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Title: COOK WITH THE CROOK!
Another bog-standard 419 email comes in, but this time I decide to test the scammer cooking abilities!
From the desk of: DR.Denison Eze Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP I am the financial controller of Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (NNPC). I got your Contact address from an associate
working with the Nigerian We are seeking your assistance to transfer of Forty Two Million (US$42,000,000.00) to your account for further private investment. This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract amount for the construction of an Oil Refinery Sub- Stations in Nigeria in 1999. The contract was valued for one Hundred and Twenty Seven Million United States Dollar (US$127,000,000.00), but we manipulated the figure to read one Hundred and Sixty Nine Million United States Dollars($169,000,000.00) The extra $42,000,000.00 is what we want to transfer now. This contract has been completely executed and the contractors have been paid their contract less this $42,000,000.00. which is in a suspense account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, the nations apex bank. For your assistance, we have agreed to remunerate you with 15% because it is impossible for us to claim the amount without foreign collaboration. 5% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses that may be incurred by either party during this business. It may interest you to know that four years ago, we carried
out a similar transaction with one Mr. Patrice Miller, the President
of Craine International Trading Corporation at number 135 East 57th
Street, 28th Floor,New York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788 and TLX
number 6731689. Mr. Patrice disappeared into thin air when All modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer
of this money have been worked out. This transaction is 100%
risk free but requires 100 percent I await your urgent response. Best Regards, Dr.Denison Eze, Mni
[Step in Mr. Mike Lord, CEO of Shiver's Bakeries] From: Mike Lord
From the office of: Mr. Mike Lord Thank you for your email. I am sorry if I appear rude to you, this is not my intention, but when it comes to matters of serious business I do not have time for niceties. I am by nature a friendly and generous man, but where business is involved you will find me deliberate and serious. First a little information about myself and my company. My Name is Mike Lord and I have been working in this industry for nearly 25 years. My company is called Shiver's Bakeries and we produce high class and exclusive cakes and confectionery for sale through our 3rd party distributors worldwide. I own 5 manufacturing plants and presently our annual profits are around £8.4 million UK pounds per year, and I employ just over 400 workers. In fact this year is a very special year for us as this is my business's 25th birthday. On may 24th 2004 my company celebrates 25 years in business. To return to your proposition. As I have indicated, I am very interested in your proposition, but before I would be willing to proceed or give out any private information I will require that you are able to send be some definite proof of your identity on some manner that cannot be faked. As I have stated previously, a passport or other ID will not be acceptable, as we have previously had some dubious people contacting us to send us false information and passport details, so I am afraid that such identification cannot be accepted. I am happy to help you financially in this respect if needed as
being experience in business I do know that transfers of such large
amounts of money may require substantial processing fees, but first
you will have to prove your identity to me. I am afraid that without
proof of your identity I will be unwilling to proceed. My terms
above are absolutely non negotiable. I do apologise if this offends
you but I have to be extremely careful when dealing with such large
amounts of money and with people I have never met. I am a very wealthy
man, and sadly some people try to take advantage of this fat. Thank you again for your email.
[Surprisingly, Eze seems to go for my request right out of the starting gates. I was sure that it was going to be a struggle] From: Denison Eze Dear Mike Lord, Thank you for your mail and your interest in my proposal. I wish to state that the content of your mail is well understood. Firstly, I and my colleagues have delibrated on your capability/confidentiality in handling this business and they consent I proceed with you as your operation oversea will provide lead for viable investment. I shall send the picture to you, and you will also do thesame by hold a sign in your hand boldly written Dr Denison Eze, and send it to me by attachment. Furthermore, I would like to inform you that due to our tighth schedule we cannot afford to meet with you in england for now as we will not be alow to apply for leav twice within the short period. Please reply to this email box. Thank you as I look forward to hearing from you soon. Dr denison Eze
From: Mike Lord
From the office of: Mr. Mike Lord
As I told you in my previous email I require identification in a manner that cannot be forged. As explained, because this year is the 25th anniversary of my bakery business, the ideal way to prove yourself to me would be to have your photograph taken holding a cake (as this is what we make). May I make one request for the cake that would please me very much? If you can photograph yourself with the cake, and have the word SHIVER put onto the cake, that would obviously be absolutely indisputable proof that the image is indeed yourself, and would be an honour to me also. [Nothing wrong with being honoured] I would be very appreciative of your efforts if you would be able to do this for me. I must insist that the picture you send is to me large and clear so that the cake, yourself and the word SHIVER can be clearly seen. Please rest assured that you can fully trust my secrecy and honesty
in this endeavour. I would never do anything that would harm the
good reputation of my company. Kind regards,
From: Denison Eze Dear Mr. Mike Lord, Thank you for your mail . I will send you the photo, It would be nice if I hold your name on my other hand and snap the pic . In a short time you will got it. Thank you for your preparedness to assist bring this business that will give us financial gratification to fruition. Hope to hearing from you soon. Dr Denison
From: Mike Lord
From the office of: Mr. Mike Lord As I have already stated, I will be happy to send you my own picture in whatever way you prefer. All that is required by me is that you send me your picture identification in the manner I previously requested. Once I have received that I will be happy to send you my own picture. I think that this is very fair considering that it was you that contacted me first. Kind regards,
[It's been a few days since Denison's last email. I was worried that my story had been blow. Never underestimate the stupidity of a greedy scammer] From: Denison Eze Dear Mike Lord, How are you doing? Hope all is well. I write to say hi and as
well to inform you that you should please bear with me as soon as
my photographer get me the picture, Thank you Denison.
From: Mike Lord
From the office of: Mr. Mike Lord Thanks for your email and I shall be ready to contact you immediately that your picture is received. Kind regards,
From: Denison Eze DEAR MIKE LORD, THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. FIND ATTACHED THE PHOTO FOR YOUR IDENTIFICATION. HOPE TO HEARING FROM YOU SOON. THANKS. DR. DENISON
[Denison wrote "Shiver's" instead of "Shiver" but I'm still OK with that!]
From the office of: Mr. Mike Lord Many thanks buddy for the picture you sent to me, and I am happy to confirm it is 100% acceptable. I am now ready to participate in your proposition. Please inform me how you wish to continue? Kind regards,
UPDATE: Denison never replied. Did his get food poisoning from having a sneaky taste of my cake? Did he get suspicious? I don't know, but at least we both gained something from this experience; I got a cake, and Denison learned how to bake!
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