The Richard Zubel Bait

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This was one of my first baits, but I like the way it went.

Scammer name: Barr. Richard Zubel
My name: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Barrister Zubel originally contacted me 'from Japan' about some monies that he had, but he didn't reply to the emails. It was sad to see us drift apart, so I "sent him an email to get him kick started:

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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

Dear my friend Zubel,

Are you not aware of the Western Union check I have made out for you to he amount $14,107 US dollars? Do you still wish to receive the monies?

Yours,

Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

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That seemed to have kick started old Zubel:

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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Dear sir,
Goodday to you.
Are you saying that you want to send me some monies thru western union money transfer? [that's exactly what I'm saying, Zoobz]
Please do specify when you will be sending it.
I tried to give you a call but your number is not responding fine. [That's because you don't have my damn number, idiot]
Send to me your correct phone number so that i may call you today for more conversation.
I will furnish you with the information as how you are to send the money to me.

Thank you so much for your kindness.

Regards,
Richard Zubel (Esq)

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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

Good Sir,

I hope that you are fine. Unfortunately, our telephone conversation was of poor quality because there seemed to be a problem with the line. I can assure you that my best telephone number is 07*********.

I will send the $14,057 through Western Union at a time which is most convenient for you.[I'd guess immediately]

Please reply soon so that I can send you some simple paperwork that you need to complete.[I'll save that for later]

Your friend in business,

Samsonite Bachelor

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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Dear My Good friend,
Thanks for your Email response, i am so glad for your kindful gesture in this matter. [Is life living in a skip getting to you?] t
Send mehe money thru western union money transfer.
I will be happy to hear from you soon.
Upon your request, i will furnish you with the information that you will use to send the money to me.

Thanks for your Kindness and May God Bless you Abundantly.

Regards,
Richard Zubel (ESQ)
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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

Sir,

Perhaps you could telephone me to discuss how to send you the monies? My number is 07*********.

Yours,

Samsonite Bachelor

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Suprise suprise, Zubel flounders....
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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Sir i got your Email as i am about to leave my office for the day.
However, i tried to call you but the number is not responding well. [He didn't call]
Please can you just call me on my own number for our conversation?

My number is +2348058342054.[strangely enough, that's a Nigerian number, not a Japanese one?!!? How can this be??]

I await to hear from you as soon as possible.

Bless you,
Richard Zubel (esq)

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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

Dear Richard,

I tried to call your number on my personal mobile telephone but the operator says it is not possible because of my contract. [Or maybe it was just because I didn't even try calling him] Unfortunately, I have no access to a landline. Perhaps it is easier for you to call me using your personal telephone? Please be aware that I will pay for any call charges. They will be included in your Western Union payment.

Blessing,

Samsonite Bachelor

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The next day, Zubel called about 10 times during luncheon. I only answered once, choosing to either not answer at all, or answering and not saying anything. I suspect Zoobz was having to feed the Nigerian payphone outside the internet cafe a serious amount of cash to get it to call a mobile phone 1000 miles away. Anyway, when I decided to speak, he wanted to know where his monies was (sadly I couldn't record it because I was out and about). I told him I was on the way to the Western Union office.

In the meantime, Zubel had been busy firebombing my email account with his useless information which I didn't read.

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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

INFORMATION TO SEND THE MONEY THRU WESTERN UNION

Dear my Good Friend,
I hope you are doing well today.
In regards to our Email. Please use the Below infomation to send me the monies thru Western Union:

RECEIVERS NAME: Austin Chidi [LMAO!!]
ADDRESS: Lagos Nigeria
TEXT QUESTION: My Motto
TEXT ANSWER: God is with us

Please do send me the control number as soon as you send it.

May the Good lord be with you.

Regards,

Barr. Richard Zubel

^ sent twice

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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Dear my Good friend,

I do hope that you got my email, content of information that you will use to send the money to me thru western union.
Please send me the control number as soon as this is done.

Reply ASAP.

May the Good lord be with you.

Regards,

Barr. Richard Zubel

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He calls me again at 8pm to demand his Western Union slip. Then he fires off an email to really hammer it home. The poor guy had probably been camping outside the callbox since 11 am.

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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Dear sir,
Please do send me the slip so that i could possibly collect the money immediately.

Waiting to read from you.
Regards,
Richard Zubel (Esq)

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So I send him a photoshopped Western Union form and wait for the reply:

[url]http://www.screenshots.cc/view_image/077e71912/PAYMENT SLIP FOR MR. ZUBEL.jpg[/url]
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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

My good friend,

Please accept my apologies for the delay. I have attached that slip.

I hope you find your monies useful! Remember, I am always able to assist you if you need help.

Your friend,

Samsonite Bachelor

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As expected, his reply wasn't immediate. I'll let him off though, seeing as he was tearing along to the 24 hour WU office on his Raleigh Chopper to collect more money than he could carry- and he hadn't even done any hard scamming! $14,107 for two days work seems good to me!
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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Thanks for your Email.
I tried to track the money down but it was not upcoming.[suprise, suprise]
Please send me the following information:

CONTROL NUMBER:
SENDER'S FIRST NAME:
SENDER'S LAST NAME:

I await to hear from you soon so as to anable me pick up the monies.

Thanks and God bless you.

Richard

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I sent him the details that were already on the fake Western Union slip which he could have found for himself if he had bothered to look.

Then:
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From: Richard Zubel
To: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad

Dear my good friend,
My local money collector have gone to the western union station and they told him that the money could not be found, possible no payment was made.[why on earth could that be?]
He show them the slip of which you send to me and they said it is fake. According to them, the slip supposed to be stamped if it is original.[Did he not realise he was being baited yet?]
Due to all this, he was not able to cash the money and he returned home.
I have started to doubt all this fact due to this impression . I have always seen you as a honest fellow in this transaction and i believed that i am dealing with you in a confidential manner. In my whole life, i never believe that a person like you can forge a document like this and send to another, because i have always trust be people with confidence.
Please i need your urgent response to make things easier for both of us.

Reply ASAP.

Confidentially yours,

Richard Zubel

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From: Samsonite Bachelor-Pad
To: Richard Zubel

Dear Sir,

I am shocked by these allegations. Immediately, I will travel to the Western Union office to hold conference with the manager of that branch, and demand that he applies the necessary stamp to the slip.

Yours always,

Samsonite Bachelor

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Meanwhile, I set about applying a fake stamp to the slip. I added some authentic coffee stains and crumples to jive Zooby-Doo even more. I also decided to pretend that my scanner was knacked, so I had to take a photo instead. I'm quite proud of the result:

[url]http://www.screenshots.cc/view_image/8cd1d1938/PHOTO OF WESTERN UNION SLIP.jpg[/url]

N.B. 'Thomas Ella', as featured on the wrestling magazine cover, is one of Zubel's aliases. He didn't notice.

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Unfortunately, I have lost my side of the email ping-pong which ensued following this, but Zubel got pretty mad. The following are each the entire contents of separate emails:

"i will not continue like this.
Please recal the monies back and send it thru money gram."

"I am so sad of it all.[YESSSS!!!!] I you are sending money please be sure and send it
It is for our own good."

"if you have it to dend, then send it"

"If you have any money for me, then send it to me."

Finally:

"I will be leaving out now .
I want to take my kids to resort center.
If you have money to send send it to me"

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I like to think that he actually got in his car and drove off a bridge, but I can't see it happening. I had hoped to get a trophy shot, but sadly It never got to that stage. All the same, I think this bait went pretty well.