SHE CAN FORGE AHEAD.
REFERENCE TO YOUR E-MAIL,HAVE YOU SEND BACK THE FORM TO THE BANK,E-MAIL ME,LET ME KNOW THE PRESENT SITUATION.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa.. And happy new year to you! Or perhaps I should say, Uncuntumquanda!!
I have not been able to send the form yet, as I cannot get to a fax machine. My secretary will send it with $1500,
She was at the Western Union office yesterday, but she could not send the money, as she did not have the identification. She had to bring it back with her, but it is on her desk ready to send as soon as the identification is proven.
Please remember that an identity card is not sufficient proof of identity, as these are easily stolen of forged.
To provide proper identification, that we can trust, you must send a picture of yourself holding a piece of paper with ‘Trust Pablo’ written on it.
This is a statement that you trust me, and that I can trust you.
I am sending you a picture of myself at the start of our recent oil exploration trip. I am on the right of the picture..
I hope you can send identification soon, and I will ask my secretary to release the form to the bank, and also the funds for your trouble.
Take care my friend.
Pablo.
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[Enter Miss Ing!!]
Ariwa to Miss Ing:
HELLO MRS ING
HOW ARE YOU?I HOPE FINE.I AM BARRISTER ARIWA JONAH AND I AM SURE DR PABLO J.WIND HAS INFORMED YOU ALL ABOUT ME.
ATTACH HERE IS MY IDENTITY CARD,IN THERE YOU WILL SEE MY PHOTOGRAPH.
HAVE A NICE DAY AND I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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[Is that a dodgy picture covering up another dodgy picture? Nah.. surely not!]
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Miss Ing to Ariwa:
Dear Mr. Ariwa.
I have received the picture but sadly this form of identification is not sufficient for our records. Many identifications can be forged, and indeed the one you have sent looks like a photograph has been stuck over the original picture of the original identification.
My Boss, Dr. Wind has instructed me to pay a sum of money to you by Western Union. I do have this money ready to send to you, but I need to be clear of the following things.
1. What is the name of the person the money will be sent to via Western Union
2. What question and password would you like me to use on the Western Union form.
3. I need the correct identification.
Dr. Wind has instructed me that you will be sending me a picture of yourself holding a sign stating ‘Trust Pablo’. This would be sufficient identification, as it proves it is a real picture of yourself, and not a forgery.
Upon production of this picture, and the above information of the Western Union recipient, I will transfer the money immediately.
Please understand that although Dr. Wind is very keen to complete this transaction as soon as possible, I must keep to company guidelines before releasing the money.
Dr. Wind asked me to remind you to ‘Trust Pablo’ as he put it, and also remind you that as he is eager to complete the transaction, and has the money waiting.
Yours,
Miss Dawn Ing.
Secretary
Globaloil PLC
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Ariwa to Miss Ing:
HELLO MISS ING
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.THERE IS NO PROBLEM,I AM ON MY WAY TO TAKE THE PICTURE,ONCE THE PICTURE IS OUT,I WILL SCAN AND SEND IT TO YOU IMMEDIATELY.
NAME OF THE BANK RECEIVING OFFICER: MR AJUZIE UCHENNA VICTOR
TEXT QUESTION:WHO ARE YOU? ANSWER: GOOD
HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMAIN BLESS.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Miss Ing to Ariwa:
Dear Ariwa.
I thank you for this, and await the identification.
Regards,
Miss Ing.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL AND THE CONTENT WELL NOTED.THERE IS NO PROBLEM,I AM ON MY WAY TO TAKE THE PICTURE,ONCE THE PICTURE IS OUT,I WILL SCAN AND SEND IT TO YOU AND AS WELL A COPY TO YOUR SECRETARY.
HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMAIN BLESS.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Excellent.. We should be able to conclude shortly.
Make sure (if you have not already done so) that you send the western union details to my secretary too.
Don’t forget the sign saying ‘Trust Pablo’ as this is the password that my secretary is expecting.
Thanks,
Pablo.
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Ariwa to Miss Ing:
ATTACHED HERE IS THE REQUIRED PICTURE.
[Result! Not nearly good enough though. A pathetic attempt..]
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Miss Ing to Ariwa:
Hello.
Thankyou for the picture, but the words are not very clear. If It is possible, could the picture be taken again with the letters a bit thicker?
Thankyou.
Miss. Ing.
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Thanks for the picture..
I haven’t had a chance to speak to Miss. Ing, but I hope it will be fine. The writing is a bit thin, but she probably won’t care.
Pablo.
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Ariwa to Miss Ing:
ATTACH HERE IS THE RETAKE PICTURE.I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
[I'm happy now. I was considering getting rid of him at this stage.. but I couldn't resist..]
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Miss Ing to Ariwa:
Thankyou. This is fine now.
I will go to the Western Union office later, and will contact you when I have been.
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Dr Pablo to Miss Ing, cc Ariwa:
Dear Miss Ing.
Have you paid the money into Western Union yet? I was expecting to have heard from you by now.
When you have, can you please confirm to both myself, and also to Ariwa, so I can proceed with the transaction.
Regards,
Pablo.
p.s. while you’re in town, can you get me some new crackers? the haggis got into the tent last night and I shat me self..
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Ariwa to Miss Ing:
HELLO MISS ING
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED THE COPY E-MAIL TO MISS ING AND I AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM HER TODAY AND AS WELL I WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED.
HAVE A NICE DAY AND REMAIN BLESS.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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[Uh oh.. something is not right.. Miss Ing has indeed gone Missing!!]
Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa.. I hope you are well..
I don’t know what to say at the moment.. From what I have been told, Miss. Ing left the office yesterday afternoon with the $1500, and she has disappeared. We are actually very worried about her.
At first we thought she’d gone home straight after visiting the Western Union office, but she has not turned up for work today.
Someone in the office phoned her home address, and her Girlfriend says that she did not come home last night.
It is not like her to disappear like this, so we have called the Police. They tell me that she did not go to the Western Union office, as they have no record of her having made a transaction.
We are hoping that she is okay, but I must say we are very worried about her. She has never done this before and it is very strange.
Unfortunately, I am still out in the Oil Fields, so I am powerless to do anything myself, and it is very frustrating and worrying.
Don’t worry, the deal is still on, we just need to find out what has happened to Miss. Ing.
I will keep you updated as and when I have any news.
We are about to dig a new bore hole this afternoon, so we are hoping we will hit Oil this time. If we do, it should be quite a good strike, so fingers crossed, eh?
Please bear with me while we are in this difficult time.
Regards,
Pablo.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
THANKS FOR YOUR E-MAIL REPLY.TAKE IT EASY,I BELIEVE THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH MISS ING BECAUSE SHE SEND AN E-MAIL TO ME TWO DAYS AGO AFTER RECEIVING MY RETAKE PICTURE THAT ONCE SHE SEND THE MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION THAT SHE WILL GET ME INFORMED,BUT UP TILL NOW I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY E-MAIL FROM HER.
ALL SAME,I WILL LIKE YOU TO E-MAIL THE BANK NOW AND INFORM THEM THAT YOU WILL SOON SEND THE REVALIDATION FORM TOGETHER WITH THE AMOUNT MEANT FOR THE REVALIDATION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY IN REGARDS TO THE LATEST UPDATE.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa..
Well, we are all greatly saddened as we still have not heard from Miss. Ing.
There has been an appeal on local radio, and the Police are very concerned with her disappearance.
Can you ask the bank to re-send the forms to me, and I will try and find someone else who can complete them.
I am still oil prospecting in the desert, so I am not near a fax machine or anything like that.
I’m sorry about this.
Our thoughts are with Miss. Ing. We hope she will return safely..
Regards,
Pablo.
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
I RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL AND THE CONTENT WELL NOTED.HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.LIKE I TOLD YOU,TAKE IT EASY AND HAVE THE BELIEVE THAT THE GOOD ALMIGHTY GOD WILL SURELY BRING BACK MISS ING SAFELY.
REGARDING TO YOUR REQUEST TO THE BANK,I WAS AT THE BANK THIS MORNING AND I PLEADED ON THE DIRECTOR FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT TO RESEND THE FORM TO YOU,WHICH HE AGREED TO DO SO.
SO ONCE THE BANK RESEND THE FORM TO YOU,DO KEEP ME INFORMED AND ALSO MY GOOD FRIEND,DO YOUR BEST TO SEE THAT THE FORM IS BEEN SEND BACK TO THE BANK TOGETHER WITH THE AMOUNT MEANT FOR THE REVALIDATION LATEST FROM NOW TO MONDAY.
HAVE A NICE WEEKEND AND REMAIN BLESS.I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa. I am fine. I hope you are also well.
I’m sorry for not replying sooner, but I have good news and bad news.
The bad news is that Miss Ing has still not returned.
We are very very worried now. She has taken her passport, so we are very worried that she might have taken the $1500 and left the country. She did not tell anyone about this, and she hasn’t taken any of her belongings.
However, if she has decided to leave, we are happy that at least she might be safe.
Of course, I will let you know of any developments on this matter.
The good news is also the reason I have not been in contact. We have struck Oil at last!! On Saturday the hole we were drilling was successful, and now we are going to be pumping 1 million barrels of oil per day. We will be rich beyond out wildest dreams!
We have already agreed with Shell and Total oils, that we will sell them 500,000 barrels per day each. This is rather a lot of oil, so we are having to purchase some more oil tankers to transport this.
We are also finding ways to transport the oil from the Desert. Until a pipeline is completed, we are going to be using Sandcrawlers. These are driven by friendly people called Jawas. Do you have Jawas where you come from?
We are soon going to be selling shares in Global Oil. At the launch price, they will be $5 each share, but with the amount of oil we are pumping, the share price will be at least $500 per share before the end of February. Please do not tell anyone this, as it is a big company secret.
Anybody buying shares in Global Oil at the moment is in for a very pleasant surprise!
Of course, for legal reasons, I am not allowed to suggest to you that you purchase shares in Global Oil, but I think you would be stupid not to!
With regards to the bank, yes, I got the form and I will endeavour to complete that as soon as I can. As Miss Ing is no longer with us, I will have to find someone else in the office to complete it for me.
Take care my friend..
Pablo..
Now a very rich Oil Tycoon!!!
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.SINCE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL UP TILL NOW,I DECIDED TO REACH YOU IN ORDER TO KNOW THE PRESENT SITUATION.
AWAITING YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTERARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello Ariwa.
I emailed you last night. Did you not get my email?
I have printed the bank form out, and I will be able to get it back to the bank later on today.
Do not worry my friend. All is in hand!
Miss Ing has still not returned, but we will carry on..
Thanks,
Pablo..
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Ariwa to Dr Pablo:
HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND
HOW IS LIFE OVER THERE?I HOPE FINE.SINCE I HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL UP TILL NOW,I DECIDED TO REACH YOU IN ORDER TO KNOW THE PRESENT SITUATION.
AWAITING YOUR URGENT REPLY.
BEST REGARDS
BARRISTER ARIWA
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Dr Pablo to Ariwa:
Hello my good friend!!
It is okay.. I sent you an email last night. Did you receive it? We have struck oil !! We are pumping 1 million barrels of oil per day! It’s fantastic! We are all going to be rich!
Today we stopped at Glasgow on the way into the Desert, and I was able to print the bank form, and so I am about to send it to the bank.
Sadly, there isn’t a Western Union in Glasgow, as the soap dodging weegie bastards burnt it down some time ago. I will be able to arrange the funds to the bank though very soon, as I think we should be replacing Miss. Ing soon. She still has not turned up.
I have attached this weekends ‘Fulchester Times’ which is the local newspaper where she lives. They ran a story about her disappearance.
I look forward to hearing you soon. I feel we are close to completing the deal!!!
Take care my friend..
Pablo..
[It's handy having a friend who works for a newspaper!!
I just hope Gail Porter doesn't mind me borrowing her face.]
(This is the text frfom the article)
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Dr Pablo to Union Bank, cc Ariwa:
Hello!!
I am sorry for the delay. I have had problems that I cannot begin to explain to you.
Here is the revalidation form. (Attached).
I will be sending the money for the withdrawal fee very soon.
Please re-confirm the names of the recipients of the funds, also the address of the Western Union office I am to send it to, and also a password to give.
Best regards,
Dr. Pablo J. Wind.
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