Lad safari to Ghana, update - YOU'RE NICKED!

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Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:55 pm

@Roy,

Heard from your lads lately? Are they still stranded?

Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:50 pm

More lost boys! Very Happy

You know, I think they might have taken my advice and told the local Police that they were stranded and destitute (I'd promised to have a word with them) - since I told them to do that I have heard nada, zip, nothing.

Considering I have only failed to meet them once (they were too dumb to warn me of their arrival) I would have expected plenty of bleating by now, or at least attempts to be united with their $50K.

The alternatives are:

1) The thought of going to the Police has spooked them or scared them off - Maybe they think Brother Roy is working for the Ghana LEA, and they've bravely scurried home. Maybe I went over the top with that idea. Embarassed

2) They got arrested for vagrancy when they followed my advice. Laughing

3) After asking around Wechiau and finding that there are only hippos, not orphans, they know they've been had and set off hitchhiking home. I would have expected at least a death threat or some abuse though.

All I can do is keep watching my emails. personally I suspect (1). Sad

I just sent them a 'where in the name of God are you?' email.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:00 am

They've surfaced! I'd love to know which wind-up merchant told them that Brother Roy had left town! Very Happy

They seem to have trouble with the difference between the present and past tense...

Quote:

DEAR BROTHER ROY.

WE FINALY WENT TO GHANA BUT WE DIDNT SEE YOU,WE WERE STRANDED AND HOMELESS IN (WA) UPPER WEST IN GHANA WERE YOU TOLD US TO COME ,WE MEET SOME BODY THAT TOLD US THAT YOU HAVE GONE BACK ON THAT TUESDAY (6-6-2006) ME AND MY FRIEND KINSLEY ,WERE TOTALY STRANDED AND HAVE NOTING TO DO,THE LITTLE MONEY WE HAVE CAN NOT TAKE US BACK HOME.

FINALY WE TURN TO BE BEGGERS ON THE STREET AND WAS HELPED BY ONE GOOD NIGERIA MAN WHO AGREED WITH US,TO TAKE US BACK HOME ON ANAGREEMENT THAT WE ARE GOING TO PAY HIM BACK HIS MONEY WITH INTREST,SO PLEASE BROTHER WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW,PLEASE NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL PLEASE.WE ARE STILL WITH YOU.

THANKS

ALEX

I'd love to know how much they owe, as they are still on the hook I'll try & find out. Damn that Good Samaritan. I reckon that having 2 more beggars would have been 2 less scammers.

Quote:

Dear Brother Roy.

Please we need your help now. we went to Ghana in search of you we could not see you.please brother we are stranded there because all our money finshed in upper west (WA) we hope on you ,that you can take us back home. infact alot of things happend to us there but is not what i will explain to you now ,please sir send us ($400 or $500 ) through western union money transfer with this name NWABUEZE AUGUSTINE,so that we can use the money sattle all the people we browwed money from ,expectaly one man who brought us back from ghana.please do this for us in the name of god.you can use this phone number to call me 23480-xxxxxxxx.

Thanks

Kinsley Odunze

They are back in Owerri, using their original IP.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 11:53 am

Very nice! It is good to see that these boys are now �beggers�, as opposed to the scammers that they were before. Great work.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:56 pm

Great job! Too bad they didn't hang around Wa and environs a little longer, and that they found a ride home so easily. (I was thinking maybe they could saddle up a hippo and ride home! Smile

) Still, a great safari and it sounds like they're just a touch low on funds. Sad

If I were just a LITTLE closer to WU office I'd certainly wire them some money. They said that no amount was too small. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to send them one penny?

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:04 pm

@ Dr Flake Those were great pics that you posted. They reminded me very much of some of the places I've been to in Brazil. Seeing the kids makes me kind of sad, however, knowing that for many of them the happiness and innocence they show now will not last due to the conditions in which they live, and that they will not have the chances to realize even a little bit of their full potential. In any case, really great pictures!

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:12 pm

@Roy,

Being that you are in Ghana, you can only wire money within Ghana. Perhaps a WU Secure Services letter would be helpful. Get them to back for a second trip to Ghana, this time to Accra.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:35 pm

@YW(ubp)

I've emailed the lad's addys to you at the address you used to send me a sample 'WU Secure' a couple of weeks back. Feel free to send them $1,000 to help them in their hour of need. Laughing

Cheers!

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:38 pm

I will send them in about 7 hours.

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:01 pm

/\/\ Thanks for that. Tell you what, I'm feeling generous. send em a Grand EACH! Razz

It looks as if Ghana could get 2 extra beggars after all.
We're going to need a new icon for converting mugus to streetfolk. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:16 pm

Brother Roy hasn't found out yet that WU will only send money as far as Accra, so for now I'll make their day all over again!

Quote:

Boys,

I'm so sorry for what has happened to you, as you have demonstrated
your faith so strongly, we want you more than ever in the Church. Who
on earth told you I had left, I want a strong word with them. The
whole problem was one of communications. By the time I found out that
you were in Wa, you had left again, If only we could have exchanged
emails we could have met up and had a good time of your visit, I could
have given you a guided tour of the famous Hippo Sanctuary at Wechiau.

You must tell me some stories of your adventure, Father Phineas back
in the UK is very impressed, and wants to do an article for the Church
magazine. Please tell me how you survived in a foreign country with no
money, we are particularly reminded of the tale of the Good Samaritan.

First we must make you solvent again, and get you out of debt. I will
come back to Wa tomorrow with money, and send you $1,000 each for
your troubles from the Church fund.
Then you will be able to fly on future Church business!

Hallelujagobble!

Brother Roy,

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:08 am

YW has sent the lads a Western Union Secure Transfer email (Cheers UBP!)

Quote:

Dear Boys,

Why is nothing ever straightforward. The Devil makes obstacles for
idle funds, as the Bible says.

I have had a big row at the Western Union Office, apparently the
monetary laws here mean that it is prohibited to send money from Ghana
to Nigeria, I have no idea why.

Instead they have sent the money to their main bank in Accra, where it
is available for collection. They should be sending you an email to
confirm. The amount is $950 after they have deducted their fee for
being so unhelpful.

I am sorry to put you to more trouble, there is nothing else that I
can do. Perhaps your friend from Ghana can give you a lift back, as he
will be able to get his money back that you owe him.

I must go, the lorry is waiting to take me back to Wechiau.

Hallelujagobble!

Brother Roy,

At least they should know the way to Ghana by now. Razz

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 7:43 pm

Hallelujagobble! - It worked!
happy crowd

Told you they were still on the hook:

Quote:

Goodday bro Roy
How are you? HOPE FINE. the man that was suppose to help us collect the money refused to help us. i am comin to ghana on monday or tuesday. i want to see you so we can talk one on one.hope to see at the bank you put the money.I wish will see you when i will come face to face.REMAIN BLESSED

Quote:

Goodday to you Kinsley,

Email me as soon as you get to Ghana, I should be able to get a lift
to Wa, then fly down to Accra, yes I can meet you at the bank.

Looking forward to meeting you,

Hallelujagobble!

Brother Roy[img][/img]

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:35 pm

a Double Whammy!

bow_down

well done, that man Laughing

Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2006 8:41 pm

BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That's great news!

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:58 pm

I think he's saying that the guy they met in Wa, who gave them a lift home (for money they haven't got) has gone to collect the money in Accra to get paid what the lads owe him, before he comes to bring them back from Nigeria. D'oh! banghead

Quote:

Dear brother,
This is to inform you that we have printed the copies of the payment you made and gave it to the bery person who helped to cash and have his money back then come to pick us up at lagos where we are presently waiting to join with him and meet you in ghana.
Later today he wrote back to us that the Prudential Bank branch Makola where the mail from the secure western union service speciflied that the money should be picked,never cashed the money to him,so dear brother as he is presently in accra like his mail said while he dont stay there in accra and of which we dont know his condition since he dont stay at accra.
Please write back to me this night and as soon as you recieve this mail and tell me which of the branchers you would want him to meet with you,like he made mention of two branchers of Makola branch and the one at kingsway.I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible so that he will get his money come over to pick us to join you togerther at ghana please.
Again he said that he would love to talk with you and to know more about your ministry,please give him attention for that.
Brother kingsley

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I imagine that's because the lad has to go in person?

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:16 pm

Cheers, GH, looking at the WU Secure transfer email, it's in the name of one of my 2 lads, Alex. I'll tell him Alex has to pick it up in person, not some bloke they met.

Quote:

Kinsley,

The WU Secure email sent me as a receipt, the transfer was in Alex's
name, so only he can collect the payment from the bank. This is for
your own security, to stop someone else who, say has hacked your email
from picking up your payment. Alex will need proof of his ID, like his
passport.

I'm sorry that your friend couldn't pick it up, but it is a result of
using Western Union Secure - as I said, it was the only option my bank
gave me.

Hallelujagobble!

Brother Roy

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:41 am

Nice job Roy, it's a win-win situation really. Although it's much better when your pets do all the travelling, even if someone else has gone to pick up the money, the lads still end up losing face and in debt. Great stuff! clapping

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:56 am

Quote:

the lads still end up losing face and in debt

Well that bit worked OK, just found this in my inbox:

Quote:

Brother Roy
Thank you for your mail but still if you can understand from my last mail to you,there i made you to understand that we are presently in lagos and since the follow who helped us is already there in ghana and we sent him then better withdraw and give him the money to have his and bring to us here in lagos the one that both of us will use to come back to ghana.

Why we allowed him to cash the money was because of the very way the letter was stated ans lack of money for both of us to come down to ghana,please do understand me and withdraw the money from the westren union scured service and give it to that my friend so that he can be able to get back to us to join you back.

All what you have to do is write back to me now and let me know when you will be in the bank so that i will still inform him back because he is still there in accra ghana now.Do that before the closing of banks today please.It will sound funny after someone has helped me with his money and to pay him back is becoming diffilcult,think about that dear brother.

I will be waiting to hear from you since we dont have any other options,and please do understand that the man is the only hope for own assistance so better get the money you paid out and handle it over to him to star coming because that is the only way that we can come back to meet you in ghana.

I will be waiting to hear from you to tell me where and when to meet with the man there in ghana so to solve out this issue,either of the banks or any other place.

Thank you

Brother Kinsley

He seems desperate to get this sorted out today, a shame that Brother Roy has already made his trip to Wa, and won't be back 'till tomorrow. I hope noone gets stressed out by the silence... Very Happy

Sweet that they still beleive in WU secure as well as Brother Roy, even after all they've been through, no rats have been smelt. Laughing

I could ask their friend to meet me far from Accra, but I don't know he's a lad. I still want to get them out to Accra to meet me, Bro Roy will then die in a light aircraft crash, and Father Phin3as can bait them all over agin from the Fundaligi0n HQ.

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:16 am

Their friend will be mighty pissed if he has to wait in Ghana for a few days and still doesn't get the money. He's probably a tough sort of guy, making a trip like that alone. Let's hope he doesn't beat the crap out of your lads when he gets home, eh?

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 10:25 am

He's defintely a tough cookie, to take them back from Wa to Owerri, Nigeria was at least 800 miles on awful roads, then he went back to Ghana! My lads will have to go into hiding when he doesnt get his cash.

Dunno why my lads are in Lagos, probably waiting to jump on a plane if meladdo gets the money. I hope I havent disrupted their scamming schedule at all. Very Happy

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:44 am

Well, he better hurry his ass up. He has to pickup the money with ten days or the money is refunded back to the sender.

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:00 pm

Times like this I wish I had a safe phone to use. No matter, Bro Roy is having some kind of crisis at the mission (bird flu?) and cant get to town to email / get a mobile signal. Another 6 days until the WU Secure transfer runs out, I think I'll let them sweat it out, and see if they panic and rush to Accra beofre the transfer goes dead.

They're emailing every half hour at the moment, they seem to have forgotten that the nearest internet connection is a 30 mile lorry ride for Bro Roy.

Quote:

Dear brother Roy,

I beleive that you should have read my last mail before this by now.

I would again want you to contact the very man and meet with him on this number 020 xxxxxxxx ,please call him because i got his mail just now telling me that i should give you this number to contact him and please my dear brother unless you dont want us to come over to ghana to meet you,better please withdraw the money you paid on my names and that of Alex,the both payment should be withdrawn by you and handle over the man i sent so that we can be able to start coming as you can understand that both me and alex is no more in our town but now in lagos waiting.

Please dont disappoint that man that helped us and let him have his money and come over to lagos to bring us back to ghana.Please contact him on the number and meet with him today as he also has words to share with you.

Thank you
Hallelujagobble!
Brother Kinsley.

Glad to see that he remembered to send a respectful 'Hallelujagobble'. he's been getting a bit lax with that.

Quote:

Dear brother Roy,

I just find out that i gave a wroung number but this is the rightful one 020 x2xxxxx and not 020 xxxxxx

Thank you

Brother Kinsley.

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:17 pm

Tragically, brother Roy didn't see the correction, and rang the first number he was given?

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