TITLE: Caveat Deceptor!......He's Back!......And He's Not Happy!
[Scammer Beware!.......Professor Rupert J. Felcher rises
again!]
Characters:
[Black Text]: Ms Veronica Karim (the principal Scammer, located in
[Blue
Text]: Professor Rupert J Felcher III (Icelandic
explorer with a grudge against 419 scammers)
[Green Text]:
Major Muff Diver (President of Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd)
[Orange
Text]: Commander Jethro Tull
(Forensic Services, Scotland Yard)
[Special guest appearances from the following:]
The Rolling Stones
[Self-proclaimed greatest rock & roll band in the world]
Maggie Thatcher
[British ex-PM]
Mr Henry Karim [Brother of Veronica & also a scammer]
Led Zeppelin [see
the Rolling Stones]
Mr Norbert Agyeman [a.k.a. A-Guy-Man, & yet another scammer]
Charles Bukowski [American poet and author]
Sean Connery [James
Bond]
Ian Anderson [Jethro Tull]
A scurrilous assortment
of other would-be scammers & scammer associates
[Red Text]: Additional commentary
INTRODUCTION:
Professor
Rupert J Felcher III has entered the building. His
office in downtown Reykjavik, that is. Today marks his return to the workplace
Date: 05 / 03 / 06
Dear
Friend
you may
be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally,
[Actually...no...that's
what a catcher account is for...I am fully expecting to get letters from scammers
like you] I got your contact when i was
searching for a reliable person who can assist us stand as our foreign beneficiary
to help us receive our belongings which was deposited by my late father in
a security company here in ghana before he died.
My name
is Veronica Karim iam
a citizen of Liberia the daughter of the late personal assistance to the former
Minister of Mines and Energy Dr. Camara
Karim. he was also a Gold
and Diamond Merchant,before the death of my father
he normally export gold and diamond to India and dubia,
and most of the time when his customers will demand for a large quantity of
Gold he will have to come to Ghana to get some and mostly deposit them in
a security company here in ghana.
My Father
died during the war in my country
I lost
my family during the war left with me and my brother so I and my brother were
able to move out from Liberia through the UNITED NATION cargo ship, that Coven
refugee from Moronvia to Accra Ghana, as refugees because we lost all we had
during the war including my mother and my sisters during the war.My
late father left behind physical cash of $26.4 Million USD which he safely
lodged in a security and diplomatic company here in Accra Ghana for safe keeping
during the war and registered it with my name as next of kin no one know about this fund, they are in two
boxes .$26.4 million u.s.d cash deposited as family
belongings
When
we got to ghana
we went to the company with the documents and after the company cross check
it they told us that every documents we have is genuine, but we have to come
with our late fathers foreign partner, when we ask them why, they showed us
an agreement that was made between the company and my late father, that on
no account should the company release the consignment[the two boxes] to me with out his foreign partner.So
all this while, we have been looking for somebody, who is God Fearing that
will assist us claim this boxes, but know
that we have found you we believe you can assist us stand as my foriegn partner and make the claim of the boxes from the company
and they will deliver the boxes to you in your country because they have a
diplomatic means of making delivery of goods around the world.
I am
hereby soliciting your assistance to be my foreign partner and assist me and
my brother make the claim of my boxes of fund from the security company here
in Ghana and it will be transfered
down to your country where it will be invested hence my late father has registered
it with my name as next of kin,and after the company
has delivered the boxes of fund to you in your country then you will now help
me and my brother travel down to your country for the investment because I
do not know much about investment and we need you to assist me for investment
of this fund in your country because iam just 21yrs
old.
You will
be entitled to 15% of the total sum,10% for your
assistance and 5% for any expences for the boxes
to be delivered to your door step, Your compensation for the assistance is
negotiable.After the success of this transaction you are going
to make arrangement for me and my brother to meet you over in your country
but all we need from you is full trust because as you can see now we have
no choice.
Your
urgent reply will be highly appreciated. All the necessary documents of deposit
from the Security Company are with me please get
back with your telephone
and fax number for more details.
looking forward to hear
from you soon.
Thanks and God
bless.
Veronica Karim
Date: 08/ 03 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher
III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises
Calvary Greetings My Dear
Ms Karim!
An interesting proposition I must say. I may
be able to assist you, however, before proceeding I will be needing assurance
that everything is strictly kosher. I'm sure you will agree that the internet
is used to perpetrate all manner of fraudulent modalities, and being a small
businessman I need to be careful. I have to admit your proposal is tempting,
I'm always interested in meeting new friends and particularly in alternative
sources of income to help finance my exploration activities. Please contact
me and we can discuss this some more.
Kindest regards,
Prof. R.J. Felcher
III
From: [email protected]
Date: 10 / 03 / 06
I am writing you because we do not intend to invest here in Africa, we are
also to claim the consignments with a partner due to the agreement made during
deposit. I want you to send to me your phone number so that i can call you.
Am hoping to hear from you at your earliest convinience.
Veronica karim
[I
left her hanging for a few days here because, well, she's not the only scammer
in the world and I was dealing with what I believed to be a few more advanced
exchanges at the time.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 12 / 03 / 06
I want you to be my beneficiary since i am the next of kin, my brother Henry
is here with me in Ghana and wewilll reward you in any assistance you render
to us, i want you to send your phone number so that i can call you and talk
to you about this.
God bless.
veronica karim
[The professor lets her sweat it out a few more days, while he deals with more urgent business matters.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 14 / 03 / 06
Sir,
i am still waiting
for you.
thank you
Veronica
From: [email protected]
Date: 15 / 03 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration
Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Please note that I only use e-mail
for all business communications. This is because as an explorer I travel extensively
in remote areas and rely totally on my wireless laptop computer to stay in
touch. Before we can proceed to the next step
I must verify your identity. As so much business is conducted on the
internet these days I have developed my own method of verifying the identity
of potential business partners.
It works like this: I would like you to send me a picture of
yourself holding a sign. The sign must have written on it a password that
I give you. In this way I know for sure that the person in the picture is
you because no-one else would know the password.
We can proceed to the next stage of our business immediately
I receive the password encoded picture. Please feel free to send me any other
photographs of yourself as well - I would be interested to see them. As a
show of good faith on my part I am sending you a picture of myself.
Regards
Prof. R.J. Felcher III
Date: 17 / 03 / 06
DEAR Mr.Rupert J Felcher ,
HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY INCLUDING BUSINESS,
MAY GOD LAY IS HAND ON WHAT EVER YOU TOUCH AND BLESS
WHICH I LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT I REALLY HAPPY
TO SEE YOUR PICTURE BEEN LOOKING AT YOU SHOW YOU AS A RESPONSIBLE MAN, [Now there’s a scammer
with an eye for responsible people. Keith Richards responsible?]
ABOUT YOUR REQUEST IT WILL TAKE BY NEXT WEEK BEFORE
I CAN SNAP THE PICTURE AS YOU SAID THAT I HAVE TO CARRY THE PASSWORD FOR YOU
TO KNOW THE PERSON YOU ARE DEALING WITH,
SO I LIKE TO ATTACH THESE PICTURE OF MY AS FIRST
IDENTIFICATION BEFORE I SNAP THE ONE YOU REQUST FOR WITH SIGN PASSWORD AS
YOU STATED. HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU. WHICH I WILL LIKE YOU
SEND ME YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER.
THANKS
VERONICA
[And here’s her first picture. Sweet
Jesus........what have I got myself into here! She’s butt ugly, even for a
scammer. Don’t think much of her accommodation either. Worst of all though,
she hasn’t sent me the picture I asked for; there’s no password. You’ll have
to do better than that, Scammer! And try to wear something half-decent and
make an effort with your personal appearance too!]
From: [email protected]
Date: 20 / 03 / 06
Professor Rupert J. Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration
Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
As soon as I receive the password-encoded picture we will be
ready to proceed. Remember my business philosophy encompasses the following
modalities:
1) Secrecy - Do not release any information I give you to anyone else.
2) Speed - So we can all achieve the results we want in the least amount of time.
3) Security - Anyone I do business with must have their identity verified.
Please feel free to send me any other pictures of yourself in the meantime.
Regards
Rupert J. Felcher III
From: [email protected]
Date: 23 / 03 / 06
Dear sir,
thank you for corresponding
with me, i have not taken the type of picture that
you required because i have to fill a form and pass
other process before i will be allowed to leave
the refugee camp where i live with my brother.
By this week end, i
will collect the picture and send it to you so that we can proceed, i will like you to send your phone number so that i can also call you.
yours,
veronica karim
From: [email protected]
Date: 25 / 03 / 06
How
are you sir? this is a free day for me in the refugee camp and i used this oppotunity to collect
the picture you told me to take and i
have attached it to this email.
I
will like you to send your telephone number to me so that i
and my brother can talk to you, we want to know how
soon it will be for you to come down for the claim of
the boxes from the security company here in
The
reason why we need you is that we have to pay for the storage charges of the deposited
boxes before the death of my father, i can send the information
of the security company so that you contact them.
I hope you write me back soon.
Thank
you and God bless you.
Veronica Karim
Date: 26 / 03 / 06
Prof. Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Received your picture. I am suitably impressed. It seems we are progressing well.
Let me remind you once again that I only use e-mail for all business communications.
There are 2 reasons for this:
1) As an explorer I travel a lot in remote areas and rely totally on my wireless
laptop computer & email to stay in touch.
2) Telephones and faxes are to risky from a security point of view. My own
telephone was being tapped by the Canadian Mounted Police who were still trying
to fabricate evidence of my wartime activities in the Balkans. (They weren’t
at all pleased when I escaped to
And speaking of security, how many people know about this money?
You mentioned a brother. The more people know about the money the more risk
involved. Just to be on the safe side I'd better have a picture of this brother
too so I can see who I'm dealing with. As a further display of my own sincerety and committment to security
I am sending you another picture of myself. It shows me in my
Please get back to me as soon as possible so we can proceed
rapidly to the next phase of the operation.
Regards
R.J. Felcher III
From: [email protected]
Date: 27 / 03 / 06
Dear
Rupert J Felcher III
Thank
you for getting back to me and i recieved
your picture, it is nice.Please i
want to ask you some few questions, in your full name after Felcher,
111 is added, what dose 111 satnd for?, again why
do you work in remote areas? what is exactly your profession?
you also
demanded that i send my elder brothers picture to you so that you wil know all
the people you are delaing with, i
have attached my brothers picture in this email because he is also with me
in the refugee camp. we do not have father or mother.
No body
knows about this buisness only me, my brother and
you, even the security company where my late father
deposited the boxes dose not know the content of the boxes, it was deposited
as family precious items and i am the next of kin,
what we want you to do is to come down and pay the dumorage
bill and claim the boxes for us.
I want
you to make the arrangments about how this money
will be invested in your country, company or if you have a better plan for
the investment. I and my brother and my father parked this money together
before he deposited it in Accra Ghana before he was killed and i
am sure that the total amount of the money is ($50.4m) Fifty million four
hundred U.S dollars in cash $100bill domination matchine
parked.
You said
that when i send the picture you requested, then
we will go to the nextlevel of the buisness, now remember that we areoffering
you 20% of the total money and also 5% for the expensis
you make for the claims. We are surfering in the
camp, our condition of living is very poor and bad, because the way we use
to live when my father was alive, i mean good life
and luxry life, now we find things difficult and bad, we eat once
a day and we never knew that we will surffer this
way in our life.
Please
sir, will you come with your friend Sir Paul Mccartney
to
I am waiting for your next mail and take care of your self.
God bless.
veronica
karim
[So many questions. So
few answers. She wants to know what the III after my name stands for.
What exactly is my profession? Why do I work in remote areas? Does Paul McCartney
know about the business? Why do birds suddenly appear? Somehow I think I might
have a problem convincing Paul McCartney to come to
[Here’s the photo of her alleged brother. Henry the scammer.
The pic is mondo crapola but he sure as hell looks like a scammer.]
Date: 28 / 03 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration
Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
I see you have a few questions, which I will now try to answer. Note: the numeral III after my name stands for 'the Third'. My father and grandfather had the same name as it is traditional for fathers to give their first son the same name as themself. Thus, my grandfather was Rupert J Felcher I, my father was Rupert J Felcher II, and I am Rupert J Felcher III (the Third). Get it? Anyway, in future, just call me Felch; all my friends do so.
I work in remote areas because
I am an explorer. That is the nature of exploring. Remote areas need to be
explored and explorers need to explore so it's the ideal occupation. That's
why my business name is Arctic Skunk EXPLORATION Enterprises. Our business
line is exploration. Of course, one cannot afford to explore simply for the
sake of exploring, so when I venture into the field I collect gold, platinum,
diamonds, uranium and any other valuable commodities I happen to find lying
around. These items can be exchanged for cash, so this is one of the ways
in which the business makes money.
Another way we make money
is through investments and donations from wealthy international
corporations and individuals. Sir Paul McCartney is a good example of this.
He is a personal friend of mine who regularly contributes to our projects.
He does not know anything about my arrangement with you; the cheque I received
from him was related to an entirely different matter. The newspapers here
in
Perhaps if you could send
me some pictures of the terrible conditions in the refugee camp I could convince
the board of directors of my company, and perhaps others such as Sir Paul
McCartney, to make a cash donation to the refugee camp. This might help to
make life easier for yourself and all those other people suffering in the
camp. Let me know if this is a good idea and we can get started on it.
Regards
Felch
Date: 29 / 03 / 06
Dear Felch,
Thank you for your email, i have take few pictures
of the refugees in our camp so that you can convience
your friends and board members to help us in our terrible conditions, i will scan them and send to you tomorrow. [Can’t wait.]
I and my brother was in the security company where the
boxes were deposited and presented the deposit documents to the operation
manager and he told me all we have to do is to pay for the dumorage
charges which will attract the sum of fifteen thousand euros (15,000.00 euros)
so that we can claim the boxes from the company.
Now i wish to ask you when
you will be coming to
I want you to send your travel plans to me so that i and my brother can wait for you at the airport. We wish
to live in the guest house before you arrive but we dont
have any money, we buy our food from town and we go to internet cafe in town
to send you all this messages and we pay the photographer for the pictures.
Felch, i sold the necklace my mother
gave to me before she died just for us to buy food to eat and medecines. I want you to have compancion
on us and help us relate this massage to your board of directors and Sir Paul
McCartney so that they can help us have a better life.
God bless.
Veronica karim
Date: 30 / 03 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Please note that I have discussed making a donation to the
refugee camp with my board of directors. They are showing considerable interest
in the idea because donations in excess of a certain amount attract significant
tax benefits here in
Regards,
Felch
Date: 31 / 03 / 06
Dear
Felch,
Thank you for the your last email, i have attached
to this mail the few photographs of the refugee in my camp.The
name of our camp director is John Adeyi.
I
am glad about your concern and your wish to help us and the refugees, and
also i want you to tell me when you might come and meet with the
security company for the collection of the boxes.
Am waiting for your responce asap.
God bless you.
Veronica Karim
[Here’s some of the scammer’s
photos of the “camp”……….]
Date: 01 / 04 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Exciting news! After viewing the pictures you sent showing
the horrors of camp life, the directors of my company appear to be very enthusiastic
about making a substantial donation. I've attached a photo of our latest meeting
where the issue was discussed. Hope it looks all right, we've got a slight
problem here with rats at the moment; they ate part of our network cable so
some of the data may be a little distorted.
Thanks for supplying the name of the camp director. When the
directors have finally decided on the size of the donation we will send the
money to him via MoneyGram. Do you know if there
is a MoneyGram office close to where you are? I
may need some more details. Please send more pics;
it all helps the cause.
Regards,
Felch
Ladies and gentlemen….Arctic Skunk Enterprises and MoneyGram International are proud to present THE ROLLING STONES,
with a special guest appearance from British ex-PM Maggie Thatcher!
[And here’s what I actually sent. I didn't feel like
spending 2 hours on a perfect photochop just for
the benefit of a scammer so I cover up any obvious faults by running a moderately
heavy film grain filter over the image and introducing a major jpeg artefact.]
Date: 02 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
I saw the picture you sent to me, i
showed it to my brother as well, your board directors look nice and you also
look good in the picture, the picture showed in black and white in my p.c, i wonder why. [I told you that rats
shredded the data cable you dopey bitch!]
My brother said that there is a Money Gram here in Accra
Ghana, [surprise, surprise]
any money which is sent to the camp controller will surely get to us,i
and my brother also informed the camp controller about how we gave you his
name so that we might recieve funds from philantropists
in Ice-land.
My brother also said that we will make a great effort
to take one or two more pictures of the refugee camp so that the board will
belive more in our statements, i
will send the picture latter today or tomorrow.
Again, you have not said anything about my late fathers
deposit, what is happning to that, we need if you
can come here by your self or send a representative or even send the dumorage fee to the company via moneyGram.
Finally, in your other mail, you concluded your letter
with ( The rest is simply beuraucratic
red tape ) i tried to find out the meaning of that
but i cant, please explain to me in your next email.
Thank you for your kindness and efforts to help us.
Veronica Karim
[Well it seems my
efforts weren’t wasted. I look good in the photo, as do the directors. Maybe
if she’s that undiscerning I should have just sent her the original anyway.
Notice how she’s using words like ‘philanthropist’, but doesn’t know the meaning
of ‘bureaucratic red tape’. Something strange going on there. Anyway, I’ve
got her well off-script now; she hardly even mentions the original scam.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 03 / 04 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
My apologies for
the picture being black and white.
Most of the pictures I have access to are taken by local newspaper photographers
here in
Glad to hear there is a MoneyGram office close by. MoneyGram
are one of our corporate sponsors, and we use them exclusively for all money
transfers.
Anyway, hope you are keeping well.
Don't forget to send more photos.
Regards,
Felch
Date: 04 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
Thank you for your efforts in trying to help us, i
also recieved your picture its
very nice. I have attached another two pictures of our refugee camp, the house
where over 10 people sleep in the night, people from diffrent
countries in Africa so that you can present them to your borad
so that they will render help to us.
You have not said
anything about how you will help me and my brother claim the boxes which i told you that my late father deposited in a security company
here in
We
cannot do anything now because according to the deposit documents, we are
owing the company the storage charges of fifteen thousand euros (15,000 euros),
we have consulted with the company director and he assured us that as soon
as we pay the fee, the boxes will be realesed to
us, i want you to do something about this particular matter and
let me know when you will arrive, i want to meet
you in person.
Just
as i said before, we have MoneyGram
here in Accra Ghana and i do not think that it will
be difficult if you want to send money to the company or the camp Director,
all we need now is to go to the next step in this transaction because we are
suferring alot, the pains is very
high, we are putting our trust and hope on what you will do for us because
it is a big pleasure to meet some one like you.
I am waiting for
your responce and i wish
to remeind you that the deposit is my late fathers
belongings and you have 20% of the deposit as soon as you recieve
the boxes, we nned you to do the basic things so
that the boxes will be claimed by you and then we will pay all the expensis that this transaction might incure.
Thank you and may God bless and guide you.
Veronica karim
Date: 05 / 04 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Got the pictures you sent. The directors were very impressed.
In fact Doctor Charles Watt was so overcome with emotion it was all we could
do to stop him running down to the MoneyGram office
immediately. It took three of us to restrain him. We had to give him a shot
of whisky and explain to him that we need to follow the correct procedure
in order to comply with the taxation modalities.
Now listen carefully!
I am sending you an application form for the donation.
It’s the yellow form attached (form-1.jpg).
You must print the form and give it to Mr Adeyi the camp controller.
He should complete the form, then scan it and email it back to me.
The money can only be sent when I receive the completed form.
There is one further item of documentation I require. I am
also sending you an application form for a grant to conduct research on behalf
of Arctic Skunk Enterprises. As I am to pay the 15,000 euro demurrage costs,
the only way I can justify this is if I claim it as
a tax expense through my business. That way I cover myself if any questions
are asked at this end about what the money is for, and I will be able to recover
the 15,000 euro as a research expense through the tax system here in
Please print and fill out the attached application
form I am sending to you. It is the blue form (form-2.jpg). Just write on
it that you intend to explore for diamonds in
If you have any questions do not hesitate
to ask.
Regards
Felch
Date: 06 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
I
thank you so much for your responce and intensions
to help us, May the almight God bless you and make
your company to prosper. I recieved the forms and
i rushed with it to the camp, i
showed the camp director Mr Adeyi
and they belived more in you, he told me that because of his present
schedule, that it will be better if his secretary Mr
Norbert Agyeman will be the one who will be recieving the money on behalf of the refugees, that is why
we used the name of Norbert Agyeman to fill the
yellow form.
[Ahh….Norbert Agyeman
eh?......I suppose he would be ‘A GUY MAN’ then,
wouldn’t he?]
Now
is there any means which i can reach you through
telephone? Yesterday we experienced a heavy rain and the camp was damaged
by the flood and most of the building was distroyed
and now most of the refugees slept outside because they have no shelter.
We
have filled the forms and i have attached the form
to this email as you advised us to do, i hope we
did the right thing. I will be glad to have you here in Accra soon so that
you can finish the claim and shipment procedue on
my behalf, i was in the Provident Insurance and
Security Company yesterday with my brother to inform the Director about
your intension to send the dumorage fee for the
claim and he told us that when we pay the dumorage,
we can claim the boxes.
I
am greatful for your efforts to help us with other refugees here
in Bujubora Camp
Greetings to all your board members and your friends.
Veronica Karim
[The
completed forms were sent, but the quality was so deplorable most of it was
indecipherable so no point in showing them here. Of course I demand that the
scammers send them again.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 07 / 04 / 06
Professor
Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic
Skunk Exploration Enterprises
Dear
Veronica,
Received the documents with your last email. Unfortunately I can’t tell if they
are filled in correctly because they are too blurred to read properly. Official
documents need to be readable. You must send the documents to me again. This
time do not use any jpeg compression when you save the images as this is what
causes the problem. Re-scan the documents, save them without compression,
then attach them and send to me.
I am already
at the airport. I have attached a picture of me at
Major
Muff Diver has gone to the MoneyGram office here
to send some of the donation money. He will email me the receipt when
he has done this and I will send it on to you. Success here is dependant
on me sending him a readable version of the donation application form so please
re-send it quickly. All going well I should be in
Regards
Felch
[Here’s the picture
I sent. Hmm……a massive airship full of HYDROGEN…………those things have a notoriously
poor safety record I believe. How would you rate the Professor’s chances of
getting to
From: [email protected]
Date: 08 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
Sorry
for the mistake, i have gone round to scan the documents
again, I have reattached them to you, i
hope thatit meets your demands, i expect
your arrival in 12 days time. [Don’t hold your breath scammers]
Please send your travel plans so that i meet you
in the airport. Send my Regards to Major Muff Davis and other friends of yours.
[Major Muff DAVIS???]
In case they want to send donation through moneyGram,Kindly
informm them to send it to the name of,
I
will also need your phone numberwhen you get to
schottland. [Apologies
to the Scots for this butchery]
Thank you.
Veronica
[Well here’s the completed forms at last. The scan quality is still
extremely poor but I don’t feel like providing detailed instructions on how
to produce good ones to these scammers. The originals that I sent were written
in MS-Word, printed to PDF with Adobe Acrobat, then opened in Photoshop and
saved as GIF images. (JPEG works best for photos and GIF or PDF for documents
but we don’t need to tell the scammers that.) These forms have been completed
by a different scammer, not Veronica Karim. Look
at the spelling in her email, it’s atrocious. The forms were done by someone
with fair spelling ability. Handwriting suggests they were both done by the
same person too, so Veronica’s having a lend of me
here.]
[The camp director’s
secretary demonstrates a fair knowledge of piracy. Note his response to the
question “What is meant by the word Pirate?”
A1) Someone who attacks ships to steal
A2) Someone who
duplicate videos illegally to make money
He’s one ugly son-of-a-bitch
however; check out his attached photo! He's the guy from the refugee camp
photo too!]
Date: 09 / 04 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises
Ltd
Dear Veronica,
Received
the scans with your last email. No
problem, those are quite acceptable. The directors were ecstatic.
I am currently somewhere
over the North Atlantic Ocean in the Arctic Skunk Airship on my way to
Major Muff Diver has emailed me the
receipt from the MoneyGram office so I've attached
a copy to this email. I hope it looks OK as there's a lot of vibration in
this airship and the intense cosmic radiation at this altitude doesn't improve
wireless transmission either. Anyway, I'll be able to take care of it in person
when I arrive in
Regards,
Felch
[The MoneyGram receipt……… Hope they don't get blurred vision trying
to decipher it.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 10 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
Thank
you for you mails and kindness, the donation document which your friend Major
Muff Diver sent through MoneyGram was not clear
when i went to the internet with the camp secretary Mr. Norbert
Agyeman.
Mr. Agyeman continued to say that you do not need to scan the
document, all you need to do is to write the senders name,
senders address, receiving name, control numbers. He said that with these
informations, we can claim the donations. I have been praying
for you especially now that you have to fly with the airship to
I know
that my God will guide you and protect you till you get to London
We anticipate
having your flight schedule so that we can receive you at the Kotoka International Airport AccraGhan
Veronica
Karim
From: [email protected]
Date: 11 / 04 / 06
Professor
Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic
Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear
Veronica,
I have arrived
in
You
don't need to worry about secrecy and confidentiality. My friends such as
Sir Paul McCartney and the board of directors know only about the donation
fund modality - they know nothing about the other business. I am using the
donation modality as an excuse to cover travel and expenses.
I
am leaving for
Regards,
Felch
[The picture I
sent…….Professor Rupert J Felcher at
From: [email protected]
Date: 12 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
I got you mail. Here are the pic you demanded.Hope its what you want. We have problem to get the pic becaus of mmoney
problem here in the camp however we manage to send it to you. Please let us
advised your travel plan so we can meet you at the airport here in
Thanks and remain blessed
Veronica karim
[And here’s their
latest effort. 'Fraid not lads!…that’s
NOT what I wanted. Does that look like a LARGE sign? And I wanted more people
in the photo. A welcoming committee of three isn’t very convincing. And addressing
me as ‘Felch’ is just way too informal for such
a grand occasion. COME ON!..... FIRE UP, YOU IDIOTS !!!]
Date: 13 / 04 / 06
Professor Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Veronica & Friends,
I have received the email and photograph. I am afraid I was
hoping for something a little more spectacular than that. After all, I am
traveling halfway across the world to meet everyone in the camp in
Please follow my instructions to the letter. You must take
another photograph for me. Get as many of your friends as you can to be in
the photo. They should hold a large banner with the following personalized
greeting on it:
‘
The banner should be at least 2 meters wide,
and the greeting should be in letters at least 30cm high
and easily readable in the photograph. Please do not deviate from these instructions.
It is most important to me that the photograph meets my exact specifications.
I have many wealthy friends in
Regards,
Felch
Date: 14 / 04 / 06
Dear Felch,
Thank you for all your updating emails,
I was late in response because of the picture you told me to take with my
family members, we were not having money to go to the city to take the picture,
(transportation and foto charges) any way, I managed
with my brother to take some money from the camp director [What?...You stole
it?] so that we can
take the picture and send it to you.
I have attached the picture in this email,
I also want when you to come to
I am expecting your travel plan as soon
as you can have them so that we will be notified before coming.
Thank you and remain blessed.
Veronica karim
Date: 15 / 04 / 06
Professor
Rupert J Felcher III
Arctic
Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear
Veronica,
I
got the picture thanks. I have decided to be spending Easter here in
Regards,
Felch
Date: 17 / 04 / 06
Dear felch,
I recieved your flight booking
and we are arranging to recieve you at the Kotoka
International Airport Accra
Hope to see you soon Felch.
I will come with the last picture i sent to you
so that you will be sure of me at the arrival hall.
[NO!
NO! NO! You dopey
f%&#ing bunch of scammers……I didn’t ask you to bring the
photo, I told you to bring the goddamned banner!
These scammers have got an absolutely abortionate track record for following
instructions.]
Veronica Karim
00233-244-777-948
[Hmm….what’s that?.....a phone number?......don’t think I’ll be needing it.]
Date: 18 / 04 /
06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research Division
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
My Dear Ms Karim,
My name is Major Muff Diver, and I am a friend and business
associate of Professor Rupert Felcher. I am afraid
that I must inform you of some terrible news. My dear friend Rupert Felcher has been killed in an unbelievably tragic accident.
I have attached the leading article from the front page of this morning’s
You may be aware that he took an airship from our research
base here in
If you wish further information you should contact me on this address, however it may be several days before we have the complete picture of what happened. The word terrorism has even been mentioned. Can you believe it? Why would terrorists wish to harm such a great philanthropist as Felch? You must understand I am extremely disturbed by this event, and very busy at the same time, so I will have to leave it at that for now. Please contact me if you have any questions or if I can help you in any way.
Kind regards,
Major Muff Diver
[The front page report
from
From: [email protected]
Date: 20 / 04 / 06
Dear Sir,
what can i do, what can i say, he was about to help us and now he is dead, please
i need you to help me and my brother claim the boxes deposited
by my late father here in ghana, $26.4 million u.s
dollars in cash.
I will also be glad to recieve
the donations because we are suffering alot and
am sick now. Hope you write back.
Veronica karim
[Ahh……the donation has become significant again. Not much feeling
there on the part of the scammers for the late professor. It’s straight back
to business and whingeing about their own problems. Major Muff Diver is far from impressed.
And of course, the major isn’t up to speed on the original scam because Felch
didn’t tell him that part; he only knows about the donation, so the scammers
are going to have to explain to him what’s going on!]
Date: 21 / 04 /
06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises
My Dear Ms Karim
I have received your mail thankyou.
This is a very difficult time for all of us, as I'm sure you will understand.
Felch was a very close friend of mine as well as a business
partner. All of the directors here are having a difficult time dealing with
this tragedy. I am travelling to
In your mail you mentioned something about a certain cashbox
containing $26.4 million. What is this? I'm afraid Felch
did not tell me anything about it. We only discussed the donation. Could you
provide me with more information about the cash and then I may be able to
help you. How did you get this money? What was Felch
going to do with it? Is there any risk involved? Please contact me at your
earliest convenience to discuss it.
I remain as always, at your service
Major Muff Diver
Date: 22 / 04 / 06
sir,
can i have your phone number? it is important that you give it to me.
the money is my late fathers money, i
need attention.
hope to hear from you.
karim veronica
Date: 24 / 04 /
06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises
My dear Ms Karim,
I'm afraid I still don't understand what I am supposed to do with this money.
I'm sure I can assist you with a donation, but I know nothing about your father's
money. Could you please send me a copy of the original email you sent to Felch.
If I read this I am sure I will have a better understanding of what is required.
As I stated previously, I am currently on my way to
I will be in
Sincerely as always,
Major Muff Diver.
Date: 22 / 04 /
06
Commander Jethro Tull
Forensic
Services Division
New Scotland
Yard
My Dear Sir
Muff,
Allow me Sir to
first express my sincerest condolences on behalf of everyone here in
Getting down to
business for a moment Sir, there are a few questions we need to ask you concerning
a certain box of diamonds, the contents of Professor Felcher’s computer hard disk, and his activities immediately
prior to arriving in London. I understand you are coming to
I have attached
a picture of myself with the items recovered from the crash site.
Oh well, I am
sure we won’t need to be delaying you for long Sir. Understand you will be
traveling by submarine. We look forward to your safe arrival; we don’t want
any more accidents now do we. Got my AQUALUNG on hand just in case.
At Your Service
Comm. J. Tull
Date: 25 / 04 / 06
I called your phone but it was voice message that came up, i droped my message
in the voice matchine.
Will you recieve the boxes for us? We will be happy if you will assit us, all the deposit documents are with us here in Ghana, you can also call me through my phone number, +233-244-777-948. I want you to call me so that i can hear your voice and also get more use to you.
Thank you for your
concern about us, i wish you can come to Ghana so that you will know us more
and also belive more in us.
God bless.
Veronica karim
[Here's the link to scammer Veronica's phone message to my K7 number.................]
[Nothing to get excited about, but at least the team from Accra have wasted a little more time & money.]
From: [email protected]
Date: 27 / 04 /
06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Ms Karim,
I am now in
Major Muff Diver
[The scammers really
seem to be losing the plot now. Their reply is rather incoherent, even by
scammer standards. The theme of their messages is starting to come accross
like some sort of pathetic mugu-mantra: “Help us
Sir…..The boxes…..The donation…….Your phone number……..Help us Sir…….The boxes……The
donation…..” and so on. At least they’ve completed the forms I sent, which
is a bonus at this stage of proceedings. They’ve filled out so many forms
and sent so many photos they’d have to be getting either bored or suspicious
by now.]
Date: 29 / 04 / 06
Dear Mr Muff,
We have fill the forms and
attach. Mr Agyeman had
to write the forms as
Sir we still have to claim the boxes.Time
is running out. Please can you help us now.We are
suffering terribly here in the camp. Professor felch promised to assist us with donations and we
expect you will honor his promise.
Can you come to
God bless
Veronica Karim
From: [email protected]
Date: 01/ 05 / 06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
As I didn't actually get to see any of the more recent pictures you sent to my dear departed collegue Felch I will ask you to provide me with another one. The picture should be of you and your friends and family holding a large banner. The text on the banner should read:
"CALVARY GREETINGS MAJOR MUFF DIVER
FROM ALL YOUR FRIENDS IN ACCRA GHANA"
The banner needs to be at least 2 meters wide and the greeting should be written in letters no less than 30cm high. These are standard international requirements for greeting banners, as I'm sure Felch already pointed out. The photograph should be large enough that the greeting message is clearly readable, and the faces of all the people in the photograph are clear as well.
As soon as I have the photograph I will take the forms to the MoneyGram office and send your donation. In the meantime, please remain in outstanding health.
Kindest regards as always,
Major Muff Diver
From: [email protected]
Date: 03/ 05 / 06
I recieved your last email, please my fears is that i might go through this
stress and at the end of the day you will not come to Accra Ghana to see what
am telling you or care for me. We need you to come for the boxes.
We and the camp controller Mr adeyi will reward you well. Since you have given
me your phone number, i will call you and say hello again.
We will be please to have the donation.Thank you for everything and may the
lord guide you all the days of your life.
veronica karim
From: [email protected]
Date: 04/ 05 / 06
Major Muff Diver
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Ms Karim,
Your last email made no sense to me. You need to listen very carefully to my instructions. In my previous mail I asked for a photograph. You seem to have overlooked this in your last response. Let me stress that I must have the picture before we can proceed. Send me the picture, exactly as I described, then I will send you a donation of $5000 by MoneyGram. I will then travel to Ghana by submarine to assist you in claiming the boxes. Is that clear? Please do not delay in responding. Every day you waste the closer you come to missing out on the money.
Sincerely,
Major Muff Diver.
[Nothing doing. It's been over a week now. Major Muff Diver suspects the scammers may have decided to chalk this one up to experience. What the hell. The major decides to send them a farewell message, just to let them know what they've missed out on............]
From: [email protected]
Date: 14/ 05 / 06
President & Director of Marine Research
Arctic Skunk Exploration Enterprises Ltd
Dear Ms Karim & Friends,