THE
SPAM E-MAIL SCAM
UPDATED:
4-21-08
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Guys,
you'll never believe this! There is this guy in Africa who has a LOT of money.
I'm talking 20 MILLION US DOLLARS! That's a lot. And in exchange for me helping
him get it out of the country, he'll give me 20% of it! That's STILL a lot! All
I have to do is give him my bank account number, access to my accounts, $1100
for bank processing fees...
You
guys all know what I'm talking about. We've all gotten those e-mails before. And
they are hilarious, aren't they? Of course they are.
Well,
surprisingly, one of these bad boys made it past my Spam Filter, and landed
right in my Inbox. Fortunately, I was in a good mood, and decided to have a
little fun with it. What follows is the e-mail exchange between myself, and
those scamming Africans.
It's
a little lengthy, but if you take the time to read it, it's still hilarious.
Nothing
has been changed or altered in anyway. I left in all of their spelling mistakes,
and included all of their official 'documents' for your enjoyment. I'll even
throw in some commentary here and there.
Everything
from me will be normal, stuff from the scammer will be in BOLD, and the
banker's stuff will be italicized.
Enjoy!
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 3:35 PM
Subject:
Investment Inquiry
Sir,
My name is Adrein Jones of Summit Medicals Inc based in Freetown, Sierra
Leone.
I saw your listing in the site (www.triggerstreet.com) and I was impressed,
hence my resolve to contact you for a business Investment.
I will wait to receive your response and will forward to you details of my
investment proposal and also inform you of your remuneration in participation.
Please for further correspondence regarding Investment, I will request you
send me a mail via my email: sejonesmich@yahoo.com
Regards,
Adrein
From
the e-mail alone, you can tell it's a total scam. However, I like that he didn't
throw it all in my face during the first e-mail. It makes it seem like he has to
earn my trust first. I like that in a Nigerian scammer.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Sir,
I've very interested in your investment proposal. I was recently speaking to
some friends about investing, and would like to hear more.
- Jeff Heimbuch
That's
a lie. I have no interest in investing money...unless, of course, it's someone
else's.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 8:06 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Sir,
As
per my earlier mail to you regarding investment, I wish to introduce myself
again as Adrein Jones a medical doctor attached with Summit Medicals, Saint
Paul, Freetown here in Sierra Leone. I am resident in 0644 Chamberlin way
Freetown, Sierra Leone.
The
reason I contacted you was as a result of your listing which I studied with
satisfaction, hence my resolve to present this business proposal to you, which
I know, will interest you. I have a widow here in my clinic who is on a
political asylum, she has been so ill for some couple of months now. This
woman confided in me based on the free medical attention I have been giving to
her and her children. She had revealed to me of her life history and about her
late husband who was a top military officer in one of the West African country
before his death during the civil war and the fortune she inherited from her
late husband.
She
has asked me to source a credible and trustworthy partner abroad who will
manage her funds for investment, the sum of Twenty million US dollars
(US$20m), which her late husband deposited in a vault box with a safe
financial institution based in Europe.
I
wish to choose you for this venture and I believe you will be in the position
to assist in managing this large sum in a profitable venture and also to help
create a safe heaven for her and her children by making a residence
arrangement for them in your country.
After
she had disclosed this information to me, I saw the reason to request from her
to allow me see the document relating to this deposit of which she did, now I
have the document covering the deposit which I will not hesitate to send to
you the copy as a prove for your confirmation as soon as I receive your
response via email.
I
am obliged to assist this lady knowing too well that she has a limited
knowledge in the business world and as such she cannot manage this fund
herself and in order to avoid any trace of her by her government.
From
my discussion with her, she has agreed to give you a reasonable amount of
percentage for your assistance and this has to be discussed upon the receipt
of your response.
I
will wait for your response then.
Adrein
Twenty
Million?! I was sold!
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dr.
Jones,
Thank
you for your prompt response. It is such a sad state of affairs of the world
we live in today that a poor widow and her children cannot freely use which
has been rightly given to them. It is an atrocity that such things happen, and
so many of us are powerless to help.
However,
I am thankful for your putting me in a position to help.
I
would very much like to further this discussion with you, but like you, I
would like to see this proof in the form of this document you spoke of before
I take any further action.
As
for the matter of finding a safe residence for this widow and her children, I
will be sure to help in that matter as well. I own a house in northern New
Jersey which I am currently not residing in which could prove as a safe haven
for this individuals until a more permanent residence is set up. I have a
former female companion who is currently residing in the house, thinking she
will win my affections back if she stays in my life. However, I have no time
for love, Dr. Jones, and will be sure to inform her she may be getting house
guests if she continues to stay there.
I
look forward to hearing from you soon, Dr. Jones, and to helping this family
in need.
Best,
Jeff
Heimbuch, Esq.
Did
you catch my Indiana Jones reference? Come on, that's awesome, isn't it?
Unfortunately, my friend Adrein didn't get it.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 2:55 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
am in receipt of your mail and have conveyed your response to Mrs. Rose Addo.
The
funds were deposited with Banco Banesto Madrid Spain as you will find in
attached copy of deposit certificate. The funds were securely deposited in the
security vault box of the bank. Late Major John Addo had before his death
instructed Banco Banesto to transfer deposited funds to Barclays London and
Banco Banesto acted accordingly.
Barclays
had held this account pending mandate status of late Major John Addo. Major
John Addo scheduled an appointment with Barclays London to endorse his mandate
before he met his untimely death. The fund is held as a bonded account by
Barclays London at the moment.
Now
that we are assured of your assistance, Mrs. Rose Addo will send a written
request to Barclays London confirming that you were a close business associate
of her late husband and that deposited fund was part of proceeds of your
partnership with her late husband. This request will assist Barclays London
process transfer in your favor.
I
held a brief meeting with Mrs. Rose Addo were she agreed to offer you 20% of
funds for your over all assistance and know how in investing funds. I will
want you to reconfirm your full names to help process our request with the
finance institution.
I
will wait to hear from you.
You
may wish to contact Banco Banesto for clarification if you wish but I advice
you allow me work on matters for time being. You will find contact details of
Banco Banesto below:
Contact
officer: Alberto Sanchez
Bank:
Banco Banesto Madrid Spain
Email:
info@bancobenesto.com
Adrein
This
is said 'deposit certificate.' Click for full size.
Definitely
one of the best damn MSPaint jobs I've ever seen. Look at that official seal!
It's gotta be authentic! It doesn't look like anything was copied and pasted
anywhere!
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 6:50 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Yo
Adrein,
Thanks again for your timely response, and for taking the time to send me the
deposit certificate. I feel much safer about this investment business now.
I will not contact Mr. Alberto Sanchez at Banco Banesto, for I trust that you
have the matter in good hands. I hope that Mr. Sanchez is a trustworthy
fellow, for I have dealt with a Mr. Sanchez in the banking industry before,
here in the States, and he was not. I trust your judgment in your
Sanchez will be better than my dirty Sanchez.
Please assure Mrs. Addo that her funds will be in good hands while she awaits
to move to America. On that note, do you know if she has a time frame of when
she and her children will be making the transition from the Sierra Leone to
the USA? Or where she would like to settle down, for that matter? As mentioned
before, her and her family are welcome to stay at my estate in Northern New
Jersey for awhile, until they can get settled elsewhere. I hear that Maine is
a lovely place to settle down.
Mrs. Addo's offer of 20% of her funds is more than generous. Thank her for her
kindness, and tell her I hope to be able to help her in every way possible.
As for my reconfirming my full names for your processing request, I will
assume you will need my real name. Jeff Heimbuch is a pseudonym I go by, made
up of my grandmother's maiden name, in order to protect myself in certain
assets.
My given name is Jefferson T. Kalnoky III. That is the name in which my
accounts are in.
I look forward to hearing from you again soon, and to helping Mrs. Addo with
her late husband's finances.
Best,
Jefferson
A
raunchy remark AND a Rocky reference. This guy is obviously not immersed in the
world of pop culture over there.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
received your mail and I confirm receipt of your full names. I submitted your
information to the officials of Mineral Resources Ministry and they assured
contract documents will be procured tomorrow.
I
will have copies of contract documents sent to you tomorrow being Saturday. I
will also send to you contact details of Barclays when the contract documents
are ready and I will advice you on how to contact Barclays.
Please
for your information, I am working on travelling documents for Mrs. Rose Addo
and her children and when these are ready, I will inform you and notify you of
their travel schedule but for now, the travel agent informed me it will take
him sometime to go through the procedures.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
Whoa,
whoa, what?! Who is the Mineral Resource Ministry?! I was thinking this was
getting fishy, so I thought I better ask about it...
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrein,
I
have received your email, and glad you received my full names. We're both very
good at receiving.
If
you don't mind my asking, may I ask a question to ask you? What do the Mineral
Resources Ministry have to do with all of this? I thought my names would be
submitted for the approval of the Banco Banesto and Barclays London. Are the
funds also in limbo between the two at the Mineral Resources Ministry? I must
admit, I don't know much about minerals or elements, so I hope I don't need a
knowledge of them to continue to help.
In
any event, I'm glad the documents will be ready by tomorrow. I look forward to
speaking to your contact at Barclays, so we may bring this matter of Mrs. Addo
and her children to, much like a massage parlor, a happy ending!
Please
do let me know of their travel arrangements when all is finalized. Did the
travel agent happen to mention where they will be arriving too? Or is all that
unknown at this point? Newark International Airport is probably the best place
for their arrival, truth be told.
I
look forward to hearing from you again, Dr. Jones.
-
Jefferson Kalnoky
His
answer had better been sufficient, or I was calling the whole deal is off.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Sat, Mar 29, 2008 at 7:21 AM
Subject:
Find Attached Documents
Dear
Jeff,
I
am pleased to inform you with this good news that we have successfully
procured the contract documents which copies you will find attached. This
process was not easy but I can say that the officials were dedicated and their
assistance was great and without them it would have been impossible..
I
was at the Ministry of Mineral Resources all through today were I observed
this process and the official who assisted us did a good work and I met his
terms by paying his fees. You will observe that the contract documents were
back dated as agreed with the officials to conform with time funds were
deposited with the finance institution by late Major John Addo.
The
Ministry of Mineral Resources was used as a contracting Ministry for this
purpose and their officials played a great role to assist us in procuring
contract documents. We needed to give an impression that funds were proceeds
of contracts since late Major John Addo being the depositor of funds had held
a Ministerial portfolio under past regime.
Mrs.
Rose Addo has sent a written instruction to Barclays London stating as facts
that you were her late husband’s business associate and that funds which
were deposited through Banco Banesto and later transferred to Barclays London
as per instruction of her late husband indeed belonged to you and that funds
are proceeds of payment made to you by Ministry of Mineral Resources Sierra
Leone from contract awarded to you.
Find
contact details of Barclays London below:
Bank:
Barclays Bank London
Contact
Name: David Robert
Designation:
International Banking Dept.
Email:
barclayslondon@mail.org
Please
be directed as follows:
1.
Send a mail to Barclays London and inform David Roberts that Late Major John
Addo was your business partner and had received the total sum of $20m on your
behalf which he initially deposited with Banco Banesto Madrid Spain and at a
later time transferred funds to Barclays London with an intention to wire
funds to you.
2.
It is important that you attach copies of procured contract documents to David
Roberts for on sight confirmation. It is important I inform that the officials
here have assured me to respond favorably to any inquiry that may come in from
Barclays London.
3.
You will direct David Robert to inform you with transfer modalities and other
requirements his office will need you comply with.
4.
I advice you send me regular updates as we wait you to complete fund transfer
and I will send you arrival schedule of Mrs. Rose Addo and her children when
the travel agent delivers and your port of entry which you sent me is noted
and will be considered by the travel agent.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
OK,
that was good enough for me. These are the two documents he 'bribed' someone
into 'forging' for this deal. Click for full size.
Totally
real looking, right? No? OK, you're right. They are terrible. I hope he didn't
pay much for them. Notice the sweet Clip Art-like borders? And how every line is
a different text? And the spacing is all off? And he literally put three
number one's at the end of the name. That's hilarious. Man, he's not even
trying!
Anyway,
it was at this point that I decided to write to the 'banker' in London, to try
to get those cash monies outta Africa and into my wallets.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
barclayslondon@mail.org
Date:
Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Subject:
Attn: David Roberts
Dear
Mr. David Roberts.
My name is Jefferson T. Kalnoky, III. It has come to my attention that you
have some funds in your bank that rightfully belong in my pocket. You see, the
Late Major John Addo was my business partner and had received the total sum of
$20 million on my behalf, which he initially deposited with Banco Banesto in
Madrid Spain, and at a later time transferred funds to Barclays London with an
intention of wiring the funds to me. Unfortunately, Major Addo passed before
he was able to do so, and said funds are now in limbo.
It has recently been brought to my attention that the funds were this way, and
I would like to resolve this matter as soon as possible. I would like to ask
you, Mr. David Robert, to inform me with transfer modalities and other
requirements your office will need me to comply with.
Attached are the documents that prove the transaction between Major Addo and
myself for you to see. As you can see, they are infallible.
I will await to hear from you on this matter.
--
Jefferson T. Kalnoky III
I
honestly believe that sarcasm is virtually undetectable over the Internet,
because I REALLY lay it on, and they don't pick up on it and/or ignore the hell
out of it.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM
Subject:
Re: Find Attached Documents
Dear
Adrien,
I have mailed David Robertson, as per your request, and attached said
documents. I am waiting word back from him on this matter. I will let you know
of what he says as soon as he writes back to me.
Please let me know of Mrs. Addo's travel plans as soon as you know.
- Jefferson
I
was beginning to lose steam at this point. I didn't think it was going to get
any better.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 4:06 AM
Subject:
Re: Find Attached Documents
Dear
Jeff,
I
am in receipt of your mail and will wait to receive further updates from you.
Adrein
I
was totally wrong. I got this from the banker, from a very official looking
e-mail address, and some more very official looking documents.
From:
barclays bank <barclayslondon@mail.org>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 7:48 AM
Subject:
Advice
Dear sir
Please find attached documents and respond asap.
Best regards,
David Roberts.
Yet again, click to enlarge these bad boys.
Again,
very real looking, no? I love how they literally do the bare minimum to make
these 'passable.' How any moron falls for these, it's beyond me. Also, be sure
to look over that bank letter carefully. It says that I can either go to their
location in LONDON to do all of these paper work in person OR pay a $1100 fee to
complete it all online.
Aha!
So THAT'S how they will scam me out of my money.
But
I wasn't going to back down from that...
At
this point, our pal Adrein was getting antsy, because he hadn't heard back from
me yet...
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 3:50 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
will like to know if there is any update from Barclays London. I had earlier
informed Mrs. Rose Addo that you had contacted Barclays London and was waiting
to hear from them.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
I
wondered if Adrein and Robert were two different people. Because if so, it was
time to play them against each other. I wanted to make it look like one was
trying to scam the other, and that I was going to scam them both. I just had to
delay Adrein for a bit...
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrien,
I
have been contacted by Mr. Roberts, who was kind enough to send along some
documents. I have a friend of mine looking over them at the moment, and then
will gladly fill out the correct paper work to send back to him.
I
will inform you when I send them back to Barclays.
-
Jefferson
PS
- How is the weather there?
He'll
never answer the weather question, by the way. Then it was time to sweat the
banker a bit...
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
barclays bank <barclayslondon@mail.org>,
Date:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:14 AM
Subject:
Re: Advice
Dear
Mr. Roberts
I
have received your documents, and am looking them over now. I did not know
that this required a trip to London to do this in person!
Luckily,
I am actually going there in three weeks for a small trip with a friend.
Perhaps we can arrange to meet so we can finish this manner in a timely
fashion.
I
will send over the documents later today after I finish reviewing them.
Best,
Jefferson
No
biggie...I just wanted them both to think I was having someone else look over
the documents to confirm their authenticity, and that they had fooled BOTH of
us. Those sly, clever, scammers. I also wanted them to make sure they knew I
wasn't going to fall for the old "We need $1100 for processing trick."
By telling him I would just HAPPEN to be in London anyway, and I could just stop
by, I was hoping for him to start freaking out. But apparently, it didn't work!
From:
barclays bank <barclayslondon@mail.org>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 9:45 AM
Subject:
Re: Advice
Dear
Sir,
This
is to confirm receipt of your email. We await your arrival in London within 3
weeks as you had mentioned. Please forward your flight schedule not later than
24hours prior to your arrival to enable us perfect arrangements for your
transfer and as well make protocol arrangement to receive you upon your
arrival. We however await receipt of the completed pre remittance form.
Best
regards,
David
Robert.
By the way, I got this e-mail twice. He just wanted to make sure it got to me.
Adrein got antsy again.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:30 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
am in receipt of your mail and note your comment on documents sent to you by
David Roberts.
Though
you did not send me a copy of the document that was sent to you, I suggest
that you comply with Barclays and have the documents filled out and returned
to David Roberts.
It
will like you to inform me when David Roberts will effect wire transfer of
funds to you. It is important you update me with date and information as I
will inform the officials here who assisted us procure contract documents for
back up should Barclays decide to contact their office to verify contract
documents procured. The officials here have already assured us that they will
respond favorably to any inquiry from Barclays London which is good.
So
please have transfer date information sent to me to ensure I send information
to the officials here accordingly.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
And
yet again...boy, these guys are pushy.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:50 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
Mrs.
Rose Addo asked me to find out from you if you have filled out the form
document sent to you by David Roberts of Barclays London.
It
is important you complete the form and have it returned to David Roberts soon.
I will like you to update me as soon as you have the form sent out to David
Roberts. I also want to know when funds will be transferred by Barclays
London.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
Time
to start laying the seeds of discontent between the scammers.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 6:55 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrein,
The forms have been sent to Mr. Roberts as of last night. I am waiting to hear
word back from him.
- Jefferson
I
wanted him to think that the other guy already GOT all my information, and just
wasn't sharing with him. Uh-oh! And he thought they were friends!
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
received your mail but you did not specify date for funds transfer.
It
is important I receive this date. Mrs. Rose Addo has asked me to know transfer
date and the officials here also need the date to stay at alert for any
inquiry that may come in from Barclays London. I advice you send transfer date
to me and if there are other notices from Barclays London I advice you let me
know about it.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
Man,
he really wants that transfer date, doesn't he?
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrien,
I
did not send a transfer date because I am awaiting to hear word back from
Barclay's in London. When I get here back from them, I will let you know.
Also,
I am traveling to London in a few weeks. They gave me the option of
visiting the bank itself to do this in person, as opposed to doing it online,
and spending $1100. This should make the process much easier!
-
Jefferson
And
now he knows that I'm 'going to be in London.' I wonder how pissed he is that
his whole plan is falling apart.
Now
was the time to actually send the form back to the 'bank.'
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
barclays bank <barclayslondon@mail.org>
Date:
Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM
Subject:
Re: Advice
Dear
David Robert,
Attached
is a copy of the completed Pre Remittance Form. My personal banker, Richard
Head, will be overseeing the process, and helped complete said form. You will
find everything in good order. He is awaiting your contact at the number
listed on the form.
Once
the funds are transferred over into my account, they will be legally mine,
correct? I fear that the widow of Mrs. Addo is trying to work against me, for
she has learned of this transaction, and may try to get a hold of these funds,
which she believes to be her own. She is, unfortunately, incorrect. As much as
I feel for her loss, she has 'another thing coming' if she believes she can
cheat my business out of its rightful due.
As
for my arrival in London, I shall be flying Oceanic Airlines first class. My
flight number is 815, and I shall be arriving on April 27th, 2008 at 11 AM
your time. I should be able to come by your bank on April 28th, at a time that
is convenient for you. Please let me know.
Thank
you for your help.
- Jefferson
This
is the completed form I sent back. It's full of movie and television references.
Can you spot them all?! Click to enlarge.
Honestly,
I wasn't expecting ANY type of response at this point. They HAD to know I was on
to them. No one can possibly believe all the bullshit that I was slinging at
them, right?
WRONG.
The very next morning, I received this slightly frantic e-mail.
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:33 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
am in receipt of your mail and note your comments. I observe certain procedure
that is not recommendable and you must avoid it.
You
already know details of how contract documents were procured here in Sierra
Leone with the assistance of the officials attached to the Mineral Resources
Ministry. You are also aware that the officials back dated the contract
documents to suit us and avoid a situation were Barclays will verify source of
funds.
It
is imperative that I explain again to you that the reason we procured contract
documents was to prove evidence that funds were source of contract payment
made to you by the Ministry of Mineral Resources. You and I know that late
Major John Addo was a cabinet member of the former regime were he served as a
Minister and if indeed funds are traced to him, the authorities could decide a
seizure status whereby funds will be confiscated by Barclays and returned to
the authorities in Sierra Leone.
I
discussed this issue in detail with the officials here and they advised that
you must avoid any visit to Barclays London. The officials informed me that
should you visit the office of Barclays, your presence will attract on spot
verification claims before payment release is processed. The officials
informed me that this will cause Barclays to verify contract documents claims
and seek payment clearance from the authorities here in Sierra Leone before
fund is transferred.
The
officials here have strongly advised that you seek other option from Barclays
that will allow Barclays the position to only send a wire inquiry to the
office of Mineral Resources Ministry here in Sierra Leone and as they have
assured us as senior officials with the Ministry, they will respond favorably
to all inquiries from Barclays and that will give Barclays clearance to effect
fund transfer.
This
is the reason why I informed you its importance to inform me with updates. I
advice we treat the advice of the officials with regards to avoid any
problems.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
That's
right...he doesn't want me to show up at the bank to mess up this transaction
because it could lead the funds right back to Major Addo. Oh, and also, because
NONE OF THIS IS REAL. Man, he's a sly dog. He was upping the stakes quite a bit
at this point, so now it was my turn to go all in. Care to see how ridiculous I
can get in my requests?
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:08 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrein,
I
understand your concerns, and they are duly noted. I understand that the
contracts were back dated in order for this transaction to work correctly, and
if said funds were traced back to Major Addo that there could be a problem.
However,
I assumed that doing this transaction in person would help alleviate some of
the suspicions that the bank may have. I don't want them to think that I'm a
sort of person that would rather not personally over see the transfer of the
money, and just trust it all goes well.
However,
your comments are correct, and I do agree with you. It would probably be for
the best if we do this entire transaction online, and I trust their actions go
well.
I
do, however, have a minor concern before we move forward with this. I was
speaking to Richard Head again late last night and just a few minutes ago
after receiving your email, who is a close personal friend, and aside from
being my banker, heads his own company on the side called "Forever," and
he informed me that there were many automated robot machines out
there that people have programmed to write emails to try to swindle money
out of folks.
I
told him that that was ridiculous, and that I absolutely trusted you. However,
he suggested that I gained some sort of photographic proof that you are who
you say you are, just to ease his concerns. If you would be willing to comply
to take a photograph of yourself in front of your office, holding a sign that
reads "Jefferson and Adrein" and then place the name of his company,
Forever, underneath our names, he would rest easy knowing that you are a real
person. He asked that you write such things on the sign, just so he knows that
it is you, and not just some random photograph that you got off of the
Internet.
I
know, this sounds outlandish, but he refuses to issue me a check for the $1100 to
complete this transaction unless he receives this proof. He is one of those
men who, once they get an idea in their heads, refuses to be reasoned with.
He's standing his ground on this, and unfortunately, I have to comply with his
wishes.
So,
again, if you would be so kind to comply with his request, I would be most
grateful. Again, this will undoubtedly prove to him that you are a real
person, and not just an email writing robot, and then we can continue on with
our business as scheduled, and get Mrs. Addo what is rightfully hers.
Thank
you for your understanding, Dr. Jones. I will wait to hear from you.
-
Jefferson
If
I actually get such a picture, I think that will literally be the highlight of
my entire life. That would be hilarious. Man, I hope he complies with Richard
Heads' request, and I find that in my Inbox tomorrow morning.
Also,
around the time I sent the above e-mail to Adrein Jones, I received a message
from a NEW player. We'll put his stuff in BOLD AND ITALICS so
you'll know he's a different person.
From:
jidabil <jidabil_house@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:09 AM
Subject:
Investment Inquiry
Sir,
My name is Adrein Jones of Summit Medicals based in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
I saw your listing in the site (www.triggerstreet.com) and I was impressed,
hence my resolve to contact you for a business Investment.
I will wait to receive your response and will forward to you details of my
investment proposal and also inform you of your remuneration in participation.
Please for further correspondence regarding Investment, I will request you
send me a mail via my email: sijonesmich@yahoo.com
Regards,
Adrein
What's
this?! Different e-mail address...BUT THE SAME NAME?! How can this be?! These
scammers aren't too smart, are they? For their sake, I hoped they didn't realize
that they e-mailed me this scam TWICE, so I decided to respond according.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
jidabil <jidabil_house@yahoo.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Sir,
I
am interested in your business proposal. Please send me all incurring details.
Regards,
Oswald
Cobblepot
Now
we jump back to our original friend, Adrein #1. It looks as if he and Mrs.
Addo aren't too happy with our request. This one is a doozy, folks...
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
just received this ridiculous mail from you and I am dismayed at your request
and your regard for my person or were you merely joking. I am embarrassed that
you question my integrity with reckless abandon and seem to ridicule my
reputation which I have worked hard to build over the years.
I
have discussed this issue with Mrs. Rose Addo and I informed her that I do not
know of any Richard and have not heard of his name before since I have been
discussing with you. Permit me say here that you have acted on your own by
bringing in a third party by name Richard without informing us and you found
it difficult to decently seek my permission to do so. I exonerate myself from
the way you are going about this which implies that you are exposing fund
information and this may expose certain things I have done here which can
bring problems for us.
I
want to inform you that you have brought suspicion by your action and I fear
that we are been set up with an objective to forfeit funds. You are aware of
all that I did here in Sierra Leone to procure contract documents from the
Ministry of Mineral Resources and you should know its implication if
information leaks out and yet you went as far as bringing in a third party
without being sure if he is an agent or sort for the authorities and I don’t
care if you think he is your friend because that is no precise guarantee.
You
have betrayed that trust but you have left us with no much choice either. It
has become dangerous to continue with Barclays London as we must ensure safety
of funds by avoiding anything that will lead to its confiscation. Mrs. Rose
Addo informed me why and how her late husband in the first place decided to
make fund deposits through Madrid Spain and later ended up with Barclays
though he did not conclude his account formalities with Barclays London before
his demise which is the gap that we are exploiting now..
It
is important I inform you that the reason late Major John Addo went through
Madrid Spain to make fund deposit initially was due to the country’s weak
financial regulations. It was safe for him to make fund deposit without much
verification from Madrid Spain as their regulatory bodies are weak and
accepted what he presented to them as funds belonging to his business
associate. Late Major John Addo felt that going through Madrid was ideal and
his idea of Barclays was to guarantee safety of funds because of the strong
monetary policies of the United Kingdom.
We
will have no option than to request Barclays London to revert all transfer
details back to Banco Banesto Madrid Spain for obvious reasons. This I have
advised Mrs. Rose Addo to have a written wire instruction sent to David
Roberts of Barclays London later today. I will also advice that you on your
part should send a request to David Roberts of your preference to oblige the
submission of Mrs. Rose Addo to revert fund transfer details back to their
corresponding bank Banco Banesto Madrid Spain. I advice you don’t give them
much reason so that they don’t become suspicious.
The
implication of this request is that you can travel to Madrid Spain were you
will meet the officials of Banco Banesto and have fund transfer wired safely
from there. It is safer since Madrid Spain has weak monetary regulation. Banco
Banesto Spain will make only standard verification of your personal
identification as submitted by Barclays as they initially did when late Major
John Addo deposited funds with their office and that will be enough and I
think it is safer that way. This implies that you will travel to Madrid Spain
at a time that Banco Banesto will contact you and approve an appointment date
for you. I expect this will bring to an end the ridicule you started and I
want to advice you that though I have taken this insult in my stride, you must
avoid a situation you strain your future business relationship with Mrs. Rose
Addo lest you blame me for it.
I
advice you send in an approval to David Robert confirming your preference with
submission of Mrs. Addo to revert fund transfer details to Banco Banesto
Spain. David Robert will then advice us when his office effects this request
and Banco Banesto will contact you accordingly.
I
will wait to hear from you.
Adrein
Yet
again, I received this email from him twice, in the span of ten minutes. So it
seems as if he has figured out a way of getting out of the me visiting London
bit. Too bad I have an ace up my sleeve, and subtlety threaten to expose his
ruse. Also, I make a heart felt confession to my new found African friend.
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrein,
I meant no disrespect to you are your reputation, my friend. I wish to, yet
again, explain that it was not I who questions your authenticity in this
matter. Allow me to explain in further detail...
If you go back to my email dated April 1st, 2008, you will see that I had
already mentioned that a friend of mine was going over the documents you sent
me, and I would send them to the bank as soon as possible. Though I did not
mention this friend by name, it was Richard Head.
I resent the fact that you seem unsure that he is not necessarily my friend,
and believe him to be an agent of the government. Perhaps you think he is
merely posing as my friend? I am appalled that you think I would keep such
company. Richard has been a very near and dear friend to me for well on 25
years. We grew up together, and are practically brothers. Our families have
also been close for years. He has remained my friend, my confidant, and other
things over the years.
It is time for truths, Dr. Jones. I will admit to you what I dare not even
admit to my family, for fear of ridicule. Richard is not merely just a close
friend, but he is also my lover. We have carried on a relationship for 10 of
our 25 years of friendship.
Please believe me that I trust him inexplicably, and do not wish to strain my
relationship with him. He wants only the best for me, and would never betray
what we have. He is only looking out for me. When he suggested that I get that
photographic evidence, I was complying with his wishes so as to not
strain our relationship. And again, he would not allow me a check for the
transaction until he received said proof. That is the only reason I asked.
If Mrs. Addo has written said letter to request the revokement of the funds
already, then I am truly sorry. I hope, however, that this is not the case.
Wouldn't her, writing that personal request to Barclays as you said, reveal
her position in all of this, and thus revealing to her government what exactly
is going on? In fact, I believe doing that is being more dangerous and risky
than me bringing a lover and confidant into the mix.
I believe if I DO write this request to comply with Mrs. Addo to Barclays,
they will become suspicious as well. I have already formally submitted my
original request to them in writing, and filled out all of the proper
paperwork for this large sum of money. But revoking this but a few days later
will surely raise some eyebrows amongst the higher brass of the bank, and they
will surely investigate it further. This would effectively expose your plans,
and ruin Mrs. Addo's future in America.
While in London with Richard, we have absolutely no plans to visit Spain. We
are in London to see some of his family, and our schedule simply does not
allow any time for any side excursions (expect those inside the hotel room). I
will not be able to make the trip to Spain for this matter, especially at such
short notice.
I will not write to Mr. Robert yet. Instead, I hope you will listen to reason,
and go along with the plan as originally intended. Backing out now is very
risky, as we are already, as they say, 'balls deep.' Backing out at this
juncture will surely raise some suspicions among the Barclays Banking Staff,
and might very will expose our plans.
I suggest you talk this matter over with Mrs. Addo and weigh your options. We
are already at a critical juncture, and I suggest we continue along the path
we have set out. If you do decided to continue the path we have originally
chosen, then great. I would look forward to a smooth transaction. I beg of you
to choose this option, and send me the photographic proof that Richard
requires. I know for a fact that the check has already been made out. It's
sitting in his locked desk drawer that I have no access too. I desperately
wish to send this check to Barclays so we can conclude this matter, and help
Mrs. Addo along on her new life. If not, then I'm not sure where we go from
there. Again, I cannot make it to Spain, and I am already in your plan, and
know of your deceits. I have no wish to expose them in any way. Again, I had
no wish to ridicule yourself or come off outlandish in any way. I am merely
trying to protect my assets.
I
will wait to hear from you.
-
Jefferson
In
case you can't tell, I want that picture, god damn it! I hope he complies,
because I honestly have no idea where the hell this is going at this point...
So
here I am, a day later, and I feel that we are getting closer to our goal, as
per this e-mail:
From:
adjones <sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
To: Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
Date: Apr 4, 2008 6:27 AM
Subject: Re: Investment Inquiry
Dear
Jeff,
I
am in receipt of your mail and sincerely yours, I am truly touched by your
story about you and Richard. I don’t know what else to say you have just
made a self confession to me.
Mrs.
Rose Addo has not written any instruction to Barclays London and I have
advised her to stop any action on such instruction. I will take this to mean
that we have avoided what could have been a big disagreement which would have
destroyed our relationship. It is obvious that Barclays would have been
suspicious if the instruction was issued by Mrs. Rose Addo to revert funds to
Madrid Spain.
I
have taken the pictures like you said and I expect it to be ready in few
hours. The reason I had to take the pictures is that you came out low to tell
me your long life secret between you and Richard and I know it is not easy for
you and you did it in pains. The pictures will be ready soon and I will have
copies sent to you when I receive same from photographer.
You
should understand the fact that I am advanced in age and I am not a young
person. It therefore is very embarrassing that my hard earned reputation and
integrity is brought into question and my standing ridiculed. I have taken
this in my stride like I earlier said but please ensure that this nonsense of
distrust does not happen again and you should put a stop to it.
It
is important you inform Richard since he is now involved that on no account
should he expose all what we have done with the officials here to procure
contract documents from the Ministry of Mineral Resources. This is top secret
and if it leaks, I fear that the consequences will be so much.
I
will have the pictures sent to you and I advice you contact David Roberts and
inform him that you will not be able to arrive London and seek alternative
option to fund transfer which is safer for us.
Adrein
Wow...really?
Can this really be about to become a reality?! There's no way in hell that he is
that stupid. He didn't actually TAKE the pictures, did he? Here's my response:
From:
Jeff Heimbuch <jeff@bamferproductions.com>
To:
adjones
<sejonesmich@yahoo.com>
Date:
Apr 4, 2008 8:11 AM
Subject:
Re: Investment Inquiry
Adrein,
Thank
you very much for your understanding and your kind words. I appreciate it very
much so.
I'm
glad you informed Mrs. Addo to not write any instructions, and that we were
able to avoid any such disagreement. I thank you for your understanding and
actions in this matter. I also appreciate the fact that you went out of your
way to fulfill Richard's request. The joy I feel from that overshadows any
such pain I once had in admitting to you my secret.
Again,
I apologize for this distrustment on our behalf. I meant no disrespect by it,
and am sincerely and truly sorry for it. I am just glad you understand where
we are coming from.
No
need to worry about Richard. He is a kind and thoughtful man, and will not,
under any circumstance, reveal to anyone the plans we have laid forth. It will
continue to remain top secret plans, and we will keep it as such.
I
will email David Roberts very soon to inform him that I will no longer be
