Chume.2

After receiving the death certificate, Lionel made James Chume wait. James grew worried:

Dear James:

Thank you for the kind words. While the aircraft in the photo is my aircraft, the lettering

was added by a computer. The real plane will have much better lettering and will be painted.

In the photo, the plane had not yet been painted but we had to take a photo for publicity

purposes. I am still flight testing the airplane. I flew it at 40,000 feet and 550 knots

today and it performed beautifully.

I am glad you contacted me because I really need some more money. I had to put down almost

$5,000,000 USD as a down payment on the loan for the aircraft. My first cargo contract has

just been secured. I will be making cargo flights for the Russian government. I will be flying

Russian petroleum equipment and engineers between Lagos and Moscow. I myself will make some

of the flights as I enjoying flying. I was a fighter pilot in the British Air Force and flew

American F-15 fighters. I retired in 1985. I own two smaller airplanes. I use my twin engine

propeller airplane to make flights around the Tahitian Islands where I live.

James, how soon can we get the money? Please advise. I have only about $3,000,000 in my accounts

and I need a few million dollars more right away. The Russian government will start paying me in February and so I am needing money as my airplane is quiet expensive. Also, I am to receive an

extremely large inheritance, but not until the legal work is concluded in six months. How soon

do you think we can get the money? Can we get it before Christmas?

Regards,

Lionel Drinkwater, Esq.

Dear Sir,

I have been working hard to see we claim this money before xmas, well the approval for the application I submitted on your behalf will be coming out next week. Then we will know how long it will take to make the claim.

I wish you well and bye.

Till I hear from you.

James

-- Enter Barrister Williams from the Sulfurous PIT OF HELL. Please note that Chume's attorney misspells his name as "Khume." Moreover, Williams asks for the outrageous sum of $90,000 for legal fees. This act made Lionel hate him instantly. Lionel secretly vowed to ruin Williams' participation in this transaction. Lionel can be taken in by a beautiful woman, but not by a greedy attorney!

DEAR SIR,

I AM THE ATTORNEY MR JAMES KHUME; I HELP YOU TO GET THE DEATH CERTIFICATE,

WHICH I SENT TO YOU. MR JAMES TOLD ME THAT YOU WANT TO ME TO ASSIST YOU IN

GETTING YOUR MONEY BEFORE CHRISTMAS I WILL MAKE SURE I GET THAT FOR YOU BUT

I HAVE TO PAY FOR MY FEES AS I DISCUSSED WITH MR JAMES WHO TOLD ME THAT YOU

ARE FLYING NOT UNTILL I SETTLE DOWN AT YOUYR BASE BEFORE WE CAN TALK THAT.

I TOLD HIM THAT MY FEES FOR THIS IS $90,000,WHICH I WILL BE PAID $50,000,

THEN WHEN YOU GET THE MONEY WITH IN 5 BANK WORKING DAYS THEN YOU WILL PAY ME

THE BALANCE. THEN YOU HAVE TO PROVE FOR ME $28,000 FOR TAXES. THEN SEND YOUR

ACCOUNT PARTICULARS. WITH THIS IN WILL GET THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT

WITHIN THE WEEK. MAIN WHILE I WILL GET YOU THE APPROVAL FOR WHICH I HAVE

PROCESSED, IT WILL BE OUT TOMMORROW.

BYE I HOPE TO HERE FROM YOU TOMORROW.

BAR WILLIAMS

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Comes now the ploy: Lionel sends James Chume an e-mail to make it appear that Chume's e-mail account has been hacked by someone using the name Usman Bello. Worse, this Bello character has fooled Lionel into sending him a lot of money!!!

James Chume, as we say in America, "Shit a brick," when he heard of this outrage perpetrated upon Lionel by some common criminal. After all, Chume was working hard on this con and he had earned the right to swindle Lionel. I mean, these e-mails he sent must have cost Chume two or three billion Naira, which is perhaps five cents American. But that's not the point. The point is that Bello character must be stopped. Chume shoots back a very panicked e-mail all in caps:

PLS DO NOT SENT ANY MONEY TO ANY ONE MY ATTORNEY IS BAR. WILLIAMS HE WILL SENT YOU MAIL NOW

Barrister Williams does not contact Lionel. Instead, Chume quickly sends out another urgent ALL CAPS letter. Astonishingly, Chume does not disavow Bello, but rather weaves him into the scam. This is some kind of mugu damage control going on here. My ploy has placed them in a dilemma in which they have to keep the very wealthy Lionel in the game by not raising any suspicions. Coincident with the Bello ploy, I asked my fellow scambaiters to send Williams e-mails addressed to Bello. This was intended to make Williams think he was intercepting Bello's victims at mid-scam. The False Italian sent an extremely effective letter which became a scambait all on its own. In TFI's scambait, Williams said he was indeed Bello's attorney. I will link TFI's scambait when it is posted so we can all see a tag-team scam. Other scambaiters helped me by sending e-mails to Williams and it massively reinforced the ploy. My thanks to my colleagues who so generously helped me. This e-mail below is even more hysterical (literally on Chume's part) now that you understand the context:

DEAR SIR,

I WHICH WE WILL BE USING CODE NOW FOR OUR TRANSACTION, I CONTACTED BELLO AT FIRST BUT HE COULD NOT DO ANY THING NOW THAT HE SAW THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE DEATH CERTIFICATE THROUGH BAR. WILLIAMS HE THEN CLAIM HE CAN GET THE MONEY FOR YOY WITH IN 3 DAYS, WELL JUST THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN THE MONEY TO HIM AT THE END OF THE DAY THE MONEY WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM THE TOTAL SUM AS EXPENSE WITH OTHER EXPENSE BEFORE WE WILL SHARE IN THE AGREED PERCENTAGE.

WELL I WILL ADVICE YOU STOP COMMUNICATION WITH ME BUT DO NOT ALLOW HIM TO KNOW YOU HAVE FIND OUT WHO HE REALLY HIS.

I HAVE TOLD BAR. WILLIAMS THE STORY HE TOLD ME HE HAS REACHED YOU I TOLD HIM TO REACH YOU AGAIN.

HE WILL GO THE BANK TOMORROW AND GET THE APPROVAL FOR APPLICATIONS THEN HE SAID TAXES WILL BE REQUIRE AFTER THAT THEY WILL REMITTE THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT SO PLESAE HELP IN PAYING THE FEES BUT IT SHOULD BE INTO ACCOUNT FOR PEOPER RECORDS. WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT HE TOLD ME HE HAS REACHED YOU WITH HIS TERM’S SO I TOLD HIM TO SEND YOU HIS ACCOUNT. PLEASE IF HE CAN GET THE MONEY BY MONDAY THEN WE A SURE OF GETTING THE MONEY BY LATEST FRIDAY. HE ALSO ASKED FOR YOUR ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE PAID INTO. PLEASE SEND IT TO HIM TO HIS EMAIL ADDRESS barmikewilliams@hotmail.com

PLEASE I WANT OUR CODE TO BE BIBLE PLEASE WHO DO NOT USE THIS DISREGARD THE MAIL. (Italics mine)

I AM SORRY I DO NOT WANT THIS MISTAKE TO REPET ITSELF.

THANKS FOR VERY THING AND BYE.

PLEASE I WANT YOUR ADDRESS AND HOW I CAN GET TO YOUR PLACE BECAUSE I HAVE COME OVER TO COLLECT MY SHARE AND CELEBRATE THE XMAS WITH YOU.

JAMES

Aha! So now we have a code word: Bible. Well, that will not stop the hacker Usman Bello, for if he has hacked Chume's account, he will obviously intercept this e-mail with the code word. I wonder why this fact would not occur to the mugus?

In this next e-mail to Williams, I, in order to induce further confusion, sign the letter as "Dr. Calvin Crocker." This is done to create the impression in Barrister Williams' mind that the internet has somehow guided Dr. Calvin Crocker to him via Usman Bello. If nothing else, the introduction of the ninety-two or ninety-three year old Dr. Calvin Crocker serves to show just how deeply Bello has apparently bamboozled everybody. The mugus simply pick up Crocker and run with him. They never ask for clarifications.

Dear Barrister Williams:

I am quite confused. Mr. Usman Bello has sent me photographs of the trunk boxes containing the money. He also

used the code word "Bible" and has said that you are an impostor. He says he is Mr. James Chume's attorney

and has sent me a Power of Attorney signed by Mr. Chume. I will, however, cease negotiations with Mr. Bello

if you first agree to repay me the $15,000. I want you to show good faith by first repaying me the money

I sent to Usman Bello. This will prove to me you are serious. Now, I have money ready to go, but your legal

fees of $90,000 are far too high. Some barristers in America do not make $90,000 in one year. I will pay

you only $12,500 for legal fees and not one penny more.

Also, someone is trying to hack my computer machine and it started when you began sending letters.

I have hired a computer expert with connections to Interpol. Please do not try to hack my computer

through Korea. I have my eye on you and I think you may be a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Regards,

Dr. Calvin Crocker

Barrister Williams' main concern is to get his fee and so he writes to Dr. Crocker:

DEAR SIR,

MR JAMES KHUME REACHES ME NOW; HE TOLD ME THAT ONE MR. USMAN BELLO HAS

CLAIMED THE SUM OF $15,000 FROM YOU. HE SAYS HIS ACTING FOR MRS JAMES KHUME,

WELL I WILL TELL YOU I HAVE BEEN DOING VERY THING AND I SHOULD BE PAID FOR

MY SERVICES. BUT IN OTHER NOT TO HAVE PROBLEMS IN THIS TRANSACTION STOP THE

COMMUNITIONS WITH HIM AND GIVE ME FEW DAYS THEN YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY INTO

YOUR ACCOUNT THEN WE HAVE TO MAKE HIM PAY BACK, IF YOU PRODUCE PROVE OF

PAYMENT. WELL I DO NOT USE WESTERN UNOIN I USE BANK ACOOUNT. THIS IS MY BANK ACVCOUNT

BELOW, BLC BANK FRANCE; 17=19 MONTAIGNE 75008 PARIS; SWIFT CODE: LICOFRPP; BEN: STE

SOUNA; A/C NO: 41829000010009429002628

IF STILL ASSURE THAT IF THIS MONEY IS PAID INTO MY A/C ON OR BEFORE TUESDAY

16 DECEMBER YOU WILL GET YOUR MONEY ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY 19 DECEMBER.

PLEASE SEND ME PAYMENT SLIP TO CONFIRM PAYMENT.

BAR. WILLIAMS

PLEASE I WANT TO HAVE YOUR DIRECT PHONE NUMBER,

THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THE COMMUNICATION CODE IS BIBLE

BYE AND THANKS FOR VERY THING GOD BLESS YOU.

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The Messrs. Chume and Williams heads are spinning as we head into Act II. Entitled, "IT GETS WORSE, ME LADS" it does in fact get worse for the lads at the hands of the conniving old Dr. Crocker

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