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Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:53 am

Well, one down several hundred thousand to go... here's a synopsis of what happened...

starring Jenny Brakespear, Lord Randy Frottage, Jan Tinbu, Dr Basil Amen Guobadia and Mr Theophilus Osa Aisabor

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From: jan tinubu <[email protected]>
Subject: MY PICTURE ATTACHED/DETAILS OF THE BUSINESS
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DEAR JENNY,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPONSE. I AM WILLING TO
WORK WITH YOU PROVIDED YOU WILL BE OPEN MINDED TO
ASSIST ME INVEST THE $12M. THIS BUSINESS IS REAL AND I
WILL SEND MY "INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT" TO YOU.

THE MONEY IS IN A PRIVATE SECURITY VAULT IN AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS. BY NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU HAVE TO
VISIT THE SECURITY VAULT IN AMSTERDAM WHERE THE FUNDS
IS KEPT. YOU WILL ALSO ESTABLISH AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT
IN AMSTERDAM WHERE YOU WILL BANK THE MONEY BECAUSE IT
IS IN "LUQUID CASH."

WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED BANKING THE MONEY IN AMSTERDAM
IN THE OFFSHORE ACCOUNT YOU OPENED IN YOUR NAME, YOU
WILL LATER TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN
YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE INVESTMENT.

A POWER OF ATTORNEY WILL BE SENT TO YOU
SO THAT YOU WILL HAVE THE RIGHT AS MY PARTNER TO PUT
OF CLAIMS OF THE CONSIGNMENT WHEN YOU ARRIVE
AMSTERDAM. FOR THE CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATE
TO BE ISSUE TO YOU, I WILL ADVISE YOU TO SEND, YOU
NAME, YOUR COUNTRY AND ADDRESS AS THEY WILL FORM PART
OF THE DOCUMENT. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE DOCUMENT,
CONTACT OF THE PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY IN AMSTERDAM
WILL BE SENT TO YOU FOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSIONS.

SEND YOUR MOBILE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CONTACT YOU WHEN
NECCASSARY. YOUR URGENT REPONSE WILL BE EXPECTED.
CONSTANT COMMUNICATION FLOW IS NEEDED FOR THE
IMMEDIATE TERMINATION OF THE BUSINESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING.

MISS JAN TINUBU

And Jenny asked for a few more photos so she could feel closer to Jan...

Jan wanted to invest the $12m and Jenny, not knowing about investments asked her dear friend Lord Randolph Frottage for advice.

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Hello jan,

amsterdam? you didn't mention anything about amsterdam! is this
really important that i go to amsterdam?

i really don't like travelling very much.

i asked lord frottage about investments. apparently a bank called the
chemical bank in london is going to release a new form of investment
called a "Cumulative Underwritten Modal" (C.U.M. for short). they will
be on the market in the next few months and, apparently, there is
already a huge waiting list for them. he said that if i am interested
he should let me know and he will arrange to get some in advance! as
they are bought in advance we can reliably expect the price to go up
by at least 25% initially! isn't that great!

jenny

Things were going reasonably well and eventually Jenny was passed to Basil a formidable banker in the Central Bank of Nigeria

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Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:23:30 -0800 (PST)
From: basil guobadia <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: HAD/JP/CBN/FGN/Nigerian/2003
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dear jenny,

please state cleary on whose behalf you are collecting the funds and state the aaccounts state and forward a copy of your international passport.also state the amount that is to be transferred to your account.

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA,
DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES,
CBN - LAGOS

but he wanted Jenny's passport

So Jenny sent it to him

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Hello basil,

i have not heard from my dearest friend jan. i emailed her to ask
about whether i should send you my passport. but i have decided to
send it to you.

i put into the post this evening, by airmail. hopefully it will get
to you soon.

i put the address as:

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA,
DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES,
CBN - LAGOS
NIGERIA

all the best
jenny

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dear jenny,

you would have scanned your paspoort and send it to me as an attachment rather than through the normal postal service which will certainly take more time to get here.

please scan your passport and send it to me as an attachment immediately to enable me process your payment without any more delay.

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA,
DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCES,
CBN - LAGOS
NIGERIA

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DEAR SISTER JENNY,

IT IS WRONG TO SEND YOUR PASSPORT BY AIRMAIL. IT MIGHT
TYO GET TO DR. BASSIL. THE NIGERIA POSTAL SERVICES IS
BAD. PLEASE SEND IT TO DR. BASIL BY E-MAIL
ATTACHEMENT. DO THAT NOW.

YOUR SISTER

MISS JAN

Fortnately the Nigerian banking system is flexible and they accepted a picture of Jenny instead of the passport

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DEAR JENNY,

OK, SEND YOUR PICTURE TO DR. BASIL AND LET HIM KNOW
YOU ARE SERIOUS. ASK HIM IF IT WILL BE OK. SEND IT BY
ATTACHEMENT TO HIM NOW. HAVE YOU SENT YOUR BANK
ACCOUNT DETAILS TO HIM?

MISS JAN

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hello jenny,

i am in receipt of your photo instead of yuour pasport.is alright.i have accepted yopur photo as proof of your indentification.

i will list your payment tomorrow in the next payment schedule of the bank and forward a copy to you for your confirmation before your funds shall be finally transferred to your account.

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA
CBN - LAGOS

Jenny and Jan become closer...

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DEAR SISTER JENNY,

GOOD DAY TO YOU. I RECEIVED YOUR MAIL. HOW ARE YOU
TODAY? I HOPE YOU ARE DOING FINE? MY DEAR SISTER IT IS
BETTER WE LOOK FOR A NICE HOUSE. WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
$12M. WE HAVE TO LIVE BIG IN USA. WE WILL ESTABLISH
NICE BUSINESS ND LIVE CONFORTABLY. WHEN I COME OVER TO
USA, AFTER SIX MONTHS OF MY STAY, YOU WILL COME TO
NIGERIA WITH ME SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW MY PARENTS TOO.

JENNY, I LOVE YOU AS MY SISTER AND WILL BE WITH YOU
ALL MY LIFE. MY MUMMY, DADDY, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
WILL LIKE YOU TOO. I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY WITH YOU AND
GOD WILL GUIDE US ALL OK.

SISTER JENNY, PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEPING THIS BUSINESS
HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL OK. ALL I WLL TELL YOU IS THAT YOU
SHOULD FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE BANK FOR A
SMOOOTH TRANSFER OF THE MONEY.

YOU AND ME WILL GET MARRIED THE SAME DAY IN AMERICA.
OUR HUSBANDS WILL COME SAME DAY AND WE WILL WED SAME
DAY OK. I LOVE YOU JENNY.

YOUR LOVELY SISTER

MISS JAN

Jenny was, of course, quite thrilled to hear of her impending marriage. But, business is business...

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dearest jan,

that sounds simply perfect! i wonder who my husband will be? will he
be true and strong? or an ugly old donkey? i don't really mind, so
long as i can spend time with you, my dearest sister.

do you remember the "Cumulative Underwritten Modal" (C.U.M. for short)
investments we were talking about? well, the forms have arrived and i
have to say how much we are going to invest in the C.U.M. we can
invest as little as $10,000 and as much as $1.5m. i have to let lord
frottage know by the end of the week. how much of your $12m do you
want invested? we would be doing this through lord frottage's account
(cum-frottage) so we cannot invest the whole amount.

what are the men like where you live? are they tall and handsome?

with all my love

jen

Jan was also happy to hear of their impending investment in cum...

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dear sister jenny,

good day once again. what is your time there? it is
2.15pm in the adfternoon here.what is the name of your
state?

well as regards the c.um, after our feasibilty study
of the programme, we can invest more than $1.5m. once
it is protitable and of low tax, it will be fine. just
do your home work very well ok.

jenny, men here are too strong and black. some are
tall and some short. they are t5oo muscluar. i hate
them. i ill prefer to marry a black america. jenny you
have to pick a young man ok. you will not go for the
most urgly. once men sees you are rich, the best of
thenm will like to marry you it is true?

my beloved, i will be with you soon. have you heard
from dr. basil on when he will wire the funds? monitor
it very well ok.

i will send you two pictures on saturday ok.

i love you jenny,

your lovely sister

miss jan tinubu

Basil wanted to push things on and duly sent some more documents...

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Dear jenny,

attached herewith is a copy of your payment schedule.you hve been listed as number four in the approved payment list.with this listing,your funds are now to be transfered to your account any moment from now.

to transfer the funds to your account,you are to immediately remit $750 to obtain drug/antiterrorist clearance certificate in respect of your funds.this certificate will clarify that yours are not drug related and that the funds are not going to be used to fund terrorist activities in the states.

note that no fees can be deducted from your funds for any reasons because your funds are still in a coded account and as such money can only be withdrwan from the funds only by yourself as benefciciary after they have been transferred to your account.

please send the $750 by western union money transfer to MR.THEOPHILUS OSA AISABOR and send to me the remittance control number; text question and answer for my confirmation.

PLS.TREAT AS URGENT.

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA
CBN - LAGOS

later basil described Mr Aisabor as...

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for avoidance of doubt,MR.THEOPHILUS OSA AISABOR is the director for legal department of CBN and he is the officer who is going to assist you obtain your drug/antititerrorist clearance certificate here before i can transfer your funds to your account.so he is the right officer you should send the fees to.

So it is the usual deal - send $750 by WU and $12m will be sent in return. All was going swimmingly... until

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Dearest Jan and Basil,

I'm afraid I must begin this letter with some terrible news.

Your friend Jenny went into hospital on Friday to have what we thought
was a minor operation on her ears. Unfortunately the surgeons found
that Jenny's condition was far worse than they expected. After a
seven hour operation the surgeons successfully removed most of the
infected tissue but it has left Jenny in a very serious condition.

At the moment Jenny is in intensive care and drifts in and out of
consciousness.

When I visited her last night Jenny asked me to let her friends know
what has happened and if I can make sure her business arrangements are
in order.

We do not know if Jenny will survive the next few days.

I am so sorry to bear bad news. All I can say is that if there is
anything I can do for you please let me know.

Best regards,
Lord Randolph Frottage

Of course, Jan was mortified... but money is money...

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DEAR LORD RANDOLPH,

GOOD DAY TO YOU. I RECEIVED YOUR MAIL WITH A SHOCK.
JENNY IS MY GOOD FRIEND AND I INTEND TO BE IN USA TO
MEET HER LATER THIS MONTH. I AM WEEPING WHILE WRITING
THIS MAIL BECAUSE I LOVE HER TOO MUCH. SHE WILL NOT
DIE. I HAVE CONTCTED MEN OF GOD TIO PRAY FOR HER.

WELL LORD, SHE TOLD ME ABOUT YOU AND THAT YOU HELP IUS
FOR THE (CUM) PROGRAMME AND I ACCEPTED YOUR HELP. THE
NMONEY INVOLVED IS $12M WHICH IS READY FOR TRANSFER TO
HER ACCOUNT BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(CBN). DR.
BASIL IS THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF
THE BANK AND HE HAS SEND DOCUMENTS OF TRANSFER OF THE
$12M TO JENNY.

SIR, PLEASE IF YOU CAN ASSIST ME HANDLE THE
INVESTMENT, SEND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS TIO DR.
BASIL AND DIRECT HIM TO TRANSFEER THE $12M DIRECTLY TO
YOU. SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER TO DR. BASIL SO THAT HE
WILL CALL YOU TO DISCUSS THE TRANSFER WITH YOU. THE
$12M IS READY FOR REMITTANCE SO PLEASE FOLLOW IT UP
WITH INTEREST.

MY ARRANGEMENT IS THAT JENNY WILL SEND $15,000 FROM
THE $12M AS SOON AS SHE CONFIRMS THE $12M IN HER
ACCOUNT SO THAT I WILLSPONSOR MY TRIP TO MEETING HER
IN USA. WE ALSP AGREED THAT SHE WILL BUY A HOUSE FOR
ME AS SOON AS SHE CONFIRMS THE $12M IN HER ACOUNT.
ARRANGEMENTS HAVE REACHED ADVANCED STAGE TO SEE THAT
THE $12M IS TRANSFERRED.

SIR LORD, PLEASE SEND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS TO DR.
BASIL SO THAT HE WILL PREPARE THE TRANSFER TO YOUR
PERSONAL ACOUNT. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THE $12M IN
YOUR ACCOUNT, YOU WILL SEND $15,000 FROM IT SO THAT I
WILL MEET YOU UP IN USA. CAN YOU HELP ME BUY A HOUSE
IN USA? I NEED YOUR MAIL. IF POSSIBLE PLEASE CALL MY
LAWYER BARRISTER JAMES PETERS ON HIS NUMBER
234-80331-94387 S THAT HE WILL EXPLAIN MORE TO YOU.
CALL HI NOW PLEASE.

MISS JAN TINUBU

Basil was similarly upset...

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dear mr.frottage,

i am certainly broken down to hear about jenny's detoriated health condition.as a matter of fact,i have been waiting for her to remit $750 for her drug/antiterrorist clearance to enable me legally transfer her already approved payment of $12m (as reflected in the copy of the payment schedule attached herewith for your confirmation) to her bank account.i have actually been worried when suddenly i never heard from her again and this development put her payment on hold.please extend my sincere regards to jenny and tell her i wish her a very speedy recovery.

meanwhile,since you now want to represent her,it will be necesary to have the funds now directly wired into your account.therefore you will have to furnish me immediately with your bank account details and a copy of your international passport or ID for your personal indentification in the bank.please,you are free to contact me on my mobile phone number 234 1 7765850.

please confirm my message as soon as possible.

DR.BASIL AMEN GUOBADIA.
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITANCES,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
LAGOS .

And Randy Frottage takes over Jenny's business deal. The same photos and documents are sent. Eventually Basil reintroduces Mr Aisabor

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Dear randolp,

MR.THEOPHILUS OSA AISABOR is my personal assistant.it is part of his responsibilities to receive such remittances on my behalf (jenny is already aware of this anyway) because officially i am not supposed to receive any money in the bank.it is simply to make the transaction faster that i am saying you should send the money by western union money transfer to him on my behalf.

Personal assistant? He was a rather important person a while back...

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Basil,

I think I would still feel happier if I had some ID from MR.THEOPHILUS
OSA AISABOR.

This is especially pressing as you wrote in an email to Jenny that
"for avoidance of doubt,MR.THEOPHILUS OSA AISABOR is the director for
legal department of CBN". I am terribly sorry Basil, this really is
not good enough.

Could you please confirm his actual title and provide some certifiable
ID.

Thank you
Randolph

And after a few days ID for the mysterious man with a complex career arrives...

But what of the $750?

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Basil,

Jenny has recovered a little and I was able to ask about these monies.
Jenny told me that she had already sent the money by Western Union.
Have you not received this yet?

Please check your paperwork with respect to the payment and get back
to me as soon as possible. In the meantime I will try and trace
things this end. Do you have any information on how Jenny sent these
monies?

Also, Jenny asked if her passport had shown up at your offices. It
seems you needed to see it before carrying on with the transaction?

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Randolph

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Basil,

This is what worried me. The ID you sent is clearly a fake. I really
think you ought to do better than that if you are serious about this
transaction.

Best regards,
Lord Randolph Frottage

And nothing... not a squeek from Basil...

Lord Frottage finally retires, Jenny recovers and joins the Womens Institute, life goes on.

I get the odd email from Jan asking about Jenny's health and I'm thinking about letting her in on the secret... perhaps give her the address of this thread?

criticism most welcome

Not quite a Newb Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 27

Not a bad first bait at all. Good show.

If you want your mugu to see it, though, I'd recommend posting it somewere else too so as to not draw scammer atention to this forum.