Subject:
Dear sir/Madam,
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe
everyone will die someday. My name is Steve Rafah a merchant in Oman.I have
been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .
It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about
a few months to live, according to medical experts. I have not particularly
lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but
my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile
to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared
for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live
my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I
have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and
extended family members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give
alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds
I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations
in the Bahrain Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to
close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity
organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of eighteen
million dollars $18,000,000,00 that I have with a finance/Security Company
abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to
charity organizations.
I have set aside 10% for you and for your time.
God be with you.
Steve Rafah,
Sultanate of Oman
PO BOX 10876
MASQAT
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Geez man, you sent the same message to me four time in the space of
ten minutes. I am a busy man with a large company to run but I will help
you, just calm down!
Just tell me what you want me to do,
Peter Jackson.
[How dare he! I got no response and (somewhat impatiently?) responded again.]
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To:
Subject:
You email me multiple times in the space of ten minutes and when I
reply offering my help, I receive no reply from you...
Do you still want my help or not?
Cheers,
Peter Jackson.
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Subject:
Dear sir,
Am most grateful for your mail, and I seize this opportunity to thank you for
coming to my rescue and to also let you know that this transaction is a
straight forward and legal transaction. I am somebody with a conscience. If
this transaction was in any way illegal, I would tell you straight away so that
you know what is involved and decide for yourself. But it is not like that at
all, and you will later see and understand that.
I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first email to you since you do not
know me. I had no option since my immediate and extended family in and outside
oman refused to distribute my funds because they want to keep it to themselves.
I didn't know how to move the funds out and dispatched it to charity
organizations, so I resulted to putting fate to test and making a random
contact. I got your email address from the web email directory and decided to
introduce I plight and this transaction. I am communicating with only you at
this moment with regards to this transaction. And I would not have any cause to
do otherwise, except you state your intention to withdraw your assistance.
Just like I stated in my first mail to you, this fund is presently in a private
security and holding firm in The United Kingdom. I cannot claim these funds
myself as a result of,
(1) I am under going medical treatment. It has defiled all forms of medicine,
and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical
experts
(2) I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided
to give alms to charity organizations and churches, as I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth It is for this reasons I am seeking for your
assistance to stand as the beneficiary to the fund and retrieve it on my behalf
and dispatched it to charity organizations All the necessary documents required
to get the Funds out of the security firm are in my possession and I will be
sending them to you after we must have come to a conclusion and reached an
agreement. Not before.
.
I need you to give me your words that you will be very honest and straight
forward with me when the money gets to you, So long as you can execute this
transaction successfully and help me dispatched it to charity organizations.
Thus, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues,
(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with such
a large amount of fund and dispatched it to charity organization.
(2) That you ready to sign a letter of guarantee with my lawyer on behalf of me
due to my health problem, clearly stating the terms of this transaction,
including your percentages and dispatching the remaining funds to charity
organizations, as my lawyer will be a living witness that you fulfill your
promise of dispatching my funds to charity organizations so that I am assured
that the money would be safe in your hands even when am at the gate.
(3) That you are willing to contact the security company to discuss the terms
of releasing the funds and bear whatever expenses (if there is any and you will
remove any money spend immediately you get the funds) that would be involved so
that the funds can be released and the money transfer.
(4) That you fully understand this transaction up to this stage and you are
ready to proceed under these terms.
As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these
terms, then I will furnish you with all details including the company and my
lawyer's details for the secure of the release of my fund and disposure to the
charities. But if you have any questions up to this stage, please ask and I
will be more than happy to respond to them.And I will also send you all the
necessary documentations to conclude this transaction and the security company
details as my life is too short. .
Thanks for your mail, your mail has relieved me and I pray to almighty GOD with
his infinite mercy to reward you. I believe when God gives me a second chance
to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have
lived it now. I want you to pray for me so that God would forgive me and be
merciful to me and accept my soul
Bellow I have attached my picture for you to see and pray for me.
[Yes, the photos are disturbing but I'm not gonna yell about it!]
May God bless you,
Steve Rafah
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Subject:
Dear Steve:
I am actually a ma'am (i.e. a female), not a sir. But not a madam,
however, at least not for a long time. I was once a madam and run a very
reputable house of disrepute, but that was a long time ago and I have managed
to put the past behind me (as opposed to back then, when I would not put my
behind past anything). [I realised half-way through writing this
crap that I was originally Peter Jackson but figured what the fook, let's see
if he just does not care (or even mentions it).]
Anyway, I digress... I am happy to sign whatever paperwork you/your
solicitors need. Did I mention that I once solicitated? Yes,
solicitation made me quite a goodly packet of money and I got to meet many
interesting people. That was how I put the down-deposit on the Sunset
Blvd building I now own and run my charity from.
Did I mention I was a Buddhist? I will pray for you every day. I
place great faith in everything which happens, has a purpose so I believe your
original email arriving to me as part of a greater destiny. Our
transaction will be the child of that destiny and I will call it Beyonce.
[See what I mean about not being able to resist even the cruddiest of jokes!]
Oh, I also acknowledge that I fully comprehend and understand that I may incur
some monetary costs during this process and I do not even care about
renumeration for them - it is merely my pleasure to help a fellow human
being. [Aah, honey for the flies!] I consider it a
job of mine to give others a hand. I have been giving hand jobs for most
of my life and never worried about getting ahead from it (I have also given a
lot of head, but never really been much of the recipient in such transactions -
oh well, no matter).
All of the best,
Ima.
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Subject:
Dear Ima, [Nup, didn't skip a beat.]
Thanks for your mail.I have forwarded your email address to my lawyer,he will
guide you and send to you the relevant documents.Please send to me your contact
details as well as your telephone numbers.
regards,
Steve Rafah
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Hey Steve:
How are you holding up? Just give your lawyer my email address - I travel
extensively so am never tied to a specific phone line. I also have
religious and concientious objections to cell phone use which means I do not
own or use one. I do, however, check my email regularly (even when
abroad) and you/your legal representative will find that I answer my
emails quite promptly and in a timely manner.
All of the best (well as good as it can be, for your condition),
Ima.
[As sure flies to shit, the "legal rep" emails promptly after.]
From:
Subject:
Dear Ima Chaod, [The prick mispelt my name,
but I'll let it slide for the time being.]
Am Denis Jones, attorney to Abubakar Steve Rafah .You have
probably
been notified in advance of this contact by my client Steve Rafah . He has
briefed me concerning an ongoing transaction with
you regarding the claiming of a deposit he has with a private Security
Company in The Netherlands. As a practicing attorney here in Amsterdam,
The Netherlands. He contacted me on the premise that I would be in a
position to liaise between you and the security company keeping this
deposit with the intention of overseeing the release and eventual
transfer of this deposit to your care, especially considering his health
condition that has incapacitated him.
Thus, sequel to my brief by Steve Rafah and my subsequent
enquiries from the security company, I am passing the following
information to you regarding the deposit and its release;
1.The money is deposited as physical cash, and it is packed inside two
metallic trunk boxes locked with a special security code only indicated
on a document Steve Rafah has passed on to me. I would
subsequently pass this code on to you at the stage of retrieving the
deposit from the security company.
2.That the security company has no knowledge of the Contents of these
trunk boxes. Steve Rafah purposely did this for security reasons
as well to keep the hands of prying relatives and dependents out of the
deposit. This is why it has remained the only unlaundered possession of
Steve Rafah To the security company, these boxes contain very
valuable documents and Steve Rafah has instructed that under no
circumstances are they to be told that the boxes contain money.
3. Steve Rafah has already forwarded to me the certificate
of deposit with which the deposit was made. And I will in turn send it
to you including a power of attorney authorizing you to conclude the
transaction on his behalf.
4,I will have to do the change of beneficiary to your name, so that the
security company will know that you are the rightful beneficiary to Steve Rafah
so that they
could release this fund to you. And as you may know that my client is in
a bad state of health and if he die today, his family might come for
his deposit, which he do not want.
5.All the necessary documentation will be arrange by me, to enable the
release of the deposit and have the money transferred to your account or
have the boxes delivered to your country after which the disbursement
of the funds is entirely up to your discretion.
6: There is however minimal cost involved in securing the release of the
deposit from the security company. This is the storage charge the
Deposit has accumulated for the past three years that the trunk boxes
have been deposited with the security company. You are expected to pay
this storage charge to enable the release of the deposit. This cost is
to be paid to the security company before they will release the deposit
to you.
These are the basic issues involved in this transaction and the release
of the deposit. I will require your urgent response to the issues raised
in this mail, after which I will provide you with further details
regarding this transaction process. If you have any questions arising
from the content of this mail, you may ask.
Regards,
ATTORNEY DENIS JONES
DIRECT LINE: +31625148512
EMAIL;
[email protected] or
[email protected]
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I recieved your email but I am sorry that I could not comprehend exactly
what it is you wish me to do.� I saw no items for me to address.
Thanks in advance,
Ima.
[No reply for some time now - then again, I only just noticed now that this scam-artist had a special reply address for his "Denis" persona. Then again, the default reply-to should have also worked. I will try to re-dangle the baited hook by sending an email to all of the addresses (I don't give a rat's arse if the bloke has to read/delete it multiple times).]
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It has been a long time since I have heard from either of you!
Steve: Are you still alive?
Denis: Did you get my last response?
Hopefully hear from you soon,
Ima.
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Subject:
In what way can you help?We need funds to notarise the documentations and pay
for the fees.Can you assist?? [Short and sweet; gotta give him that.]
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Subject:
Greetings Denis:
We were at the point where you were going to send me some confirmation of
who you were. [Actually, not really, but I am just not that patient.]� Because passports and drivers licenses can be so readily forged,
I believe it will be best for you to send me a fresh photograph of
yourself.
To ensure that it is a new photo, I would like you to hold up a sign with
"I love COQUE" written clearly on it.� A large, clear photo of this will confirm
to me that you are who you say you are.
Now, I understand that you are a busy man and that this is a moderately
strange request.� I make an unusual request as that ensures that it cannot be
forged and I am perfectly happy to re-imburse you for whatever costs you are out
of pocket for in fulfilling my request.� This includes payment for your time in
processing it.
Furthermore, I will be fully obligated to acting out any wishes or further
desires you have with respect to this up and coming transaction.
Respectfully,
Ima.
[I often receive multiple copies of the same reply from this tool - identical in every way. But, this time he sent the same message twice with a slightly different subject line; one was "Thanks" and the other "Thanks...". Does this mean that this loser always sends his stuff twice manually? Hmm...]
[Anyway, he starts talking again, out of the blue. I was just about to stir the pot of my cream of mugus soup, anyway...]
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Subject:
Dear Friend,
How are you and your family? I was very illed that was
why I was unable to contact you since, please get back to me as soon as possible
to enable us proceed, have you heard from the lawyer.
Awaiting your
mail,
Steve.
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To:
Subject:
Hey Steve: I was just about to follow up and email your lawyer as I have not heard back from him... I requested a photo from him, so I know who I am dealing with but he has not replied, as of yet. Maybe you can expedite matters and hurry him up? Thanks in advance, Ima.
From:
Subject:
Dear Friend,
How are you and your family, I will be so glad if you make a
trip to Amsterdam to meet with him since you want to know whom you are dealing
with, I would not want anything that will slow us down in this project, get in
touch with the lawyer he will assist you in getting this funds from the security
company.
Meanwhile base on my enquiries from the lawyer he told me that
you will need some relevant document that will empower you claim this funds on
my behalf from the security firm, he also stated that these doccument which will
be issued and noterise in the Hight Court of Justice will cost over 4,200 Euro,
so I will want you to have in mine that you will be assist him in funding this
project. You will be reimburse as soon as you have recieve this money with your
due percentage, I will waiting to hear from you soonest,
Steve.
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High Low Steve:
Going to Amsterdam is not a problem; nor is the �4200 (actually, let's say 5000 to round things up
and make things easier). [More bait, bigger catch?]
But I am sorry that I must insist that your lawyer present me with a
photostatic image of himself so that I know who I am dealing with.� It is not
that I don't trust him, per se, but just prefer to work on a "face-to-face"
basis and there are crooks out there who are not who they say they are.
Holding a sign saying "I Love COQUE" is non-forgeable so I know he is who he
says he is.� I have already informed him that I will re-imburse him for his
expenses in producing this, including his time and effort.
When I got divorced from my second husband because he worked out he prefered
meat to fish, my legal representative cost $1000 an hour.� So, I expect that,
like any solicitor, he wants to be paid for his precious time; even though doing
this should only take a few moments, I am prepared to pay hiim for a full hour
so that he does not feel put out.� I put out, not him.� My lawyer was actually
really quite young, it is surprising how soon they can earn big bucks after
learning that legal stuff...� [Covers the angle of the mugu being quite young.] He was only in his early 20's - young enough that
when he did his bar exam, it was pretty much upright, not just horizontal like
the somewhat weaker bar on a middle-aged man.
Hear from you soon (or your lawyer, more likely),
Thanks in
advance,
Ima.
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Subject:
Dear Ima,
Thanks for your most urgent response to my mail, I have
instructed the lawyer to get intouch with you so that he will furnish you
whatever information you require, meanwhile I want you to send to me your
contact details, your full name, address, company name, tel and fax
number.
With these informations it will be alot easier for the lawyer to
process the document.
I will be waiting to hear from you
soon.
Regards,
Steve.
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Subject:
Gleetings Steve: [A tough call swapping all of the l's and r's without using words where it would be too obvious and, more the point,
too illegible.]
Denis, the rawyer just got in touch with me...� I have arleady lesponded to
him.
Did you want my info, ol did you just want me to send that to him?� Denis
did not ask for that info, but did lequest other detairs from me.� I don't mind,
eithel way.
Hope you feer bettel,
Lespectfurry,
Ima.
[Yes, as I said to him, I did actually respond to the lawyer first; I pretty much always do my replies in the order that I read them - this is normally sorted by descending date.]
From:
Subject:
Dear�Ma
am,
���� I am� DENIS JONES JAMES, attorney to STEVE RAFAH, You have
Probably been notified in advance of this contact by my Client MR.STEVE RAFAH.
He has briefed me concerning an ongoing transaction with you regarding the
claiming of a deposit he has with a private Finance Company in The Netherlands.
As a practicing attorney� here in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He contacted me on
the premise that I would be in a position to liaise between you and the Finance
company keeping this deposit with the intention of overseeing the release and
eventual transfer of this deposit to your care,especially considering his health
condition that has incapacitated him. Thus, sequel to my brief by MR.STEVE
RAFAH� and my subsequent enquiries from the Finance company, I am passing the
following information to you regarding the deposit and its
release;
�
1.The money is deposited in a Finance company by MR.STEVE RAFAH
with a special security code only indicated on a document MR.STEVE RAFAH has
passed on to me.
�
2: I would subsequently pass this code on to you
at the stage of retrieving the deposit from the Finance company.
�
3.
MR.STEVE RAFAH��has already forwarded to me the certificate of deposit with
which the deposit was made. And he has instructed me to make the change of
ownership as soon as I establish communication with you. And as you may know
that my client is in a bad state of health He do not know when he will die, and
if he died any moment from now, there will be no transaction between you and I.
Because the family will in turn come for the claim of their brother's deposit,
which my client MR.STEVE RAFAH does not want.
�
�4. I will have to do the
change of beneficiary to your Name, According to the security company it will
cost You 2,680euros and the Finance company w ill recognize then you as the
rightful beneficiary to MR.STEVE RAFAH, so they will release this fund to you.
And after the change of beneficiary the finance company will acknowledge the
receipt of the change of ownership by issuing you a new certificate of deposit
under your name.
�
5.All the necessary documentation will be arrange by
me, to enable the release of the deposit and have the money MR.STEVE RAFAH to
you after which the disbursement of the funds is entirely up to your
discretion.
�
6: To make this change of ownership, I will require you to
send to me the followings:
�
�
A: Copy of any of your
Identification (Either International passport or driver's license)
�
B:
Your full name and Address.�
C: The fee of 4,200.00euros�
�
These are the basic issues involved in
this transaction and the release of the deposit. I will require your urgent
response to the issues raised in this mail,After which I will provide you with
further details regarding this transaction process. If you have any questions
arising from the content of this mail, you may ask. I decided to attach a copy
of my passport for trust and I will also like to see your identification
too.Send to me a telephone number and your address for
verification
�
�Regards,
�
ATTORNEY:� DENIS JONES
JAMES
�
DIRECT LINE: +31-625-148-512
DIRECT FAX:�
+31-205-248-206
�
�EMAIL: [email protected]
m
�
ADDRESS:� KLIEVERINK 44B
�
POST CODE:
1104KC
�
AMSTERDAM ZUID OOST
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Hello Dennis:
We have communicated before - if you cast your mind back, you will remember
that I requested a photograph of yourself.� Because I do not trust passports or
driver licenses (they are too easily forged), I have a specific requirement with
regards to that photo.� I would like it to be a large, clear photo of yourself
holding a sign stating "I Love COQUE".
Because this request is so unusual, I will consequently know that it was
made just for me and it authentic.� Then I know that I am dealing with a geniune
person.� I am sorry if this sounds a tad "stand-offish" and it is not that I
don't trust you personally, but just that there are all sorts of scoundrels out
there pretending to be people who they are not.� Doing this assures me that you
are indeed you.
I did mention last time, that I was fully prepared to pay for any costs
incurred, including your time.� The last legal person I dealt with was quite
young and already commanded $1000 per hour.� Thus, although, I expect that
fulfilling this request will only take a moment or two of your time, I am
prepared to pay for a full hour of your time.
Upon my receipt of an acceptable photo, I shall reply with my details, etc
and the payment.� To save time, please remember to provide me with details on
how/where to "wire" the money to you.
Let's have a quickie, for Steve's sake,
Hear from you soon,
Ima Choad.
From:
Subject:
GO FUCK YOUR SELF BIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH. [Well, that was to the point, wasn't it, children?]
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To:
Subject:
How dare you!
What is wrong with you, do you suffer from Tourettes, or something?
I am reporting you to Steve and, hopefully, he will find himself a better
lawyer; one who will act professionally...
I honestly don't know what has gotten in to you.� Why are you suddenly
verbally abusing me? What have I done to offend you?
I am prepared to forgive you, in case it was simply a case of pressure
overload/nervous breakdown for you or some idiot hacker has cracked into your
account and sent it in your stead. [I always give them an out clause, so they can get back "on track", no matter how stupid they are.]
Anyway, Steve mentioned you may want my address details:
10086 Sunset Boulevarde
Beverly Hills� LA� 90210
USA
I am in the process of getting my passport scanned so I can send that to
you. [Show my commitment and buy some time to mock one up.]
Respectfully,
Ima.
From:
Subject:
Dear Friend,
Thanks for your response, I want you to send the details to
my email and copy the lawyer.
I really appreciate you willingness and
your commitment to see to the success of this project.
God Bless
you.
Thanks,
Steve.
[He sent this one twice again. This is getting interesting - I received this message from the Steve "persona" at the same time as the nasty lawyer one, above. I find it interesting that one has not communicated with the other (if there are, indeed, two scammers in league here).]
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To:
Subject:
Dear Steve:
Are you sure that your solicitor is mentally stable?� He just abused me
with rude F-words for no apparent reason...� I am very upset and, quite frankly,
if you were not at Death's door, I would not be helping you anymore.
I think you should give him a stern talking to and maybe consider getting
someone else.� I have already emailed him my address:
10086 Sunset Boulevarde
Beverly Hills� LA� 90210
USA
I do now realise that I neglected to mention that I am out of the office so
much using my phone or fax numbers makes no sense.� I believe we are trying to
keep this covert and calling me will only lead to someone else getting wind of
what we are doing.� I normally like others�hearing my wind but, in this case, I
feel it wiser to be silent but deadly.
All of my prayers,
All of my family's prayers,
All of my family,
Ima.
From:
Subject:
Dear Ima,
Compliment, whatever may have traspire between you and my
Lawyer which I do not know must not in anyway affect this project also your not
giving him your tel/fax number will really slow down this transaction, as he
need to be communicating to more often on phone so please I will advise you get
one for this transaction.
Thanks so much for praying for me, may God Bless
you.
Regard,
Steve.
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To:
Subject:
Dear Steve:
On the contrary, I think you will find that I respond to email much faster
than most people do to facsimile -� look how fast I have always responded to
your emails...
I am just not in the office long enough or often enough to warrant
bothering with them; I am often travelling around the country (and even the
world) obtaining support and monetary/item donations for my charitable
business.
On the matter of your barista, the last thing he emailed me was "Go f---
yourself b----!" in very large letters.� I have no idea why, it was just some
spontaneous, crazy thing he did.
I think you will either have to talk to him or get another legal
representative as I just don't know if he will maintain his sanity for the
duration of this transaction.
Not to put too fine a point on the situation, but I think you can't waste
too much time on that fool as you seem to have precious little time left.
Hear from you soon,
IC.
From:
Subject:
Dear Friend,
I must tell you that I am very sorry if the attorney really
behaved that way, the most important thing now is to get all the documentations
ready so that you will be able to claim this funds on my behlf.
How much
can you assist in paying the charges for the
documentation.
Regards,
Steve.
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To:
Subject:
Friendly Dear:
Well, I think I have provided all of the information I can, to date.� It is
really up to your legal rep to do his thing, yes?� Can you try to get him to
write up those documents?
I asked him about what details I need to be able to wire the money but he
did not answer that question, he simply replied with that tirade I mentioned
last time.
Thanks in advance,
Ima.
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