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Title: NIGHT OF THE IGUANAS
Scammer Name: CECE KOKOU
Submitted By: Shiver Metimbers

From: "CECE KOKOU"
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 18:16:36 +0200
Subject: UGENT REPLY

Barrister CECE KOKOU.
Credit Link Bank
Legal dept.
Lome - Togo.

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Greetings,

I am Barrister CECE KOKOU, a lawyer with the Credit Link Bank Lome. With due respect and regards I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank I received a tip off from the accountant general (Chief Accountant) of my bank , also a personal friend that they came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on November 1997 in a plane crash. This fund has been dormant in his account with us without any claim either from his family or relation.

Although personally, I kept this information secret within myself and the Chief Accountant to enable the whole plans and idea to be profitable and successful during the time of execution. The said amount is USD$25m (Twenty five Million United States dollars).Having discussed with the Chief Accountant, we decided to contact you to help us move this fund to your account.

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim on this fund as the bona fide next of kin to the deceased and to get approval and transfer of this money to a foreign account has been put in place .All needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In fact we could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this bank and the position of the Chief Accountant, we will need a foreign account and partner so that an eye brow would not be raised during the time of transfer.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party who will forward claims as the next of kin of the deceased with affidavit of trust of oath to this bank. He will present a foreign account where he will need the money to be transferred into on request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the designated bank . On smooth conclusion of this transaction you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer both locally and internationally like telephone bills, e-mail bills and the documents fees. While 60% will be for me and the Chief Accountant.

Please ,you have been advised to keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal . We will be monitoring the whole situation here in the bank until you confirm the money is in your account. We can then come over for subsequent sharing of the fund according to the percentages previously indicated.

I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this deal.

Yours Sincerely,
Barrister CECE KOKOU

From: Johnny Cash
To: Cece Kokou

[I'll have some of that]

Dear Sir,

Your proposition sounds interesting and profitable of course! Please explain more to me.

Sincerely,

Johnny Cash.

[Kokou gives me a nice long explanation. Time wasted on me I'm afraid]

Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:14:02 +0100 (BST)
From: cece_kokou
Subject: UGENT REPLY-A Reply

My Good friend Johnny Cash ,

I want to thank you once again for your mail which is in response to my proposal and also for the interest shown so far in this transaction,In-spite any doubts incurred,which may occure to anyone who receives such offer. This is just the situation should you decide to work with me.And please note that this is not a joke but serious business.

To give you details regarding this transaction,may I elaborate a bit about the deceased biography.The late Mr.Halam Comrad worked with the Shell Oil company as The Director of Procurement,he was a successful businessman here in West Africa for over 15 years while working with shell.He had a company of his own and was married with only one child.He had the accident on his way to the northern part of our country and with him was his wife and daughter of which they all died
in the accident.He was a big customer to the Credit Link Bank Lome.He was an American as found in both the deposit certificate and the death certificate .

Actually,I do not know what you will like to know more about him.Hence,I will give you more details as you may want to know if you ask me.

I would want you to understand also that in the banking/Financial trust houses,chances or opportunities like this are common but not spoken nor heard off.Though,very rare.People put their money in banks and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated,

Therefore,when such people die, what do you think that happens to these money when nobody comes for their claims, both relatives and friends neither a next of kin to claim their monies? Well,this is one of the numerous avenues good money are made within and amongest the bankers as well as people like us who happens to be opportuned to such estates.

I want you to understand that I did not mastermind Mr.Halam Comrad's death and I did not operate or managed his account,if there was something that I could have done personally to have this money sent to his real relatives if they could be found, independent of the bank management,believe me,I would have done it.

Normally,when something like this happens in our local banks here,it is reported to the management.The management can only wait for about two years for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it public.Of course,like you know,false claimants must definitely show up.

Therefore,it is not published and the bank only waits for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late customers will which would be the only source to identify anybody who is entitled to such estate.So the Bank gives two years for this,and if no claimant comes forward,then, the management sends the money to the Debt Re-conversion Department and the account is closed.

Now the question is,who runs the Debt Re-conversion Department and who is the Management? The answer is simple.The Chairman,Managing Director and Members of the board of Directors.These are individuals and these money are shared amongst them and nobody asks questions.As a matter of fact such issues are not even discussed outside board meetings.It becomes sealed, cleaned and closed.

To explain myself properly,I am not a board member and of course,I am not part of the Management and I am not rich,therefore,if I have this opportunity and throw it to the wolves,then I must be the stupidest the most foolish-man that has ever lived [Well, you're certainly up there with the greats]. It was when I met with the Chief Accountant to the bank that I got this clue.She gave me your contact to seek your hand as a foreign partner who can assist us in claiming the funds offshores.Hence,I contact you.So,we are the only ones involved in this transaction except as you are intending to
assist us claim the funds for our mutual disbursement.

Bear in mind that this is not a joke neither is it an email embarrasement.We have fully put everything in place and since this is an opportunity open for anybody,we do not see anything wrong or fraudulent in what we are doing as long as we are not hurting who should not be hurt.I can only tell you that it is just destiny that has brought us together.The column for the next of kin to this claim is presently vacant.

You are a human being and you can draw your own judgement from the above explanations and see to the legality and the necessity for us to go for this claim. My conscience is clear and I have no genuine reasons to worry about the dead.The procedure of establishing the next of kin would be taken care of by a nominated attorney since this has to be certified in the court.

[Anyone still awake at this point?]

However,this project involves a large sum of money and I would want you to take your time before we commence this transaction.The Chief Accountant of the bank occupies a very sensitive position in the Bank.So,the project will be run successfully and closed very smoothly.

I need your response once again as soon as possible so that I will know what your position is before I give you more details with the contacts of the Bank with a prepared application text containing the entire information you will need for you to commence communication with the bank immediately.Bear in mind that the money in question is huge so we both have to be very careful and be sure of what we are doing before we commence.

As soon as you state your stands in this transaction,I will give you more information regarding this claim and the prepared application text for you to send to the bank demanding the release of this claim.This will automatically signal the commencement of the transaction.

This project remains absolutely confidential. I should be asking myself,should I confide my entire trust in you in getting this funds offshores where we shall disburse amicably? Beleiving that we shall have our own share as soon as you claim this funds.

I will be expecting your positive and immediate response as soon as possible so as to know our faith and your position in this transaction.Time is not our friend.I want you to call me for oral introduction and recognisance before we can commence. Do not hesitate to ask any question you deem necessary regarding this transaction, to avoid any misconception.I will need your private telephone/Fax numbers to contact you as well.

Do contact me on my private number;+228-915-5961.

God bless you.

Barrister Kokou

[God bless you Cece. You finally finished!]

From: Johnny Cash
To: [email protected]

Dear Mr. Kokou,

Many thanks for your detailed explanation of the facts, and I feel that I will be able to help you. I'm up for a bit of oral any time you like. My number is +001 205350 4055. If I am not at home my answer service will take your message.

Before I proceed I'll give you a little bit of information about myself. I run a company that manufactures clockwork pacemakers and blood transfusion machines. For an additional fee we also provide the keys to wind them up. My business partner is a boy named Sue. If he was here I am sure he would say 'how do you do?', but of course I realise that it is best to keep deals like this strictly confidential, no need to get into a burning ring of fire!

I was sad to learn of the death of the awful accident that befell Mr. Comrad and his wife and daughter. A horrible thing to happen. You mentioned that they died in an air crash in 1997? This is very spooky coincidence as my pet iguana was in the cargo hold of a plane which also crashed in 1997, also in West Africa. Was the plane crash over Abidjan, Nigeria? If so, that would be amazing as I think my iguana must have been on the very same plane. How tragic. Attached is a the last photograph ever taken of me and my beloved pet in much happier times.

You can of course be assured of my 100% commitment and confidentiality over this deal. Please inform me how we are to proceed.

Sincerely,

Mr. Johnny Cash
San Quentin Clockworks PLC

The late great Johnny Cash (and friend!)

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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 11:01:16 +0100 (BST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: UGENT REPLY-A Reply

My good friend,

I hope you are well .

Greetings .

[Readers get yourself comfy for another long letter]

I have to thank you once again for your interest in this transaction that is of great magnitude.I am really very sorry about your pet iguana that died in this crash.I can see it from your picture.May the soul rest in peace.

I think I should introduce myself to you in order for you to have a little knowledge of the life of the person whom you are about to do something with .My name is Barrister Cece Kokou and I am 55years old .I have worked in the bank for about fifteen years and in this particular bank for 8years .As a lawyer in the legal dept of the international banking section.I have the full knowledge of the checks in verious departments of the bank.It was on one of the checks and balances that the Chief Accountant discoverred this dormant account and we decided to contact you with hope that we can work together on this project .

I live at No 24 Rue Decenbre ,Lome. I hope you will know more about me as we go along on this project which I hope will benefit us greatly .I thank you so much for your mail ,I am looking forward to working with you on this project and I am very happy to note that you may be ready to work with me on this .You have to understand that you are taking up a high responsibility of trust and power ,which is this fund and I will want that you realise that you will get your percentage when the time comes .I choose you out of just mere trust.I know that I have to work with someone and a foreigner on this ,Therefore I do not have a choice.But I am counting on your act of responsibility and respectability ,knowing that you have to assure me of this trust before we can go into this .

I have decided to reply you because I know that the offer I am giving you will be beneficial to you and I.If you can trust me and cooperate with me ,you will see the reality of this within 14 working days,starting from the time you will put in an application .You are going to get a good return and I can assure you this because when you put in a claim ,you are not going to be dealing with me ,you will be dealing with a bank .As long as you can keep this a secrate and give our project the most confidentiality you can think of .You will provide an account in your country or any country outside Africa were this fund will be transferred.

This transaction will take only 7 to 14 working days to complate.All this will depend on our seriousness to this matter and I know and hope that you will be very serious with me on this project.To aviod your fears ,you have to keep it to yourself and lets do it together.Your bank would not mind because they too will be happy to have such fund in their care and there will be documents covering this .

As soon as the bank will get your claims form which I will send to you ,they will transfer this fund into your account .I will send you an application form which you will fill and send back to the bank.This form is the claims form which on receipt the bank will get to you and transfer this fund into your account .

You will also act as the fund manager of this fund and help us organise a business outfit were we can invest our share of this fund.You will help us also to look for accommodation in your country were we will live when we arrive to that place.

I hope to get your response and I want you to be very trutful and honest with me .I look forward to working with you in truth and harmony.

I am waiting to send you the form which you will send to the bank .But before that let me know a little about you and the assurance that we can work together in truth and harmony.

This is the procedures needed to get this fund into your account. The procedure is simple. There are 2 options open for you to choose as per the transaction.

[A] You will be expected to provide me with a good bank account free from all forms of illegality that can be used to transfer the fund. The account should preferably be in the Americas, Europe, or Asia. One of the major reasons why I prefer any of those continents is because of the liberal banking system.

[B] The draft option. All you need to do is to provide me with a name you want issued on the draft, which the fund will be drawn in favour of.This will be after the approvals .

If you accept any of these options, I will work towards geting an approval for the fund to be trasferred to your account that is after you most have put in your application .I will use my influence and my position to make sure I am able to secure approval for payment.The moment I secure the approval, a payment order will be raised in favour of the beneficiary and forwarded to for foreign exchange approval.

Once FOREX is approved, the payment order will be sent to the paying bank for onward credit of the said sum into your account or for the issuance of the draft in favor of the beneficiary. The moment the transfer is confirmed I will come over to meet you for my part of the fund.

Note that you get 30% of the total sum as compensation at the end of the transaction. I want to assure you also that the transaction is 100% risk free, legally and otherwise either from your government or from my government. All the step and procedure that will be adopted to get the fund transferred will be done in accordance with my country’s law and in accordance with any international law.

I will explain more to you when I speak with you on phone. Note further that a transaction of this magnitude can not be concluded via the email system alone. We need to talk on phone. The more I speak with you on phone the more my confidence in you increases.I tried now howver to call you but it seems the line is not going through.I will try once again later.

Finally, before I can commence work on the transaction, there must be an agreement between both of us. And you most put in an application of claims to the bank .

You can always reach me on this number +228-915-5961,

Best Regards,
Barrister Cece Kokou

From: Johnny Cash
To: [email protected]

Dear Cece,

Many thanks for your email, and the information about yourself. Tell me, do they have iguanas in Loma? As you know I have an interest in iguanas, and I am looking for a contact who can help me import these wonderful creatures into the UK. They are worth about US $4,000 each here in the UK. I am also willing to purchase fresh iguana sperm.

As for the preferred transfer options you listed, I think that it would be easier for me to go for the Draft Option, and of course the name you should use is Mr. Johnny Cash c/o San Quentin Clockworks PLC.

Of course as I stipulated previously, I will keep our dealings 100% secret. Being a businessman myself I am well aware of how important it is for confidentiality when it comes to business relationships.

Sincerely,

Mr. Johnny Cash.

Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 18:06:44 +0100 (BST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: UGENT REPLY-A Reply

Dear Johnny,

I hope you are well today.I have waied for you to tell me that you have faxed the fom to the bank.

You are in the UK and staying in the USA?

The number you gave me is not going.Can you get back to me as soon as you can?

Rgds

Kokou

From: Johnny Cash
To: [email protected]

Dear Kokou,

No, I am from the USA and currently in the UK on business.

Please try my UK private office fax and contact number the +44 is the country code for the UK.

Phone: +44 7092 037 387
Fax: +44 7092 037 526

I hope that helps, and no, I have not received anything from the bank. Tell me, have you heard any news about the Iguanas?

Regards,

Johnny Cash.

Voice message from Cece Kokou. 16 Seconds and 26k - Received 24/09/03 Click HERE to listen.

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 09:30:37 +0100 (BST)
From: [email protected]
Subject: -A Reply

My dear,

You are a businessman and you can not give me a call just for once or so to say you are serious?.I try all the time to get you but no way. Just tried the UK number now and it went into message.

Please indicate your position on this transaction. Time is not on our side in this deal.

Rgds.

Kokou.

From: Johnny Cash
To: [email protected]

Dear Mr. Kokou,

Please do not call me dear. I am not your wife (yet).

My apologies for just mussing your phone call. I just checked my answer service and heard your message. Thank you for leaving a message. I am afraid I am unavailable all day today because I am meeting with an importer to arrange some new animals for my stores. You may still contact me via email as I always have my wireless laptop with me, so I always have access to send/receive my email.

I will explain. As well as running my manufacturing business, I am also a importer/exporter of exotic animals, all over the world. Yesterday I got a telephone call to say that there were two Mowgli's for sale some 400 miles away from my location. As you probably know, here in the UK these animals are extremely rare and collectors are willing to pay a lot of money to own one. I know that of course in your part of the world Mowgli's are very common, but here they are very prized.

This leads me to my question; do you think that you would be able to obtain clearance to export Mowgli's from Nigeria Dr. Mack? I ask because I am willing to pay up to US $175,000.00 cash per Mowgli. They are extremely rare here in the West and I would take as many as you are able to obtain, providing proper government clearance can be arranged. I am looking to obtain 10 - 15 Mowgli's Please let me know your thoughts. Sorry to mention the Mowgli, but these are in very short supply here, and I will take any opportunity I can to obtain them.

I have attached a picture of a baby Mowgli, and my own adult Mowgli (I named him Speilberg) in his glass tank.

I look forward to your next communication,

Sincerely,

Johnny Cash.

Voice message from Cece Kokou. 12 Seconds and 21k - Received 24/09/03 Click HERE to listen.

That was the last I heard from Cece.

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