Pedro backs off. I assume that he is attempting to play me - chastising me like a stern parent so that I try harder to make him happy, but then easing up when he senses he might lose me.
Mr. Hargrove Marxist Detective
Dear Brother,
I have never meant to hunt you rather you were talking as if you are not serious to help us carryout this transaction. Maybe I miss-understood your vocabulary; please pardon me for being unreasonable.
We are already comrades forever discussing such capital-intensive business together. You see I am on the process of trying to register a company under your company name you provided and it must be incorporated down here for us to secure payment approval documents in your favor. In view of the incorporation of your company, I have to pay for your registered company name and tax clearance at list for a period of three years. Then I shall forward relevant agencies concerned to make approvals for immediate payment to you.
I will arrange for the money by next week Monday to commence. I need you to send me a scan copy of your national passport to swear an affidavit of this Fund Ownership in your favor through the High Court in Abuja. Your passport must be attached for the approvals to be granted to ensure that payment is made to a wrong person. (Passport?! Now that caught me by surprise. What to do, what to do... )
We need your cooperation to facilitate the smooth running of the transaction successfully my brother. However, I want you to have confidence that we are doing all it takes to make sure that you receive the payment as the rightful beneficiary.
Please furnish me with your personal direct phone number for oral discussion. (I, of course, have no intention of giving out phone number - and not just because the country code will be something other than the UK)
May God help us.
Regards,
Frank Pedro (P.HD)