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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 9:47 pm

Here�s a good one. I got two identical letters from two �barristers� representing Mohammed Abacha. First I got one from Chris Uzor, which I blew off, and a few days later got the same letter from him and another from another guy (same letter):

Quote:

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 9:09 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: *SPAM* Awailting Your Urgent Respond

From: Barrister Christopher uzor & C0.
Attorneys/Legal Practitioner
Nigeria.

Dear Beloved,
Compliments of the season. Grace and peace and love from this part of
the
Atlantic to you. I hope my letter does not cause you too much
embarrassment
as I write to you in good faith based on the contact address given to
me
by a friend who works at the Nigerian embassy in your country. please
excuse
my intrusion into your private life.

I am Barrister Christopher uzor I represent Mohammed Abacha,
son of the late Gen. Sani Abacha, who was the former military head of
state blah blah blah
$75,000,000.00
(Seventy Five Million United States Dollars), blah blah blah modalities blah blah blah do not entertain any fears, as all necessary modalities are in
place,and
blah blah blah absolute confidentiality blah blah blah.

Please, you will also ignore this letter and respect our trust in you
by
not exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested.

look forward to working with you,

Regard.
Barrister christopher uzor Esq

(The other was from:)

Quote:

From: Barrister Femi Coker & Co.
Attorneys/Legal Practitioner
Nigeria

(�Femi Coker�? A guy could have fun with that name. Anyway, I decided to do something really different this time. I sent one email to Chris Uzor:)

Quote:

Dear Barrister Uzor:
Your proposal sounds most interesting. That is an awful lot of money; would I be too forward in asking for 20%?
Please advise as to modalities.
Regards,
Dr. Hannibal Lecter

(...and another to Femi, thanks to J. Dog for the idea:)

Quote:

Dear Mr. Coker:

Somebody has already sent me the exact same letter as you. They signed the letter with a different name.

The man's name is Usman Bello and I am supposed to send him $6,000 by Western Union. I said I will send him money three different times at $2,000 each for a certificate to certify that his money did not come from terrorism or drugs.

I got the $6,000 today after I sold my car. I plan on sending Mr. Bello the money on Monday when the WU office is open. Now you come to me with the exact same letter and I am very confused. Please tell me what is going on.

Are you working with Mr. Bello? Am I supposed to send you the money? I will contact Mr. Bello by e-mail.

I live in a mobile home and do not have a cell phone, but I do have a computer here in the senior center of the mobile home park with a private e-mail account.

Let me know what you think and I will ask Mr. Bello what to do next. The $6,000 is safe in a hiding place where no one will find it, so the money is safe. My neighbor Betty Rubble is going to give me a ride into town on Monday to get to the Western Union office.
Now I need this money Mr. Bello is offering me really fast because I need to have a hip replacement operation and a new roof for my mobile home. So I don't want no delays in getting this here money. Do you understand?
Sincerely,

Hannibal Lecter

(Then I sent another to Uzor...it had been a while since I'd written him, and I had just gotten the �same email� idea from J. Dog...)

Quote:

Dear Barrister Uzor,
I apologize for the delay, but something funny happened. Shortly after I responded to you I got an EXACT COPY of your first email to me from another Nigerian barrister named Femi Coker who also claims to represent Mohammed Abacha. Is this person in partnership with you? Or has he infiltrated your email account? I have not responded to him; only to you. I would like to help and to get some of this money, but I do not know whom to trust.
Regards,
Dr. Hannibal Lecter

(Well, thankfully Barrister Uzor clears it up for me...)

Quote:

Dear Partner,

Thanks for your mail. We are really sorry for the miss
up, barrister Femi Coker is my partner he sent you the
massage when we agree to contact you. Without him
knowing that I have contacted you, you can confirm
that we are from this same office with the telephone
number we sent to you is the office telephone number
234-1-7754934.

Barrister Femi Coker told me that you responding to
his first email to you after which he sent you another
one and you have not responded, please stop responding
to him and work with me. We are both partner you don�t
have to worry.
I await your respond,
Best regards,
Christopher Uzor.

(Trouble is, I had not heard a thing back from Femi the Coker...)

Quote:

Dear Partner,

Barrister Coker is lying. As I said to you, I did not respond to his email, and he never responded because there was no mail to respond to. He sent me the first email identical to yours, and I did NOT respond. He is lying, and I would not want him as a business partner.

Regards,
Dr. Hannibal Lecter

More to come...

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 7:56 pm

Ah, but Chris will clear things up...

Quote:

Dear partner,
I so much thank you for your willingness in assisting
us. But i most let you know that all modalities of
transferring the fund to Europe has been concluded, so
i want you to reach me with your contact information
and begin your preparation in traveling down to Europe
for the securement of this funds. Please do endeavor
to call me on my telephone number
234-1-7754934 for more discussion.
Awaiting your urgent respond.
Barrister Christopher uzor

Hmmm...

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Dear Partner,

Now I am really confused. I did as you asked and did not respond to your partner, Mr. Coker. However, Mr. Coker wrote back to me and said that he was handling all modalities on behalf of your firm. Also, his email comes from "Barrister Femi Coker & Co.," while I thought your firm was "Barrister Christopher Uzor & Co."

Barrister Coker says that I am supposed to send him $6,000 by Western Union to cover transfer fees, and that I should send it three different times at $2,000 each for a certificate to certify that his money did not come from terrorism or drugs.

I will be getting the $6,000 later this week, probably tomorrow. But I don't know who I should send it to. Mr. Coker insists that I wire it to him because he handles the finances for your firm.

I would call you, but I am very hard of hearing because of an ear infection many years ago. So I need to communicate via email.

Should I now work with Mr. Coker? You said you had the same phone number, but the number he gave me is different from yours. Perhaps that is just his cell phone, but it doesn't matter because I can't talk with either one of you. Please send me an email as soon as you can. It doesn't matter to me which one of you I work with; I will be happy to meet either one of you (or both) in Europe -- Amsterdam, perhaps -- or maybe in South Africa where I have some old friends living.
Sincerely,

Hannibal Lecter

Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 8:04 pm

This sure is no way to treat a business partner:

Quote:

Dear partner,

I recieved your mail and i must thank you for
writting.Please i will advice you to stop all further
contact details with Mr. Coker as i will want to andle
the transaction alone,do not respond to any mail send
to you by Mr. Coker.
You can go ahead and send the money to me so that i
can effect the transfer of the trunk on time and also
be getting yourself prepare in receiving the trunk.

The money should be send as soon as possible.
Regard
Brrister christopher uzor

Quote:

But why must I stop communicating with Mr. Coker? He told me to stop communicating with you, and I have still not written him back as you said. You told me you two were business partners.

I am not sending any money at all until I get this straightened up.

Hannibal

Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 1:04 pm

Now HERE's a good reply:

Quote:

Dear Hannibal Lecter,
How are you today? Thanks for your mail, but i must
let you know the reason i ask you to stop
communicating with Mr. Coker is that. Mr. Coker is
having some problem right now with the security agent
in my country, they have access to his mail box and so
it's possible that any mail you received from Mr.
Coker right now may be send from the security agent,
just to know the out come of this transaction.
So with this i will advice you to ignore any mail you
receive from his mail box and go ahead and pay the
money so that we can commence the transfer as we have
limited time on our side. Please inform me when you
are ready to send the money so that i could give you
all the contact.
Regard
Barrister Christopher uzor

Hmmm...could it be that Femi Coker's mailbox has been appropriated by the notorious USMAN BELLO???? Very Happy

If anyone with more tech savvy than myself would like to "Bello" this clown, I'd be happy to pass him off. Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:21 pm

Well, this has been a fairly long bait, and frankly, it was a bit boring in parts so I won't go through all the details. In synopsis, Barrister Uzor advised me that Femi Coker was no longer working with them as he was "found wanting" (whatever the fuck that means). And in fact, I had not heard anything from Femi Coker ever since I told him about Usman Bello. So I was down to one mugu on this bait.

Over the course of time, I succeeded in raising hell with Christopher's email accounts. Cool

He was so effective at slapping himself and apologizing all over the place for wasting my time that I didn't even bother slapping him myself. Basically, he was so stupid that I didn't want to lose him as a pet. And so, after skipping a couple of uneventful chapters, the story continues...

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Hello Hannibal Lecter,
Thank you very much for your urgent respond.Thank God we are safe
now,please i want you to forward to me your name as it appears in your
internatinal passport or driven liscence so that we can use it to make
the
shipement because that is the name you are giong to present to the
security firm
company before the consignment will be released to you,and also let me
know
when you think you can travel so that i will know how to instruct the
security firm
of the shipement.And i will also like to have your direct phone number
and fax
number so as to call you.
I will insruct the security firm to commence the shipement as soon as
i know you
are ready to travel.
Regard
Barrister christopher uzor

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Christopher,

I should be able to travel at almost any time; I am retired and no longer in business.

My full name is: Hannibal C. Lecter
Phone number is: 206-350-2724
Ever since these Internet people have infiltrated your email, I have gotten a little paranoid. I do not pick up my phone right away, so you will hear a recorded greeting. Please say the password loudly and clearly so I can hear you, then repeat it. The password is "SUDSMAN." (That was my nickname in high school, and no one else will know it but you.) Say the password twice, and if I am there I will pick up the phone. If not, simply leave me a voicemail message and I will return your call.

I will be away for the weekend; I am traveling to my daughter's house, where we will have some friends for dinner.

By the way, Christopher, I am considered an excellent cook, and would love to have you for dinner once this deal is finally wrapped up. How is your liver, by the way? You don't drink too much, do you? I dearly love a nice Chianti.

I should be able to travel next week once I've returned and taken care of things here at home. Where would you want me to go? I can start looking for tickets.

Regards,

Hannibal

Quote:

Hello Hannibal Lecter,
Sorry i could not write you on time,it has been an hectic day for me.I
was with
the security firm and to make sure that all arragenment are concluded
today,so am
glad to inform you that we are true with all arragenment concining the
shipment,the consignment has left my country today to spain the
headguater of
the security firm and my juniour colligues like i do promise is giong
to be with you
in spain will be living on friday to spain to jion the members of the
security firm to
welcome you in spanish airport,so you can go ahead with your traveling
arragenment to spain and all your arragenment must be next week because
i will
like my colligue to get there before you.
I will send to you the contact of the security firm as soon as i
confime your
traveling documents to spain,just to make sure that we are both safe.
Regard
Barrister christopher uzor

Quote:

Christopher,

Which city am I supposed to fly to in Spain? Barcelona? Madrid? I don't know where the security company is. I know there is a Swiss bank in Bilbao. Otherwise, I'm afraid I simply do not have enough information to book a trip. Please let me know as soon as you can so I can book a flight. Also, I will need to find a hotel. Is it possible the security company can help with that?

Gracias!

Hannibal Lecter

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Hello Hannibal Lecter,

Like I informed you before the consignment left my country yesterday.
Attach
here with is a copy of the shipment airway bill, please print it out
because you will
have to take it along with you to Spain to clear the trunks.

Find below the security company contact info.

Magnum Securities, Madrid Spain.

Contact person: Mr. Another Smith. ( Laughing

You've GOT to be shittin' me...)

Tel: 34-628891781.

Please contact the security company to find out if the trunks has
arrival Spain and
inform them on when you will arrive Spain to collect the trunks,
therefore, make all
necessary arrangement to travel to Spain and send to me your flight
information to
enable me know when my junior partner will leave, like I told you he
will have to
arrive Spain a day or two before you, the security company is in Madrid
so please
book your flight to Madrid.

However, there was a little problem that I have been trying to settle
but I could not
hence I am calling for your assistance. I was on able to pay for all
the shipment
cost therefore there is a balance of 12,500 Euros to be paid in Spain
as COD.

My dear partner, I beg you to please try and take the balance money
along with
you to Spain to pay the officials of the security company so they will
release the
trunks to you. I promise that we shall pay you back all your expense
from our own
share of the money as soon as we complete this deal, you will find all
the details
of the shipment in the airway bill. The total shipment cost was 32,500
Euros I have
paid 20,000 Euros and we are left with the balance of 12,500 Euros
please do not
disappoint as we are counting on you to assist us.

I await your urgent and positive reply.

Regards,

Christopher Uzor,

Quote:

Christopher,

I have made travel arrangements. (All I did was to find a flight on Expedia.com and copy and paste the results.) I will leave Seattle Monday, 26 July at 1:15 on KLM Airlines, make one stop in Amsterdam, then arrive in Madrid Tuesday, 27 July at noon.

The 12,500 euros will not be much of a problem, but this flight will cost me $2700 USD. I'm not worried about money since I will make a lot on this deal, but I would appreciate it if you or the security company could book a hotel for me. After paying for the airline ticket and coming up with the cash, I won't have enough money to book the hotel. Please have someone book a suite for me in Madrid at a Sofitel or similar quality hotel, and you won't have to reimburse me for the 12,500 euros. Is that a deal?

I can't wait to meet you and have you for dinner.

Regards,

Hannibal Lecter

The next day, the mugu calls, leaving two unintelligible messages on my k7 voicemail service. They're not even worth posting, believe me.)

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Christopher,

I received your phone call. Unfortunately, all I could hear was the code word SUDSMAN. The rest of your message was too quiet.* Remember, I told you a long time ago that I am quite hard of hearing due to an ear infection many years ago.

Anyway, as I wrote in my email, I have made travel arrangements. Will those times work? I will arrive in Madrid at noon Tuesday, and I will leave Thursday morning at 6:25 am. That is not much time in Madrid, but I assume it is important to get the trunk back to the US.

Is it only your junior colleagues who will be there to meet me, or are you coming as well? I would very much like to meet you.

Hannibal

(*Actually, I was able to listen to the message a couple of days later at home, and it turns out he referred to himself as �Femi Coker.� DUMBASS!!! He�ll get slapped for that in due time...)

To be continued...

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:28 pm

Quote:

Hello Hannibal Lecter,
Thank you very much for your urgent mail but i must let you know
that the
information you sent to me as regards your flight schedule is not
complete as
we will like to have your time of arriving madrid and flight number
so as to aid my
colligues up and recieved you in airport.I must thank you for your
assistance and
your willingness as regards the balance payment.

Please it's important you call me as soon as you recieve this mail so
as to enable
us talk on the phone. Therefore, i want you to call me as soon as you
receive this
mail, i await your call feel free to call ma anytime as i will be
avaliable to receive
your call anytime.

Regard
Barrister christopher uzor

God, don't you LISTEN to me???

Quote:

Christopher,

Please, I told you I am hard of hearing and have difficulty on the telephone. I am a little embarrassed by this, and I really wish you would stop bringing it up all the time. If you want to leave a message for me and speak loudly and clearly enough, that is fine...but normal phone conversations for me are frustrating and embarrassing. What is this obsession of yours with talking on the phone? I would spend money on international calls while being frustrated and embarrassed. Can we please just continue in this fashion? We are communicating just fine.

As for my information, I am on KLM Flight 6034 from Seattle, connecting in Amsterdam and arriving in Madrid at noon Tuesday. Here is the information taken from the website:

<flight info copied from Expedia.com>

I assume I can have the money in traveller's cheques, as it could be quite dangerous to walk around with that much cash.

I expect I will be positively famished by the time I get there, and I would appreciate it if your people could find a restaurant that caters to my rather esoteric tastes. And have you found me a hotel yet? As I mentioned to you, I can raise the 12,500 euros as well as the $2700 for airfare, but I would appreciate having a hotel room reserved for me by the security company.

Thank you.

Regards,

Hannibal

Quote:

Hello Hannibal Lecter,

Thanks for your mail and the complete flight information this will
enable my junior
partner to receive you on your arrval.
My dear partner, is very important you call the security compant in
Spain today to
findout if the trunks has arrive their office savely and let them know
when you will
arrive Spain to collect the trunks.

The name of officials in charge of our trunks is MR ANTHONY SMITH. (There -- got it right this time, dumbfuck.)
Phone
number: 34-628891781.

Please try and call him now, i understand the problem you said you have
with
phone but is very important you call him today to let him know what you
need, like
hotel so that he can hotel room reserved for you.

As soon as you call them please get back to me to let me know the
position of the
trunks.

Hope to hear from you ASAP.

Regard
Barrister christopher uzor

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Christopher,

I am growing frustrated with this insistence of yours on phone calls. I am already withdrawing 12,500 euros from the bank. I have already paid $2700 USD for round-trip airfare to Madrid. And now you and this security company want me to spend more money on international phone calls when I will not be able to hear the other person clearly and I will suffer embarrassment and frustration. I do not think you are being very sensitive to my needs as a business partner.

Surely Mr. Smith has an email address. Surely Mr. Smith can call YOU and let you know that the trunks have arrived safely and where they are. You already know when I am to arrive in Madrid and on what flight. Hopefully you have passed this information along to Mr. Smith. If not, Mr. Smith can send me an email and introduce himself. I will be happy to send Mr. Smith the very same information I sent you if you are not willing to share this information with him. He does not need me to speak with him on the phone in order to book a hotel room. He already has my full name (Hannibal C. Lecter). My address is Cobain Towers, Suite 66, 914 Nirvana Blvd., Seattle, WA 98119, USA. He has my phone number (206-350-2724), so he can call and leave word that the room has been booked. I require a quality hotel such as Sofitel or Hilton. I will be staying two nights: Tuesday 27 July and Wednesday 28 July, and I will require shuttle service to the airport Thursday morning.

Is that really so difficult, Christopher? You are a barrister, and this person is head of a security company entrusted to handle a trunk full of highly-valuable "African wood carvings." Between the two of you, you should be able to handle this simple transaction. You have my information. Please share it with Mr. Smith and have him send me an email.

Thank you.

Hannibal

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Hello Hannibal Lecter,

Thanks for the mail but you must understand that i do not have direct
contact with
security company in Spain i only have contact with their office here.
Note that you
are the beneficiary to the trunks therefore, is very important you have
direct
contact with them. i just contacted their office here to find out the
Spain office
email address. please find below their email address.

([email protected]).

please send them email as soon as you receive this message, address the
email
to Mr. Anthony Smith.

Alway keep me informed on the development.
Regards,

Barrister christopher uzor

OK,. then...

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ATTN: Anthony Smith

Dear Mr. Smith,

I am expecting the delivery of a couple of trunks from Nigeria to your capable hands, and I wanted to contact you to check on the status of that shipment.

I will personally travel to Madrid for the purpose of receiving my delivery. I am due to arrive at the airport in Madrid on Tuesday at noon (KLM Flight 6034 arriving via Amsterdam). Would it be possible for you to arrange a hotel room for me? My barrister and I will reimburse you for any charges incurred once I have arrived. I understand my barrister has already paid 20,000 euros on my behalf; I will be personally delivering the remaining 12,500 euros due your company upon my arrival.

May I assume that traveller's cheques (such as American Express) will be sufficient tender for this payment?

Please arrange for a room at a Sofitel, Hilton or similar quality hotel to be booked in my name for two (2) nights: Tuesday, 27 July and Wednesday, 28 July. I will require shuttle service to the airport very early Thursday morning; the hotel should be able to include that. My full information is as follows:

Hannibal C. Lecter
Cobain Towers, Suite 66, 914 Nirvana Blvd.
Seattle, WA 98119, USA

A couple of gentlemen from my barrister's firm will be meeting me at the airport, though I have never seen them. I would appreciate it if someone from your firm could be there as well. If there is any further information you need from me, please ask.

Thank you,

Hannibal Lecter

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:32 pm

(Three mugumails arrive: voicemail messages from my k7 mailbox. All are from Mr. Anthony Smith and are virtually unintelligible. Hannibal responds:)

Quote:

Dear Mr. Smith,

I see my answering machine has answered a few calls from your goodself. As I explained to my barrister, Mr. Christopher Uzor, I am quite hard of hearing and telephone conversations are very frustrating for both myself and the person trying to reach me. I am able to amplify my special answering machine and figure out the message, but I'm afraid normal telephone conversations are just not possible. It's quite embarrassing to me, and I hope you understand. In fact, I wish Mr. Uzor had been a bit more considerate of my feelings in this matter and passed along the information to you.

At any rate, I appreciate the contact and would ask you to please communicate via email so I don't miss any of the details. I assume you were calling to tell me about the trunks from Africa. Hopefully they have been delivered and are in your capable hands. The only other point of discussion is my hotel room. I assume you are able to find me an acceptable room for Tuesday and Wednesday next. All of these details should be able to be handled via email where they will be perfectly understood and in writing. I simply do not trust telephone communications, and I hope you understand.

I look forward to meeting you in Madrid.

Regards,

Hannibal Lecter

(And since I listened to these at home and could hear them better, I listened to Christopher's earlier phone message, in which he accidentally referred to himself as �Femi Coker.� Good for him I�m hard of hearing!)

Quote:

Christopher,

When you first tried to call me two days ago, I could not hear the message. However, I was able to run the message through some software and an amplifier, and I heard the message. The person on the line identified himself as "Femi Coker," not Christopher Uzor. I could not understand the phone number and my Caller ID did not identify the number of origin. All I got were the digits "234."

Is your former partner Femi Coker trying to hijack this transaction? I thought you should know because you said not to correspond with him any longer and that he was found "wanting." I saved the audio file if you want to alert the Nigerian police. Maybe they will be able to understand the speaker on the call and run a trace. I heard there are some people who get "death calls" and are killed by high frequency emissions when they answer a call from a certain number. The CIA has such technology, and it is rumored that this Usman Bello character may have stolen it. Cool

This Coker fellow could be in deep trouble if we want to turn him in to the Nigerian authorities. For that matter, it makes me even more afraid to answer the phone.

I just thought you should know who was trying to call me. I did not hear a message from you -- only Mr. Coker.

Oh, I almost forgot -- Mr. Anthony Smith called me also, but I could not understand anything he was saying. have you heard about the trunks? What about my hotel room? I am getting nervous about flying to Madrid with no lodging. If there is no hotel room booked for me in Madrid, I may have to spend an extra night in Amsterdam and see if you can get the trunks to me there.

Regards,

Hannibal

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Hello Hannibal Lecter,

Thanks for your mail and i good to hear that you have email the
security company
and also Mr smith has called you,please you should mail him again to
inform him to
book hotel for you i believe he will book a room for you .
My dear partner, i have informed you before that Femi Coker, is my
junior partner
in my Chambers. (Um, no, mugu...you didn't.) i ask coker to diel your number so that i can talk with
you but
when he did you were not avaliable to answer the call for me to talk
with you
therefore, he drop a message for you to call me back with my number
which is
234-1-7754934. please don't worry about that him calling you is meant
for him to
diel the number for me to talk with you.

I will not be in Spain with you like i told you my i will send my
junior partner John
Obi to be with you in Spain.

please keep me informed on your arrangement with Mr. Smith.

hope to hear from you and have a nice day.

Regards,

Barrister Christopher uzor.

(A likely story...)

Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 8:39 pm

Quote:

Christopher,

This whole thing is getting rather confusing. You informed me some time ago that Femi Coker was not working with you anymore because he was found wanting, and you advised me not to respond to him any longer and to watch out for him because he still has my contact information. That's why I was shocked to hear Femi Coker on the phone using my password and your phone number. Shocked, I tell you!

Apparently you have patched things up and Mr. Coker is once again in the good graces of Barrister Christopher Uzor & Co. That's good to hear. Will Mr. Coker be coming to meet me in Spain also? You had mentioned your junior "colleagues" would be meeting me in Spain. Or is it only one? I have not heard of John Obi before.

I wrote Mr. Smith as soon as I got those phone messages from him. He did not use the password we discussed, and I could barely understand anything he said on the phone anyway. Therefore, I have no idea whether the trunks are there or not. I also asked him if they could book a hotel for me, but I have heard nothing back. Are you sure you can trust these people? If I don't receive word from Mr. Smith, could Mr. Obi book me a room? Or perhaps you or Mr. Coker? I'm getting a little nervous about flying to Europe with 12,500 euros and not having a hotel and meeting people I've never met before, and I think I'd feel a little better if you were there.

Ah, well, I guess this will all work out soon enough. Could you please contact Mr. Smith for me? I can't believe I haven't heard from him.

Regards,

Hannibal

Yes, I KNOW I'm letting him off way too easy. That's because I have some plans for him and would not want my trip to Spain to get cancelled...

Quote:

Dear sir,

I recieved your mails this morining in my office.i am so glad you got
my
message.

we recieved a consgiment from africa.that is why i called you
to know when you are coming to spain to collect it.i assure you the
consginment
is safe,we are waiting to recieve you upon your arrival in spain.

The balance you need to pay is 12,500euros.We do not accept travellars
cheque,we accept cash.so i emplore you to come with cash,to avoid
delay in
the transaction.As regard the hotel reservation i will get you inform
by
tommorow friday .All necessary arrangemnet will be put in place befor
tuesday.

Regards

Anthony Smith

No traveller's cheques? Cash only? What kind of an idiot would walk around with that much cash?

Quote:

Dear Mr. Smith,

Thank you for responding. I am happy the consignment is safe and in your capable hands. I do have a couple of concerns, however:

1) Travelling with that much cash can be a bit dangerous, but I think I can arrange it provided it is legal. I would like to be assured that the people you send to meet me at the airport are licensed security people who can provide protection for me.

2) Thank you for getting me the hotel information by tomorrow (Friday). I will be out for the weekend and may not have the chance to check in. I will be flying out of Seattle Monday at 1:15 p.m. with a stopover in Amsterdam, and will arrive in Madrid Tuesday at noon.

Thank you so much for your kind attention, Mr. Smith. The contents of those trunks are quite valuable, and I am anxious to get them home safely.

Regards,

Hannibal Lecter

Quote:

Dear Christopher,

I just heard back from Mr. Smith. He says the consignment is safe in Madrid. The security company does not accept traveller's cheques, only cash. I am concerned about traveling with that much cash for reasons of legality and security. Are his people and Mr. Obi capable of providing protection?

Mr. Smith says he will have hotel information for me tomorrow. I hope you will work with him to assure this, as I will be leaving for the airport in Seattle late Monday morning and will not arrive in Madrid until Tuesday at noon after a layover in Amsterdam.

I hope everything goes OK, Christopher. I am a little nervous about everything.

Regards,

Hannibal

Quote:

Hannibal,
I am very sorry I did not inform you before that Femi Coker and I have
settle in the
interest of this deal I have to settle with him since he already knew
about this deal
so that we don�t have problem now he is back to work with me.

Barrister John Obi is also my junior partner we will be traveling to
Spain tonight, he
will be with you in Spain both of you will work together in Spain to
complete this
deal, I have instructed him to contact you via email as soon as he
arrive Spain
tomorrow (Friday).

My dear friend, you don�t have to worry about security in Spain
because Mr.
Smith works with a reputable security company there in Spain
therefore, I believe
he will know what to do as regards protecting there clients. (Thank God...NOW I feel better.)

I am happy to hear that Mr. Smith has confirm the safety of the trunks
and also
promise to book a hotel for you, I am very happy thing and moving as
planned, I
assure you that everything is going to workout fine and with Mr.
Obi�s present
everything will workout for good i trust him.

Please keep me informed on the development with Mr. Smith.

Thanks and God bless you.

Barrister Christopher uzor.

Quote:

Christopher,

Thank you for putting my mind at ease about Femi Coker. I'm sure you had plenty on your mind with those people trying to sabotage your email. Do you have any idea who could be doing such a thing? It concerns me as we get so close to finalizing this deal that someone could make trouble for us.

I look forward to hearing from Mr. Obi once he arrives in Spain. I am happy he is arriving tomorrow so he can see to details such as my hotel room. Although I'm sure Mr. Smith is quite capable, I trust your firm to look after my best interests.

Speaking of which, I trust the Abacha family is paying you well for your hard work and attention to detail in this transaction, and I hope we can get together soon to celebrate our success. It is a shame you will not be in Spain; they have excellent food and wine there. Perhaps I can convince you to come to the United States for a well-deserved vacation as my guest. In the meantime, I shall settle for having Mr. Obi and Mr. Smith for dinner in Spain.

Adios and gracias, senor! (I'm boning up on my Spanish.)

Hannibal

That's it for now...updates to come. I really can't believe they aren't requesting money via Western Union and actually want me to show up in person. I think you can imagine what is going to happen to Dr. Lecter on this trip. (Something tells me he'll never make the airport...)

419Eater is my life Joined: 18 Nov 2003 Posts: 443

Of course you can play the bait how you want, but the lads are insisting on cash. I like the idea that for some reason the bank could only give you the cash in coins, so you will be meeting them at the airport carrying several bags of coins. Make sure they have a nice strong car for all those heavy bags of coins you'll be carrying.

Wouldn't it be aweful if one of the bags split and you missed the flight picking up the coins.

BTW, I like all the silly questions you keep asking Very Happy

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 3:00 pm

Thanks...and no, I have something a lot better in mind for these chumps. A few boring pieces of correspondence have transpired regarding the trip, but I figured I should write to Femi Coker and welcome him back.

Quote:

Dear Barrister Coker,

Barrister Christopher Uzor gave me the good news that you are now back with the firm. You may remember that you and Barrister Uzor both accidentally emailed me with the same offer to help the Abacha family with their trunk boxes, and some problems had arisen which now have seemingly been patched up. Imagine my surprise when I got a voicemail message from you just the other day, when I had not heard from you in weeks! The call actually took me by surprise, but Christopher told me that you were dialing my number on his behalf.

Anyway, I just wanted to write and tell you that I am glad things are again good with you and Christopher, since you were somewhat instrumental in arranging this lucrative deal for me. I'm sorry I won't be able to meet with you when I fly to Madrid to pick up the trunks, but I'm sure Barrister Obi will do an exemplary job of assisting me with all the modalities.

Again, thank you and welcome back. It's nice to be working with you again.

Regards,

Hannibal Lecter

You see, I don't know if this guy was playing both Uzor and Coker, or if Coker was a different mugu using the same format. Either way, I figured it would add a bit of drama.

Now I hear back from the security agent:

Quote:

Dear sir,

Thanks for your mail ,your consginment is in our safe custody.I assure
you
again.i just got the hotel reservation for you now.

The name of the hotel is: MELIA CASTILLA HOTEL
RESERVATION NUMBER :36125-4

TELEPHONE OF THE HOTEL:34-915675000

I used my name mr anthony smith to book the reservation for you.upon
your
arrival to the hotel
you pay the hotel bills.its a very good hotel with good security,there
is
good security in spain

just bring the cash here there is no problem,from the airport to the
hotel
is very safe.i have made good arrangement for you.

respond to my mail

regards

anthony smith

I didn't call the number to confirm my reservation, but I didn't have to. It doesn't match the number on the hotel's Web site. Now, I could raise a fuss about this and insist on the mugu spending money on a four-star hotel reservation, but you know damn well they won't. And I don't want to blow this bait and lose my storyline.

Quote:

Dear Mr. Smith,

That is excellent news! That hotel looks absolutely great; thank you so much for finding me such a fabulous place to stay. Rest assured, I will take care of all of the expenses you may have incurred on my behalf; let me know what I will need to reimburse you in addition to the 12,500 euros. I will be going to the bank first thing Monday en route to the airport in Seattle, and I will be out of touch until I arrive in Madrid Tuesday at noon.

Have you heard from Barrister Obi yet? He is flying to Spain today and is supposed to email me once he has arrived. I don't know where he is staying, but I will enjoy having you for dinner once we have taken my trunks to the hotel.

Regards,

Hannibal Lecter

Mr. Obi has indeed been in touch:

Quote:

Dear sir,

Certainly I will get a phone on monday. I dont think i will be at the airpot on the day of your arrival because i have an appointment with a bank that time on how to open an account.

Madrid is quite safe as i have seen so far, its not an african country. so be rest assured of your security. Its my first time here any way.

I will rather advice that for security reasons its even better that you just take a taxi from the airport to the hotel instead of asking any one to come and wait from you. This is what i did.

Pls keep me informed.

John obi

The thing I don't get is what they plan to do. No sending money; I'm just showing up. And walking around Madrid with 12,500 euros certainly seems 100% Rick-Free. But I can't figure out why they don't want to meet me at the airport to personally give me a ride to the hotel and shanghai me on some back street of Madrid. It sounds as though they really want me to go to the hotel. Any ideas on this?

It doesn't really matter, because Dr. Lecter will never make it to Madrid. I'm supposed to be on the plane in about 5 hours. I was really hoping to have these guys waiting for me at the airport holding a sign that read "HANNIBAL LECTER," while Dr. Lecter was lying in a pool of blood somewhere in Amsterdam -- the victim of an uber-guyman whose name shall not here be uttered...

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:01 pm

very nice story! Thumbs up

Reasons why they don't wanna show up at the airport:
- They know that security is high, and don't want to risk to be videotaped by survailance camera's?

- They are not at all in Madrid?

- They think that picking you up from the hotel to drive to the security company is the safest way to mug you?

You could tell them that due to them not showing up you decided to take your twin cousins along, they happen to be karate experts, bodyguards, gangsters, whatever Smile

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:10 pm

No, James, I think they are most definitely in Madrid...otherwise, how would they get the money? The security at the airport is probably why they would not meet me there. It would be much easier to come up to my hotel room and whack me there and take the money...although 12,500 euros is hardly worth a flight to Madrid and a homicide. Maybe they already have people there, as many do in Amsterdam.

And no, I have no martial artist bodyguards. I'm just a naive American traveling with a large wad of cash who will never make it to Madrid. The layover in Amsterdam is the perfect opportunity for a person to get waylaid by a shadowy figure who has been monitoring all his email communications and knows he's staying at the Black Tulip Hotel...

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:17 pm

Well, the arrangements are moving along nicely...

Quote:

Dear sir,

you were raising concern about security so i even asked mr smith not to bother going to the airport. I just dont want any one that knows you are carrying money not to meet you at the airpot and the long lonely road to the hotel. He talked about sending his secetary to the aiport but i said no.
You will do the same if you had arrived ealier than me.

I just arrived here and went to the hotel straight without company.

I will ask smith to give you the hotel address by email. just takie a taxi there.
My tel is +34 628 59 2626. dial 628 59 2626 when in madrid.

Looking forward to meet with you.

john obi

That makes sense...we wouldn't want the head of the security company to take me on a long, lonely ride, would we? We can trust him with two trunkloads of General Abacha's cash, but this might be too much of a temptation.

Quote:

Dear Mr. Obi,

I understand, and you are right; the fewer people who know I am traveling with cash, the safer I will be. It is in a briefcase, so I simply look like a businessman going to a meeting. I will take a cab to the hotel and meet you there.

Please remember that I am quite hard of hearing, so I never use a telephone that is not specially equipped. However, you can meet me at the hotel. My plane arrives at noon, so I should be checked in and ready to meet by 2:00 pm at the latest. If you have the desk ring my room, I will know you are downstairs and we can meet for a drink or go to the security company. I have emails just now from Barrister Uzor and from Mr. Smith, so I will attend to those and write back if I have questions.

I look forward to meeting you tomorrow.

Hannibal Lecter

And then, in as little time as it takes to log out and get into a new email box, I get a letter from the senior partner...

Quote:

Hannibal,

Thanks for your mail,

After reading you mail i contacted Mr. Obi to fine out why he will not
be meeting
you at the airport on your arrival he informed me that he will be busy
at the time of
your arrival that he has informed you about it.

Therefore, you shopuld take cab to the hotel that he will meet you in
your hotel
room as soon as possible, don't worry Madrid is a safe city, i hope you
have the
address of the hotel? just go to the hotel and say in your room Mr. Obi
will meet
you there before both of you will proceed to the security company to
clear the
trunks.

Just follow Mr. Obi's instrution and do not worry you will be fine.

Good luck and God be with you.

Yes, I would hope so...

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:36 pm

Well, I know for sure that they have people in Amsterdam and Brussels so I would not be surprised that they have a couple in Madrid.

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 6:22 pm

Suddenly Mr. Magoo gets a shocking email:

Quote:

Good afternoon, my friend.

You may be wondering who is writing to you from your old email account. In fact, I took over this account some time ago; you may have noticed you were unable to access it for some time. Do not worry, my friend; I have taken good care of it.

Thus far, I have arranged a few dates for myself through your MatchDoctor account. One of them worked out quite well; the Russian women were just running a scam, but the American woman was quite generous in several ways.

You may be wondering why your associates have not yet met Dr. Lecter in Madrid. I am afraid he will not be arriving, as his journey took a rather unfortunate turn in Amsterdam. I knew exactly when his plane would land and where he was staying. Knowledge is power, as they say, and that was certainly a nice haul. However did you find someone stupid enough to travel around with that much cash?

The nature of his demise should attract some attention, I would think, and I made certain that your contact information was readily available for the authorities. I was nice enough not to give them your cell phone numbers, however; you may have heard by now what the intelligence agencies can do with cell phones these days. Rest assured, only I have your cell phone numbers...and you can surely trust me not to misuse that information.

So why am I doing this? Well, I gave up being a regular guyman a long time ago. I am sufficiently well educated in language and computers to make far more money that you little catchers ever could. I now take over the best jobs for myself. I take what I want, but it is a lot easier if you just give me a cut from your jobs.

All you need to do is to let me in on your current jobs and give me the email addresses of the others in your organisation. I take 50%, and you keep 50%, which is better than nothing. Plus, I will let you live. And don't bother telling your oga about me. Chances are he already has heard of me, and he is a pile of hyena dung compared to me.

The choice is yours, my friend. Join me and live. Or choose not to.

USMAN BELLO

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 9:19 pm

I really can't believe there has been no response from any of the mugus involved here...although there was a blank 4-second message in my k7 voicemail box well after Dr. Lecter was due to arrive in Madrid and before Christopher would have received the email from Usman Bello.

This has been a very strange bait, and I wish it could have been a little more exciting. They never asked for a passport, they weren't going to be at the airport so I couldn't get them with a sign, and Bello has gotten no response. But after an appropriate investigation period, all three mugus -- Barrister Christopher in Nigeria, his partner Mr. Obi in Spain and Anthony Smith with the security company in Spain -- got the following email from a brand-new address:

Quote:

Gentlemen:

My name is Jethro Bodine. I am a double-naught spy for MI6 British Intelligence stationed with the Amsterdam Secret Service (ASS), and I am investigating a homicide which occurred in the early morning hours here in Amsterdam. We understand that you gentlemen have business dealings with the victim.

An American citizen by the name of Hannibal Lecter was found dead in a hotel room in Amsterdam's red light district by the local police this morning. Dr. Lecter's head had been removed, along with his liver and other organs in what may have been a ritual muti murder for purposes of voodoo. Alternatively, it may have been made to look that way to cover up the true nature of the crime, since Dr. Lecter had apparently been in possession of a large amount of cash. Electronic records show that before he checked into the hotel, he had exchanged just over $20,000 USD into euros, all of which is gone.

A search of Dr. Lecter's possessions revealed email addresses for you three gentlemen, along with indications that he was en route to Madrid to close a business deal. I would like to interrogate the three of you to find out the nature of this transaction and to determine whether you may have claim to the cash which has turned up missing. I normally do not investigate simple homicide or robbery, but the police brought my agency in to investigate because of the possibility of terrorist activity or international money laundering to benefit al-Qaida.

Please respond to this email as soon as possible so that we may set up interviews with the purpose of accelerating this investigation. Failure to respond will result in the mobilisation of MI6 operatives and notification of the American CIA. Be assured, we know how to reach you.

Sincerely,

Jethro Bodine, 008
Military Intelligence 6, Anti-Terrorism Unit
Amsterdam Secret Service

cc: Moneypenny, M Branch

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 3:32 pm

Well, I finally heard from Mr. Obi, and he's none too happy:

Quote:

Dear sir,

I,m just disapointed that you could be playing pranks with such a sensitive thing as murder. In the flight schedule that you sent to us there was no indication that you will be staying in a hotel in amsterdam. In fact there was no reason for that as your conecting flight time is limited.

You made me come over to madrid knowing that you are not ready. I,m just confused as to what is realy happening. I called the hotel several times yesterday to know if you had arrived by 12 noon as indicated in your flight schedule. i also went to the hotel late evening only to be told that you have not arrived.

Why did you not mention to me that you will stay in amsterdam. You allowed me to be standed here in madrid.

Please reply and let me know what to do.

john.

Who the fuck does he think he's talking to?

Quote:

Mr. Obi,

Thank you for your prompt response; I have yet to hear from your accomplices on this matter.

First off, I don't know whom you are addressing. I am not playing pranks, and I am not Dr. Lecter. I do not know his motives for leaving the airport for the hotel other than to say that there was a fairly long delay in Amsterdam; he was at a bank exchanging US dollars to euros; and he was murdered at a hotel in the red light district. It was not a hotel where people typically spend the night; it is rented by the hour for the primary purpose of prostitution and/or drug use. It is possible that he wanted a nap in a real bed rather than waiting at the airport; the hotel staff did not know his motivations. They said he had a visitor who appeared to be a black man, possibly a Moluccan, but they saw no female prostitute. Again, I do not know why he went to the hotel; I was hoping you or your associates could shed some light on the reason for the diversion.

You seem to be somewhat angry with me, Mr. Obi, when I am not the one who left you stranded in Madrid. I am investigating the murder of someone who was doing business with you, and I am trying to discover the nature of your business. I have not yet heard from your senior partner, Barrister Uzor, or Mr. Smith at Magnum Securities...and I must say that I am becoming rather suspicious of them as a result of their failure to communicate.

Could you please let me know why Dr. Lecter was flying to Madrid to meet you with such a large quantity of cash? If this was legitimate business, then you have nothing to fear. In fact, Dr. Lecter took out an insurance policy on the cash with Floyd's of London, and named his business associates as beneficiaries in case something happened to it. If your business was legitimate, you may have a claim to this cash...unless, of course, you and your associates were responsible for his robbery and murder.

What I need you to do is to urge your associates, Mr. Uzor and Mr. Smith, to come out of hiding and contact me. I need to know if they had anything to do with what happened in Amsterdam, or if either of them has been contacted by anyone other than me. As I mentioned in my first email, failure to respond will immediately place them under suspicion and will result in the mobilisation of MI6 operatives and CIA agents. If I do not hear from them in the next few hours, I am placing a call to Agent Barney Phyfe with the CIA office in Brussels.

Sincerely,

Jethro Bodine, 008
Military Intelligence 6, Anti-Terrorism Unit
Amsterdam Secret Service

cc: Moneypenny, M Branch

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 6:39 pm

I like it. I can just imagine your mugus (seems to me you've got more than one) lurking around Lagos in heavy disguise, too frightened to leave the house at night.
Surely that's the best trophy of all - frightening the living daylights out of them. Perhaps you can introduce a Religious man to help them confess their sins and become normal people again!

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 7:56 pm

And the plot thickens with this letter from the legendary British insurance firm:

Quote:

Dear Mr. Uzor,

I am writing you on behalf of our late client, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, who was apparently a business associate of yours. Dr. Lecter recently took out an insurance policy on a quantity of cash for a business transaction in Madrid, and he named you as beneficiary in case something went wrong.

Unfortunately, something went terribly wrong. In case you have not already been notified, I am saddened to inform you that we have received word from Dutch authorities that Dr. Lecter has been found murdered in Amsterdam. We are obligated to pay off this policy provided your claim passes the required scrutiny.

Please respond at your earliest possible convenience. We at Floyd's are very sorry for the loss of your business partner.

Yours in sorrow,

Reginald Dwight
Director of Claims
Floyd's of London, Ltd.

Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 8:58 pm

Well, I again heard from the junior barrister:

Quote:

Dear sir,

You are getting me confused. Are you saying the truth? How did you get my email in the first place and how did you know he was coming to meet with me. If you have seen the the correspondence between the two of us or mr uzor or with mr smith then ofcourse you will know that this information is strange to us.

How will you suggest that i could be aware of the plan to murder him when we dont even know that he will be spending some time in a notorios enviroment in amsterdam. You would have also seen that we made a hotel reservation in madrid for him. It would have been better to wait for him here and murder him if that is our motive. remenber in our correspondence he asked me to meet him at the airport.

If you are realy seriouse and its true that he was actualy murdered then i advice you to look for somewhere as to the motive. maybe because he changed money in a bank in amsterdam and he was traced to the hotel.
check our correspondence and you will see that there was nothing like that in the arrangement.

pls do everything possible to unravel the motive and bring whoever to justice. I dont care how you go about it. take any action neccesary. I dont want to be bothered any further. May his soul rest in peace.

john

Quote:

Dear Mr. Obi,

I assure you I am speaking the truth, sir. I got your mail from Dr. Lecter's personal possessions, along with the mails for both Uzor and Smith. I do not have phone numbers; for some reason Dr. Lecter had no phone. I have not seen your correspondence other than personal notes written in Lecter's planner which indicated that he was to meet you at the hotel in Madrid and he was to pay Mr. Smith 12,500 euros. We also have Mr. Uzor's email address with an indication that he is behind this transaction but would not be in Madrid.

Is it possible that Mr. Uzor was in Amsterdam? It is easily interpreted from airline records that Dr. Lecter was to connect in Amsterdam and would be there for several hours. Is it possible that Mr. Uzor knew this and went to Amsterdam to intercept Dr. Lecter and keep the money for himself? What was the nature of this business? Why was Dr. Lecter carrying all that cash when it is much safer to carry traveller's cheques?

I will be honest with you, Mr. Obi: the fact that you are the only one corresponding with me makes you less suspicious. I have yet to hear from Mr. Uzor or Mr. Smith, which is highly suspect considering the amount of business they were to do with Dr. Lecter and considering the fact that their names are soon to appear on international terrorist lists with the CIA and Interpol.

As far as I know, only you three people knew of Dr. Lecter's business in Madrid, and only you three knew that his schedule would put him in Amsterdam for several hours with thousands of euros in his possession. I do not know why he left the airport to visit the red light district, but for you to say you don't want to be bothered any further tells me that you really do not care about what happened to Dr. Lecter.

Where is Mr. Smith? Where is your business partner, Mr. Uzor? Who else knew of these plans? I await your answers, sir, and until I get them I have no alternative but to report the three of you to Agent Phyfe at the CIA branch in Brussels. If you know what is best for you, you will not leave your present location. And be sure to keep your cell phone on. You never know when someone may need to reach you.

Good day sir.

Jethro Bodine, 008
Military Intelligence 6, Anti-Terrorism Unit
Amsterdam Secret Service

cc: Moneypenny, M Branch
Barney Phyfe, CIA Brussels
Declan McManus, Scotland Yard

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:37 pm

He just ain't buyin' it...

Quote:

Dear sir,

Make no mistake about it. I care for whatever happens to Dr lecter but till this time i still do not believe you are speaking the truth.

This kind of murder would have apeared in news channels but till this moment i have not heard anything like that.
I believe you are same p�rson but just using different names to comunicate with me. Mr smith and mr uzor believes you are just playing pranks which is why they just dont think its neccesary to waist time with you.
I,m still communicating with you because i want to see were this game will lead to and the motives behind it because i believe no knowledge is a waste.
I have asked you to go ahead with any action you feel is neccesary if your saying the truth. There is no need to take permision from me.
Please try and find the killers and let me know what help i could be to you.
Why did you choose the red light district instead of a good hotel and why did you not tell me that you will need some bitch here in madrid so that Mr smith can arrange that for you afterall there better bithes here in madrid than in amsterdam. See what you have done to yourself now. I can see that you are a super human writting from the grave.
I,m only unhappy that you made me waste money coming here.

Good luck. I,m leaving for the airport now.

Dont ever think you can intimidate me just be straight and let me know what you want to find out. I,m a very honest man.

john

Quote:

Mr. Obi,

It is truly unfortunate that you do not believe me, and that Mr. Uzor and Mr. Smith continue to try and evade our efforts.

This murder has not appeared in news channels for several reasons: 1) we do not want to alarm the public; 2) we do not want the killer to know what we know; and 3) this is not a normal police investigation. When MI6 and the CIA are involved, it is a secret investigation with implications which are far beyond the public's capacity to understand. People who are proven guilty of crimes such as this are not arrested and imprisoned; they simply disappear. Or they answer a cell phone call only to collapse to the ground with blood pouring from their eyes, ears, nose and mouth.

I am communicating with you because you and your accomplices are the only ones who knew of Dr. Lecter's business. We are trying to determine whether you had anything to do with his death. Normally we would have found the person by now, but this killer is very evasive. We simply need to know if anyone else has contacted any of you regarding this business with Dr. Lecter, and we want to know why Dr. Lecter was carrying so much cash and what the nature of this business was.

If you do not cooperate with us, we will eventually find out the truth. It may take a little longer, but we will find these people. And God help you if you had anything to do with this grisly murder.

Jethro Bodine, 008
Military Intelligence 6, Anti-Terrorism Unit
Amsterdam Secret Service

cc: Moneypenny, M Branch
Barney Phyfe, CIA Brussels
Declan McManus, Scotland Yard

Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:48 pm

Well, since Mr. Obi was not buying my story and asked me for a phone number, I decided to write him back:

Quote:

Mr. Obi,

Very well; I will give you my phone number so we can set up an interview.

Please call me at 09 0801 90926*. When my secretary answers, ask for the Master.

I look forward to talking with you.

Regards,

Jethro Bodine, 008
Military Intelligence 6, Anti-Terrorism Unit
Amsterdam Secret Service

*(a Domination Phone Sex line in the UK with spaces shifted) Twisted Evil

Guest

Great Bait. But what happens once you get documents sent to you? Do you continue, or do you send it on to someone else? See case in point. The documents that were attached contained an affidavit by the alleged scammer (atty, of course).

DEAR CATERINE SCHWABE

ATTACHED TO THIS MAIL ARE THE DOCUMENTS AS PER REQUESTED BY YOU. IF YOU NEED FURTHER INFORMATION DO NOT HESTITATE TO MAIL ME.

PLEASE DO CONTACT THE GSFC AND CONCLUDE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THEM.

REGARDS

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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:07 pm

Just play along. They'll send you fake bank documents, etc., and ask you for bank account information. (I bank exclusively at Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills, Milburn Drysdale, Pres.)

Basically, I just string them along and eat up as much of their time as possible. This bait is over, because they knew I was fucking with them...but at least it seems somone took an unnecessary trip to Madrid.

Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 12:30 pm

Nice work

It's good to screw with their tiny minds until they're dizzy...

..and can I presume that Declan McManus is watching the detectives?