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The Complete (?) Annals of the Angolan-Nigerian Scammer
After receiving a good 20 of these African money scams, I finally broke
down and wrote back to one. Amazingly, considering the pornographic nature
of my initial posting, the party on the other end considered that I might
be serious. I found that as long as I dangled the possibility of my "many
many bank account" in front of him, he couldn't quite give up, even as
I got exponentially more inappropriate. This was perhaps a slightly dangerous
game, but I had a blast.
Start at the top and read down.
--Steve Espinola
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Subj: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED
Date: 8/2/2002 7:44:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
FAX ME IMMEDIAELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL FOR MORE DISCUSSION ON E.FAX NUMBER:
1 775 248 7765 OR EMAIL ME WITH MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS: mojsab@fsmail.net
DEAR,
I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, PLEASE DON`T WORRY
I`M CONFINDED IN YOU.
I AM MOJOH SAVIMBI THE SECOND SON OF THE HUMAN RIGHT REBEL LEADER AND
AN ACTIVIST GENERAL JONNAS M. SAVIMBI OF REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA, THAT WAS
RECETLY SHORT DEAD BY SOME OF HIS MILITARY OFFICIALS ON THE 27TH FEBUARY
2002 IN MY COUNTRY ANGOLA.PRESENTLY, I`M NOW IN SOUTH AFRICA AS A POLITICAL
REFUGEE SINCE THE LAST DAY OF MY FATHER.
TO
BE PRECISE, MY FATHER AND I LEFT ANGOLA EARLY LAST YEAR TO SOUTH AFRICA
AND STAYED FOR SEVEN MONTHS WHILE RUNING FOR HIS DEAR LIFE,WHEN THE PESENT
GOVERNMENT OF ANGOLA STARTED INDISCRIMINATE FOR HIS KILLING.
IT
WAS AT THIS JUNCTURE THAT MY FATHER MADE AWAY WITH THIS HUGE AMOUNT OF
$ 18.5 M IN ONE SEALED TRUNK BOX TO SOUTH AFRICA WITH THE HELP OF HIS
MEN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, NOBODY KNOWS EVEN THE OFFICIALS DON`T KNOW WHAT
THE CONTENT OF THIS TRUNK BOX IS ALL ABOUT EXCEPT ME. THE BOX WAS DEPOSITED
IN A SECURITY COMPANY AND WAS REGISTERED AS FAMILY VALUABLES.
NOW SINCE THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER, MY FATHER GAVE ME
THE DEPOSITED DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO HIM BY THE SECURITY COMPANY TO KEEP
FOR SECURITY REASONS.
I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN MY FAMILY THAT KNOWS ABOUT THIS AS I`M PRESENTLY
STAYING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR NOW SINCE MY FATHER DIED LAST MONTH.
I HAVE DECIDED TO INVEST THIS MONEY INTO A VIABLE BUSINESS VENTURE OUTSIDE
AFRICA. I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT TO INVEST THIS MONEY INTO ANY VIABLE
BUSINESS VENTURE UNDER YOUR MANAGEMENT AND I HAVE A SHARE INTO THE INESTMENT
AS SOON AS THE CONSIGNMENT IS RETRIVED FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY THERE
IN SOUTH AFRICA BY YOUR GOODSELF.
I WILL OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS THE MONEY IS RETRIVED FROM THE
SECURITY COMPANY, UPON YOUR ARRIVAL TO THIS COUNTRY I WILL TAKE YOU TO
THE SECURITY COMPANY TO ENABLE YOU CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT AS MY FATHERS
FOREIGN PARTNER.
NOTE: THE JUNIOR OFFICIALS OF MY LATE FATHER DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THE CONTENT
OF THIS CONSIGNMENT HERE.
HOWEVER, YOUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIAL NATURE OF THIS TRANSACTION
AND OF CAUSE YOUR FIDELITY TO ME IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANT.
PLEASE FAX OR EMAIL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU GET THIS MAIL FOR MORE DETAILS
WITH THE ABOVE FAX NUMBER. YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS HIGHLY APPRECIATED
WHILE THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION AND REMAIN BLESSED.
BEST REGARDS,
MOJOH SAVIMBI.
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Subj: re: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED
Date: 8/4/2002 7:11:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
I am very of most interesting to help. I have many, many bank account,
and also, my penis hurt.
yours and mine truly,
Sojambi E. S. Pinola
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Subj: WAITING TO HEAR FROM
YOU
Date: 8/5/2002 5:42:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
DEAR SIR,
YOUR MAIL WAS WELL RECEIEVED.
HOWEVER,I DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE TONE OF YOUR MAIL.HENCE,IF YOU ARE WILLING
TO HELP OUT,ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR WILLINGNESS SO THAT
WE SHOULD COMMENCE THE TRANSFER PROCESSESS.AS YOU KNOW THIS IS THE ONLY
OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FAMILY.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
REGARDS
MOJOH SAVIMBI
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Subj: Re: WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU
Date: 8/5/2002 10:50:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
Is there nothing to understand? My tone has turned from blue to joyful
yellow with the arrivalling of your offer of most generous. I am tickled
pink, and my nether regions throb with joy at the prospects of meeting
your family, especially your lovely mother, Catarina, and your nubile
son. I think your father's name is with only one "n", however. I have
many, many bank account, and also, my chest remains hairy, with sweat.
Still yours,
Sojambi E. S. Pinola
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Subj: Re: YOUR URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED
Date: 8/5/2002 4:41:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Please most forgive my colorful language. When I am excited my tongue
gets the better of me. It is an embarassing disease. If we are in understanding,
I will receive $1.85 M for safekeeping your treasure chest. That is good,
because my own riches are lonely for such equal company, if my meaning
is clear. I fervently await your response.
Sojambi E. S. Pinola
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Subj: PROCEDURE
Date: 8/6/2002 1:22:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
Dear Sir,
How are you today? Your mail was well received However, regarding our
pending business transaction, we have two options to achieve our aim.
As you know, the box was lodged in a security company here in South Africa
by my late father with an open beneficiary , the security company does
not know the content of the box.
Hence, the first option to achieve our aim is that I should give you the
particulars which my father used to lodge the box in the security company,
with that you will arrange your trip to South Africa and come and claim
the consignment.
Secondly, the second option is that, there is a close confidant of my
father in Nigeria by name Alhaji Adamu Idris a director in Nigeria Federal
Ministry of communication he helped my father in importing arms to my
country.
He is of the view, that since the security company where this box is lodge
has a branch in Nigeria, you can apply to them to transport the box to
Nigeria, so that you can come and claim the consignment. After wards,
when the consignment is cleared, we will lodge the money in the account
of Federal Ministry of Communication for onward transfer into your account.
The procedures is as follows:, you will sent to me your full name, your
bank particulars, the name of your company, your private phone and fax
number and your business address. With this information's, we will incorporate
your company in Nigeria and backdate it as a registered company in Nigeria.
After which we will forward an application to federal Ministry of Communication
on your behalf for the release of your payment. It is assumed that you
did a contract with them, we will get all the relevance document that
will show you did a contract with them, with that they will approve the
payment, they are going to pay through any of their correspondence bank.
This arrangement is strictly bank to bank transfer, it is going to take
10 banking days to finalize this transaction. Your part is to act as the
beneficiary of the fund. All I need from you is total commitment and support
so that we will achieve a successful transfer of the fund into your account.
Hence, I want you to suggest to me the areas I will invest my own share
of the money. I am young and inexperience in business. What kind of business
are you into? I want to know. Before we transfer the fund into your account,
both parties will sign agreement papers since we are entrusting a huge
amount of money into your hands so that you will not eat our own share
of the money.
Finally, I want to assure you that this deal is 100% risk free and well
arranged. Your confidentiality is highly needed in this transaction. I
am looking forward to the day I will see you in person .
I await your urgent response.
Best regards.
Mojoh
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(1)
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Subj: PROCEDURE 1
Date: 8/7/2002 8:13:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
Dear Sir
How are you today? I wish to inform you that I have concluded every arrangement
to transport the box of money to a branch office of the security company
in Nigeria under diplomatic immunity for onward transfer of the money
into your nominated account. This arrangement has to be carried out through
this way because it is very easy and safe to transfer huge sums of money
from Nigeria to any county but here in South Africa, it is risky to transfer
such an amount of money without the Government authorities finding out.
Alhaji Adam Idris whom I told you about in my last mail of yesterday to
you has assured us that he will see that he money is transferred to you
without any problems became he understands the Nigerian system very well
and he is well connected in Government but Alhaji Idris is demanding that
we will give him $500,000 USD after the money has been transferred into
your account.
As it is now I am making every arrangement in order to travel to Nigeria
by Thursday 8th of August, 2002 ie tomorrow. As soon as I arrive in Nigeria,
I will get in touch with you through mail. I will be staying in a hotel
till the money is transferred into your account, then you will come to
Nigeria for me to follow you to your country for the investment of the
money.
Alhaji Idirs is not happy that by now you have not sent your private phone
and fax number, your company or any company's name and address and your
bank account to enable him start the transfer processes immediately through
his ministry of communication. Remember that immediately the box of money
arrives Nigeria, it will be cleared from the security company and the
money will be lodged into the accounts of ministry of communication where
Alahaji Idris is the director of operations. Bear in mind that it will
be assumed that you executed a contract with the ministry of communication
and the money will be transferred to you as if you are being paid for
the contract your company executed.
Alhaji Idris will issue vital relevant documents as a cover up to show
that you executed the said contract I hope you have gotten a clear picture
of how the transaction will look like. Please sent those information i
demanded immediately
REGARDS
MOJOH
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Subj: Re: PROCEDURE 1
Date: 8/7/2002 10:13:48 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
Confess I must that I feel slighted that you refer to me only as "Sir".
Surely by this time we are on a personal enough basis that you can call
me Sojambi or Mr. Pinola. My nipples shrivel with disappointmentness.
My testicles ascend into my body. My bank account throbs with wonder.
Are you consorting with other men? I must feel more trust for you if we
are to continue our little affair. Please send photos of Alhaji Idirs,
and your mother.
Breathless with concern,
Sojambi E. S. Pinola
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Subj: BE SERIOUS
Date: 8/7/2002 1:41:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
MR PINNOLA
IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE NON CHALANT ABOUT THIS DEAL.THERE IS NOTHING YOU
ARE DOING WITH THE PICTURES YOU ARE DEMANDING OF.WHEN YOU COME DOWN YOU
WILL SEE EVERYONE YOU WISH TO SEE.PLEASE SEND THOSE INFORMATION THAT WE
DEMAND OF IMMEDIATELY SO THAT THE TRANSFER PROCESS WILL START AND STOP
EMBARRASING ME WITH THOSE CHILDISH WORDS OF YOURS
REGARDS
MOJOH
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Subj: Re: BE SERIOUS
Date: 8/7/2002 2:17:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mr. Mojoh,
There is nothing nonchalant about my deal. I am regretful that you are
embarrassed about my Tourette's syndrome. I am not haveing shame. I have
most proudly managed to make a life of goodfulness for myself in spite
of this sorry brain condition.
My male member is 18 centimeters in length. That is one centimeter for
each of the $100,000 in my very very bank accounts. Money this is I have
earned from the good helping of the families of many other unfairly executed
genocidal leaders of revolution. I believe in your cause and I hope to
further further the population control of Angola.
my heart is in all of your fingers,
Sojambi Pinola
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Subj: waiting to hear from
you
Date: 8/12/2002 3:02:34 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
SEspinola
how are you today?well am in nigeria now so that we can conclude the business.sorry
for not writing you.i have been running around to meet the people that
are involved.
kindly send the information
i demanded from you so that we can proceed with the transaction.
regards
mojoh
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Subj: Re: waiting to hear from you
Date: 8/13/2002 5:26:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
Thank God that you are in good health, my brother. I worried much that
you had come to harm since I had heard not from you for 5 days.
For the sake of our communication, my name remains Sojambi. "SESPinola"
is merely the name of my email address.
My full name: Sojambi Englebert Sununu Pinola
private phone and fax number: let us talk of this.
any company's name and address: please, let us talk of this.
Bank particulars: I have many many bank account.
When we last were spoke, you had wonderment at my sometimes use of languageness
and challenged at my request of photographs. I have explained the Tourette's
disease inside my brain, specifically it is called coprolalia. (http://www.tsa-usa.org/what_is/whatists.html
will give you all the information, so that we can put this matter at rest).
The photographs of your mother and Alhaji Idris I will explain in my best.
In my country of my family of birth, we have always a most colorful
expression: "He who will spreads his buttock to a stranger's penetration
deserves the most courtesy of a reacharound." Which is to say that I am
about to give you my most intimate parts. These part I give to nobody
before. Not a man, not a woman. I must have some assurance that you are
the man that you say. I know you must maybe not send your own photograph
in security, although that would be of very very goodness. But if you
can send what I have demanded, or the fine substitution, I can open the
doors to the rear temple, as we say.
Your most loyal helper in the potential of the best future,
Sojambi
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Subj: PLEASE
Date: 8/14/2002 3:08:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
DEAR SESPINOLA
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?YOUR MAIL WAS WELL RECEIEVED.HOWEVER,THE ISSUE OF SENDING
PHOTOGRAPH SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AS OF NOW.AS YOU ARE FULLY AWARE AM
NOT STAYING TOGETHER WITH MY MOTHER AS OF NOW.AM STILL RUNNING AROUND
TO SEE THAT WE TRANSFER THIS MONEY ABROAD.BUT I SHALL SEND THE PICTURES
TO YOU IN NO DISTANT TIME.
AS OF NOW WE ARE TALKING OF BUSINESS,WHAT MATTERS NOW IS YOUR SUPPORT
AND COMMITTMENT SO THA WE CAN RECEIEVED THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY THROUGH
BANK TRANSFER.
SINCE YOU HAVE SO MANY ACCOUNTS,KINDLY FORWARD ONE TO ME TOGETHER WITH
YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN INITIATE THE TRANSFER
PROCESSES.I WANT TO LEAVE NIGERIA IMMEDIATELY THE FUND IS TRANSFERRED
TO YOUR ACCOUNT.I INTEND STAYING NIGERIA FOR 12 DAYS THE MOMENT I RECEIEVED
THE INFORMATIONS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FUND WILL BE EFFECTED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.
ALHAJI ADAMU IDRIS IS NOT HAPPY THAT YOU DEMANDED HIS PASSPORT.HE SAYS
WHETHER YOU ARE DOUBTING HIS CREDIBILITY.
WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.
REGARDS
MOJOH
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Subj: Re: PLEASE
Date: 8/14/2002 4:05:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
You understand me very very poorly. And you not call me by my real name,
Sojambi. My name is Sojambi. Sojambi. Sojambi. Sojambi!!!! I not say "passport"
in my letter. Alhaji Idris has received an incorrect communication. My
feelings feel hurt. Some minutes, I want to die, and the rash comes, but
then I feel better and the rash go away. Then it return, then it go away.
We shall return to this subject at a proper juncture.
I will tell you a most very bank account. But I must tell it to you in
code. Because this is not a secure way to transmit information, as you
know that would be most foolish. Sending the decoding later, I will, under
a separate email name, perhaps. Here is the bank account:
938-950-132-964
Here is the phone number, also in code:
(039) 295-8567
My name is Sojambi.
We have another expression in my country: "When massaging a crow, don't
neglect your bag of turnips, most especially in the midnight hour."
I will leave it to you as to the teaching of this valuable phrase.
My jewels are at your lips, most gingerly,
Sojambi
PS. Just to simply remind you, my name is Sojambi Pinola.
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Subj: Decoder for Mojoh
Date: 8/14/2002 7:29:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Dreamwulf@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
BCC: SEspinola@email.com
Mojoh, it is I, Sojambi. This is not my normal account, but I am protecting
your security and mine also as well.
Here is the decoder for the bank account number:
1) Take the 12-digit code I gave you and reverse it. The end goes at the
beginning and so on. I prefer to write on a pink sheet of paper, with
red pen. The reason may be obvious in no distant time.
2) Take the last two words of the proverb I sent you about the crow.
You will notice that it has 12 letters.
3) Place the 12-digit number from step 1 above each letter of those
two words, one letter for each number.
4) Rearrange the letters so that they read "donut high rim".
5) Using the situation from step 3, put the numbers above the corresponding
letters as they were in step 3. You will notice with cleverness that there
are two h's and two i's. MAKE IT IN SURENESS that the numbers above the
formerly leftmost h and i are switched to the right h and i, and so on.
You will now have a new 12-digit number above the phrase.
6) Multiply this number by 69.69.
7) shave off the rightmost 4 digits of this number, so you have a new
12 digit number.
8) add 254343929154 to this number.
9) this should give you the correct answer.
Once we have determined that you have discovered with the correct answer,
we can proceded to the telephone number. Please write me at my regular
account, most friendly.
All of my nicest feelings,
Sojambi Pinola
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[Note to non-Mojoh readers: If one follows the above directions correctly,
the final number should be exactly the same as the number you start out
with.]
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Subj: BE
SERIOUS
Date: 8/15/2002 5:38:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
DEAR SOJAMBI PINOLA
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?FRANKLY SPEAKING YOU ARE VERY STUPID.HOW CAN"T YOU SEND
YOUR CORRECT BANK PARTICULARS.DO YOU THINK AM CRACKING JOKE.
INFACT ADAMU IDRIS IS NOT HAPPY THE WAY YOU ARE BEHAVING.
I/ADAMU IDRIS IS GIVING YOU TILL END OF WORK TODAY TO SEND YOU BANK PARTICULARS,YOUR
FAX NUMBER AND YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER.FAILURE TO DO THAT I AM GOING TO
SOLICIT FOR ANOTHER PERSON.
MOJOH
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Subj: Most serious!!!
Date: 8/15/2002 3:36:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
I appreciate the correct addressing of my name. This is increase my trust
of you elevenfold. So, I do now proclaim, Mojoh! Mojoh! MOJOH!!!
You must see that I will say this for your own good, my friend.
It breaks my heart that you resort to name-calling of "stupid". I THOUGHT
YOU LIKE ME. You promise work with me on GOOD thing. I feel saddest, with
bad noises in my inside. But in God's hands I have good faithful we can
mend the woundedness between us!!!
As you may yet remember, I began sturdy process of sending bank particulars
to you yesterday. I sended a most simple decoder under name of "Dreamwulf".
I apologize if rude chastisement, but did you wipe self with this most
serious message?!?! If you did not take time to crack code, I cannot help
but think it is YOU who are cracking JOKE, instead of code, YES! Like
crack of plumber butt, most always LAZY!!! ALL you must truly do is to
send me 3 digits to on far right of completed code, and I will KNOW that
you remain, with trustworthyness, real MOJOH on the other end!!! The remaining
particulars will come in most ready following this reacharound, AS YOU
REMEMBER.
I believed you be joyful in glee that I wish to protect your investment
treasure by keeping exchange of internet and phone safe. You should WORK
with me upon this thing, my brother! I have many many bank account, which
are NOT old booger from nose.
IF you would solicit from one other who will treat your treasure as a
toy to be cast in the sea, then THIS I cannot prevent you. But Mojoh,
frankly you are a like a CHILD who is innocent in the ways of this world
in which we live in!!!!!!
Don't you understand, my friend? THERE ARE ANIMALS WHO TRY TO TAKE AWAY
MONEY WHICH BELONGING TO NOBODY BUT YOURSELF. I must stand astride you
and in your defense, call these people the bad names: "Unfit for the heaven."
"Rapists of young goat". "Adopted by the 20 wild dogs" "Deaf to their
mother's wishes, causing great shame." Other things even I would say,
but my drugg for the brain disease is too much working today. No, I DO
say these thing: "Smelly dung under bare foot." "Their grandmothers copulate
with jackals." "Unpleasant bugs in public hairs." (This making bad itch,
you see.) You see? It make me angry what could happen to you.
I wish that you can see I am thinking always for you. DO NOT let your
fortune have blinding you to the always benefits of SERIOUS work. Follow
the decoding in due haste, and do send me the 3 rightmost numbers. Then
we will be friendly with naked palms in back seat of the same car, as
we say.
My hands grasp firmly ALWAYS your family treasures, if you want,
Sojambi Pinola
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(4)
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Subj: I LOVE YOU SOJAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 8/16/2002 7:13:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
DEAR SOJAMBI!SOJAMBI!!SOJAMBI!!!
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?YOU MAIL WAS WELL RECEIEVED AND UNDERSTOOD.HOWEVER YOU
STILL REMAIN MY GOOD FRIEND AND I LOVE YOU.I WILL GO ALONG WITH YOU IN
THIS TRANSACTION.
HOWEVER,I HAVE A LITTLE PROBLEM PLEASE MY BELOVED FRIEND KINDLY SEND $350
USD TO ME TO ENABLE ME OFFSET MY HOTEL ACCOMMODATION.I WAS THROWN OUT
OF THE HOTEL ROOM THIS MORNING FOR NOT PAYING.
SEND THE MONEY TO ME TODAY USING THE NAME MR CHIEDOZIE OHAJEKWE,LAGOS-NIGERIA
THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM.HE IS THE HOTEL MANAGER
OF WERE I AM STAYING.I HAVE ALREADY TOLD HIM THAT MY LOVELY FRIEND WILL
PAY THE MONEY ON MY BEHALF.
MEANWHILE AM STILL REARRANGING THE ACCOUNT NUMBER YOU SENT TO KNOW WHETHER
I CAN GET THE CORRECT NUMBER.
I LOVE YOU SOJAMBI!SOJAMBI!!SOJAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOJAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WITH LOVELY LOVE FROM
LOVING MOJOH
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(5)
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Subj: Now is time for serious.
Date: 8/16/2002 5:23:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dear Mojoh,
In beginning I am most alarmed at your assumption about hotel payment
at first. We had understandment that I must see completion of code before
ALL further transaction takes place. Also, is always more friendly to
ASKING before saying I pay money. I get itch in my buttocks, which do
happen when sense something wrong. My doctor say "Sojambi's ass has nose
for trouble."
But, then I laugh with delight! I rearrange letters of name that you send
me, MR. CHIEDOZIE OHAJEKWE. They re-spell "How I joke, cheezer maid",
and I see that you haveing good humor with me. The itch go away,and no
rash, and penis not hurt right now.
But enough with the joking. Do send code in due haste, though not hastiness.
It not take long if you apply yourself with serious effort.
Your FRIEND always,
Sojambi P.
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Subj: I LOVE YOU SOJAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT BE SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!
Date: 8/17/2002 11:02:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: mojsab@fsmail.net
To: SEspinola@email.com
DEAR SOJAMBI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY LOVE
HOW ARE YOUTODAY YOUR MAIL WAS WELL RECEIVED
HOWEVER, I HAVE MANAGED TO ARRANGE THE ACCOUNT NUMBER YOU SEND BUT IF
IT IS THE CORRECT ACCOUNT I ARRANGED
469-231-059-839
RUO-HTH-GIN-DIM
AFTER THAT
899-631-301-459
DON-UTH-IGH-RIM
BUT IF IT IS NOT CORRECT PLEASE BE SERIOUS AND SEND IT THE WAY IT IS,SO
THAT WE CAN FINALIZE EVERY ARRANGEMENT.IT SEEMS I AM WASTEING MY TIME
IN NIGERIA AND ALHAJI IDRIS IS NOT HAPPY.IF YOU DO NOT ARRANGE IT THE
WAY IT IS I WILL NEVER RETURN YOUR MAILS AGAIN
HOWEVER, I STILL AWAIT YOU TO SEND THE MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY
TRANSFER OR MONEY GRAM TO THE HOTELS MANAGERS NAME I GAVE YOU.I AM STILL
STRANDEED IN NIGERIA.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
REGARDS
MOJOH
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Subj: My Mojoh not working.
Date: 8/19/2002 1:34:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: mojsab@fsmail.net
Dearest Mojoh,
I have very strange dream last night. I dream you actor Johnny Depp. I
dream that you putting "Dep" brand hair goop in hair. I dream I haveing
bad bump on my head, and going very bald in back. I dream that I come
home and my cats draw things on floor using cake frosting, with lots of
potato chips mixed in. It a terrible mess! And YOU no help at all, you
mess with hair and act irresponsible and make joke. Then I wake up and
turn on computer and read from you. THIS DREAM JUST LIKE REAL LIFE!!!!!
You said in very first letter: "YOUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN THE CONFIDENTIAL
NATURE OF THIS TRANSACTION AND OF CAUSE YOUR FIDELITY TO ME IS OF PARAMOUNT
IMPORTANT." I do not take such thing lighteningly. Not the fidelity, not
the confidential. Hence, I must insist on RIGIDIDY in following this decode
system. As with my male member, which is being 18 centimeters only when
rigid, therefore meaning most happy. My bank account most happy when expand
from friendly.
You say "be serious", but it is my very seriossity that leads me to be
tough upon your tender hind quarters, with the bamboo like in the school
days. There are most problems with what you have sent. For one thing,
you have dangered our security by sending whole code. Thank goodness what
you sent was utterly incorrect.
The 12 digits have been reversed correctly, but then you reversed original
two words phrase as well. This is nonsense!!! You must read careful what
I have said. Then, reverse the places of only the numbers above the h's
and then i's, and that is only AFTER you have rearranged the letters and
the numbers above. You put the same number above the 2 h's. LAZYNESS!!
Third, you must then carry out the multiplication, then shave off the
last four digits, then add number.
When you work through system in FEW MINUTES, we can proceed with next
juncture. Please abide this simple request.
I love you as MALE FRIEND but Very Mad!!!
Sojambi
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(6)
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Subj: IDIOT
Date: 8/22/02 4:26:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: moj_sav@yahoo.com (MOJOH SAVIMBI)
To: SEspinola@email.com
SOJAMBI
YOU ARE AN IDIOT,A DISGRACE TO
HUMANITY.
DO NOT WRITE TO ME AGAIN.
I REGRET EVER KNOWING YOU
BIG FOOL
MOJOH
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Subj: Now, Mojoh!
Date: 8/26/02 1:48:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: SEspinola@email.com
To: moj_sav@yahoo.com
Dearest Mojoh,
I understand not your about-face. You move from love to hate in the merest
of minutes. I regret your regret. That you know me.
But...here is the good news. I still your friend! :) I love all people
even when the mood is bad.
My loins are girded for your upcoming friendship,
Sojambi
PS. I have many many bank account!!!!!!!
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It appears that our interaction has run its course, though I have been
fooled many times before. I'm a little sad about it. I'd grown quite fond
of my African mail-fraud pen pal, and he seemed to loosen up near the
end. I'll keep you posted if Mojoh shows up again.
People have been robbed, kidnapped, and even killed in the course of these
scams. I get at least one of these every day, on one or another of my
many many email account. For more information on how these scams work,
see:
http://www.nigerianscams.org/scamdescriptions.htm
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Business/nigerian.htm
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Footnotes:
1 & 2) It has been pointed out to me that these 2 emails, especially
the later one, are radically different in tone and typography than the
rest. It appears that Mojoh might have hired a secretary for a little
while, or that he had a brief bout of Multiple Personality Syndrome. Nuthin'
wrong with that....just pointing it out.
3 & 4) Credit: The proverb about turnips and the curse about jackals
were contributed by Jason Bell.
5) This letter was a curve ball. It appeared that my gangster friend had
finally caught on. If so, though, why was he still bothering to write
me? I can only guess that he was either beginning to enjoy our correspondence,
or maybe he still had enough of a shadow of doubt that it made sense for
him to up the ante a bit and demand money, to test me. I couldn't decide
if I appreciated his newfound goofiness and sarcasm, or if I was disappointed.
A bit of both, I suppose. It did, however, force me to take on a new insistent,
urgent tone. In some way, we had begun to change places. Just a little.
(6) (Longtime readers of this page may notice that it goes on a little
longer than before. I recently found an additional pair of messages that
I had misplaced at the time. Mojoh had disappeared, but he showed up again
a few days later, writing in a friendly tone from a new email address.
Obviously he had missed my last message, and once he got it he apparently
became distressed. Ah, Mojoh!)
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