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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 5:42 pm

I've been slowly working Mr Frank for... about 6 weeks now... ever since he answered my ASEM regarding Mr Nicita's lost Nigerian inheritance. I managed to collect 2 piggies from him, but as I needed 5 to make the full payment, he insisted I get off my arse and make a trip to the local WU...

Unfortunately, due to my history of money laundering convictions I could only send the money using the protection of their new PIN based system.

After answering about 300 questions and sending over a rather funny 'ID' photo (ooooh Matron!) he gave up and we settled on payment by iPhones (and also a laptop- probably for his personal use)

I don't quite know how long the package has been stuck in Ghana, but it's been quite a while, and it now seems that he's finally out to sort it out.

It was looking like he wasn't going to make the trip, and was demanding $500 via WU to pay for travel and to care for 'an old man's family'. ..

Mr Frank:

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all this is to current your mistake by going to GPS while i told you to use DHL, you are now in UK but someone need to deliver parcel to you and stopped in ITALY expecting you from UK to ITALY and also blaming you, i mean the man is old is to understand that any family man that help you get this package delivered to Benin Republic which GPS can not, at least we do his going and coming back expenses and support his family, just to help us get this package delivered to Benin Republic because i have no agreement to go Ghana with you, just understand me or do you have someone to send tell me so i can send you $500.

this will let our office know you are a man of your word because our office members are thinking and talking if you are joker but i told them you are not.

Well Mr Nicita was being nice up until this point- but being called a joker...!!!

Mr Nicita:

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Dear Sir

Well you can tell your office members to shove it up their ass! What the actual fuck is the matter with you saying I'm fucking joking?!?!?! I've currently have a package in some African country full of iphones for you and now this isn't good enough and I need to send even more money to you. My family were saying this is a bad thing and you just get me to keep sending phones and money and never pay me my fee??? I can't send $500 with no a shred of evidence that this is legit. Who do you think I am sir?

Well this seemed to have done the trick- he was onto the Ghanaian regional manager, Mr Tom (who he'd also been grumbling at), with some good news:

Mr Frank:

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Dear Mr Tom,

How are you today, sorry for the last email i replied you i was unhappy due to busy in the office which no time for me to travel or send workers
because nobody will like to lost his work, so the sender pleased me to help him pick it up, which i will only do because of him, so now i will send person he is a man of truth and more than the package worth, he accepted so you have to get the package ready for him
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FOR SECURITY REASONS

i have list of everything inside the package so tell me what i will give him as security number........

1, because of receivers name the person may not come due to the issue was treated in our office which refused by order of this office,

2, now tell me the code number i will give to him so you understand he is the person i sent let us get everything done

and replied to Mr Nicita with some grovelling:

Mr Frank:

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Dear Rick,

am so sorry about that i mistake because our office mean the GPS by joker not you, because of this to pleased you i will sponsor any expenses and make sure this package is received before Friday next week, but help me tell the GPS office i will send someone to Ghana very soon.

It seems he's sending over his guyman mate and sent over this picture when asked for confirmation of who will be picking up the package.

He's taking up the offer of free overnight accommodation courtesy of GPS

Mr Frank:

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yes from Benin Republic to Ghana are not close so you have to offer him free night accommodation as you promised to enable him start going the next morning, and i will email you immediately he left.

Mr Tom:

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Great, I'll check with our accommodation provider here in Accra to make sure they have a room made up Wink

for him.

But he doesn't want the included breakfast Sad

(but does want the $500 travel reimbursement!)

Mr Frank:

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Do not bother your self for eating he is a man not small boy and not going December but only to get this package to our office here in Benin Republic, so he can eat from his own pocket don't bother your self,i will give him money but only try to him the $500. so i will cover some expenses okay

Apparently the trip will be starting tomorrow or Wednesday, so fingers crossed there's no cold feet!

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 6:21 pm

I think his "guyman" is a local idiot in Accra/Ghana... Another lad (an accomplice).
That's why he refused "your nice accommodation".

- My idea is that your character Mr. Nicita suddenly dies (maybe an tragic car accident?).
- Your lawyer (a new character) communicates this sad thing to the courier company and to Mr. Peter.
- So, in these conditions, the package can be picked up ONLY by the person designated by the "late" Mr. Nicita.
- There are no other exceptions to the rule, so no one else can take over the package.
- In such sad cases Laughing

, the parcel is kept for a period of 10-14 days ... if the "recipient" does not appear, then the parcel is returned to the country of origin of the "sender".

- Finally the parcel will begin to move slowly from Accra to Kumasi ... then north, to Tamale?

The point is to "walk" Mr. Frank through the entire Ghana... not allow him to send another Gai'an idiot. Right? Laughing

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 7:19 pm

Yeah, I'm thinking the same. A lot of lads have pals in in other countries throughout West Africa, especially Nigeria/Benin/Ghana and they do each other favors (well, for payment) like this. Make Mr. Frank hoof it.

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:11 pm

Actually he leaped at the chance for free overnight accommodation, only turning down the breakfast (for some reason).
Although it could well be that he has a mate in Ghana- Mr Frank did say when asked for a phone number in the case of emergency:

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the receiver has no Ghana number because is coming from Benin Republic as i told you early so i will give him your office address which is xxx, Accra Ghana, right?, the receiver must be in Ghana this week i need to hand over his work to someone because i do everything on my own not order from the office but i believe by tomorrow or next he will be on his way coming to pick it up and quickly back to office

The package is apparently being collected by a Mr Luke (ID is required)- who I was previously asked to send money to via WU with his location being Benin. Also, he was the original receiver of the shipment, with his location being PN.

So maybe this chap is actually making a move- maybe not! Tomorrow I'll try to grab an IP address before he sets off (or steps out his front door) Razz

I like the idea of a sudden death- I have already written that Mr Nicita is pretty elderly, so shouldn't be a long shot at all!
Any suggestions, etc would be welcomed on this

Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:03 pm

^^^ I like the idea of a sudden death- I have already written that Mr Nicita is pretty elderly, so shouldn't be a long shot at all!
Any suggestions, etc would be welcomed on this...

- A good idea is to put always some cash in the package you send... a sealed envelope with a "significant" amount of money will make the "package" even more desirable.

- Obviously, the courier company manager needs to inspect the parcel and write a complete inventory report because the package is NOT delivered to the "original recipient". That's the procedure, nothing can be negotiated here!

- Surprise!!! The manager finds the envelope with money... it is very important to know that it is forbidden to send money in this way, so the package can be confiscated / blocked / stopped from delivery. Oups, big problem for our lad!

- But the manager is also an impostor who proposes to share the amount of money with your idiot... otherwise, all the money and all electronics will be confiscated by the customs authority.

- The manager offers another venue because "it is clear that this affair can not be completed at the office!"... the new place is far ahead and the meeting can only take place "tomorrow, NOT today!" (the manager offers other personal family problems as justification).

- On the way, there are other unpleasant events with the parcel and the manager:
a) The motor car is broken and the spare parts are not coming over another 24 hours...
b) The driver gets drunk and makes an accident, so the police come and confiscate the van with the parcel...
c) Some robbers attack the car and kill the driver... the manager blames the idiot lad.

Only the sky is above you, if you want to complicate the story! Laughing

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2017 10:06 pm

Mr Frank:

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the receiver is now ready to leave but he refused saying that he must have phone number to call the office and office house number address, please this is very important because an office has no reason to hide there number to open customer to them, how will you just give only street name as address no phone number to call why have the office phone?, please this is very urgent.

It does seem like Mr Luke is in Benin- it seems like he got worried at the last minute about not having a phone number to call when arriving in Ghana Confused

I could give over a US/UK number and say all calls need to go via the 'central office' or something- but that's only a last resort.

We've been spending the afternoon arguing about it, but nevertheless his latest emails suggests that he might still be on the hook

Mr Frank to GPS:

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This receiver is not Ghana man and this is his first time of coming to Ghana and we can not direct him to anyhow person because of the items for security reasons only the the company suppose communicate with him to mostly direct him to the office.

Mr Frank to Mr Nicita:

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yes my dear that is what i need now because the receiver is ready since waiting to have GPS office address in Ghana and phone number to locate GPS Ghana office or direct him to the office,

that is the only thing delaying the receiver to leave now, which the GPS Ghana office refused,
how will someone travel to US for like visit but no phone number to locate the person that will receive you no house number address?, only street name, xxxx road Ghana, please i need help on this to complete my promised to you. waiting for your urgent reply.

I have replied from the GPS Manager- but I imagine if this doesn't win Frank over there'll be no more sympathy for left!!

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I hope you had an enjoyable evening.
I'm just writing to you about your package. I fully understand the receiver's worries, but you must understand that having a receiver pickup a package from our warehouse is quite unusual, and so we don't really operate with client service in mind. That being said I have really tried to work with you here, and solve this issue easily.
I can personally assure you that any taxi driver/ tro-tro mate in Accra can deliver you to the GPS Warehouse on xxxx Road. We have had worker join our warehouse staff from all over Ghana and they have had no trouble locating us at all.
Like I say, we are fully amenable to give directions by email but we've never even had a case where this has been necessary.

I'm available at the warehouse all of tomorrow, and will definitely try to help out in any way I can.

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