Ms Sylvia Sabata [The Fraud-Star]
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax [would-be philanthropist]
Barrister Daniel Ansah [Sylvia’s flakey barrister]
Mr Mojo Ricin [an associate of Dr Anthrax]
Mr Henry Norbert [security company stooge]
Rolf Harris [serial pest]
Additional comments by me [not my real photo
!!!]
From: sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: xxxxxxxx@hotmail.com
Date: 25-04-06
Subject: WIDOWED
AND ABANDONED!!
Dear Sir,
Good day to you in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ. May He continue to strenghten
you more and more in Jesus name (amen). I am contacting you about a need I
have and I believe you are well able to help me. It all depends on our trusting
each other because I will be very vunerable in the
course: but I've chosen to contact you prayerfully and believe you are the
person to help me.
I am Sylvia Kwamena Sabata,
29yrs old, a Ghanian Woman from
After his death, his family were on me to tell them
where the money was lodged as they have taken over all of his belongings.
They have also emptied his bank accounts and discovered the money was not
lodged there. My husband warned me not to disclose the money to his family
before he died in the hospital. The family has left me and my son with nothing.
I now fend for myself and Junior my son.
My plans are to relocate from
The main reason of contacting you is to solicite
your help in coming forward as my husband's foreign business partner. I will
get all necessary documents to help us move the fund (deposited in two TRUNK
BOXES) to you which will enable me to come over and get the money shared between
us 70% for me 10% for the lawyer who is going to help in legal processes and
30% for you for helping out.
Please NOTE that the earlier you help me the better as you will be doing God
a great favour because my life is no more save with
these people here. I will need your reply stating your readiness to help in
seeing this deal through. Please give me your phone number so that I can call
you to discuss it further.
I wait for your favourable reply.
Sylvia Kwamena Sabata
[Well now. This one’s certainly got all
the right ingredients. A poor abandoned widow with starving child, husband
with mysterious illness and dying in car crash, the wicked thieving in-laws,
the legendary trunk boxes, a 30% cut of the loot for me, plus a shot at spiritual
redemption thrown in for good measure. Hell, Shakespeare couldn’t have
cranked out a better script on one of his good days. Anyway, Dr Rudolph Anthrax
has always wanted to be a zillionaire. Mind you, he’s no philanthropist.
He doesn’t much give a flying fuck about the widow and her problems,
but the “$51.2 Million” & the “30% for you” are
hypnotizing him…….]
From:
drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 31-04-06
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
I am Dr Rudolph Anthrax of Black Rat Entomological Supplies. I have received
your email. How is it that I would be assisting you exactly? You must provide
me with more details.
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From:
sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph X. A.
I am most grateful you replied my mail and are ready to help me. I must confess
I can not finish narrating what I have gone through here. I will rather leave
that to when I come over to your place.
The nature of the help I require here is that you will be contacted by my lawyer(who has been like a father to me) and he will tell
you the details. But the real issue is that he will need your name and address
because the money will be fly directly to your supplied address after all
documents must have been processed in your name. I will in the course send you
the documents while the lawyer will procure other ones to make the transaction
legitimate so as not to cause any problem for you. Also know that all
appropriate taxes and levies will be paid on arrival.
Once we have your name and address, I will ask the lawyer to begin the
processes and within a week I guess the money should be released from the
security company. I have attacedh my husband death
certificate so you can send it to them as proof of death.
I wait for your reply soonest so that the lawyer can contact you and highlight
the details more.Meanwhile I will be happy if you
can give me your phone nunmer in case I or the lawyer
will need to talk to you personally. Thanks once again for your kind heart
and I hope I can trust you with all I have!!
Yours,
Sylvia Sabata
[The multi-coloured death certificate. Complete with every scammer's favourite Comic Sans font, the usual convincing details, and
the Blue Ambulance of Death !!!]
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 03-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
It was so inspiring to receive your reply. What I need to know is that I am
working with people who can be trusted. You will agree that there are many
fraudstars trying to take advantage of people these days.
Please send me a scan of your international passport to assist me in confirming
your identity. Be sure the passport is large and clear so I can read it easily.
The sooner I have the passport the sooner we can proceed to the next stage
of business. If you follow my instructions to the letter you will find I am
an extremely helpful and generous man.
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date: 04-05-06
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Thanks for your prompt reply. I am really happy. I check my mail often now
to see if you have written and you have been writing and all you raise are
well understood and will be forwarded to you soon. As for the Passport, I
have never travelled out of
Sylvia Sabata
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 05-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice, Antarctica
Received your message. There is no need to spend
money on acquiring a passport.
[As if she would anyway] I will arrange instead a different
modality. Just send me a photograph of yourself holding a sign. The sign should
read:
"CALVARY GREETINGS DOCTOR RUDOLPH XAVIER ANTHRAX".
The sign should be large and clear, and easily readable. This will be adequate
as a security modality instead of a passport. Send the photograph to me as
quickly as possible.
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[She somehow deletes
the above message without reading it. She’s still babbling about the
passport, so I send the same message again.]
From: sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date: 06-05-06
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Thanks for your reply.
Please kindly send the last mail back to me. I wanted to open and read it
only for me to mistakenly delete it. Please send me the same information you
sent earlier. My passport is being processed and should be out later today.
If I can not send it today I will send it in the morning tomorrow. Can you
tell me about yourself and give me your telephone contact as well? I wait
for the information. Thank you for your assistance.
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 07-05-06
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
GREETINGS MS SYLVIA!
Received your message. You should continue to attempt
to acquire the passport, however, in the meantime I will arrange instead a
different modality. You need to send me a photograph of yourself holding a
sign. The sign should say "CALVARY GREETINGS DOCTOR
RUDOLPH XAVIER ANTHRAX". The sign should be large and clear, and easily
readable. This will suffice as a security modality until such time as you
obtain the passport. Send the photograph to me as quickly as possible.
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph
Thanks for
replying my mail. I will go home now and get my photo and do as you said. You
will have it before the end of the day. Thank you so much for your concern.
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 09-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear Sylvia,
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@katamail.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Thanks for your responses. I am sorry for the delay in my reply. The ISP fOR
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@katamail.com
Date: 11-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
I am still
waiting for that goddam picture! Please do not keep me waiting any longer or
I may lose interest in helping you.
Kindest Regards
Dr Anthrax
[She has a new email
address!!!]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
This is Sylvia. The woman you have been corresponding
with. I could not attach the photo through the other e mail I am using. So
I decided to send it through yahoo. Attached is my photo as requested.
Sylvia
[And here’s
her first picture. Nice try Sylvia, but this piece of shit is not what I had
in mind! For fuck’s sake…..It looks like she’s scanned a
pic from a magazine and then scrawled the greeting
message on it. Sweet Jesus, FIRE UP Sylvia !!!]
[OK, for all those
dopey scammers that can’t get it right the first time…..Let’s
try that modality over again !]
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 13-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear
Sylvia,
I received your email. However, the photograph is well below the standard
I require. All my business associates must supply the same type of photographic
identification. [You spelled my name
wrong too, you stupid bitch] Perhaps I was not specific enough in my instructions. I am
sending you a picture of my assistant holding a sign. Examine the picture
carefully. This is exactly the type of photograph I require. I have attached
a picture of myself which you must print out and fix to the sign just like
in the picture of my assistant. Please prepare the sign according to my instructions
and then have your photograph taken just like my assistant in the picture
I am sending. Please don’t screw it up again! Let us deal with this
matter very quickly so we can move forward to the next stage of business.
Regards as always,
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[My ‘assistant’
demonstrates how the sign should look…….]
[And the picture of
Dr Anthrax to be attached…….]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph,
Thank you for your mail. I must tell you that you are really confusing me!!!
You did not explain like this in your first mail. It is late for the photo
to be taken now. I will try and do it tomorrow. But I must confess to you
that I do not have all these money to be doing all these. That is why I solicit
your help in moving out my fund so that I can have access to it. If my passport
comes out tomorrow, I will send passport instead of looking for extra money
to use for another photo. If not I will send you the photo as requested. I
am grateful for all your effort. God bless you.
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 15-05-06
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Sylvia,
Forget the passport.
I must have the specified photograph now. You need to follow my instructions
precisely or you risk losing everything! Get the photograph taken as soon
as possible then send it to me immediately. If the picture meets with my approval
we can proceed. If not, the result will be a severe delay.
Dr Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
DEAR DR RUDOLPH.
[OOOOOOOOOOO…….all
caps now! And Dr Anthrax’s radar detects a slight increase in the bitch-factor!]
ATTACHED IS THE
PHOTO AS REQUIRED. i HOPE
THIS MEET YOUR SPECIFICATION. PLEASE REPLY SO I CAN KNOW HOW TO PROCEED FROM
HERE.
THANK YOU
SYLVIA
[The attached photo
of Sylvia…….]
[Now, there’s
a few inconsistencies with that photo, isn’t there? For starters, she’s
left the ‘S’ off the end of ‘Greetings’. She’s
also left out my entire middle name ‘Xavier’. I might be prepared
to live with that, but she’s also morphed into an entirely different
person from the first photo. The second photo is real enough, but she’s
a hell of a lot uglier by God !!!]
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 17-05-06
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear Ms Sylvia,
I have received the picture. A truly sensational piece of work! It raises a few
doubts in my mind about the authenticity of your first picture, but since I am
in an exceptionally good mood today I will accept it. Behold, we are now ready
to proceed to the next stage of business. But be warned, you must learn to
follow my instructions more carefully in future.
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Thank you so much for your effort and concern.
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 19-05-06
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear Sylvia,
Got your mail. Everything is good then, yes? I am sending you another picture
of myself as a show of good faith and trust. It shows me in my office at Black
Rat Enterprises, and is attached to this email. Just a word of advice, if
you are going to contact the lawyer please advise
him that I will also require some identification from him. I always insist
on it as this is simply the way business is conducted safely. Please also
feel free to contact me on my phone number here in
[K7 number of course,
so she can call until rats, cockroaches & Keith Richards are all that’s
left alive, but she’ll only get my 2 minute long recorded greeting.]
Regards,
Dr. R.X. Anthrax
[The photo of Dr Anthrax
in his office…….]
[And now Sylvia’s
barrister Daniel Ansah lobs on the scene…..]
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr Rudolph Anthrax Xavier,
[Hmm.
Not a very promising start for a high-flying barrister. He’s fucked
up my name already!]
My
name is Barrister Daniel Ansah, the personal solicitor
and advocate to Ms Sylvia Shana Sabata, herein refered to as my
client. My client informed me that you are ready to take custody of your money!
Please recap to me the situation here so I can know I am communicating with
the right person.
Best
regards.
Dan
Ansah Esq
Barr
Dan Ansah
Dan Ansah $ Associates,
Solicitor and Property Law,
Plot 11234, Kantamanto,
Tell: +233(0)243979547
Email:
danansahesq@yahoo.com
[The font was his
idea too, not mine. Surprising really how many scammer barristers favour
comic sans in all seriousness.]
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date: 21-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
This is to confirm that I am indeed Dr Rudolph Anthrax.
My
address is as above.
My telephone contact is: +1-206-202-5231
Please call me on the above number so we can talk, or if I am unavailable,
leave a message to acknowledge your receipt of this email. Please send the
documents at your earliest convenience. The arrangement will certainly be
subject to further security modalities but we can discuss those at a later
time.
Sincerely as always,
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear
Sylvia,
I have been in touch with barrister Dan. I have asked him to leave a telephone
message for me and to forward the documents. Contact me again as soon as possible.
And please feel free to send me any other pictures of yourself. I am always
happy to receive pictures of my associates in other countries.
Regards
Dr R.X. Anthrax
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
My
Dear Dr Rudolph
How
are you today and everything is well I hope. I am
more please to hear you have contact the lawyer. Please urge him to send the
documents immediately. The pics I will send when I have a chance to take more but you
should not let this interfere with the smoothness of the transaction. The
lawyer has important informations and you need to
be close attention to him and not allow yourself to be distracted by other
matters.
We
are depending on you. [Hmm. I’m guessing that could be a mistake.] God bless.
Sylvia
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr Anthrax,
Thank
you for your prompt reply. I will send the documents tomorrow as I have asked
my client to bring all of them. So expect them tomorrow. I received your phone
number too. I will call you as soon as the need arises. But I will prefer
to talk to you in person whenever I am calling you and not to leave message.
So I will prefer your mobile phone line so that I can call you anytime the
need arises and we will get things done.
Best
regards.
Dan
Ansah Esq
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date:
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Attn: Barrister
Dan,
Received your email. That is sensational news. I will wait for the documents.The
phone number I gave you will redirect to my mobile wherever I am in the world.
If I do not answer it is because I am unavailable at the time for whatever
reason. If this occurs you must leave a message as instructed.
Regards
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[Barrister Dan continues
with his theme of total incompetence when writing to important clients. Check
out this load of bollocks. He still can’t get my name right, he alternates
randomly between two different fonts, sometimes in the middle of a sentence,
and he refers to someone called “Miss Mabel” who I’ve never
heard of and has nothing to do with this transaction. I’d say it’s
probably a rather sloppy attempt to recycle a letter from one of his previous
scams. And to top it off he hasn’t even attached the goddamned documents
he’s been raving about !!!]
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr. Rudolph Anthrax X
I
have conversed with Ms. Sylvia Shana Sabata your
partner and I was able to get the details of the content of the boxes. I was
at the security company this morning and against their policy, I was able
to confirm that the content of the boxes are intact.
The
boxes contain
Her
Husband's full names are Mr.Patrick Uwana Sabata
Her
full names are Mrs.Shana Sylvia Sabata
She
has also given me all the entire documents covering the release of the boxes
as was issued by the security company which I am attaching below.
The
name of the Security Company is called TRUST FINACE & SECURITY COMPANY
GHANA LIMITED (TSCL)
These
are the document I got from her:
(i) Certificate of deposit of the boxes
(ii)
Payment receipt issued by the Company at the time of deposit
(iii)
Agreement bond with the Company
She has
agreed to provide any other related document that may be needful for the release
of the boxes.
I
also wish to bring to your notice that Ms.Sylvia
has promised to give me 10% of the total money in the boxes for helping
her without any charge.
She
also told me that both of you agreed on 30% for you as compensation for
your assistance.
ADVICE:
You
and Ms. Sylvia shall reach (MOU) Memorandum of Understanding for
the release of the two trunk boxes to your designated Address.
As a Christian and an advocate of the law I have advised Miss Mabel that it
will be futile and counter productive decipating
energy delibrating on the subject thereunto if we
fail to follow the right
procedures in this transaction by reaching the agreement of trade (MOU) Memorandum
of Understanding. I want everything to be legally transacted and documented.
I will pass a notice of release order to the Security Company by Tuesday.They will contact you for the release procedures.
I am sending
to you the entire documents needed for the release of the boxes,you will have to forward them personally to TSCL with
their company e-mail address trustfinsec@consultant.com
(i) Certificate of deposit of the
consignment
(ii) Payment receipt
(iii) Agreement Bond with the company
Therefore you
shall provide me with the following details.
(i) A COPY OF YOUR DRIVER'S LIECENCE/INFORMATION
PAGE OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
(ii) $480 FOR MOU AGREEMENT FEE/ POWER OF ATTORNEY
I shall be waiting for information later today, so that I can proceed
to the Ghana High Court of Justice on Tuesday(tomorrow) to procure a
letter of Administration and power Attorney for the Change of Ownership of
the asset to your name and address together with the MOU which will automatically
appoint you as the beneficiary of the boxes in the second category.
Send
the fees in the name of my secretary with the following information:
Name: Ms
Brown Enyonam
Country:
Country
code: 233
City:
[Sweet Jesus, that’s hardly a proper
set of contact details. And whoever heard of a female with the Christian name
‘Brown’?]
Remember
to send me the text question and answer too. You have my phone number for
the contact information(233243979547)
Note
that the earlier these documents are procured the better for this transaction
as the Security company will get the fund released
to you once you present these documents.
This
will help for easy facilitating of the boxes to your address on Thursday this
week.
Please get back
to me as soon as possible
Best
regards
Dan
Ansah Esq.
Barr Dan Ansah
Dan Ansah $ Associates,
Solicitor and Property Law,
Plot 11234, Kantamanto,
Tell: +233(0)243979547
Email: danansahesq@yahoo.com
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date: 26-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
ATTN: Barrister
Dan,
Thankyou
so much for your email. But you seem
to have neglected to attach the bloody documents. You really must be more
attentive when handling this transaction. Try also to write my name correctly
next time. I must say I am far from impressed by your standard of professionalism.
I must have the documents immediately if we are to proceed.
Dr Anthrax
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr. Rudolph Anthrax X [blah, blah, blah…….]
[And instead of just
sending the documents, the stupid bastard sends the entire obnoxious email
again, this time in a garish blue font, with the documents attached. Anyway,
I won’t waste the space showing it again, I’ll just include the
documents. Not that there’s anything particularly stimulating about
them, but for the sake of continuity, here they are…….]
[All standard scammer
kit rubbish.
On with the show…….]
[And now he seems
a little fazed at my lack of a reply and sends a reminder about the documents…….]
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn: Dr
Rodolph Xavier,
I
sent you the documents yesterday and still waiting for your reply so we can
start processing your POA and MOU that will make you the legal beneficiary
of the fund.
I
expect your reply shortly.
Best
regards.
Dan
Ansah Esq
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date: 29-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Attn:
Barrister Dan,
I have received the documents at last. However, there is a security modality
I will require before I can send my passport or the $480. I have already required
Ms Sylvia to provide me with this security, as I require it of any persons
with whom I conduct international business. As a Christian and businessman
yourself I am sure you will understand the necessity for adequate security
modalities when conducting business on the internet.
What I require is that you send me a picture of yourself holding your international
passport. Hold the passport up directly below your face and have your photograph
taken. The picture must be large and clear, it must show your face, and all
details on the passport must be clearly readable. Send the picture to me as
an email attachment. Remember, this is merely a formality to confirm your
identity. I receive these pictures from everyone I deal with on the internet.
Thanking you in advance for your cooperation. As soon as I have the picture,
exactly as specified, we will be ready to proceed rapidly to the next stage
of business. I am also sending you my own picture as a demonstration of good
faith on my part. It is attached.
Regards as always
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[The attached “photo”
of Dr Anthrax…….]
[But he’s not
buying it just yet…….]
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr Rudolph,
Sending you my photo as required is not a problem but I must confess that
your ''photo'' failed to convince me that I am dealing with a man. This is
because as you require a clear-taken photo from me, I will expect you will
do the same but you sent a painted portrait of God knows who. Let me be cleared
with this, then we will proceed. Thank you.
Barrister Dan Ansah Esq.
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date: 31-05-06
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice, Antarctica
Barrister
Dan,
I have attached a second picture for your benefit. It shows me collecting
ice samples here in Antarctica. I trust this will be suitable. Do not delay
in getting back to me on this. I must say, the lack of trust is starting to
wear a little thin. The sooner I have the photograph, the sooner we can get
down to business. They are only pictures after all. I am not the one asking
for money.
Regards
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[Wish I had an ounce
of gold for every time I’ve recycled this photo. Well, the background
anyway. It’s just the face that keeps evolving. I doubt that Barrister
Dan-the-Man will be impressed, but I’m only trying to jerk him about
now anyway.]
From: danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr Rudolph
Thank
you for your mail and the picture. I am satisfied with the photo you sent
this time around. Well, I do not have any problem with it anyway. Let me put
something straight here, I am acting as a solicitor here and that is my job
for many years at the bar now.
Best
regards.
Dan
Ansah Esq
NB:
I HAVE NOT REPLIED THIS MAIL BEFORE. BUT IT SHOWS AS IF I HAD. PLS DISREGARD
ANY EARLIER MAIL ON THIS.
[Now Sylvia gets in
touch again to advise me Barrister Dan is not happy, as if I didn’t
know that.]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
How are you and your work? How is your family as well? I do hope you are doing
great. I just spoke to Bar Dan now and he was not pleased with the way things
are going. Dr, pls I am the one you are helping.
Please help me through and if there are any more things you want to confirm
from me, please ask and kindly know that Bar Dan is one of the leading Lawyers
in
Sylvia
From:danansahesq@yahoo.com
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Attn:
Dr Rudolph
I
am sending you the passport which you so desperately require. Let us now have
no more foolishness and we can proceed forward with thius
business. I am expecting your immediate reply and the $480. I will also like
to have your phone number for direct communication in the future.
Best
Regards,
Barrister
Dan Ansah
[And what’s
this piece of shite he’s sent me? A passport?
Hell, that cheap suit and tie would be enough to see him refused entry into
most countries, let alone the amateurish fakery. Time to blow this idiot off…..]
[And now Mr Mojo Ricin, toxicological expert and chairman of document security contacts Dan with some bad news. Seems his passport is unacceptable. But even worse is in store, he’s also about to be fired from the legal team…….]
From: mojoricin@fastmail.fm
To: danansahesq@yahoo.com
Date: 03-06-06
Mr Mojo Ricin
Accounts
Manager & Chairman of Document Security
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
ATTENTION:
BARRISTER DANIEL ANSAH “ESQ”
On
behalf of Black Rat Ltd it is my unpleasant duty to inform you that your belligerent
attitude and total lack of co-operation has resulted in your being labeled
an ASSHOLE here in Antarctica. The passport you sent is completely unacceptable
because I believe Dr Anthrax asked for a picture of you holding it so we can
verify that it is not a fake. However, you have consistently failed to follow
his instructions. Be advised, your recalcitrant behavior has seriously jeopardized
the prospects of a successful conclusion to the transaction.
The
documents review committee, of which I am chairman, have
voted unanimously to reject your passport. We are returning it to you and
it is duly attached to this email. Henceforth Dr Anthrax shall deal exclusively
with Ms Sylvia. In my additional capacity as accounts manager for this organization,
I fail to see why he should pay extra to retain the services of such an incompetent
performer as yourself. I am therefore recommending
all contact with you be terminated immediately.
Very
best regards as always,
Mr Mojo Ricin
[The returned passport.
No need to write fake on this one…….]
[And now to hit Madame
Sylvia with the good news…….]
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice, Antarctica
Dear
Sylvia,
I am afraid I will no longer communicate with this Barrister Dan idiot. He
has insulted me, and is being very uncooperative. He won't identify himself
to me even though I have sent him 2 pictures of myself. He doesn't even behave
like a real barrister. Does he think I am fucking INSANE that I would conduct
important business with someone whose face I have never even seen? What the
hell do we need a barrister for anyway? I don't trust him. He may try to steal
some of the money. Why you don't just send the documents to me yourself. Surely
you will save money too by not involving this ratbag.
You know I don't have a problem dealing with you personally because you have
already sent me the photo I asked for. So just send me the documents and forget
about Barrister Dan. It’s out of my hands now anyway. Barrister Dan
has virtually been fired by Mr Mojo
Ricin, the chairman of our Document Review Committee,
for not following the correct security protocol.
Regards as always,
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[Sylvia seems happy
enough to punt Barrister Dan from the game, and without his ass in the mix
the asking price for the fake papers suddenly drops to $390!]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Thank you so
much for believing in me and giving me such a valuable advise.
As for the documents, I took time yesterday to ask how it can be obtained
from the court. It will cost me $390 to obtain if we are not going to involve
the Lawyer. I think he just added the $90 as his own fees. So if you will
send the money to me, I will go to the court and obtain the documents myself.
SO PLEASE TRY
AND HELP ME SEND THE MONEY EARLY ENOUGH SO THAT i CAN
GO TO THAT PLACE FIRST THING IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY AND GET THE DOCUMENTS.
I will
immediately send it to you and we will notify the security company who will
then contact you on the day of departure of the money. Please help me as tyhings are becoming increasingly difficult for me and my
son here. You have brought hope back to me and I really pray you will complete
this good work you have started. Thank you once again for being a father and a
friend.
Sylvia
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear
Sylvia,
Glad you agree with me about that barrister. No problem, I will send you the
$390 to cover the cost of obtaining the documents. I will be able to recover
this cost through the tax system here in
Regards
Dr R.X. Anthrax
[The attached “donation
modality” form…….]
[Sylvia must feel
like she already has one foot inside the Western Union Office door because
she agrees to complete the form, but of course, like any scammer worth their
salt, she wants to use a different name.]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear De Rudolph,
Thanks for your
propmt reply. I have printed the form out and about to fill
it out. But I want something clarified here. As I told you earlier, I have
no Int'l passport to claim the money. Will the name I fill on the form have
anything to do with the name with which you will send the money? I want to
know because I intend using a friend's name to help me claim the money because
of ID. Please reply promptly so we can get this done tomorrow.
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice,
Dear
Sylvia,
The name on the form does have to show who the money was sent to because it
is for tax records. So use the name in which you want the money sent. Hope
this is clear. The form is really just for purposes of tax deductions and
has a few security questions too. The tax people probably won't even ask to
see it but I have to keep the record just in case because I am going to claim
the $390 as a tax deduction through by business in
Regards,
Dr R.X. Anthrax
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear Dr Rudolph,
Attached is the
form filled out. I do hope to receive your reply very soon so that I can go
ahead for the procurement of the documents. I really do not know how to thank
you for all your help and kind gesture. The name with which you will send
the money is : Martha A Lumor:
Country :
Thank you for
being there.
Sylvia
[And here it is. Wonder
how it got so dirty and creased? She’s used the name “Martha”
at the top of the form but her email addy still
shows as Sylvia Sabata. It looks loke
she’s signed it “Sylvia” too. How dumb is that? And the
passport image has just been sliced from the previous photo she sent me.]
[After a couple of
days and no reply from Dr Anthrax, Sylvia is starting to sweat a little…..]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear dr Rudolph,
How are you? I
do hope you are doing fine. I was expecting your mail since yesterday till now to
no avail!!! What is the problem? I do hope you are fine and that everything is
ok with you. I have sent the scanned form. Please try and send the money this
weekend so that I can get the documents on monday early in the morning. I want us to conclude everything
about this transaction by next week. Please reply
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph
Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice, Antarctica
My dear Sylvia,
I
received the completed form. I am pleased to inform you that the Document
Review Committee and the Black Rat Board of Directors have accepted your application
and I have been authorized by Mr Mojo Ricin to send the money immediately.
I have just returned from the Western Union Office here in Antarctica. Attached
is a copy of the WU receipt with the details you will require to collect the
money.
Regards
Dr Anthrax
[Uh-oh,
seems Dr Anthrax has made a slight miscalculation with his currency conversions.
He sends 390 pounds, which is worth considerably more than 390 dollars. Do
you think Sylvia will mention the error? No? Well, not to worry, it seems
the important parts of the receipt have suffered some sort of digital transference
artefact, rendering them unreadable.]
From: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
To: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
Date:
Dear dr Anthrax,
I must tell you that the
attachment you sent did not show clearly. I could not read the WU control
number. Please dr Rudolph write out the control number and other details and
email to me so I can claim the money from WU. I and my son are dependent on
you for everything now. I want us toi conclude this transaction at the earliest
possible moment. God Bless and reply me soon
Sylvia
From: drrxanthrax@fastmail.fm
To: sylviasabata@yahoo.co.uk
Date:
Dr Rudolph Xavier Anthrax
Black Rat Entomological Research & Supplies Ltd
Thin Ice, Antarctica
ATTN: Ms Sylvia,
I have read your mail.
Obviously some kind of electronic document sabotage. You have to be very careful
sending information on the internet. So many pirates and other cyber-scum
waiting to steal the money. I will try a more secure modality this time. You
will need to access the Western Union Secure Transfer Server to obtain the
details. It is a very simple process. All you do is open the email attachment
(WU_Secure.GIF) and wait to be connected. Then the details will be provided
to you by direct download from WU without having to go through email.
Regards
Dr Anthrax
[The following animated GIF was attached. Nasty piece of work this one. After
apparently connecting to the Western Union server, the progress indicator
shows an alleged file download, but it gets slower and slower and eventually
hangs. The scammer can keep trying until they close every internet café in
Lagos (or Accra) for the night but they will never get the money transfer
details. Thanks to the usual suspects at 419eater for the template, which
I’ve only altered slightly, with Adobe ImageReady.]
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