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Dodger - 28 Aug 2005 Dodger's Scam-Bait Log
Posted: 25 March, 2004 The following is a mail-by-mail account of my attempt to scam some scammers. All the e-mails, a few photos, and an MP3 of one of our phone conversations can be found below...It all started with me receiving a spam e-mail telling me I'd won $500,000.00 in a lottery!! Imagine my glee! Apparently, the lottery administrator's name is "Patrick Wally". Unfortunately, I accidentally deleted the original e-mail informing me that I had won the lottery! It was simply one of the many "419" scam spams I receive daily. Anyway, I decided to respond to this one using the name Arthur Dodge (a play on my nickname, Artful Dodger):I’m having a blast playing this little game, and I’m amazed I’ve been able to keep it going this long. The e-mails FROM me are shown with a green "To/From" line. The ones TO me are shown in red. My little comments are shown in pink. Oh, and to David or Patrick or whoever – Thank you for being so entertaining for me for the past few weeks! Now, the whole world will also get to see and read about how stupid you are!! You need to find another line of work, my friend. You are too stupid for this one...
To anyone reading this, please, feel free to drop an e-mail to Patrick Wally (p_wallylotto2001@yahoo.co.uk) or to David Jackson (friendslikeyou2003@yahoo.co.uk ) I’ll bet they’d LOVE to hear from you! Or if you’d like, you can talk to David (he likes to be called "DJ") directly – If calling from North America, the number of Mr. Jackson’s cell phone is: 011- 44 - 791 958 5400 (The number is in London, England. If calling from outside North America, drop the “011”..) He seems like such a friendly guy, I’ll bet he’d LOVE to hear from you! Better call quickly! I suspect he'll be getting a new cell phone shortly! It should be noted that the day before this web-page was posted, the phone number and the two e-mail addresses listed above ceased functioning.
If you have any comments for me - I can be reached at dodger@answerdude.net
Artful
Dodger
Now… My first reply to Patrick Wally after I’d been informed I’d won the lottery: To: Patrick WallyFrom: Arthur DodgeOh my God! I can't believe it! I've never won anything in my life!! Boy, that $500,000.00 is going to come in handy! As soon as I received your e-mail, I immediately quit my job and told my wife to take a hike. I mean, I love her and everything, but we've been so destitute for the past 8 years, with my job at Burger King just enough to pay the rent, she's taken to prostitution to help pay the bills. I had a difficult time with this, and after this time, there is no telling what diseases she may have contracted. Besides, with my newfound wealth, I can finally have the facial surgery I so desperately need to correct my cleft palate, I'll be able to meet plenty of beautiful women! Thank you so much for informing me of my winnings! Please forward the information I'll need to pick up my cheque as soon as possible! I'm using my last $10.00 to write this e-mail from the internet Cafe, and without these winnings as soon as possible, I suspect I may be evicted from my apartment. My baby son and I have seen some hard times, but it looks like life has finally turned around for me, thanks to you! Thank you again. Please contact me as soon as possible, as I only have enough money left for one more session at the cafe. I'll be checking back on Monday for your reply. Thank you! Here is the 1st response I got back from "Mr Wally". So far, no mention of any requirement for me to send him any money… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dear Dodger, Your application for claim of lottery winning prize will be duly processed and settlements be made upon certification and verifications of your details. Be informed that we have in our possession, instruments of payments for the sum of $500,000 to you. Hence carefully fill in the appropriate information in the spaces provided below to facilitate our immediate processing of your claims. Your funds have since been ready for release to you as the bonafide beneficiary. Once we receive the requested information below, your claims file will be urgently attended to for settlement.
Accept our congratulations. Sincerely, Mrs.Patricia Williams N.B : WE HOPE YOUR WINNINGS WILL BE USED FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND, AND WILL CHANGE THE LIFES OF SO MANY PEOPLE FOR GOOD. NEVER THINK OF WHAT PEOPLE CAN DO FOR YOU BUT THINK OF WHAT YOU CAN DO TO UPLIFT THE LIFES OF PEOPLE, THAT WAY THERE WILL BE MORE OPEN DOORS AND BLESSING FROM GOD FOR YOU. I responded to the "form letter" by completing all the fields with false information, except the phone number. From Arthur Dodge To: Patrick WallyTHIS FORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE BENEFICIARY OF THE STATE FUNDS FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE TRANSFER.
DECLARATION: I..Arthur Dodge...HEREBY DECLARE THAT THE ABOVE INFORMATION ARE TRUE AND BINDING ON ME. IF AT ANY TIME IT IS DISCOVERED THAT I HAVE GIVEN ANY FALSE INFORMATION, I WILL FORFEIT MY RIGHTS TO MY WINNINGS. NAMES... Arthur Dodge ..... DATE.. 8 Mar 2004 ..... Patrick's response - Ahah! Surprise surprise! This is where he starts asking me for money… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodgedear dodger. Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now I decided I would rather have my money delivered by handcarriage, so I would find a way to get the $4500.00, by hook or by crook… I suggested that I could send him a Postal Money Order, but I would need a proper name and address… (I wanted to make sure they didn't just send me a PO Box number… Difficult to trace) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Dear Patrick, Thank you for your speedy reply. I completely understand the requirement for a small remittance on my part. I have the funds ready to purchase a postal money order for $4500.00 USD signed and ready to send to you. Please reply with the method by which I should send you my remittance. The lady at the Post Office told me that according to the Canada Post regulations, I cannot send a postal Money Order to a post office box. It must be a commercial or residential address, so please reply with the correct address for me to send the $4500.00. Should I make the money order payable to "Patrick Wally", or is there a corporate payee or a different name which should be entered on the money order? (The name must be entered by the postal employees at the time of purchase.) I am very excited to have won this prize, and am very much looking forward to receiving my winnings! Thank you so much! Please reply quickly! Arthur Very interesting! Banking information! I wonder what the police could do with this information? From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge thanking you as regard your response. please i want you to know that money order will not be credible for these transfer ,so below,is our account information which the money should be paid in to. BANK NAME:CITI BANK N.A ADDRESS:111WALL STREET, NEW YORK ,10043. SWIFT CODE:CITIUS33. ACC. NUMBER. 36023765, ACC NAME:INTERCONTINENTAL BANK. BENEFICIARY:IMPACT INTL TRUST LTD I AWAIT INFORMATION OF PAYMENT .UPON COMFIRMATION OF THE PAYMENT FROM YOU, YOUR MONEY WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU. patrick wally Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Well, just sending the money to some non-descript bank account wouldn't be any fun, would it? In keeping with my "unemployed" story, I decided I don't have a bank account, so there is no way for me to transfer the money directly… One more push to try to get a postal address out of him… From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Patrick, I am sorry, but I cannot do a direct deposit, as I do not have a bank account. The payment must be made via a postal Money Order, so that I have the tracability required. I currently have the $4500.00 sitting here in front of me, waiting to send it to you. I am anxious to recieve my $500,000.00, but if you cannot provide me with a corporate or residential address as soon as possible, I will be forced to return the $4500.00 to the person I borrowed it from. (I explained to them that I would only be borrowing the money from them for a short while, and would return it as soon as I recieved my $500,000.00) I would much prefer to have the lottery winnings, so please provide me with a name and address as soon as possible. Thank you, Arthur Dodge. In the meantime while waiting for his reply, I received a phone call at the number I had listed on the application. It was a woman, very obviously of African origin, and very obviously calling from a LONG way off via satellite. The call was noisy and broken. I figured that this was a good time to end this whole thing, so I insulted her and called her a scammer, and asked her "how stupid do you think I am".. Etc.. She was calling under the guise of "The secretary to Mr. Wally", and kept calling me "Patrick Dodger", "Wally Dodger", and "Arthur Patrick" throughout the conversation. (She was obviously confusing my name with the name she is using to try to pull off this scam!) I berated her, and told her to AT LEAST use my correct name! (Arthur Dodge) I told her I had her number recorded from my Caller ID, and that I was contacting the police. I thought "Ok, that's the end of that…" - Even an ignorant scammer will have caught on by now… Surprise, surprise, it didn't end there! The next day, I received the following e-mail.. It seems I had hurt the secretary's feelings. I felt pretty broken up about that…
From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dear Dodger, I mail to inform you that i was angry with the way you talked with my secretary yesterday,the call she made to you was directed towards making you understand that there is nothing scamming about it but rather you went ahead abusing her. I told you that we do not accept postal order because of the fact that it could fall into a wrong hand.so please all am doing is geared toward helping humanity and the norm of society generally that was why it was stated that you use the money toward helping yourself. So the money i ask of you is to clear some issues that may hinder YOUR RECEIVING YOUR MONEY . So let me clear you on some issues: 1)in transfering these money according to the British law ,we have to make sure that the money is not to be used to aid terrorist or for money loundry.so a certificate would have to be issued on your behalf. 2)we would also be requied to pay cost for transfering the money into Canada. So you see asking you to pay these money into the account is not to reap you but to make things quicker and before the middle of next week you get your money delivered to you. SO I WOULD NOT LIKE THE WAY ,you are going with these do pay the money in to the account and scan the information for record purposes and expect your money as soon as possible, i would like it if you can reply these email today so that your money will be among those to leave earlynext week. while expecting your response.and i also want you to appologise on behalf of the way you talked with the secretary Since the phone call didn't seem to clue them in to the fact that I was pulling a fast one on them (how STUPID must these people be??) I decided to continue via the e-mail. (And of course, I felt pretty bad about the way the phone conversation went, so I felt I needed to try to soothe their hurt feelings…) Things had been progressing slowly, so I figured I would toss in a little "competition" for them, and give them the impression that someone else was competing for the money I was supposed to be sending THEM… What better competition than another Nigerian 419 scam? (And besides, I thought that might further convince "Patrick" of my gullibility…) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Patrick, I would also like to apologise for the conversation which took place on the telephone. It was not my intention to abuse anyone, simply to make the arrangements to receive my $500,000.00. As you can imagine, I was very frustrated, because I want my $500,000.00, but I do not have a bank account to make a direct deposit into your account. I have no other choice but to use a postal money order. The person who I borrowed the $4500.00 from is asking me when I can pay them back. I am afraid that if you cannot provide me with a proper address to which I can forward my remittance, I will simply have to give the money back to my friend and miss out on my fortune. I have learned through the internet that there is another investment possibility which I may also use the $4500.00 for which involves my receiving a substantial sum of money from a Nigerian oil project. They have provided me with an actual name and address, and are only requesting $3000.00 down payment. Because I have an address to which I may send the money, I think it may be simpler for me to simply send it to them. The profit I will make is less than the $500,000.00 which I have won through your lottery, so I would rather complete my transaction with you, but without a proper commercial or residential address and a name for the money order, I am afraid this will be impossible. It would be a shame, because I was looking forward to the lottery money, but this other opportunity is almost as good. Please let me know as soon as possible if it will be possible to complete our transaction. With a proper name and address, I can have the $4500.00 money order shipped to you by overnight registered courier, thereby ensuring you receive it within 24 hours. If not, I will immediately send it to the Nigerian opportunity. Thank you for your time, Arthur Dodge I guess my apology must have worked, because they are still responding. Apparently, the best transfer method would now be Western Union… Notice he's starting to refer to the fact that my money will be helping humanity… Attempting to appeal to my "human" side I guess.. From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dear DODGER, i mail to acknowledge the receipt of your mail ,i will not tell you not to go into any venture that you feel you want bu t what am still telling you is that i would rather you send the money by western union transfer into the name and address i will give you but please do not send money order and please iwant you to scan the copy of the slip you use in payment for record purposes and i want you to do it today so that your money will be release and you can pay back the money you borrowed by next week tuesday and also do whatever transaction you want to do and please ,as i told you before that you make sure you use the money for helping humanity which the aim of the organisation. God bless you as you reply as soon as possible P wally Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Must have forgotten his address in the last one. I got this about 1 hr after the last one… Interesting! An actual postal address! From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Sequel to the mail i sent ealier,i want you as i told you earlier to send it to the following information: MARK JOHNSON, 102 KITTO RD. SWINDON PIPERS WAY SN38/11NW LONDON ENGLAND. PLEASE DO MAKE SURE THAT THE PAYMENT IS MADE READY TODAY INORDER FOR US TO EFFECT YOUR PAYMENT. N.B:MAKE SURE IT IS SENT THRU WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER, AND NOT POSTAL ORDER INORDER FOR US TO FINISH UP EVERY DOCUMENTATION ABOUT YOU,YOUR MONEY IS GIVING US PROBLEM COS TWO OUT OF THE FIVE WINNERS HAD BEEN PAID. I opened a free account with the Royal Mail in the UK. They have a web-based "address finder" which validates every address in the UK… The one the scammer provided me with is ALL buggered up… 102 Kitto Rd. is a street in the heart of London, while Pipers Way is a street in Swindon, in the north of England. The postal code they included isn't valid at all (There IS no 11NW..) Apparently Piper's Way in Swindon is "1NW" though… Close! Another try to get a real address: (It would have to be semi-real, or they'd never get their money…) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Patrick, I am beginning to become a little frustrated. I went to the Western Union office this afternoon to send the $4500.00 to you, but they told me at the office that the address you gave me is not valid. They checked their computer, and informed me that "SN38/11NW" is not a valid post code for the UK. They told me that British post codes do not have a slash ( / ) character in them, and that the 2nd part of the post code (the "11NW") has too many characters. (According to Western Union, there are only supposed to be 3 characters in the 2nd part of a post code - a single number and 2 letters like "5NW" ) Without a valid address, Western Union will not send the money. (I spoke with them for more than 1/2 hour trying to convince them to send it, but they would not.) Can you please check the address you gave me to ensure it is accurate? Perhaps you made a mistake in the e-mail? If not, please provide me with a different address, one which has a valid post code. Please also ensure the name is correct, because Western Union stated that they will request 3 pieces of identification from Mr. Johnson before they will release the transfer to him to ensure the money is given to the right person. They also had some difficulty with the street/town addressing - Is the correct street address "102 Kitto Rd.", in Swindon, or is the street "Pipers Way" in Swindon? You must understand, our postal addresses in Canada are much different than yours. Ours are like this:
For example: Robert Smith 100 Main Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada K1B 2G4 If you can make the address as clear as possible, ensuring there are no errors, I am certain that Western Union will send the money as soon as possible. Thank you, and I look forward to completing our transaction. Arthur Dodge Ahhhhh, see? I knew there must have been a logical reason why the address didn't show as valid. Of course, it was a typo on their part! The only problem is, the new address they gave me still had an invalid postal code, and Kitto Rd. isn't in Swindon… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge i must tell you that your effort is well noted about your trying to be careful,just as we over here are,so i would want you to know that the information you receive has a typographical error from my secretary which i have taking upon myself in seding these to you.
102 KITTO RD. SWINDON,LONDON ENGLAND SN38-11NW Please i want you to go as soon as possible to make it just send it to the address so that it can be picked up by the office on monday and your money sent down by tueday/wednesday morning. please do not let your effort be frustrated as we are nearer the mark to make you somebody,God bless you as you do the right thing. Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now I guess the scammers are starting to get frustrated… I got this shortly after the last e-mail… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge i have sent the name and address ,you are also he one delaying your winning money i have told you what you need do just go ahead and do it scan or type in the information you used in paying and incase they ask you text question just tell them . i.e western union text question:who sent the money answer: dodger i hope all is clear with you ,i also want you to know that it is only the province/state that is needed to send money thru western union but i have given you all the data that is required,just don't worry send the money N.B:Once you get to western union office just tell them that you want to pay to the information i gave you thanks and god bless Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Ok, one more attempt to get a valid address from them… I decided to put the pressure on a little, bringing up the Nigerian opportunity again. From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Look, I've had enough of this! I just came back from Western Union. They said that the 2nd address you gave me is INCORRECT!!! They told me that there IS NO Post Code "SN38-11NW"! There is "SN38 1NW" which is Pipers Way in Swindon, but Kitto Rd. is NOT in SN38 area! Kitto Rd. is SE14 in London, a completely different area than Swindon. Western Union WILL NOT send the money without a correct, verifiable name and address. They have a computer which checks the name and address with Royal Mail in the UK, and each time they check the information you have given me, they tell me it is not valid. You have ONE last chance to provide me with a correct name and address. I will make ONE MORE trip to Western Union. If you do not provide me with the necessary CORRECT information, then that's it. I have already verified the Nigerian address, and I have had enough difficulties with you that I am beginning not to trust you. Send me the correct information immediately, along with your phone number. If the Western Union office has problems with the address you send me, I will have them TELEPHONE YOU to get the information straight. Please respond quickly, and with a CORRECT name and address. If the information you send me is not able to be verified by Western Union, you won't be hearing from me again. Frustrated, Arthur Dodge I need to give them a little taste of my desperation, so after not having received a response immediately, I sent this: From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Patrick, It has been 2 hours since I sent you my last request, and I have still not received a reply from you with the information I require. It is now 12:40pm here in Canada. The Western Union office here in Ottawa closes at 5:00pm. I must have a valid name and address from you before 5:00pm, or I will not be able to send your money today. I very much wish to complete this transaction, but without your cooperation, it will be impossible. Please reply as soon as possible. Arthur Dodge Within 1/2 hr, I got this back… Notice all he changed was the postal code. (Changed it from 11NW to 1NW) - From the "curtness" of the reply, I'm thinking I'm about to lose him altogether… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge o.k send it to, MR.MARK JOHNSON 102 PIPERS WAY, SWINDON,LONDON ENGLAND,SN38-1NW PLEASE I HAVE TOLD YOU ,JUST SEND IT I WILL PICK IT UP TOMORROW,PLEASE DO ALL YOU COULD TO MAKE IT TOMORROW Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now …So I decide to give him a break and send them the western union transfer.. (Well, at least, a picture of a Western Union transfer… I downloaded a facsimile of a transfer sheet from the net, "photoshopped" it a little (added the "Approved" stamp), manually filled in some info to make it look convincing, scanned it, and sent it to them. (Should be an interesting scene in the Western Union office in London this morning…) I wonder if I'll actually get a reply? From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Mr. Wally, I have just returned from the Western Union office, and have transferred the funds as you requested. I have enclosed a scan of the transfer record. Please let me know when I can expect my $500,000.00. As you know, I need it as soon as possible in order to repay my friend. Thank you for your patience, Arthur Dodge
The results of my “Transfer”. Hmmmm. For some reason, there seems to have been a problem… Wonder what it could have been?: From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodge, compliment of the day to you ,hope you woke up well,i saw the mail you sent with the scanned payment slip,but i must tell you am not happy with the way things are going am presently in Germany to pay a winner but surprising to me ,the agent mr.johnson,i sent to pick up your money said it has not been sent it is still in canada they feed there system with all the required but was showing negative ,if you want conferm these do log on to western union .com and you will see what am saying. Thetruth about these lotto is to help humanity ,not to lie when you know you have not done anything ,i must tell you am not happy with the situation of things i will even send you copy of your scan receipt to know what am saying. so please i want you to make sure that these money is sent properly,what ever is holding it back should be said so that i will know what to do. please do not delay these transaction anymore cos am not happy not been able to send these money till now, i want you to reply these mail a soon as you get up and rush to western union to mail back to me, Thank you and Godbless Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now And a 2nd e-mail, later on in the day… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dera Dodger i mail to tell you that am still waiting for the confermation of the mail i sent you ,and i want you to forward me in typing the senders information as in the control number so that i may cross check with the one in the payslip you sent also tell me if you use middle name i want detail information sent to me after you may have gone back to cross check with the western office . am still waiting as i ahve other business to tend to ,i just want to make sure you get your draft as soon as these money is conferm Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now Well, I think maybe it’s time to ratchet up the drama just a little bit… From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Mr. Wally, My apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I was very occupied today, as my estranged wife, whom I mentioned in my first letter, was taken ill a few days ago, and was just today diagnosed with AIDS. I spent most of my day at the clinic giving blood, semen, and smegma samples to my doctor in order to determine whether or not I have also contracted the disease. I won't know for a few days whether or not it is my destiny to die as a result of the cruel whoring my wife did, but I am very fearful, and am having much difficulty concentrating on these other matters. As I am sure you can understand, we have a baby son who may soon not have a mother or a father. I don't care if that bitch whore of a wife dies, but I am very afraid I may also die if I have contracted the disease from her. I am far too young to be struck down in my prime like this. If it should be God's will that I pass into the next life, at least I will die with the knowledge that my baby boy will be well taken care of by my lottery winnings. God bless you and your family for providing me this opportunity to ensure my baby son is secure, even if something terrible should happen to me. I have enclosed a photograph of my sweet little son so you will know in your heart who you are helping. His name is Orleans Chrysler Dodge, and he is almost 1 year old. I am thankful little Orleans has no idea about the terrible things that are happening around him. Do you have any children? I would very much like to see a photograph of them. I love children, and it would help to lift this burden from my heart. Again, my apologies, but I will have to wait until tomorrow to go to the Western Union office and find out what has occurred with the transfer. Is it possible that the address information you gave me was still incorrect? As the lady at Western Union stated, if the receiving address is incorrect, the transfer will not be completed. The office closes in less than 1/2 hour, so I will not have time to go today. I suspect I will not be sleeping very well tonight, so I will go back to the Western Union office early tomorrow morning and attempt to straighten this all out. As soon as I know anything, I will send you an e-mail. It would be much easier if I had a telephone number with which to contact you. I am so unsure and confused right now. Again, may God bless you for the kindness you have shown me, and I ask for your patience as I am doing the best that I can under difficult circumstances. Please pray for my beautiful son and me. Yours in God's love, Arthur Dodge
My son, Orleans Dodge Ok, it’s time to pull out all the stops… I received this e-mail from “Patrick” this afternoon: From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dear Dodger, I mail to tell you that i would mailed since but due to commitments here and there ,as i told you am a very busy man, you do not know how i feel over here AIDSis a scooge and God help us all i do not know how it could be eliminated ,the funiest thing is that you do not know who has it ,i pray your wife contacted it after leaving your home ,i pray you are not infecred with it cos having it is not what kills but the thougth that one has it and knows for sure that he/she is dying is the problem,please i pray for you over here,and that is why we are doing allthese to make people with it be able to take care of there medicals,so please do all the necesary test to see that you are not infected. Though i should not stop without mentioning it to you that if you go to the western union and you are still having address problem which in western union all over the world is not problem i will give you another of our agents address which you can use that is if actually you are sending money as you said,because if you havewalked into any bank and have given them the account i gave you ,by now you would have got your money.But all the best the western union is faster and surest bet,so please try all you could so that i will help you to secure your moneyand you will be happy to take care of your family. so please see that youso all you could i really feel for you,for the address i.e alternative: MR.MARK JOHNSON 10 GOLDMARK HOUSE, KIDBROOKE EST.,LONDON. ENGLAND SE39NU please once again i want you to take control of things and do not spread the news about the AIDS cos it will make people to kind of keep away from you. take care and remain bless wally I’m starting to sense a little desperation, and a hint of “non-belief” in their tone. The one thing they DID do though, was to provide me with a REAL postal address! It’s amazing the stuff you can find out about someone with just their address! I did a little searching around the net, and voila! In the 2002 Voter Roles for the UK, they just happen to list all eligible voter’s names and addresses… And it’s searchable! The address given to me in the last e-mail belongs to two women, namely “Aluisa Kolawole” and “Esther Talabi”. Unfortunately, their phone number is unlisted, or I could have had a lot more fun… (Notice I pretended not to have received their last e-mail, as they might have guessed that I got the two names from the real address they sent me…) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Dear Patrick, It has been a very difficult time for me, as I am sure you can understand. I did go back to Western Union this morning, and the reason the money was not transferred was exactly as I thought, the original receiving address was invalid, so the Western Union computers would not perform the transfer. They returned the $4500.00 to me this morning. (Except for $26.30 which they kept for GST tax and the transfer fee. I told them this was very unfair because the transfer was not successful, but I had to pay anyway because I insisted on using the address after they told me it was not valid.) I spent most of today walking around the city, contemplating my life and wondering about my test results. I have been somewhat depressed because I haven't received any e-mail from you yet today, and I am very afraid to return to my doctor. I don't know what I will do if I find out the tests are positive. I should have the results tomorrow. I hope I have the courage to go see him. This afternoon, I did something I have never done before. I found myself walking past the shop of Madam Rose Calian, a very well-known psychic in our area. Generally, I am not a believer in psychics or mystics, but with all that has been happening, with me winning the lottery and now possibly having AIDS, I decided that I would go in for a reading. Mme. Calian gave me a psychic reading that has convinced me of her true power. As I said before, I have never been much of a believer, but I am now convinced that she has a gift from God himself. She told me many things about myself that there is no possible way she could have known. I mentioned NOTHING about my lottery winnings, or my medical tests, but she KNEW! She told me that I was about to come upon a great fortune which would forever change my life. She said there were two people involved, and that one of them (she didn't know which one) held the key to my happiness. She said it was not completely clear, but that she thought the name of my benefactor might be "Aluisa" or "Esther". I asked for a last name, but she couldn't tell me. Only that she felt the last name began with the letter "T" or a "K". Neither of these names mean anything to me at all. (I had an Aunt Esther, but she died a number of years ago) Madam Rose told me I must make a journey very soon, but could not tell me where. She said fate would bring me to one of these people she mentioned. It has become VERY clear to me where I must travel. Tomorrow, after my doctor visit, I will be booking a flight to London for as soon as I can. I have already spoken with the friend who loaned me the $ 4500.00, and after I explained my situation, he and his wife have volunteered to watch my son Orleans while I am gone, plus they allowed me to borrow another $6000.00 from them. They told me not to be concerned, because they know very well that I am an honest man and will pay them back as soon as I return with my lottery winnings. I am convinced that Mme. Calian was correct, and that I MUST make this journey. The good news is that I will get to meet you, and personally hand you the money you require to release my winnings. (Because we no longer have to be concerned with international transfers and such, I am assuming the fee for the transfer will be somewhat less than $4500.00?) My friends have told me that certain items are quite expensive in Britain, such as jewellery and electronics. I have decided that I will bring gifts for you and your family, as well as your secretary, by way of an apology for the way I treated her on the telephone. I have purchased a new colour Palm Pilot for you (please, if you already have one, let me know and I will return it for something you would like to have) and a lovely pearl necklace for your secretary. You haven't told me if you have a wife or children, so please let me know and I will bring gifts for them as well. It is the least I can do for someone who has changed my life so dramatically. I will be travelling with close to $10,000.00, so I should have no difficulty securing accommodations. Can you please give me the name of a nice hotel in your area? Once I have booked my airline tickets, perhaps I could trouble you to make the arrangements for accommodations? I will contact you with my flight schedule as soon as I have the information. If you could also make arrangements to have someone from your office meet me at the airport when I arrive, I would be forever in your debt. Life can be funny sometimes. I was severely depressed just this morning, but now I feel I am on top of the world! I just know that everything will finally start to go right for me. I am VERY excited at the prospect of finally meeting you and personally shaking your hand for the joy you are bringing for me and little Orleans. God bless you! Arthur Dodge I’m getting the impression they may not want me to come to London! How rude! From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodger, i do not know why you did not get the mail i sent you yesterday,and in the mail i told you that i will not be ion london till weekendand i gave you another address with which you could send the money with and i strongly believe the union will send it with it,i do not want to see you go thru rigures and stress cos in coming to london you are going to spend money and time and even when the money comes out you may not be handed over for security purposes but will be wired into any bank in your province which is the standard procedure and i will then go there to make sure it is given to you. so please i will still give you the current address again which you will use and there will be no problem at all and your money will be wired within the next 48 hours as all issues about you and the AIDS scooge is taken serious acre of ,i will meet you in ontario immediate you do as instructed. please take care of yourself and your kid and make sure you go back to the western union if possible not the same one you went to before but a different one and make sure they tell you they have sent it,once it is conferm then be assure that your life will be changed for better. I will stop what ver am doing today to make sure the agent in london attends to your case alone cos we are taking time in settling your issue the information are: MR. MARK JOHNSON 10 GOLDMARK HOUSE, KIDBROOKE EST., LONDON. ENGLAND SE39NU. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO ALL YOU COULD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN Yahoo!
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Messenger Now Ok, maybe this will get their blood flowing a little… (And by the way, for those not in the know, a “prepuce” is a rather intimate part of the female anatomy… Look it up! <Grin>) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Dear Patrick, I am writing with some very good news! I went to my doctor this morning for the results of my medical tests, and the tests came back NEGATIVE for AIDS!!! I have a small fungus of the prepuce, which can be dealt with quite easily by antibiotics, but, thank the Lord, NO AIDS!! It was just as Mme. Calian had predicted yesterday! (She told me I would be receiving good news today!) You cannot imagine how relieved I am! I feel as if I have been given a whole new life! I completely understand your not wanting me to come to London, because you thought I might be infected with AIDS, but now that I have been given a clean bill of health, there is absolutely no reason for me not to go! I have absolutely no concerns about the rigors or stress of travelling, as I LOVE to travel, and have always wanted to visit London. It will be a nice break for me, as it has been very cold here this winter, and it would do me good to get away for a little while. Besides, I would feel MUCH safer handing you the transfer fees and receiving my winnings personally. After receiving your e-mail this morning, I really wasn't sure what I should do, so I decided to go back and see Madam Calian, the psychic I spoke with yesterday, for advice. She told me it was important that I take this journey, and that I would find the key to my happiness when I located "Aluisa" or "Esther". Mme. Rose did not say directly, but I suspect one of these people may be the "true love" I have been searching for. Mme. Calian told me that each person on earth has one true love, that I would find mine during the journey, and somehow, these two people are the key. I am not sure how I will find them, but I sincerely believe fate will intervene and show me the way once I arrive in London. There are simply too many coincidences for me to ignore her advice. I understand that you are away on business this week, so I have booked my airline tickets to arrive at Heathrow on Wednesday., 24 March at 07:05 am, and departing London for my return trip to Canada on April 2nd at 9:30 am. This will give me a little over a week to make all my arrangements with you, with enough time to perhaps do the tourist thing and see some of the London sights. (I have ALWAYS wanted to see Buckingham Palace!) My flight schedule is listed below:
As I am not familiar with your area, I would very much appreciate if you could recommend a nice hotel somewhere close to your location. As you of course know, money is really not an issue now, so I would like to stay somewhere fancy. It would be a VERY big help if you could arrange a reservation for me. Also, it would be exceptionally kind if you could arrange to have someone meet me at Heathrow. I realize 7:05am is very early in the day, but I will be sure to reimburse them handsomely for the trouble. I have already purchased the gifts I mentioned yesterday for you and your secretary, but you have not told me if you have a wife or children who would also like a gift from Canada? Perhaps some nice maple sugar candy? (It is very popular with children here) I may also bring a sack of beavertails, as I don't believe you have these delectable treats in the UK. You cannot believe how excited I am about all this! I purchased my tickets this afternoon, and I have already started packing my luggage. I hope the next few days go by quickly. Once again, I cannot thank you enough for giving me this wonderful opportunity, and please, do not fear my recent medical problems. (I know this is why you suggested I not visit, but were too polite to say so directly...) I am completely healthy, and there is no possibility that you can be infected with anything from me. Please respond with the name of a good hotel, and the name of the person who will meet me at the airport. Looking forward to finally meeting you, Yours in God's love, Arthur Dodge I guess they must have had a change of heart! Now, all of a sudden, they DO want me to come visit! Woohoo! From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodger, patrick. It’s a good thing I know a thing or two about Adobe Photoshop! It took me a couple hours to “modify” my passport, but I’ve completely changed ALL the information on it… I don’t know who the poor sap in the picture is, just someone I found on the Internet. (And for those who’ve never read “Oliver Twist” … The Artful Dodger’s (mine, and Arthur Dodge’s namesake) real name was “Jack Dawkins”… With them now asking for the passport, I get the impression things are getting a little more sinister… From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Dear Patrick, Thank you for your reply. I am not sure what you would like to know about my psychic beliefs. Prior to this week, I didn't really even have any belief in psychic powers, but Madam Calian was SO convincing, and told me so many things about myself that no one could have possibly known, I cannot help but to have a new found respect for the powers that God must have given her. Sometime, if you visit Canada, you really must make it a point to come see her. She has really changed my life with the information and advice she has given me. Before I spoke to her, I wasn't sure if I should trust you or not, but she convinced me that you have a good soul, and that you would ensure that I am well taken care of. I must admit, I was a little nervous about sending my passport information, but after careful consideration, I feel you and I are now friends. I know you would never do anything to harm me. My passport scan is attached, as requested. All I ask is that you protect the information and keep it confidential, as you would your own personal documents. You now know what I look like, but I am at a disadvantage, as I do not know what you look like. Please attach a photo of yourself to your reply so that I will know who to look for at Heathrow. If you could please send me a photo with you (or whoever is meeting me at the airport) holding a sign or paper with my name on it, I could then be sure it's really you. (I would not suggest for a moment that I do not trust you, but I would simply feel MUCH more comfortable if I could see a photo of you holding a sign with my name on it...) I have not asked for much from you so far, but this is important to me. Traveling this far, with such a large sum of money, one cannot be too careful, as I'm sure you understand. You still haven't told me the name of a good hotel in your area, or if you would be so kind as to make reservations for me. It would be much simpler for you to do it from there than for me to attempt it from here. You also haven't told me if you have a wife or children! I would really like to know, so that I can bring gifts from Canada for them! If you have children, please tell me their ages so I may choose an appropriate gift for them. (A photo of your family, if you have one, would be lovely!) If you have any suggestions for other gifts I can bring, please, don't be shy! It is important to me that you get what you deserve! Oh, I almost forgot, Bell Canada, our local telephone company, disconnected my service two days ago for non-payment of my bill. (I am a little embarrassed, but as I told you before, things have not been going well financially for me lately...) I used some of my travelling money to purchase a new cellular phone. If you would like to reach me by phone, you can call (613)xxx-xxxx. I just got the phone today, so I do not know if it has been activated yet, but they said it should only take a few hours. Anyway, it's getting late, and I've had a busy day, so I will close for now. Please, don't forget to tell me about your family, and enclose the photo(s) that I asked for. I am very much looking forward to finally meeting you, and collecting my winnings! God Bless, Arthur Dodge
Oooh! They think I’m handsome! I’m all a-twitter! Man, I hope they are using some of the scammed money they get to purchase diction lessons… I really have no idea what the hell he’s trying to say here… From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodger, i want to tell you that am so happy to see how handsome you are i will get my photograh to you later cos from where i am the scanner is not so good and i will reach thru our pay officer in london,so please what ever you discuss if am not the one do let me know as i will join you as soon as possible,and will give you the number to use to get me i want to know if the phone you install is working now. thanks and god bless Ok, so around 1:30 this afternoon, I get a call on my cell phone from a “David Jackson”. It’s very obviously an international long-distance call. Apparently, he’s an employee of the Bank Of England. (He must be from their someplace-we-don’t-got-much-Eeeenglish division, because I could hardly understand a word he said.) He had an extremely thick accent that sounded African. Anyway, I managed to keep him on the phone a good 10 minutes (hopefully, it cost him a bundle) He spent the better part of the conversation trying to convince me that I should wire the $4500.00 to him BEFORE I arrive in London, so that he could have the $500,000.00 transfer all ready to go by the time I arrived. I told him I was fed up with Western Union, and that it would be better if I carried the money personally. He suggested that if the only reason I was coming to London was for the money, he could save me the trip. I explained that after all I’ve been through, I NEEDED the trip, and that the lottery money was only a part of why I was coming. (After all, Mme. Calian assured me I would find my true love during my journey. How could I pass THAT up?) I suggested (politely) that he get on Patrick Wally’s ass and make sure he had my hotel room booked. He told me THEY (the bank) would be taking care of that…) J He gave me his phone number (079 1958 5400) and asked me to keep in touch. I did a thorough search to see if I could come up with some info using the phone number he gave me, but unfortunately it’s a cell phone. (I do know that it was purchased from Vodafone Ltd., and I’m attempting to do a little “social engineering” with the Vodafone folks to see if I can wheedle the owner’s name and address out of them, but my chances of success on that front probably aren’t too good…) So, a little later in the afternoon, I get another mail from Patrick: From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodger, i want you to call me now on these line +44 7919 585 400 so that we can talk. thanks and godbless. wally What an amazing coincidence! Patrick’s phone number is the same as David Jackson’s from The Bank Of England!! Imagine the odds!! The only thing worse than a scammer is a STUPID scammer! (Didn’t he think I might find that a little suspicious?) Obviously, he is now totally convinced I am the president and #1 member of the Brain-dead Moron Society. My reply: From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Hello Patrick, I spoke for a considerable period this afternoon with David Jackson from the Bank of England at the number you gave me. My new phone appears to be working correctly. I explained to him that I will be bringing the deposit in cash, and explained that I did not wish to trifle with Western Union anymore. It has already cost me enough money for the refused transfers. It is much simpler for me to just bring the money in cash. Thank you for your compliments on my photo. It is actually not a very good picture of me. It was taken almost a year ago, and my hair is now quite a bit longer. (I decided to grow it, because I am told chicks dig long hair...) I am hoping I can find someone in London who will like it. (Perhaps one of the people Madam Calian told me about?) Anyway, I have the phone number now, and I will be sure to call you before I depart for London on Tuesday. Please ensure you get me that photograph. I do not want to look like a doofus, wandering around Heathrow airport looking for someone whom I have never seen. You still haven't given me the name of a good hotel in you area, or told me if you will make reservations for me. I also still need to know about your family as well. I am running out of time to purchase gifts for them! Please give me the information as requested. I don't know about British customs, but to a Canadian, it is a significant insult to visit someone and not bring nice gifts. My Canadian culture is important to me, and gifts for the family of the person accepting a visit is a cultural necessity. Please let me know about your family. I will be in touch with you soon, Arthur Hmmmmm… It’s Sunday, and I still haven’t gotten a response from Patrick. I wonder if maybe they’re starting to catch on to the fact that I am pulling their chain? Ok, let’s see if we can prod them a little… From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Dear Patrick, I am a little concerned that you haven't yet replied to my previous request. I am scheduled to depart in 2 days, but you still haven't given me the name of the hotel where I am to stay in London, nor have you provided me with a photograph of yourself. Perhaps I didn't make it clear enough to you how important my previous request was? To be honest, I am beginning to have some doubts as to the professionalism of your organization, when you will not respond to the simplest of requests. I am VERY concerned about travelling to an unknown city with close to $10,000.00 in cash when I do not know whom I am to meet. Please IMMEDIATELY send me the photograph of you, holding a sign with my name on it. This is not a difficult request, and it is the only way I will feel at ease. The hotel booking is also important. I would prefer not to have to spend the week sleeping in your car. I took little Orleans to visit with his mother, the whore, yesterday at the hospital. Even though she is a slimy Squid Tickle in my books, she is still Orleans' mother, and it would not be fair to deprive him of all contact with her. Afterwards, we went for a swim at the Gander Sewage Plant (it's a lovely wave-pool near here) and had a big feed of beavertails. All in all, it was a wonderful day, and it helped to take my mind off the worries that are beginning to appear as a result of my difficulties in getting the information I am requesting from you. I will also assume, from your lack of response, that you do not have any family to which I should bring gifts, so I will only bring what I have already purchased, the Palm Pilot for you, and the necklace for your secretary. Please help to put me at ease by replying immediately with your photograph, holding a sign with my name on it, and the name of the hotel which you have made reservations for me. Yours in God's love, Arthur Dodge Monday morning, I finally get a mail from Patrick: From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge Dear Dodger, sorry i could not reply
your prevoius mail due to commitment and more so yesterday was sunday and i needed
to rest so going to office is a little out of it. As regard my family i would rather keep that till we meet cos what am doing is humanitarian business so we do not accept gift item from winners so please do not bother about me but rather bother about your trip and how you can help the people close to you by touching their life . And please i want you to mail back to me whatever
the discussion you have with david jackson so that i will be able to lead you
thru, My immediate reply. (Boy, am I steamed! Why, I aughta… To the moon, Patrick!) : From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally Patrick, This situation is unacceptable. I am departing for London tomorrow, and I do not have a photograph of who is to meet me at Heathrow, and I do not yet know where I am staying once I arrive. I have a good mind to write to the head office of your company with a complaint about the way you are treating me! You have completely ignored all my requests, and insulted my honoured Canadian heritage by telling me not to bring gifts. Why, to do so would be humiliating for me! The bringing of gifts, or "Le Sucez de Crote" as it is known in my culture is a time-honoured tradition since my forefathers arrived in Canada and brought gifts of watches, liquor, and smallpox-infested blankets for the aboriginees! This is the origin of our national Thanksgiving holiday! If you and I were politicians, this would be the basis for an international incident! You tell me Mr. Jackson will meet me at the airport, yet you have not given me an e-mail address for him. Do you expect me to spend MY OWN money on expensive telephone calls to Mr. Jackson in order to make the necessary arrangements? Unlike you, Mr. Patrick, until I receive my winnings, I am not made of money! You expect me to arrive in a foreign country with a large sum of cash, and yet you refuse to provide me with a photograph of the person who is meeting me at the airport. This is simply unacceptable! I am running out of time here. If it is David Jackson who is meeting me, then I must insist that you arrange for him to e-mail me the name of my hotel, and most importantly, a photograph of him holding a sign with my name on it IMMEDIATELY. I am not asking for the world here, Mr. Wally. Put yourself in my situation, and I am certain you will see that my request is reasonable. If this is the way you English treat foreigners, then I am glad to be Canadian! Arthur I got a short one-line reply from Patrick stating basically “I don’t know what to tell you, David Jackson is taking over from here, here is his e-mail address… Unfortunately, it ended up in my Trash-can, and I accidentally deleted it before saving it. I think I got “Mr. Jackson’s” e-mail address right… I sent a test message to the address I think it was, and it didn’t bounce, so I’ll assume for the time being I got it correct… (Although it does seem a little peculiar that some big muckity-muck in the Bank of England would have the e-mail address friendslikeyou2003@yahoo.co.uk… Ah well, he must just be a real friendly guy! <Grin> Here’s the e-mail I sent to both of them on the eve of my “departure” for London. (I’m not giving up on getting that photo from them!) <LOL> From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally and David Jackson Mr. Patrick Wally and Mr. David Jackson, I am making my final preparations for my departure tomorrow morning. I seriously considered calling the whole thing off and cancelling the trip, due to the way I have been treated by Mr. Wally, but I decided to continue, as $500,000.00 is simply too much to pass up, and Madam Calian assured me I would find my true love with the mysterious Aluisa or Esther, once I find them. I will definitely have a few things to say to Mr. Wally's supervisor once I arrive in London. He has consistently ignored my requests, and purposely insulted my Canadian heritage. Mr. Jackson, I feel strongly that you are far more trustworthy and caring than Patrick, therefore, I am asking you, with complete respect and seriousness, to provide me with the name of the hotel where I will be staying, and most importantly, provide me with a photograph of WHEOEVER will be meeting me at Heathrow. As I have tried to explain to Mr. "doesn't-pay-attention" Wally, I will be travelling with almost $10,000.00 in cash, and feel very uncomfortable arriving at a strange airport with no idea who I am looking for. I want to see a photograph of you, holding a piece of paper with my name on it. (This way I will know it's really you). You must do it immediately. I will be checking my e-mail once more in the morning before I leave for the airport. I may have one further opportunity to check my e-mail during my stop-over in Washington, but I will be insane with rage if I do not receive what I am requesting before I leave tomorrow. You will have received this in plenty of time, as there is a 5 hour time difference between Canada and London. I am departing here at 6:40am (11:40am London time) so this gives you plenty of time to e-mail me with the requested photo before I leave. Please, Mr. Jackson, restore the trust which has been destroyed by Mr. Wally. Do what I ask, so that I may be comforted on such an arduous journey. I look forward to receiving your e-mail before I leave, and doubly look forward to meeting you at Heathrow on Wednesday. (Remember, my flight is Continental # 8242, arriving at Heathrow at 7:05 am) Blessings of Allah, (not for you Patrick) Arthur Dodge I REALLY wasn’t expecting any further correspondence from “Patrick”, but at 6:17am (20 minutes before my flight is supposed to depart) I got this from him… Seeing as it suspiciously arrived after I would have had to be at the airport (in fact, I think I’d be on the plane, waiting for departure right now…) I guess I’ll have to wait till I get to Newark to respond. I have a 2-hour layover there, and 7 hours in Washington, so that should give me lots of time to find an Internet café from which to reply. I’ll give the photo thing one more shot from there… Oh, and I’m pretty broken up about “denting” his name. <LOL> From: Patrick Wally To: Arthur Dodge dear dodger, listen i do not mlike the way you go about denting my name for the simple fact that i wanted to help you ,imagine who are you going to blame i told you that your money is now with the bank of england that as the financier controller of the trust i have made it deposited there ,that you were to mail mr.jackson on your movement ,i even went ahead to give you his eamil and who are you blaming for misplacing it ,just be fair to your self have i not tried enough, please you can call mr.jackson on his number which i gave you even if you claim you misplace his email ,just be serious with yourself and stop playing with my duties,call him or mail him on +44 7919 585 400 friendslikeyou2003@yahoo.co.uk and tell him your plight i have tried enough ,please just make sure before you leave london with your money that you pay our cost of tranfer to mr.jackson, thank you and god bless So… I’ve gotten on my flight, and arrived in Newark for my first stop-over, and thought I’d check my e-mail via my webmail account from the Internet Café. (I actually DO have a webmail account, so I used it rather than my normal pop mail. This way, they have no way of knowing that the mail actually originated from Ottawa… Because it’s webmail, I could be writing it from anywhere…) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally and David Jackson I have arrived in Newark, NJ for a stopover. I will be departing here at 10:40am for Washington, where I have a 7 hour stop-over before leaving for London. I am currently using my webmail account from an internet cafe in the airport, so I am unsure what reply address will be attached to this e-mail. Regardless of what the reply address says, simply continue to reply to dodger@answerdude.net. I have access to that account via webmail from anywhere in the world. Mr. Jackson, I fully expect to have a photograph of you, holding a sign with my name on it, attached to your reply e-mail by the time I arrive in Washington. I attempted to telephone you twice just prior to departing Ottawa, but received the message "We are sorry but this number is not in service... Check your number and dial again...". I will be very disappointed if you cannot perform this small task for me. Imagine yourself travelling a halfway around the world, carrying almost $10,000.00 in cash, and not having any idea of what the person who is supposed to meet you looks like... For all I know, I could be met by a thug or Mafioso who is bent on beating me up and stealing my money! Time is running short. Please send the photograph immediately, as Washington will be my last possibility to receive e-mail before my departure for London at 7:15pm tonight. Certainly I would expect that a representative of the auspicious Bank of England would have easy access to a digital camera... The flight from Ottawa to Newark was un-eventful, although the wait between flights is somewhat boring. (Washington will be the worst. Attempting to remain entertained for 7 hours in an airport is no fun.) I will be checking my e-mail when I arrive in Washington. I sincerely hope your photograph and the name of my hotel will be waiting for me in my e-mail when I get there. Yours in God's love, Arthur Dodge Meanwhile, while I am in the process of writing my reply from “Newark”, I receive this: (Apparently, it was sent to look as if it were sent to “Patrick” and CCed to me… Only problem is, the e-mail header info doesn’t list it as being sent to Patrick at all, only to me) <Grin> – Again, seems just a little peculiar that something as auspicious as the International Credit Bank would be writing from a Yahoo address? (internationalcb@yahoo.com) Hahahaha. It seems they’ve found someone with a little better diction to write this one though, although English is still quite obviously not their mother tongue. And incidentally, the correct Post Code for 95 Gracechurch St. in London is EC3V 0AB, not EC3V 0DQ as listed on the e-mail, and there is NO Oumar Ouattara at that address. J And one more thing – I just noticed this… The phone number listed for the Mr. S. Green at the International Credit Bank is the same number as Patrick Wally’s, AND the same as David Jackson’s! And I think the “bank” they are trying to reference down below is supposed to be “The Hong-Kong & Shanghi Banking Corporation”. Good Lord, how stupid do people have to be to fall for this crap?!
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you Yahoo!? Ok, so let’s pretend I’ve just arrived at Dulles in Washington, and surprise!! Still no photo from Mr. Jackson! Boy oh boy, he’d better just watch his P’s and Q’s Mister, cuz a’ve had a few drinks on t eh fliht and boy, am I angry! <LOL>) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally and David Jackson Dearest Mr. Jackson, I had a few drinks on the fligt, so I will apologize in advance for any offence which I may spew in your direction in this e-mail. Ok.. What the hell? Here I am, dragging my ass across half the continent, sitting in this shit-hole Dulles International Airport in Washington, anxious to receive my e-mail with your photo, and what do I find? NOTHING!! I cannot believe you people! ...Rage …increasing... ...Blood pressure.... Spiking...Incontinence...Leaking.... Anger..... Growing... Seriously though. Where do you asshats get off sending me all over the bloody world to bring you YOUR $4500.00 (and collect my winnings, of course), and you can't even take a few lousy seconds out of your precious day to do something for me which I stated was VERY important to me? I mean REALLY... How difficult would it be to send me a photo with you holding a piece of paper with my name on it? Is that REALLY too much to ask of you? Is that beyond your intellectual capabilities? It will be an interesting meeting when you come to collect me at the airport in London, my friend! I will do everything in my power to contain any violent outbursts, but I promise NOTHING! Sometimes, when people treat me like shit, I simply cannot contain myself. Hopefully, my rage at your insolence will decrease during the long flight from Washington to London, but I have 7 hours in this stinking cesspool of an airport with which to think about how you refuse to adequately deal with my wishes. I will be checking my mail again here at the Cafe in 6 hours or so, before my flight leaves. If you wish to see a friendly, smiling, non-threatening face appear when I come through customs at Heathrow, I would suggest you use this time wisely to send me the photo and hotel information I have been repeatedly requesting, and mail it to me before I depart Washington (less than 6 hours from now...). Otherwise, I cannot be held responsible for what might occur when you introduce yourself to me. (And God forbid if you should decide not bother to come meet me at the airport as you promised... I will hunt you down like a dog!) I'm going to the bar. I need a drink. Arthur "Pissed Off" Dodge I arrive in London, and DAMN! There is no one there to meet me at the airport! I guess they all must have been too busy, what with handing out thousands of dollars in lottery winnings to other people… Oh well, I guess I’ll just take a taxi to my hotel. I’ve emailed ALL THREE of the scammer’s e-mail addresses, supposedly from the lobby of the hotel, and they haven’t replied to ANY of them! (It would appear they’re a little scared, now that they think I’m actually in London. ) From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally and David Jackson Dear Patrick Wally and/or David Jackson Well, I arrived at Heathrow, and waited two hours for one of you to show up to pick me up as promised. I guess you must have been too busy. Well, after such a long trip, I am too tired to be angry with you. I got tired of waiting, and took a taxi to a nearby hotel. I am staying here at the Britannia International Hotel in the Docklands. This is quite a nice hotel, and thankfully, they have high speed internet access available to customers in the lobby. I will keep in contact with you from here. So, when can I expect someone to come meet me at the hotel so I can deliver my $4500.00 and pick up my winnings? Awaiting your reply, Arthur Dodge So, I have been sitting in my hotel room in London, wondering for an entire day WHY oh WHY nobody is replying to my e-mails… I decide to up the ante a little, and I phone the number they have given me. The guy who answers the phone seems a little confused (After all, it’s actually almost 11:00pm there…) and it takes him a few minutes to grasp who I am. I recorded the phone conversation, but the recording device I used generates so much hum, it’s very difficult to make out what he’s saying, so here’s an actual transcript of the phone conversation:
And just to be sure there are no foul-ups, I’ll send him an e-mail from the "hotel internet machine", just to be sure he has the correct info… From: Arthur Dodge To: Patrick Wally and David Jackson Dear DJ (I feel I can now call you "DJ" as we are such good buddies now...) After our phone conversation last night, I thought it would be a good idea to send you an e-mail to clarify what we agreed to on the phone. You haven't shown very good organizing skills so far in this venture, so I thought it would be a good idea to "remind" you of our conversation. PLEASE reply to this e-mail first thing in the morning so that I know that you received it. I want confirmation from you that I got all the information that you gave me on the telephone correct. Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, 25 March, 2004) you will be sending one of your bank officers around to my hotel (The Britannia International Hotel in the Docklands - 163 Marsh Wall, Tower Hamlets). Your officer will come to my room (Room 307) at around 3:00pm to collect me. Now, I need to know (I forgot to ask you on the phone)- Should I have the $4500.00 in cash WITH me when your agent comes to get me? Will I be making the $4500.00 deposit tomorrow evening, or do I do that later? If I need to have the money with me, I will remove it from my secret hiding spot in my room before they arrive, so they cannot see where I am hiding all that cash. (One can never be too careful, as I am sure you appreciate). Do you prefer small bills, or can your institution accept $1000.00 bills? If large bills will be a problem, I will go to a bank and exchange them for something more suitable before your officer arrives. Please be sure to reply EARLY, as I don't know my way around the area, and it may take some time for me to find a bank. Looking forward to your confirmation, Arthur Dodge. Well, I guess I’ve had enough fun with these goofballs… It's been 2 days and I still hadn’t gotten an e-mail back from “David” in reply to this one, so I guess it’s time to bring this little saga to a close. Perhaps, the best way would be with a phone call… Here’s a link to the the MP3 I recorded of our last phone conversation…
And finally, here’s the last e-mail I sent to all 3 addresses… I originally attached a couple photos to the e-mail to give them an idea of what I thought of scammers but have since removed them from this page, as they were just a touch "over-the-top" (More accurately, they were two of the most vulgar, repulsive, disgusting photos I've ever seen...) Dearest Patrick Wally/David Jackson/S. Green, Hahahahaha! I guess by now, even as stupid as you must be, you have discovered that you aren't getting $4500.00 from me... How can anyone on earth be as stupid as you? By the nature of your ridiculous request, it is quite obvious that you are an un-educated Mugu who probably has difficulty remembering their own name, let alone attempting to scam $4500.00 from someone who is obviously far more intelligent than you. In fact, I suspect you are from some backward country in Africa that worships monkey shit and eats worms, right? Am I right? You should perhaps consider leaving soon... You will certainly be questioned by the police in the very near future... I have given them all the e-mail sent between us, as well as the telephone number of the telephone you so stupidly called me from. (Here in Canada, we have something called "Caller ID" which displays the phone number of all incoming calls... I recorded the number of the cell phone (Vodafone Inc.) you were calling from when you telephoned me, you moron! - If you're going to try to steal money from people, you must do it in such a way as to not be identified! The police were VERY interested in the information I passed them.) They have contacted Vodafone to retrieve your account information. I hope the phone call to North America cost you alot of money. (That was a very stupid move on your part...) I have also passed all the banking information you gave me to the police.
Let me ask you this: Has anyone actually been stupid enough to send you money in the belief that they had won your "lottery"? If so, please pass me their e-mail address. Perhaps they will allow me to sell them the London Bridge! By the way, my name is not "Arthur Dodge"...Are you familiar with "Artful Dodger"? He is a thief from the children's story "Oliver Twist". (Although you probably are not familiar with it... It is obvious from your stupid e-mails that you barely know how to read...) That is my nickname. All the information I gave you was false. (Nobody would be stupid enough to actually give you REAL information, would they?) And I've never been to Western Union, OR London... It was simple enough to discover the address you gave was a fake by performing a search on the address at http://www.royalmail.com/. It contains all the valid postal addresses in the UK. Again, if you are going to try to steal money from someone, the LEAST you could do is to use a valid post address. And did you think it would not be noticed that all 3 people who were supposedly contacting me (Patrick Wally, David Jackson, and last but certainly least, "S. Green" from the "International Credit Bank") all had the same phone number? Hahahahaha. You really should try to get an honest job. You are obviously too stupid to perform an internet scam. Perhaps a nice job cleaning the shit from plugged toilets with your tongue would be more suitable to your intelligence? Anyway, your brainless stupidity has been very entertaining to me and my colleagues for the past few weeks, but you are beginning to bore me. You will be happy to know that thousands of people are laughing at you as they read the entire contents of our conversations at http://www.answerdude.net. Please! Check it out! I have added some entertaining comments to it as well. After you've seen it, please feel free to e-mail me with your thoughts. (That is, if you are actually capable of any "thoughts") You are such a silly little Mugu! Please feel free to end your life quickly by stepping in front of a moving train. Your bloated, rotting corpse will be more valuable as food for the rats than it is to humanity now. May Allah take time out of his busy day to shit in your mouth... Oh, and have a nice day! Hahahahaha. Artful Dodger Remember, that website again is : http://www.answerdude.net
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My last phone conversation with "David Jackson" (740K MP3)