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Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:11 am

Well, it's high time I got back into this whole baiting lark after a year in which I've not had much time to spare on it. must have thought Christmas had come early when a representative from offered to help him get rid of some millions sitting in a Togolese bank. Those of you familiar with my usual modality and a little bit of Latin may have figured out where I'm going with this.

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Dear Mr George,

I received your email dated Thursday 29th June regarding the
unclaimed funds in the bank account of the late Mr Bowman. I feel
that I am in a position to help you out.

My name is Daniel McNamara, and I am a former Professor of
Recreational Biochemistry at the University of Huddersfield, UK. I
now work as the founder and chief executive of
an independent industrial start-up here in Huddersfield. We procure
and distribute dried biological specimens for customers across
Europe. Our motto is "Embrace the Future", reflecting that we use the
latest technological developments to achieve our goals.

Outside work I am always eager to lend a hand to those less fortunate
than myself. Please contact me with details as to how I can assist
you in your predicament.

Daniel McNamara

It's a musical bait, of course. The reply was fairly typical, and very very long. Can anyone be expected to read it all without the help of some of the company's "dried biological specimens"?

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Attention

Mr Daniel McNamara,

Thanks for your response to my letter and i quite appricate your kind
willingness to help in this transfer.

Please Dear,take your time and go through this mail so that you will
understand all the step as we will proceed with.And may GOD Almighty
give you wisdom to champion this deal.

Firstly I must thank you for your quick responce to my call for
urgent ssistance.Truely things have not been easy for me finding
somebody that I can trust with this transaction that will not run
away with my own share at the end of the day becuase you will be the
one standing for everything that will make this transaction a success
by the special grace of God.With Consideration to the high level
publicity of bank frauds, scams,bank to bank money laundring,&
government money looting,your worries is justified. that is the
reason why this should be kept with utmost confidential untill this
money gets to your account.

This is a genuie deal & of 100% risk free from any individual or
government trace.I have all vital informations to back you up for
this very calims, based on the fact that alot of money looting and
transfers has been going on in our verious banks through foreign
beneficiaries,that is why I decided to use this chance to run this
deal .Please do not misunderstand me as I appologise for any
incovinience that this contact may have brought to you as I will not
blame you since alot of inpostors have been using fictitious business
proposal in frustrating innocent people.

I have worked hard for two years now trying to gather all the
required information about this deceased customer after I found out
that all his supposed next of kin are all dead leaving nobody behind
to put claim over his left balance with this bank.I also got into his
security file jacket in this bank and got all the needed information
about his account and all information his next of kin should
know.Because he was a foreigner, an American to be specific then I
started looking for a foreigner who will help me put claim over this
fund. I will forward to you all the needed information and will guide
you adequately in the procedures involved in this transaction.

What is required is your ability to stand firm and apply for the
claim of this fund without any fear or doubt because over 2years now
no one has come forward for this fund I personally beleieve that this
customer must have kept the this account to himself that is what I
beleieve and this is what is promting me to emback on this
transaction. As soon as you ready to stand as the next of kin to this
man I will send to you a draft of application that you will
officially send by fax & email to the bank as the next of kin to this
man. I have all the secret details of this man as it is written in
the bank filed computer data which only the customer have the
information.

Please now that Everything has been put in place for the success of
this claims, all I need from you is for you to be firm and discuss
with my bank on the possiblity of clearing the fund to your oversea
account which you will provide to my bank only upon approval of the
fund.

Please let me know your position urgently as I want to make sure this
money is cleared before the next board meeting as rumors have it in
the bank that some of my directors are planing to place the fund as
unclaimed fund so that they can give them selves as loans which they
do not intend to pay back as corruption as been the master of the day
in this bank.

So please the quicker we proceed the better because if my bank find
out that somebody is coming forward for this fund they will be afraid
knowing fully well that the next of kin will not be happy to find out
that the fund as been sent to the bank reserve as unclaimed fund.
Please I do hope you are understood everything I am saying.

I hope you agreed with our sharing percentage as i stated also i will
want you to have in mind that 10% will go to the motherless and the
less privilage in our society today i this is as good as any good
deal, take your time and consider and remember to forward to me your
picture so that I can be rest assured with whom I am dealing
with.every order formalities will be passed on as soon as I recieve
your responce today .

call me to confirm the reciept of this mail and you readiness to work
with me in this mutual benefit.also your contact telephone and fax
numbers are urgently including your photograph pls.this transaction
requires utmost secricy and confidentiality only i and you knows
about this ok so keep it to yourself.

Mr.
African Development Bank
LOME TOGO
Call me immediately on

And a few days later:

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Dear Daniel,

Good day and how is work going with you taday,i hope fine and well to
God Be the glory.Please am still waiting to hear from you regarding
to my last mail.

I will advice you call me immediately on this +228 9166 855 so that
we can discuss more on this transaction.

Also your telephone numbers are importantly needed to enable me be
geting accross to you.

Am waiting to hear from you.

Yours Brother
Mr

He really seems to want to talk to me on the phone. It's excuse time:

Quote:

Many apologies for the delay. There was a problem with flooding in
the area, and I had to help clear up the mess it left. The phone
lines went down but I think are OK now. Still having trouble with
outbound calls, but you should be able to get hold of me on +44 113
496 0277. If not then it's no problem - my internet connection is
wireless broadband which doesn't suffer the same issues with weather,
since I'm not short of money to afford the latest in modern
technology. already uses e-mail to handle all
its business dealings, in keeping with the progressive philosophy
embodied in our slogan "Embrace The Future". The end is near for the
old ways of doing business: the 20th century is over, and someday the
rest of the world will follow our higher sights.

Anyway, hope to hear from you soon however you choose to do so.

Daniel McNamara

That's five song titles hidden in the mini-rant about how advanced and high-tech the company is, or six if you count its name as well. It took him quite a while to reply, but it was the weekend.

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Dear Professor Daniel McNamara

Thanks for your mail in return to my last massage to you.As regards
to the safety of our funds in your hand after the succesfull
inheritance and transfer of this money to your account.kindly fill
the application below and send it to the bank immediately so that
they will start attending to you tomorrow being monday ok because
there is no much time left for this transfer ok.

I have also thought of executing this transaction with you,provided
you promise me the following.

Also my Dear Daniel,i am a man with a familly of six i and my wife
with our four children of three boys and one girl with is my last
child and she is 8yrs of age,so please my dear i have sufferd alot to
see that we come to this stage of this transaction and will not like
or want anything that will jeopardize this my years effort.

And as i put it to you in the last mail i send to you in
clerification.That this transaction is hitch free so you have nothing
to fear or worry about as fer as you obey and follow my directives
just for the beterment of both of us,it is just for you to make up
your mind and bring out your time and the most Imoprtant thing is for
you to keep this transaction or business confidential and to yourself
alone untill this money is right there into your account over there.

Note that this transaction lies in your hands now and we have done
all the required underground work and will always advice and furnish
you on what to do at every given time and You should always act like
someone who really wishes to have his deceased brothers money claimed
and transfered to him.

THE PROMISES ARE:
1..That you will keep this transaction 100% confidential and treat it
with utmost maturity.

2..that you will always consult us before taking any decision so that
we will always put our heads together and work out the transaction
without any mistake.

3..that you will keep our own share of the funds after it must have
been transfered to your account safe until we come over for sharing
according to percentages indicated,and that you will not cheat us
after the funds must have been released to your account.

4...that you will help us in investment purposes after the funds must
have been transfered to your account.

5..that you will make sure you keep to all instructions and make sure
that the transaction is success and keep it confidential even from
your closest friend to make sure that both side security is
guaranteed after and be following this transaction until it is been
consumated.

I have considerd you as a partner and will like us to work like
brothers from one family in one accord to achieve our mutual benefit.

So to this regards,i would like to know some informations about you.

1)..Are you married?if yest of how many children and of how old are you?.
2)..what do you do for your liveing at present?
3)..do you have a good account where this money will be trasferd
into, this will determine your ablity to champion this transaction as
we will not want the transaction to stop half way because i have
spent alot to succeed this transaction to this extent.

Therefore for further clarification call me immediately you send this
application of claim to the bank and also as you
requested,immediately you send the application to the bank and they
acknowledge your application just have in mind that this transaction
will only take seven working days(7) to be concluded based on how
serious and urgent you prove yourself before the bank.

Bellow is the text of application which you will re-type in your
company letter headed papper if any or in a plain neat sheet and
(sign it composary),then send it to the bank immediately so that
approval will be given to you as the next of kin to the deceased
account.

Be adviced that this will be a generation Relationship,Also kindly
give me a call me on the number below so that we can discuss very
well immediately you send the application to the bank.also your
telephone number is noted as you stated and i will give you a call
later today,so kindly keep it this secriet and confidential to
yourself alone untill this money gets into your account over there in
uk conseriding my status and position when i come over there for
disbursment and investiment which will be under your controle and
management so kindly handly this project like a man and keep its
secriet that is all it takes .

The almighty God will forever bless you more
abundantly.

My regards to your family.

-------------------------------------------------------
THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO BE COMPLETED AND SENT TO THE BANK BY
FAX OR EMAIL IMMEDIATELY AND IF YOU ARE SENDING THROUGH EMAIL MAKE
SURE IT IS SIGNED AND SCANNED AND SEND TO THE BANK AS ATTACHEMENT TO
MAKE IT LOOK OFFICIAL .
-------------------------------------------------------
ATTENTION:REV.DR
THE REMITTANCE DIRCTOR
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
LOME TOGO
DIRECT FAX:
EMAIL:

APPLICATION AS A NEXT OF KIN.
I MR.................OF THIS COUNTRY..........
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS..............AND MY FAX NUMBER IS.........MY
EMAIL IS ...........I AM THE NEXT OF KIN TO YOUR LATE CUSTOMER MR
JOHN BOWMAN WHOSE DEATH WAS PUBLISHED IN YOUR COUNTRY DAILY NEWS
PAPERS SOME YEARS AGO.

I WISH TO DRAW YOUR NOTICE THAT HIS WILL WAS ENTERPRITED ON MY FAVOUR
BY OUR COMPANY'S ATTORNEY WHO DECLEARED ME AS HIS NEXT OF KIN
FOLLOWING MY JOINT PARTNERSHIP WITH LATE MR.JOHN BOWMAN,HIS ACCOUNT
NUMBER WITH YOU IS (ADB100144986-001)VALUED $20.5 MILLION
U.S.DOLLARS,BE PAID INTO THIS MY NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT STATED BELOW.

BANK NAME...................
BANKADDRESS................
BANK TELEPHONE.............
BANKFAX...................
BANKTELEX................
SWIFT CODE.................
ACCOUNTNUMBER................
BENEFICIARY....................

I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS LATE APPLICATION, AS IT WAS DUE TO THE
MANAGEMENT REORGANISATION AND LOGISTIC PROBLEMS.

I HOPE TO RECEIVE YOUR DUE ATTENTION.I AWAIT YOUR
PAYMENT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY
....................
NB.DANIELD,KINDLY GO THROUGH IT AND SEND IT IMMEDIATLY TO THE BANK SO
THAT THEY WILL ATTEND YOU IMMEDIATELY,AND GET BACK TO ME SO THAT I
WILL BE LETING YOU KNOW OF EVERY STEP TO FOLLOW.GET BACK TO ME
IMMEDIATELY YOU HAVE SEND IT TO THE BANK AND FORWARD A COPY OF THE
APPLICATION TO ME AS YOU SEND IT TO THE BANK FOR MY OWN RECORDS.

(Notice the bank's email address is a webmail account. Laughing

)

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Dear Daniel,

Good day and how are today,i hope fine and healthy.

Please am wrirting to know if you did recieve my mail of yesterday
and also to know if you have send the application to the bank as i
adviced there in.

I tried to call you yesterday but the number you gave was not going
why?May be is a network problem i will still try again before the end
of work today just that am a little bussy in my office as you know
today is monday those left over work have to be rounded up today for
a fresh tomorrow work.

So please if you have not send the application kindly do it now and
forward me a copy of the application that you send to the bank for my
own records ok.

Expect my call before today is over.

Yours Brother
Mr .

If he insists on trying to call me on a Sunday, what does he expect?

Now 5 minutes with MS Paint, with a direct copy-paste of the text so I didn't lose any of the spelling mistakes and other bloopers in what's supposed to be a professional document, gave me this:

It exists in two versions. One is the sensibly sized GIF you're seeing now, the other is the exact same image saved as a 24-bit BMP. Which is over 1 MB in size. And that's the one the good Mr George is getting as an attachment. Twice. Twisted Evil

The signature is scribble, but if you look closely you can see the Roman numerals for 419. As it's now stupid o'clock in the morning, I'm sending the reply tomorrow.

Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:36 pm

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OUR REF: AFDB/LT-X1X-RF/VOL1/06 OFFICAL EMAILS..,

ATTN:MR DANIEL McNAMARA.
UNITED KINGDOM.

Subject:Acknowleagement and official banking questionaire.

Dear Sir,

This is to acknoleage the receipt of your application tendered to this bank on the 11tg day of July 2006,as the next of kin to our deceased customer Mr John Bowman, putting claim over his balance with this bank valued at USD 20.5M with this bank account N� ADB100144986-001 Be informed that it have been submitted to the board of directors of this bank for thourugh scrutiny and approvals and as soon as the approval is obtained you will be communicated on the procedures involved in have your inherited funds released into your account without delay.

In accordance to to our Allied and banking matters of 1962 as amended in 1996,such claim from this bank are detaminable with this

CATEGORY(A)OFFICIAL QUESTIONAIRE.

Therefore you are advised to send to us the accurate information stated below as any mistake might lead to not approval of your tendered application the questions are.
1. What is the first and second name of the deceased customer?....
2- What is the nationality? ....
3- What is your relationship with the deceased customer?....
4- How old is he when he died?...
5- When exactly did he die and what lead to his death?...
6- What was the deceased customer`s profession?...
7- does the deceased customer own a firm in this country before his death?... Yes or no
8- if yes ,What was the name of the firm and its registration no?...
9- What kind of account was he operating with this bank?...
10- What was his account number?...
11-Was he/she married?...
12-if yes , what is the name of his/her wife/,husband?...
13- Did they have any child,children?...
14- If yes,how many are they and their names?....
15- State clearly his residence adress here in lome togo?...
..................................................................................

THE CATEGORY'B'QUESTION ARE AS FOLLOWING:

1... STATE THE CERTIFICATES OF INCORPORATION NUMBER OF MR BOWMAN'S COMPANY AND THE DATE IT WAS ISSUED.

2...STATE THE NUMBER OF THE LAST TAX CLEARANCE RECEIPT THAT WAS ISSUED TO HIS COMPANY AS HE SUBMITTED TO BANK.

3...STATE THE CHEQUE NUMBER OF THE LAST WITHDRAWAL MADE BY THE DECEASED.

4...STATE HOW MUCH(EXACTLY)THAT WAS WITHDRAWN IN THE LAST WITHDRAWAL AND THE RECIEVERS NAME ON THE CHEQUE.(EXACT INFORMATION NEEDED)

5...STATE THE THREE SECURITY'CONFIRMATIONS'AS INSTRUCTED BY THE
DECEASED CUSTOMER TO THIS BANK.

YOU ARE ADVISED TO ACT VERY FAST IN THE SUBMISSION OF THE ALL THE REQUESTED INFORMATIONS TO ENABLE US WORK-OUT THE TRANSFER OF YOUR INHERITTANCE AS PROGRAMMED.ALSO BE ADVICED THAT WE WILL NOT TOLORATE ANY MORE DELAY FROM YOU BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE WANT TO CONCLUDE ALL OUR INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTION BEFORE THE UPCOMING BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING SOON.

KINDLY BE ADVICED AND SEND THE ACCURATE ANSWERS IMMEDIATELY TO ENABLE YOUR INHERITTANCE TO APPROVED AND TRANSFER ON OR BEFORE
FRIDAY THIS WEEK.

Thanks for your co-operation

Yours faithfully

Director,Foreign Remittance Dept. AFDB cc;Excutive Presidnt AFDB

NB:PLEASE SEND THE CORRECT ANSWERS TO THIS BANK IMMEDIATELY AS IT WAS WRITTEN IN HIS SECRITE FILE JACKET TO ENABLE THIS BANK APPROVE YOUR PAYMENT SO THAT ON OR BEFORE MONDAY NEXT WEEK THIS MONEY WILL BE IN YOUR ACCOUNT AS WE WILL LIKE TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE OUR GENERAL AUDITING/QUATER PEPORT COMING UP

The mail to Atiku was too big and bounced, so I'll send him a message with no attachment. Reply to come later.

Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 10:14 am

Left him to stew for a while, and in the meantime it seems he's been trying to call that fake number. UK readers are welcome to try out 0113 496 0277 for themselves. I don't recommend it for foreign readers in case you have to pay for the call even if it doesn't connect, and here's hoping that's the case for Atiku. Twisted Evil

From Atiku:

Quote:

Dear Daniel,

How are you today.I hope fine and good to God be the glory.

Am writing to know if you have send the application to the bank?if
yes have you heard from them?if no kindly send it to them immediately
you read this mail.

Also kindly know that the telephone number you gave to me is not
going why? kindly cross check it and let me have your direct line.

Am waiting to hear from you soonest.

Yours Brother/Partner
Mr Atiku george.

The bank questionnaire to be answered with silly answers, of course.

Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2006 4:21 pm

Eyup, Atiku is worried.

Quote:

Dear Daniel,

Are you ok at all?

Am much worried since i have never heard from you kindly get
intorch with me immediately.

Mr Atiku.

Now to reply. A virtual cookie for anyone who spots all the references - this bait I'm just going all out to try and cram as many in as humanly possible. There are 9, for a running total of 14. (edit: not counting a few random ones on the pic.)

Quote:

Dear Atiku,

This new day is a glorious day indeed. I apologise for the slowness of my reply, and want to reassure you that I'm fully aware of the gravity of the situation.

I note with some concern that you were unable to contact me by phone on +44 113 496 0277. I did wonder what was going on but the phone company seemed reluctant to spell it out when I contacted them. There appears to be a problem with the satellites, though I'm sure the good will out eventually.

I received a message from the bank requesting information on the late Mr Bowman. They had some long list of security questions they wanted me to answer, and obviously I don't know. If you've never been in contact with them yourself then could you let me know the information as soon as possible. I'll also contact them to see if they require any payment of administrative charges in addition to the security answers.

Anyway, I hope you're happy now.

Daniel

Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2006 5:01 pm

Quote:

Dear Daniel,

Thanks for this upate,kindly forward to me immediately what you
recieved from you them so that i can sort the answers and foward it
to you immediately so that you send it to them back to enable them
approve this funds on your behalf.

I am waiting to recieve their massage to you.

Your Mr Atiku

Waiting to receive their massage indeed.

Posted: Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:05 pm

Thought it had fizzled out until I get this in my dummy mailbox.

Quote:

Dear Daniel McNamara

Good day and how are you today?

Please kindly get back to me why all this silience?

Kind Regards
MR

Time to break the silience, I think. Watch this space. Very Happy

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