This one is a slight change to the typical 419 scams. It seems to be based around some money being deposited into a security company for a company that claims that I've won a large chunk of cash... Somehow I doubt it very much but I'm willing to play along to see where it goes.

Mon 14th July

GRAND GLOBAL LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,
THE NETHERLANDS. ALFONSTRAAT B56,
1002 BS AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.

TO THE MANAGER

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: OYL /26510460037/02
BATCH: 24/00319/IPD

ATTENTION:
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 14th JULY, of winners of the GRAND GLOBAL
LOTTO PROMO LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS/ INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS
held on 18th march 2003.Your company,is attached to ticket number 023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11
drew the lucky numbers 43-11-44-37-10-43, and consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$5.5M in cash credited to file REF NO. OYL/25041238013/02. This is from total prize & money of US$93,500,000.00 shared among the seventeen international winners in this category. All
participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a Security company insured in your name. Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery. To begin your claim, please contact our International claim agent;

MR LAR LARSON
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@consultant.xxxxx

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, all prize
money must be claimed not later than 30th JULY 2003. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
JAMES CRAWFORD
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,GRAND GLOBAL LOTTO PROMO
LOTTERY,THE NETHERLANDS.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification.

SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION THANKS

Having read the blurb on the left would you not be suspicious ? I have to say they've went to a lot of trouble with the codes, numbers and everything else. Sort of looks official doesn't it ? Doesn't it ?

The strange thing was it came into my africanschemers@ email address that I've only ever posted on one place....

A quick check where this email originated from and its from - Germany, not Amsterdam

They're using an IP address from

person: Denny Schenkrich
address: KB Impuls Service GmbH
address: Muldentalstrasse 15
address: 09322 Penig OT-Amerika
address: Germany

Mon 14th July

Lars,

I received my notification of win - can you advise of my next step to
claiming my winnings ?

Regards
Steve

Do I sound greedy enough for me to be taken seriously ?

Mon 14th July

ATT. SIR/MADAM.

WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL CONCERNING YOUR WON PRIZE.WE ARE SORRY FOR THE LATE INFORMATION.

WE WILL LIKE YOU TO FORWARD TO THIS OFFICE YOUR ADDRESS , FOR RECORD PURPOSES , TO AVOILD COUNTER CLAIM OF YOUR WON PRIZE.
YOUR WON PRIZE IS DEPOSITED NOW WITH OUR FINANCE HOUSE , THE POST BANK OF NETHERLAND.
YOU ARE ADVISED TO CONTACT THE BANK AND TENDER YOUR REF. NUMBERS TO THE BANK FOR IMMIDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR WON PRIZE.
NOTE THAT WE ARE IN FIRST COME FIRST SERVE . SO CONTACT THE BANK AND GET BACK TO MY OFFICE FOR SERCURITY REASONS.
THE BANK INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS.

Mr William Van Brook

Te + 31xxxxxxxxxx

Fax + 31xxxxxxxxxxxx

CONTACT THE BANK AND THE ACOUNT OFFICER , TELL WILL DIRECT YOU ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR WON PRIZE MONEY.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATS AND KNOW THAT THEIR ARE FACILITATION PROCESS TO FOLLOW TO AVOID MISPAYMENT OF ANOTHER PERSONS MONEY TO SOME ONE ELSE.
AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE SOONEST.

YOUR FAITHFULLY

MR LAR LARSON

Oooh sounds legitimate enough for me...

I'll give them a call tommorow and see what the story is....

Tues 15th July

Well I gave Lars a call, and a pleasant conversation it was. Lars, strange as it may seem does have definite West African accent. When I first phoned he was in a "meeting" and he would call me back. To his credit - he did, to my dodgy number.

I called him back and asked what the next steps are as I was making a claim on the funds. He explained that I needed to fax the batch numbers to him to make my claim. Oh dear I don't have a fax machine so did he have an email address I could use. Of course, he then explained 5 times what the email address was... lets just say he doesn't know how to spell oceanicbank@xxxxxxx.com

Thurs 17th July

F.A.O Lars Larson

Lars,
Apologies for delay, hope I'm not too late...

As per our telephone conversation - I've got a lot of numbers on my document and which one is the batch number I'm unsure - If you recognise one of them please let me know.

023-0148-790-459, with serial number 5073-11
REF NO. OYL/25041238013/02.

What are the next steps ?
Regards
Steve

Thurs 17th July

ATTENTION: STEVE,
REFERENCE TO MY TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH YOU , WE HAVE ASCERTAINED AND VERIFY THE VALIDITY OF YOU CLAIM AND YOU NEED TO GET A LEGAL CLEARANCE FROM THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE HERE IN THE NEDERLANDS TO BE ABLE TO RELEASE THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY DELAY.
WE SHALL PROCEED WITH THE PRECEDENT DOCUMENTATION AS REQUESTED BY THE
NEDERLANDS MINISTRY OF JUSTICE TO SWORN AN AFFIDDAVIT AT THE FEDERAL
HIGH COURT, NORTARISING AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR THE STAM DUTY FEES AT THE
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.
BEFORE OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL PROCEED THE ENFORCEMENT RESPONSIBLITY
,
YOU ARE TO MAKE PAYMENT OF REFUNDABLE FEES OF (?1,270 EUROS) TO ENABLE THE
LEGAL DEPARTMENT START THE PROCESS ON YOUR BEHALF LATER TODAY.

AFTER OBTIANING THE CLEARANCE, THE ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT WILL START THE
ONWARD TRANSFER OF YOUR FUNDS INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
NEAREST TO YOU WITH THE NAME OF THE LAWYER BELOW:

MR ABU PATRICK
123 KEMPERING,1104KE
AMSTERDAM NEDERLANDS.

PLEASE YOU ARE ADVISED TO MAKE THIS PAYMENT TO ENABLE THE LAWYER START
THE PROCESSING OF YOUR DOCUMENTS WITHOUT ANY DELAY AND YOU ARE ALSO ADVISE
TO CALL DIRECTOR MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK ASP FOR MORE INFORMATIONS.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS.
MONICA KAMP
ACCOUNTS DEPT

Less than twenty minutes after sending the message above and I've got a standard reply from Ocean.

All in uppercase letters - aargh I hate that..

Stam duties ? Whats a Stam

Ohhhh its refundable is it - sounds fine to me then - no risk, I'll get my money back. Yeh right !.

1270 Euros means £893 in real money or $1425 in those American things..What sort of legal company is this that wants payment up front ? All the legal companies I've used have provided the invoice at the end of the transaction

Probably not a real address - anyone in Amsterdam care to see if its valid or even get a photo of it ?

Fri 18th July

Monica,

I'll have to locate a Western Union office as I don't believe there is one
in my town. I know there is one located in London but that is 60 miles
from here. Can I pay via some other form, - credit card etc.

Please advise.
Regards
Steve

Fri 18th July

ATTENTION: STEVE,

YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR A WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO ENABLE THE LAWYER
OBTAIN THE CLEARANCE ON YOUR BEHALF TODAY.
THERE IS A WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER IN LODON, SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR
ONE AND MAKE THE PAYEMNT VIA THE NAME OF THE LAWYER BELOW ASP:

MR ABU PATRICK
123 KEMPERING,1104KE
AMSTERDAM NEDERLANDS

PLEASE MAKE THIS PAYMENT TODAY AND CALL ON THE DIRECTOR FOR THE MTCN NUMBER
TO OR YOU CAN SEND IT BY EMAIL TO ENABLE THE LAWYER PROCEED.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MS MONICA KAMP
ACCOUNTS DEPT.

AAAAAAAAargh more uppercase letters...

Fri 18th July

Monica,

Do you have to type in uppercase letters - it makes it very hard to read and gives me a sore head.

The nearest Western Union office that I know of is in London which as I've said is 60 miles away. I'll have to go there on Monday instead.

It does seem very strange that a legal company is expecting payment upfront. Normal legal work is payment at the end where the legal fees can be deducted from any proceeds that comes the clients way.

Never having transferred money via western union previosly - do I need to tell them which office you'll be picking up the money from ?

Regards
Steve

Lets see if she / he takes any notice of my plea.

All i'll provide them with is the ten digit number that western union use. That will at least waste their time going down to the WU office.

Fri 18th July

Attention: mr steve,
With reference to your email to this office the fees is for the lawyer and
our director will like to speak with you in respect of this and will like
you to forward to this office your telephone numbers now to enable him
speak with you now
Thank you and GOD BLESS YOU.
ms monica kamp
accounts dept.

See - it does work if you ask them to use lower case...

I emailed them back with my "telephone number"...

Monday 21st July

So I called them back this morning. An African voice answered, I asked to speak to the Director, he asked me who was calling. Mr Steve Thompson I said. He responds with Director speaking. (Strange....)

He pushes me for the payment for the lawyers, so I ask him what kind of legal firm is he using that asks for money upfront ? He sidesteps the question and says that they've already started on my file ( What file - what information etc....they only know my name and telephone number).... I promise that I'll be off to Western Union today so will be able to give them a transaction number to keep them happy. I promise to call back at about 4pm. I've got no plans to.

Tues 22nd July

William,

I transferred the money yesterday afternoon through Western Union (once I'd registered with them) amount totals £898.60 (1270 Euros) + the commision charge.

The number they gave me was 8972435589

Please advise when funds are recieved.

Regards
Steve

I still don't have a WU slip - so if you've got an old one...you know where to email it..

The number is made up (as it would be).

Tues 22nd July,

ATTENTION:STEVE THOMPSON,
I HAVE SENT THE LAWYER TO COLLECT THE FUNDS FROM THE BANK AND PROCEED TO
THE COURT FOR THE NOTARIZATION OF YOUR DOCUMENT AT THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE.

CALL ME AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL
MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK

I get a strange voice mail from them saying that they will be closing the office at 11:00am could I give them a call - however almost immediately I get this email..

When he says the lawyer, I'm guessing that its one and the same guy. I can't be bothered speaking to him today....well let him stew, let see if we can get him to back to the Western Union office again today.

Tues 22rd July

William,

Thanks for your note - As I explained earlier - I don't have access to a fax machine but I'll confirm the numbers again just in case my previous email was incorrect. 8972435589.

I'm tied up in meetings this afternoon but will call you asap

Regards
Steve

I get a phone message which sounds like William Van Brook out and about (probably just outside the Western Union office) saying that the numbers are incorrect and can I call him with the numbers.

Tues 22nd July

.MR STEVE,
PLEASE LET ME HAVE THE SENDERS NAME AND ALSO THE RECEVERS NAME PLEASE
BECAUSE THE LAWYER IS CONFUSED BECAUSE HE HAS GONE TO THE WESTERN UNION
OFFICE FOR MORE THAN THREE TIMES TODAY PLEASE.
CALL ME ASP.
WILLIAM VAN BROOK

Oh dear - he's gone to the office three times today ? Why ?

Tues 22nd July

William,

I've probably missed you for the evening but I've just came out of my
meeting.

The senders name is Steve Thompson,
the receivers name is as you specified :
MR ABU PATRICK
123 KEMPERING
1104KE
AMSTERDAM
NETHERLANDS

The validation number is : 8972435589

Please let me know if this has not been validated and I'll enquire at the
local Western Union office.

Regards
Steve

Do I feel cruel for wasting their time ? No.

Wed 23rd July

ATTENTION: STEVE,

PLEASE KINDLY GO TO THE WESTERN UNION AND FIND OUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM
BECAUSE THE LAWYER WENT THERE AGAIN THIS MORNING AND IT WAS THE SAME STORY.

PLEASE LOOK FOR WHERE YOU CAN SEND THE RECEIPT TO ME BY FAX ASP WITH THIS
FAX NUMBERS BELOW:
31-619936986.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I WAIT FOR YOUR CALL.
WILLIAM VAN BROOK

Oh dear - that makes four trips he's had to make... what a shame...

Wed 23rd July

William,

I returned to the WU office this morning to complain about the transaction.

They queried their system and advised that they have had problems over the last three days with the system that generates the numbers not correctly allocated to the transactions. After about 20 minutes, they had managed to locate the transaction and amended it manually so that a new reference number was allocated. They advised that about 15 other people had already complained about missing funds.

The transaction details are the same but the new number is 8973554289

Please advise how you get on with this one.

Regards
Steve

Lets see if we can make it five trips..

Thur 24th July

ATTENTION: STEVE THOMPSON

PLEASE KINDLY SEND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBERS TO ME SO THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO
EXPLAIN TO YOU IN DETAILS WHAT IS GOING ON BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO
REACH YOU BUT YOUR PHONE IS ALWAYS ON VOICE MAIL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.

MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK

and a second email - within an hour of the first one...

SUBJECT : NOTTING WAS FOUND

ATTENTION:STEVE,
THE LAWYER WAS THERE THIS MORNING AND NOTTING WAS THERE AGAIN SO, IS NOW UP
TO YOU, YOU HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
THANK YOU AND I HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU VERY SOON.
WILLIAM VAN BROOK.

So it sounds like Mr Patrick went there five times :)

I pick up a voice mail message from mr Van Brook - saying that the lawyer was yet again unable to withdraw the money could I call him...

So I decide to call William Van Brook to discuss what the problem is he's having at his end...

He starts all nice saying that the lawyer had been there again this morning and was unable to get the money. He then explains that the problem must be at my end since they had a problem yesterday at the WU office. I explain that I had been down there this morning at 11:00 to confirm the funds were available for transfer. Given the problems they had yesterday it was the least I could do. :) I explain the problem must be at their end as it shows up okay on the computer system this end.

But Mr Van Brook is having none of it - the problem must be at my end.

This ping pong approach to problem resolution (the problems at my end, his end, my end) goes on for about 2 minutes when he starts getting irate. (Excellent :) ) He starts his sentences with the LISTEN.... LISTEN TO ME.... So I have to come back with something - I opt for Mr William Van Brook - will YOU listen to ME.... and I start my rant. It seems we agree to disagree. But wait - does he have an ace up his sleeve - by some magical co-incidence the lawyer is there and he would like to speak to me.

Mr Abu Patrick is certainly another person, however he's another African. He then explains the sob story of his five trips to the WU office to no avail. I then get into the rant mode explaining the problems at their end. He then joins the ping pong game (we must be playing doubles but I don't have a partner). It seems that the problem is at my end. Oh dear, what will I do about it.

At this time a Nokia mobile (polyphonic) is ringing near to his telephone and rings for about 20 rings while we play ping pong - perhaps another person likely to get scammed ?

I promise to go back to the WU office to check again (again surely implies that I've done something before ?) and will call them back but in the interim I will send them a scanned copy of the receipt that Western Union gave me for the money. He doesn't want it and just wants me to check with the local office.

He's going to get it whether he wants it or not, unfortunately for him it's going to be a 2MB high resolution scan of a receipt I now have my hands on. Lets hope he's on dial up. :)

I ask him for his mobile number - I should call him on the same number - as he'll be there for about 30 minute. When I point out that I'll be at least two hours and I can call him on his mobile - then all of sudden he's going to be there for 2 hours so I should still call him on the same number.

Many, many, many thanks to Steve O'Shea for the link to the receipt

Thurs 24th July

I will head back to Western Union however in the interim here is a scanned copy of the receipt I have.

I'll call you at about 4pm when I should be back from the office.

Regards
Steve

Thurs 24th July

Well I called him back and got Abu Patrick on the phone. He didn't understand when I said that the office had checked and that the funds were available. I repeated it twice and then spoke to William. I explained that they had checked the system and that the fund were indeed available to be retrieved. "Was it the same number ?" Oh yes, "Are you sure ? " Oh yes... Very good, he's going to get the secretary to check and collect it.

How can the secretary check and collect it - you need to have identification on who is going to collect it. It can only be collected by Abu Patrick.

I have a sneaking suspsicion that I'm going to get an irate telephone phone call explaining that I've been wasting their time. We'll see.

Fri 25th July

"Mr Thompson" the voice boomed into my voice mailbox, "Payment could not be cleared". "This is Mr William Van Brook, we have checked the computer and there is nothing in there", "There is nothing there".

He continued complaining about the lack of funds for a while then explained how I should get my money back and then go to another office or use some other money transfer office and use them

Fri 25th July 10:53

MR STEVE, INFACT I DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS REALLY GOING ON BECAUSE I DONT THINK THE WESTERN UNION SENT THE MONEY YOU GAVE TO THEM BECAUSE I HAD TO LIVE MY OFFICE YESTERDAY TOGETHER WITH TE LAWYER AND THE MONEY IS NOT THERE, WE ALSO CALL WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER CUSTOMERS SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE IS NOTTING LIKE THAT.
PLEASE I WILL ADVISE YOU TO THEY OFFICE AND LET THEM REFUND YOU THE MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN SEND IT THROUGH MONEY GRAM OR FROM THEY ANOTHER OFFICE PLEASE.
I CALLED YOUR OFFICE YESTERDAY BUT YOU WHERE NOT AROUND, PLEASE CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSEGE.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK

Mon 28th July (Sent this message to me three times...!!)

STEVE,
PLEASE CAN YOU PLEASE MAIL ME NOW OR CALL ME SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE THE LAWYER COULD NOT COLLECT THE FUNDS AND I WILL LIKE YOU TO CALL ME BECAUSE THAT ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT ARE ASKING OF YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS WHERE YOUR CHEQUE WILL BE SENT TO.
PLEASE COMPLY AND REACH ME NOW.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK

Since I've been away all weekend (since Friday) I've been unable to do any scamming so I've just let them lie.

I've also got my hands on a tape unit that will record my telephone calls - just need to figure out how to get it into my PC and create the MP3's

Mon 28th July

William,

I've just spent the afternoon in town at two different western union offices sorting out the mess that they've seemingly managed to get themselves in. Firstly I went to the original offices where I made the deposit (on the strand), they intially refused to believe me that the money had not been transferred. The lady, whilst being polite was quite forceful in pointing out that their system was never wrong to the point that I started to swear at her because I knew she was wrong. I was eventually able to persuade her that by calling another wu office she would be able to confirm if the money had been transferred. By using the reciept I faxed to you she called another WU office in london to see if they could pull out the money. They were unable to. At this point the manager was called and after explaining my circumstances and the problems that you had gone to and your multiple failed attempts for collection he was very apologetic and began checking their systems.

As a form of apology they refunded my original money and the transfer fee, they also gave me £50 for my problems and organised a taxi so I could reach another wu office and pay the money in there. I paid the money this afternoon at this other office. The number provided on the receipt is 9754023452.

It does seem that the fault was at this end..

Please advise when you receive this money.

Best regards
Steve

Sent him this - As he sends them to me in uppercase this one was sent in uppercase. I've converted it (Isn't Word a great product) so you can read it without straining your eyes.

You'll know by now that I've never visited a WU office let along got any money from them but I thought it might annoy him that I've got something out of it and he hasn't

Tues 29th July

steve,
please kindly go to a business center and send the recipt of the payment by fax cos there is notting like that in the computer, please to save youself cost and stress, i will advise you to find a way and send it by fax so that we can view it ourself.
there is no monewy there and you cannot be reached on the phone, pls send it by fax so that we can confirm it from here as the lawyer went there again this money and there is no money found.

thank you very much and GOD bless you.
me william van brook.

steve,

we are still waiting fro your fax messege, thank you very much and act fast
please.
mr william.

Wed 30th July

William,

I received your voice message just prior to me leaving the office this morning for a series of meetings. To say I was frustrated is an understatement. I delayed my meeting and went in past the western union office with the receipt and got them to check if the number was valid. I explained the problems we had had in the past couple of days and wanted
confirmation that the money was indeed available to be received. They called another western union office (not the one I had first visited) and got them to confirm that it was available.

They did and it was- I don't understand why you're having so much problems in receiving the money. Can you confirm that with your local office again.

I'm getting annoyed overall at the lack of professionalism that is being shown in this transaction by both your organisation and with Western Union. I've never once encountered a legal company who requires funds upfront to do
any legal work and never before have I seen such a bunch of cowboys as Western Union.

Just to reconfirm the MCTN number - 9754023452

Please advise

Regards
Steve

Wed 30th July

MR STEVE,
MANY THANKS TO YOUR EMAIL AND I WIL LIKE YOU TO JUST SEND US THE RECEIPT OT
THE TRANSFER BY WESTERN UNION MONEY TRASFER BY FAX TO ENABLE THE LAWYER TO
THE BANK WITH IT AND I THINK IS VERY SIMPLE. THIS IS THE FAX NUMBER
NUMBER+ 316-47-848-429.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
WILLIAM VAN BROOK

By this time the subject line is getting rather long - it currently stands at :

Re:Re: Re:Re: MOST URGENT

Thurs 31st July

William,

I've explained I don't know how many times we don't use fax machines. I have however rescanned the western union slip to enable the lawyer to get his money to proceed.

I can't believe that Western Union and your company as so incompetant. I hope this time you'll be able to get the money out - it's been checked twice at different Western Union offices that the funds are available and
can be retrieved.

Let me know how you get on. I would expect to see some paperwork from lawyers promptly

Regards
Steve

Again the file to him was rather large :)

It's only 27K to you...

Can we get him to go to the Western Union office yet again ?

Thur 31st July

Attention: steve thompson,
please kindly go back to the western union office where you said you have made the payment and collect back your fund s and arrange yourself to come down to our office here in nederlands to collect your funds cash here in our office.
please let us know when you will coming so that we will send to you all you need to come along with.
thank you very much.
william van brook

Sounds like they went there and there was nothing again - oh dear... :)

Thurs 31st July

William,

If you're still having problems getting the money out I will do just that.
I'm at the end of my tether with WU.

I'll get my admin assistant to check out flights for early next week as it seems like the best time if that's okay.

Regards
Steve

I'm going to try and get them to collect me from the airport at the same time as someone from another scam are looking to collect me also on the same flight.

Anyone live in Amsterdam (or near by) and fancy a trip to Schipol one evening with a digital camera next week perhaps ? I can arrange the time to suit. If so please email be on the addy at the top. Thanks

Fri 1st Aug

Attention:steve,
We have tried all our possible best to collect the moeny so that lwayer will start the process but it was very hard as they always tell the lawyer that there is no money, please to save you the cost why not send down the receipt by fax so that the lawyer will proceed top the bank with it.
thank you very much and we wish you all the best.
ms monica kamp
for william van brook.

Mon 4th Aug

William,

I've done as requested and retrieved my money from Western Union (and after much argument got compensated for their incompetance).

I've made initial travel plans to Amsterdam early on Thursday evening as the earliest time I can arrive there, can you confirm that this would be suitable. Can someone from your company meet me at the airport ?

The address for the cheque is
St Catherines House
Kingsway
WC2A 2EB

Regards
Steve

Righto - time to get them to the airport on Thursday evening to meet with me (nope) and the scammers from the other scam that's on the go at the moment - Joseph.

The address is the old public records building in London.

Tues 5th August

ATTENTION STEVE,
THIS IS TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOUR MESSEGE WAS UNDERSTOOD AND THIS IS ALSO
TO INFORM YOU THAT A CASH PAYMENT WILL BE ARRANGE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR
FUNDS CASH HERE IN OUR OFFICE AND WE WILL HELP YOU TO OPEN AN OFFSHORE
ACCOUNT TO LOGDE IN THE FUNDS.

BE INFORMED THAT YOU ARE DIRECTED TO COME DOWN WITH THE FOLLOWING ITEMS
BELOW:
1. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATIONS EXAMPLE, INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPY.
2.HANDLING/ADMINSTRATIVE CHARGES OF: €6,830 EUROS

3. OPENING OF AN OFFSHORE ACCOUNT: €1,660 EUROS

4. STAMP DUTY FEES: €1,270 EUROS

ALL PAYBALE IN CASH HERE IN OUR OFFICE AND YOU ARE DIRECTED TO CALL OUR
DIRECTOR MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK FOR MORE DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM GIVE YOU A
DATE .
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MS MONICA KAMP

Ooooooooo look the price has gone up - initially it was €1,270 which was refundable - now it seems that it's not any more.

However it may be a nice delaying tactic to try and coordinate this, Joseph and another scammers meet all in Amsterdam airport on another date (probably the 11th)

Tues 5th August

Monica,

Given the amounts involved here it's going to take me more than a day or two to get these amounts together. I already have the €1270 but will be required to divest some of my investments to get the rest.

Can you delay the meeting perhaps until say Monday 11th ? That will give me till the end of the week to clear some accounts.

Apologies for any inconvience caused - please give my regards and apologies to Mr Brook.

I will reschedule my travel plans to complete the transaction on the 11th.

In the interim - if it will help speed up the process - I'll scan and send a copy of my passport if that helps.
I'll try and give Mr Brook a call tommorow.
Regards
Steve

Thurs 7th August

SIR,
PLEASE KINDLY CALL MR WILLIAM VAN BROOK ASAP TO ENBALE HIM BRIEF YOU AND
ALSO SEND YOUR DATE OF ARRIVAL TO THIS OFFICE AND ALSO YOUR TELEPHONE
NUMBERS TO THIS OFFICE BECAUSE YOUR PHONE IS ALWAYS ON VOICE MAIL, PLEASE
WE NEED YOUR PRIVATE MOBILE PHONE IF POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU.
MONICA KAMP

Thurs 7th August

Monica,

I've been trying to reach William for two days now and keep getting a message to say to call back in two hours. I called again today and got the same message. I've just tried and I'm getting a constant busy signal.

I've scheduled my plans to arrive in Amsterdam on the BA0042 arriving at 20:00 on Monday 11th. I've no idea how long the process will take so I've booked an open return ticket.

I'll be down the bank this afternoon / tommorow morning to arrange the necessary funds to complete this transaction. I will try William again tommorow morning to arrange our meeting.

Can you book a local hotel near your offices for me and is it possible someone from your organisation could meet me at the airport ?

Regards Steve

Fri 8th August

SUBJECT : WHY IS THAT WE CANNOT REACH YOU BY PHONE?

ATTENTION: STEVE,

PLEASE THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN CALLING YOU AND CANNOT
REACH YOU ON THE NUMBER YOU GAVE TO US, PLEASE LET US HAVE YOUR TELEPHONE
NUMBER SO THAT WE WIL BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU BEFORE YOU LEAVE UK.

PLEASE LET US HAVE IT NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH
MS MONICA KAMP ACCOUNTS DEPT.

oh oh - the capital letters are on again...

Fri 8th August

Monica,
Apologies and I realise this is late on a Friday evening.

One of the reasons you cannot reach me by phone is why we implemented voice mail in the first place. We run a large production plant and I'm generally never at my desk and can be found either in meetings or out on the shop
floor working with my employees.
I do have standards for calling people back who leave messages which is to try and call back within 4 hours.

I plan on leaving the UK on Monday night. I'll try and call you on Monday morning - I know I have an afternoon meeting offsite to attend to.

Regards
Steve

I think this is a plausible excuse why I'm never at my desk... Lets see what they respond with.

Sat 9th August

STEVE,
LISTEN VERY CAREFULLY WE CANNOT ATTEND TO YOU UNLESS WE SPEAK WITH YOU WITH
YOUR NUMBER IN LONDON TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE THE REAL WINNER OF THIS
FUNDS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO
CLAIM OTHER PEOPLES FUNDS.
SO IS BETTER YOU DONT COME SINCE WE CANNNOT SPEAK WITH YOU ON YOUR GIVEN
TELEPHONE NUMBER.

PLEASE WE WILL LIKE YOU TO FOWARD TO THIS OFFICE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBERS AND
WINNING BATCH NUMBERS BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.

PLEASE SEND THE WHOLE DETAILS ABOUT THE WINNINGS TO THIS OFFICE TO ENABLE
US VERIFY AND CONFIRM THAT YOU ARE ONE OF THE LUCKY WINNERS AND ALSO YOU
TELEPHONE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE ALREADY MADE ANOTHER PLANS FOR YOU TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS WITHOUT
COMING DOWN ANYMORE BUT WE HAVE TO CONFIRM FIRST BEFORE WE CAN BE ABLE TO
TELL YOU IN DETAILS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCHAAND PLEASE WE NEED TO YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBERS, HOW CAN
YOUR PHONE BE ON THE VOICE MESSEGE THROUGHOUTTHE WHOLE WEEK? LAST TIME YOU
SAID THAT YOU SEND MONEY VIA WESTERN UNION AND THE MONEY WAS NOWHERE TO BE
FOUND IN ALL THE WESTERN UNION OFFICE IN NETHERLANDS AND YOU CANNOT FAX A
COPY OF IT, WHEN WE ASK YOU TO FAX IT YOU SAID YOU DO NOT HAVE A FAX
MACHINE, WE TELL YOU TO GO ANY BUSINESS CENTRE AND SEND IT , THERE WAS NO
ANSWER WHY ALL THIS?
THANKS
MONICA KAMP.

Are you sitting comfortably, then I'll begin...

Looks like I'll have to call them on Monday morning anyway - no doubt they will want to call me back which is fine as I'll use another dummy phone that I have spare so he can call me back.

I've already sent this - why does he need it again...

Okay, I'd scanned it and sent it but he would prefer a black and white copy - eejit.

Do you think he's upset and I say he becasue I'm sure that Monica is the same as William. Perhaps just at the weekend he's a cross dresser ? I'll send him a note first thing (about 5am Monday morning) and then give him a call on Monday mid morning. To see what he says. I'm actually out of the country on Monday night so I hope that he sends someone to Amsterdam to meet me - Joseph (the other scam) and his guys seem ready to meet me. Oh what fun - I'll have to wait a week to get the abusive emails which I'm sure will be fun.

Being out of the country for a week screwed up this one unfortunately... However that does mean one thing for you...

Mr William Van Brook is on + 31-630 978181, their fax number is + 316-47-848-429 (also a mobile) and another fax number is + 316 1993 6986

Not that I would suggest that you phone them up and tell them what you think of their scamming tactics nor what you think they should do with them. Oh no, I'd never say that. Enjoy.