EDDY ATINGA
[Classic scam letter. I get 4 to 10 of those per week in my personal account. This time I decided to strike back, especially after having a goof laugh at what other scam baiters were doing. I opened a Yahoo account and set up my bait.]
[Look at me. I'm a crooked political fund manager. That should be very easy to believe.]
[Classic reply. Likely to be just a "cut-and-paste". My "country" is not even mentioned specifically. He obviously agrees to anything I am proposing because he his waiting to pull the advance fees card at the right moment, so he has to play the game of this moron (mugu) from New York. The scammer already tries to set up the bank account transfer and pop up the advance fees. But wait a minute, I have to make this very complex as well as make sure he gets what he wants; "immigrate" to the US and have his "sister" attend school. I will build a complicated procedure for that purpose.]
[So I invent a whole political contribution protocol to stall things for a while and waste his time. No humor so far, except for the Republican allusion.]
[Scam-o-note: at the risk of killing the joke - political contributions are not tax-deductible. ]
[Of course you agree. You would agree to anything as long as you can plug your advance fee scam.]
[I sent a very complex 4 pages application form to the Republican Party as a PDF file (175 KB), which should take quite a while to fill. I got it from British immigration. Those guys really know how to make the bureaucratic process a never ending form filling fun. My goal here is to waste this guy's time and efforts, and hopefully incur some costs to him, such as printing and scanning. A bonus: I put my credit card number on it, of course not my real one, since I will be paying his $750 "membership" to the Republican Party as a courtesy. So now the guy thinks he got a free credit card number, which he may try to sell or use to purchase some goodies. I certainly climbed up his "suckerama" scale with this one. If he sends an incomplete or botched form, I will play ping pong and request the proper modifications. I may be a crocked political finance advisor, but I like my forms correctly filled.]
[Scam-o-note: It costs nothing to join a political party! Although if you give a LOT of money (say a million dollars) to a winning presidential candidate of any party, you might become ambassador to some really nice place.]
[He now gets more personal, since he believes he has rolled in a stupid sucker. The sister's sickness is obviously to appeal to my feelings and potentially to ask for some money. I suspect a medical emergency will pop up soon. Looking forward to see how he fills the application I sent.]
[I do not think he will bother me again with medical issues as they may jeopardize the deal. He especially does not want to see his poor sister fumigated. However, I definitively think that he has an acute case of mithomania, which I am afraid cannot be cured.]
[Great! He admits spending some money for scanning.]
[I now have my trophy! A 4 pages fake application form to the Republican Party. My Mugu is now one of the few African "members" of that party. What a paradox! Indeed, what I expected happened, as money is now asked for that potential sickness which became a reality. These guys are so predictable. He is rather imaginative as Malaria is not a contagious disease, only transmitted through a mosquito. So they are testing how much money they can milk from me and how gullible I am. So let's drop a little bomb and add a little bit of unpredictability.]
Party Application - Page One
[Let's see how he handles the credit card issue. He will be surprised either because he did not use it or that somebody was able to steal this information out of him. Confusion to say the least. Will he back down with her sister sickness now that I made it clear that it will jeopardize the whole deal? He should have read more clearly the previous email, but Mugus never pay attention to details. They just have a plan they want to follow and it is my humble duty to derail it as much as I can. For those who do not know what "bonitis" is see Futurama, Season 3, Episode 21.]
[What a busload of crap. However, it is probably one of the few times a Mugu partially tells the truth (about the card; the rest is obviously pure cow-dung). Reading this also brought tears to my eyes, but tears of laughter.]
[For the skinny on Lads with credit cards, see the Lingerie Lads]
[Another trophy, but this one is quite poor as he is using very crappy ID cards. A five year old would know that they are forged. I think I have seen these cards before on a 419 site. So let's press the matter a little and stall this even more.]
[So he is trying to deny the obvious. Let's put a "high tech" stunt on him and his fake ID.]
["de mon Calice de Tabernacle" is a very big insult in French Canadian, a language that uses a lot of religious terms to swear; it more or less means that you are a fucking asshole.]
[How easy it is to lie and how difficult it is to tell the truth. This guy has a lot of imagination and quite good in the art of lying. I have a lot of work to do and could drag this for a while, but time to stop this one very abruptly. Sorry "Eddy". Hope you will be very annoyed to learn that this charade has been for nothing. Makes me wonder if 10,000 people tried to scam bait at least one mugu, we could seriously undermine these Lads business. They would freak out, not knowing who is a legitimate bait and who is trying to waste their time.]
[Once again, sorry to have cut this one rather short. I have a lot of work to do and I promise I will be at it again. I got this pathetic reply the day after. He was still trying to go on with the con!]
[I did not bother to reply.]
From: eddyatinga@jumpy.it
Date: 6/17/2004 4:56:20 AM
Subject: You could Assist us if You wish
ASSYLUM CAMP ABIDJAN.
From: EDDY ATINGA,
ATTN:
CONFIDENTIAL
I am EDWARD ATINGA the only son of late former Director of Finance CHIEF MARTINS ATINGA Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal.
My late father diverted this fund acquired from the over influencing of price of sales/purchasing of raw materials.
He deposited the money with a bank in Abidjan BY FIXED DEPOSIT FORM,and he attached a strict clause to the fund in bracket(PAY AS RECEIVED), where I am residing under political assylum with my younger sister ANNAH, my younger
sister who is 17 years old. Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that I am contacting you, all I need from you is to furnish me with your bank particulars:
1) Account name
2) Account number
3) Bank address, telephone and fax number
For you to assist me transfer this money into your private bank account, the amount is ( seventenn Million Dollars) $17 Million. I am compensating you with 15% of the total money amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really want to invest this money in your country, were their is stability of Government, political and economic welfare. Honestly I want you to believe that this transaction is real and never a joke.
My late father CHIEF MARTINS ATINGA gave me the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to him by the bank on the date of deposit, and he called me closer to his bed side before his call to glory(R.I. P)that i should pray to God first, before contacting any foreginer and he warned me stricly that i should avoid african men with their greedy and evil mind since this is the only legacy we are inheriting from him. Please, this is for you to be clarified because, I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret for me because this money is the hope of our life, it is important. Please reply me immediately after you must have gone through my message feel free and make it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 15 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incure during this transaction inluding your telephone calls. Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when it is transferred to your account and you will be our guiardian, personally I am interested in estate management and hotel business.
please advise me, reply immediately you receive this message for more explanation. nd promise me and ANNAH my younger sister to be a father considering our situation and not to betray us.
Thanks and God bless
Best regards
EDDY/ANNAH YOUNGER SISTER.
NB: my late father used me the only son as the beneficiary / next of kin on the day of deposit and also told me I need a foreign assistance of a foreigner with a legitimate bank Account abroad who will stand as co-beneficiary and claim this money from the bank
JACK deGRANDEUR
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:25:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: You could Assist us if You wish
Dear Mr. Atinga:
I am sorry to learn about the ordeal of you and your younger sister. Your offer is very interesting and arrives at a very good moment, so I am able to help you. I am a financial advisor specializing in funding political campaigns and my client is looking for ways to finance his political activities for the coming elections. Since you are vouching for confidentiality, this represents a perfect opportunity. 2.55 million $US would certainly be of much use to fund the political activities of my client.
I am eagerly awaiting further information and hope that you will be able to start a new life.
Sincerely,
Jack Degrandeur
Political Finance Advisor
Republican Party
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 11:20:45 +0200
Subject: Glad to hear from you.
Sir,
Thanks a lot for your urgent reply to our proposal which we sent to you and we believe that God will use you to help us transfer this money that was left for us by our late father out of this country to a safe account in your country so that we can join you over there for the proper investment of this money.
Meanwhile, we have to bring to your notice that we dont have any bad intentions coming to you and all we needed from you is not only the money to be transferred into your bank account but have you to be our father and guardian who
Will be directing our affairs wisely from now hence forth.
To make things very clear to you and to proof its legality, we will be forwarding to you all the important documents that covers this money when my late father deposited the money in the bank in receipt of your telephone and fax number
for easy communication.
1. Your bank account is needed and immediately we received it from you we will be going to the bank to introduce you as my late father's business friend and partner.
2 Your fax number will be needed for the sending of the original copies of the documents by fax.
3.The bank will then contact you officially.
Meanwhile, we are financially handicap and we will accept any percentage you wish to take in this money because we know that this will cost us some money to process the transfer quickly and all the whole money will be in your account for investment for us until when we grow to handle such big money.
Importantly, my little sister will enter school and continue her education while i will join any business of your choice with your initiatives and directives as a father when we come to your country. Please, we are hoping that you will not disappoint us.
Looking foward to hear from you.
Eddy.
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 15:05:13 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Setting up the transaction
Dear Eddy:
I do not think that you understood well my previous message, so I will be more explicit. I am trying to set this money transfer (2.55 $US million) to fund our political party (Republicans of New York) since it is election year in the United States and that we are managing several large contributions in our account. There are no taxes involved. As you may not know, political contributions are tax deductible, which means the US Federal Government will reimburse part of this contribution in the 2004 taxation year. Since at this point, if everything goes well, you will be in the United States, and you will get some money back when you file your taxes. Just to make sure that you understand what I am trying to set up.
Concerning bank account information, it is at this point too early to discuss this matter, but in time we will be able to arrange a protocol for transferring money. A contact with the bank of your late father is also not necessary at this point. Since this transaction will pass as a political contribution, there is some paperwork I have to take care of first. When this is ready, we will then be able to proceed with financial issues. If this is acceptable I will let you know what I have in mind and we will proceed with discretion.
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 16:41:38 +0000
Subject: I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
DEAR SIR,
I AGREE WITH EVERY STEP YOU WANT TO MAKE TO INSURE THAT THE MONEY IS
TRANSFERRED OUT FROM AFRICA HERE.I WILL BE HAPPY YOU DO THEM IN TIME AND NOT TO DELAY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN A GOOD CONDITION HERE.
I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON ..
YOURS,
Eddy
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:42:03 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Procedure: Document attached
Dear Eddy:
Why are you typing with LARGE CAPS, is there a problem with your keyboard?
I have spent a lot of time to prepare the proper procedure and I have come up with a plan to insure a discrete transfer to the United States. So here it is:
1) To make this money pass as a political contribution, you need to become a member of the Republican Party of New York. I have attached a membership form for non-US residents. Please print, fill this form completely and send it back to me along with the requested documentation. There is a $750 membership fee, but considering the nature of this transaction, I will pay it as a courtesy to you. You can either send the form (and the requested documentation; see section 6) back to me as an email attachment, OR fax it to this number (530 685-8032 ; do not forget to use proper international codes).
2) Once you are a member of the Republican Party, we will be authorized to transfer any amount of money legally, as long as it is a political contribution. There will also be a temporary account set up to take care of any fees related to this transaction.
3) I was able to find a very nice boarding school for your sister Annah. By the way, how is she? To make sure that she gets a place in the prestigious institution for young girls, you will need to fill up an admission form. This has to be done rather shortly as the next school year begins in October, so I will send this form soon. Annah will receive the best education there is. My son and daughter went to this school and are currently having rewarding careers in the waste management industry.
4) As a member of the Republican Party making a significant political contribution, you are entitled to permanent residency in the United States (as well as your sister Annah). We will set up immigration forms for this purpose.
5) Finally, we will transfer the money and settle transactional fees.
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 11:52:08 +0100
Subject: I WILL FILL THE FORM SOONEST.
Dear Sir,
I am very glad to recieve your mail. I have gone through it and i will fill the form and reture it to you tomorrow.My sister is sick since yesterday afternoon.I told her that you sent a mail to us she said i should greet you.
Sir about the bank account information when do you send it so that i will
submit it to the bank for them to be aware that we want to move out from
this country with our money. I wish to read from you soon.About my sick sister we do not have money at hand now to buy her good drugs she need to take for her recovery.We will be verey happy to have a helping hand in this respect.God bless you and your family.I told Annah about the nature of school you want her to
school in she is very glad about that.
Have a nice day sir.You may call us today on phone number 0022507935905
so that i will hear your voice sir.
I am yours,
Eddy Atinga
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:11:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Things are in motion
Dear Eddy:
Sorry to hear about your sister's medical problem and hope that she will get well soon. I have been told by many people that there has been an epidemic of the Nigerian flu (also known as mitomania because it attacks to mitochondria) in the Western part of Africa over the last few years. I hope the problem she has is not contagious as I would not be able to help you. US immigration would place her in quarantine and she would be fumigated.
Please fill the application I sent you very carefully. This is an important document to help us finalize this transaction. The Republican Party has done great things recently for the United States and I am sure you will be pleased by the new policies we will implement when we get reelected.
I spoke over the phone today with the principal of the boarding school and explained the situation. She will be very glad to admit in her school your sister this November. The tuition is $25,500 per year (plus housing, books and food), which should be paid when your sister begins to attend. However, there is a $2,500 registration fee that must be paid in advance. I know that you current financial situation is very limited (you will be many times a millionaire soon) so I was able to find a solution to this problem. I have a friend who runs a charity aimed at aiding young underprivileged girls to get a fine education. He agreed to pay the $2,500 fee. As soon as the school registration form is completed, the registration fee will be paid. I still have to receive this registration form from the principal and I will forward it to you for completion when I get it. I am quite sure that Annah will be delighted by this opportunity.
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 15:43:05 +0000
Subject: RE: Things are in motion
Sir,
Thank you very much for all this good plans you have for us. I have printed the application out from my email box and i look for some money to do the scanning so that i will send it over to you for the procession.
I will finish the whole scanning and sending tomorrow please hold my excuse.
you will hear from me by tomorrow and then i will send the application to you.
Good bye and God bless you sir.
YOURS,
Eddy.
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 15:15:27 +0100
Subject: Have a nice week end Sir.
Dear Sir,
The Attached is the application form.Please if i did not fill it well correct me. We are glad on how you are arranging for us to be useful in life and the good plans you are making for us and the money to come over to America without any problem.God bless you.
About my sister i told you that is ill,we went to a hospital yesterday Evening when the sickness became little serious the a doctor there said that She is having malaria parasite and she has to be test in there lab to see If there is anyother parasite attached.He said that we have to pay some Amount of money.We gave the deposit and it remain some balance to pay them in The hospital. Please sir We need a help from you with any amount so that she will Receive good treatment.
You may send us them money through MONEYGRAM with this name: UKAUWA
AUGUSTINE she is a name of a nurse in the hospital there the doctor said we
Should pay the money to.she is their casher.Any amount you give us we help the
issue.
Sir we are sorry to distrub like this but i know very soon if you forward the bank account information where the bank here will transfer the money into in your country everything will be alright.I look forward to hear from you.
We are yours children,
EDDY AND ANNAH ATINGA
Party Application - Page Two
Party Application - Page Three
Party Application - Page Four
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 19:24:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Credit Card Issue
Dear Eddy:
Thank you for the application. There is only one thing missing. You need to include an official photo identification. It can be a passport or a driver's license, as long as it is a clear photo identification. When I have this, you will become a full fledged member of the Republican Party and I will be able to issue a temporary membership card and move on with the process of transferring the funds.
There is however a serious issue that came up. I got a phone call from my credit card company today telling me that several charges were attempted on my card over the last 48 hours. They all originate from Western Africa, except one which was made in the Netherlands. The bank obviously rejected those transactions and will now prevent any transaction that is not charged in the United States (except Canada). What is happening here? Did you try to use my credit card number? You should have known better. I was thinking to let you use my credit card to pay for your sister's medical costs, but now I am sorry to say that I cannot.
I am sorry to learn that your sister has contracted malaria. This is a rather serious disease if it remains untreated. Fortunately, malaria is rather easy to cure with Quinnine, Malarone, or X-Lax. My brother contracted bonitis a few years ago and it was easy to cure with a good dose Preparation-H. However, he could not sit for several days. I will contact the US immigration bureau to see if your sister could be prevented to enter the United States if she has malaria. If it is the case, I am sorry to say that I would not be able to help you until your sister is cured, which could take several months. Also, I will get tomorrow the application form for the boarding school that your sister could attend. I would be a pity that she would miss one school year because of her sickness.
Regarding the bank information, I am currently setting an account in a bank in Vanuatu, a small island in the Pacific Ocean which is known to be very discrete as well as sinking partially. Some funds have been set aside by my Party to cover any fees. However, I have now some doubts since somebody tried to use fraudulently the credit card number that was on the application form I sent you. Hopefully, you will be able to explain what happened.
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 11:38:43 +0000
Subject: I SWEAR SIR I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CREDIT CARD.
DEAR SIR,
I CAN NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT REGARDING YOUR CREDIT CARD.I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO THAT BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE HERE IS NOT USED TO THAT.HOW CAN I USE IT.IT IS ONLY NOW THAT YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR CARD INFORMATION MY MIND GETS TO IT.DO I KNOW HOW TO USE IT?
SIR,I WILL NOT DO ANYTHING THAT WILL HURT YOU AS YOU ARE NOW THE FATHER WE HAVE AND WITH ALL THESE GOOD PLANS YOU HAVE FOR US.ARE AMVERY SERIOUS TOMOVE THIS MONEY OUT FROM HERE TO LIVE WITH YOU SIR.WHATEVER IS THE PROBLEM PLEASE FORGET AND FORGIVE AND KEEP ON CARING FOR US.YOU KNOW WE DO NOT HAVE OUR PRIVATE COMPUTER I GO TO BUSINESS CENTERS TO READ YOUR MASSAGE AND YOU SHOULD NOT ABANDON US MOREOVER MY SISTER BECAUSE SHE HAS MALARIA UNLESS YOU DO NOT CARE FOR US AGAIN.
I WILL SEND MY IDENTITY CARD TOGETHER WITH MY SISTER'S OWN TOO SO THAT
YOU WILL GO AHEAD TO GET THE SCHOOL FOR HER.
ABOUT THE MONEY FOR HER TREATMENT I STILL PLEAD THAT YOU WILL ASSIST
BECAUSE THE DOCTOR HAS STARTED GIVEN HER TREATMENT AND SHE WILL BE OK SOON THEN LEFT NOW IS MONEY TO FOOT THE BILL IN THE HOSPITAL.AS OUR UNCLE WE ARE SEEING NOW HELP HER OUT.THE MALARIA IS NOT A SERIOUS SICKNESS HERE IN AFRICA.FURTHERMORE, INFORM YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY TO PLEASE AS ANY PERSON THAT WANT TO OPENTHE CARD EVERY INFORMATION ABOUT HIMSO THAT YOU MAY KNOW WHOIS TRYING THIS NONSENSE TO YOUR CARD.PLEASE MY HANDS ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT IT BEFORE GOD
AND MAN.MY INTEREST IS TO GET OUR MONEY TRANSFERED OUT FROM THIS
COUNTRY AND OUR MOVING OUT TO MEET YOU IN AMERICA TO INVEST THE MONEY AND THAT IS ALL.
I AM STOPING SO FAR WITH EVERY HOPE YOU WILLSEND THE HOSPITAL MONEY TODAY THROUGH WESTERN UNION OR MONEYGRAM.
YOUR CREDIT CARD INFORMATION IS SAVE WITH ME I SWEAR TO YOU DEAR SIR.
GOOD BYE AND MY SINCERE REGARDS TO YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS.
I SWEAR SIR I HAVE NOT SEEN CREDIT CARD BEFORE TALKLESS OF KNOWING HOW TO USE IT.PROTECT YOUR CARD WELL TO AVOID ANY PERSON USING IT.I AM VERY VERY INNOCENT OVER THIS GOD KNOWS.I AM WRITING THIS MAIL WITH TEARS ON MY EYES.
YOURS,
EDDY ATINGA.
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 15:47:32 +0000
Subject: SEE OUR IDENTITY CARDS.
DEAR SIR,
The attached is my id card together with my sister's own.
You assist us complete the application form there.
I hope to hear from you soon me that you have heard my pleadings to you as i told you i do not have any hands in your credit card issue.
Please sir,give us the money to pay for the hospital bill if you have accepted my pleading to you.
i look to hear from you.
yours,
Eddy Atinga.
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:27:50 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: SEE OUR IDENTITY CARDS.
Dear Eddy:
Sorry for the late reply as I was in Washington over the last few days taking care of some political contributions. A tobacco company gave us a large sum of money in exchange of the commitment to pass a new law permitting cigarette advertising in primary and high schools.
I am still quite confused concerning the credit card issue, but I am ready to believe you since you defend your innocence with such conviction. After all, no money was lost and my bank will now block any transaction. The bank also told me that they are now using new programs to detect fraudulent use, which enables them to know where the card is being used and then contact to local police immediately. Because of that, they told me that they were able to arrest in Amsterdam somebody trying to use my credit card number. Please be careful if you are using a computer in a business center, as people may have installed programs to see what you are doing on the computer and may want to steal from you.
The identifications you sent me are clear forgeries. Your name and your sister's have simply been typed over a bad scan of an ID card. In addition, one photo is in color and the other one is in black and white. No government would accept an ID where a face is not fully displayed (your sister's face is not complete). I understand that you want to keep your anonymity and be very cautious about this transaction, but I will need a better form of identification. I do not need your sister's identification since she is minor, only yours.
I am glad the medical condition of Annah is not too serious. Concerning the medical bill, what amount you are facing? I may be able to help, but the credit card issue and the fake identifications do not give me much trust.
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 11:37:08 +0000
Subject: sir you are welcome from your trip.
Sir,
I can not understand what you are talking about.Do you want to tell me that
our identity card i took to the place they scanned them and i sent them to you is not good?
I took you that we go to the public business centers to send both massages
and other of our informations to you.Thank God you have seen the people and the place your credit card was tampered.In this country we are in I have not even seen credit card before talk of knowing how to use them.
Our condition here is not good we need to move out from this country with our money please when are you sending the bank account information that i will submit to the bank for them to transfer the money out and we move out from here to meet you over there in America?
About the amount we need to settle the hospital with is close to $500 (five hundred dollars )which is 250,000 CFA in their local currency here because the Doctor said that both the lab test and drips that was given to Annah together with consultation fee and their main bill. The name i gave you last time is :
RECEIVER :UKAUWA AUGUSTINE
COUNTRY: ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE
I am waiting to hear from you sir.
yours,
Eddy.
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:18:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Analysis report
Dear Eddy:
Please find attached an analysis of the identifications you sent me. Do you still claim that your identifications are not fake? The advanced analysis program I used state that these two IDs are fake with a probability of 99.6%. I do not understand your behavior. Why use fake IDs when you have 17 million dollars to be transferred and undermine the whole plan I have set up for you and your sister? I am losing trust in you. Again, please send me an appropriate identification. As I told you before, I only need your identification.
$500 is very expensive for a simple malaria treatment. I checked with my doctor and here the same treatment would cost about $75 and you get a complete proctologic examination with it. A brain transplant, which is a very complex surgery, would cost $500. I did not know that medical bills in West Africa could be so expensive, especially when people are so poor. Please send me a copy of a receipt for the medical treatment and I will see what I can do.
All this is causing delays in our transfer plans. I have already opened a bank account in Vanuatu and was able to set aside $25,000 to cover the transfer fees (if required). The Republican Party eagerly awaits one of its new contributors. I have also received the documentation for Annah's school. It is a nice Catholic school run by a French lady. It is called : "Sainte Marie de mon Calice de Tabernacle".
Sincerely,
Jack
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2004 12:56:27 +0100
Subject: please sir pardon me it is not my making.
Dear Sir,
Please the identity cards i sent to you is how it was given to us here in Abidjan by one man that got them for us when it was very necessary to have an Id card before we can go out as the rebels entered Cote D'Iviore on the 19th SEPTEMBER 2002. The police here and the military started to arrest anyone they see without Id card that was when i and my sister gave one man that told us that he works where the ID CARD can be issued to us.
If the ID cards are not good ones please bear with us.I will send our full
pictures to you tomorrow.About the receipt for the medical treatment you said i should forward to you,it is not possible for me to send it to you because it is only when we pay them they will issue the receipt to us.You said that the hospital bill is expensive but it because every medical materials used here in the hospital are imported from overseas both the drugs that is the reason they are expensive.In local currency here the $500 dollars will be 250,000 CFA as i told you before.
Please sir my mind is very far from doing anything bad to you because you
have devoted your time and money to wake sure i and my sister start a new
life over there in your country as soon as our money comes over to your country.Send the bank account information to me so that i will take it to the bank to start the transfer immediately for i have already introduced you to the bank as my late father business partner and the foreign co-beneficiary he wrote in his agreement with the bank before his death.The bank is waiting to hear from me for further action. We need to finish this transfer soon as the international remittance director
of the bank said.He told me that on receiving the account details and instruction
from you to effect the transfer,it will take only three to four bank working days the money will reflect in your account through telegraphic transfer wire as he said.
Sir i am looking forward to hear from you.Please send the money then i will
send the medical receipt to you. God bless you and your family. My sister is greeting you too for the new school you have secured for her.Remain blessed.
yours,
Son Eddy.
JACK DEGRANDEUR
Dear "Eddy" or should I say the 419 scammer.
I knew from the start that you are a scammer and a thief. Do you really think I would believe you for a second? I wanted to drag this charade for a long time, but I have a lot of work and better things to do. Unlike you, it is honest work. I receive these pathetic 419 emails everyday from Nigeria, South Africa, Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, etc. They are all variations of the same lie. I hope I have wasted a little bit of your time and hopefully some of your money. There are hundreds of people like me (some are much better than I am) wasting the time of thieves like you. You will never know who is real until you have wasted a lot of your time finding out and doing really stupid things in the process. So which email in your mailboxes is coming from someone real?
By the way, my name is not Jack, I do not live in New York and I certainly do not work for the Republican Party. Do you know what this political party is all about? I certainly had a lot of fun enrolling you in the Republican Party and hopefully I will have our little correspondence posted in a web site for the whole world to see and laugh at a mugu who wanted to be a Republican.
If you constantly cheat and lie, how can you make your life right? I do think you realize how much damage this 419 business is doing to the reputation of your country and fellow honest citizens.
Do not worry, I am quite sure we will correspond again for another scam of yours, but this time I will impersonate somebody else and waste your time and money. Maybe we are already corresponding elsewhere as I "handle" 5 to 10 mugus at once. Also, the PDF files I sent you contained Trojan viruses which enabled me to have hidden access to your computer. Quite an interesting operation you have here.
So long thief.
"Jack"
EDDY ATINGA
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:45:07 +0000
Subject: RE: Time is up
SIR,
PLEASE WHY SHOULD YOU SAY A THING LIKE THIS?
IS IT BECAUSE WE ASKED YOU TO ASSIST US PAY THE HOSPITAL BILL THAT YOU SHOULD BE SAYING ALL THESE?
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE SAYING AND WE ARE REAL.
WHO EVER THAT IS TELLING YOU ALL THIS EVIL WILL NOT SEE GOOD FOR HE OR
SHE WANT US TO BE HERE SUFFERING.HOWEVER,THERE IS NO PROBLEM THANK GOD YOU HAVE NOT FORWARDED YOUR BANK ACCOUNT TO THE BANK IF NOT IT WOULD HAVE SPOIL OUR TRANSACTION.
GOD KNOWS I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOUR POLITICAL PARTY AND WE DO NOT WANT TO BE AMONG.SO YOU SHOULD BE WISE AND GO AHEAD WITH US IF YOU WISE.
I COULD NOT WRITE TO YOU SINCE BECAUSE YOUR LAST MAIL DISORGANISED ME
ALOT.
I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SIR.
YOURS,
EDDY.