(Note: I made some changes in the next section --
shown in bold parens here -- and inserted them into the contract language: "I acknowledge that mr. mark looney shall be soley
responsible for all obligations thereto." I left these in regular font and
Looney never noticed them. When he later asks me for money I can cite the
contract he accepted which states he is solely responsible. I insert changes
into the lad's e-mails and documents all the time without notice and they
never catch my changes. You should try it if you haven't.)
I am prepared and ready to submit or surrender any documentary evidence(s)on
demand and also I acknowledge that mr. mark looney shall be soley
responsible for all obligations thereto. Kindly note the above account
and change all your records accordingly to my favour and swift-wire transfer
the principal amount of the face value (100%) plus the percentage interest
according to the normal bank face amount. Awaiting by return your payment.
Yours faithfully,
Harold J. D. Swanson
Electronically Signed
11/8
From: mark looney <loomark_ukb@yahoo.com> Date: 2004/11/08 Mon PM 04:33:55 EST Subject: URGENT MR H.SWANSON, I HAVE ALL THE CERTIFICATIES ON MY FILES TO ENABLE US CLAIM THIS FUND LYING WITH NATWEST BANK PLC LONDON.THE REAL FACT OF THIS TRANSACTION I BELIEVE YOU BY NOW , YOUUNDERSTAND THE PART YOU HAVE TO PLAY IN THIS TRANSACTION. THE APPLICATION OF CLAIM YOU FILL HAS BEEN FAXED TO THE BANK IN YOUR FAVOUR FROM MY CHAMBERS,I HAVE HIS LAST WILL HE WROTE BEFORE HIS DEATH OVER THIS FUND. BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE IS TO GET HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM HOSPITAL WERE HE DIED. DR, LINDA WHITE,IS THE NAME OF HIS DOCTOR.YOUR SIGNATURE MUST APPEAR ON THIS CERTIFICIATE AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR H SWANSON.ALREADY I CONTACTED THE DOCTOR TODAY AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICIATE MUST BE SIGN BY HIS NEXT OF KIN.NOW THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.I TRY TO MAKE HER UNDERSTAND THAT HIS NEXT OF KIN DONT STAY IN LONDON. WHICH HSER ASK ANY BODY FROM THE FAMILY OR ANY OF YOUR FAMILY LAW TO COME TO LONDON TO SIGN THIS CERTIFICIATE.THIS WILL SHE PRESENT TO THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISION,FOR THE PROPER STAMP. LOOK WE HAVE TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO CLAIM THIS DEATH CERTIFICIATE TO ENABLE YOU FAX THEM IMMEDIATELY TO THE BANK FOR THE APPROVAL.IT IS IMMPORTANT YOU GETBACK TO ME TO KNOW IF YOU CAN COME TO LONDON OR ANY OF YOUR FAMILY LAW YOU CAN PRESENT TO SIGN THIS DEATH CERTIFICIATE, I HAVE ALREADY SIGNED AS A WITNESS IN THIS CERTIFICIATE SO I CAN NOT SIGN TWICE. GETBACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL. YOU MUST REMEMBER I DONT KNOW YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN, BECAUSE BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY CLIENT MR SWANSON AND ALL TIME WE HAVE SPENT FOR YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM HE NEVER TOLD ME HE HAVE RELATIONS OR STATE ANY BODY AS HIS NEXT OF KIN. YOU HAVE TO NOTE I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAME SURNAME WITH MY CLIENT MR H. SWANSON.SEND YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER,WE CAN GET A LAW TO STAND FOR YOU. FOR TO SIGN THIS CERTIFICIATE.ONLY IT WILL COST US A LITTLE MONEY FOR THE LAW CHARGE. GETBACK TO ME WE DONT HAVE TO DEAL.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO OPERATION, IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU I SEND TO YOU THE CONTACT TO THE BANK OF LONDON. PLEASE YOU MUST KEEP THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.I AM 54 YEARS WITH 3 CHILDREN.MY SHARE OF THIS FUND I WILL INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY. I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW. LOONEY MARK.
11/8
Looney: I will forge a fake death certificate and that way we can be done with it. I can find Dr. Linda's signature on file in the public records with her medical license. Just tell me Dr. Linda's full legal name and I will get a copy of her signature and forge the death certificate. I am a crook like you and I too need this money. Swanson.
MR H.SWANSON,
I HAVE ALL THE CERTIFICATIES ON MY FILES TO ENABLE US CLAIM THIS FUND LYING WITH NATWEST BANK PLC LONDON.THE REAL FACT OF THIS TRANSACTION I BELIEVE YOU BY NOW , YOUUNDERSTAND THE PART YOU HAVE TO PLAY IN THIS TRANSACTION.
THE APPLICATION OF CLAIM YOU FILL HAS BEEN FAXED TO THE BANK IN YOUR FAVOUR FROM MY CHAMBERS,I HAVE HIS LAST WILL HE WROTE BEFORE HIS DEATH OVER THIS FUND.BUT THE ONLY PROBLEM WE HAVE IS TO GET HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE FROM HOSPITAL WERE HE DIED.
DR, LINDA WHITE,IS THE NAME OF HIS DOCTOR.YOUR SIGNATURE MUST APPEAR ON THIS CERTIFICIATE AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR H SWANSON.ALREADY I CONTACTED THE DOCTOR TODAY AND SHE WAS TELLING ME THAT THE DEATH CERTIFICIATE MUST BE SIGN BY HIS NEXT OF KIN.NOW THIS IS WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.I TRY TO MAKE HER UNDERSTAND THAT HIS NEXT OF KIN DONT STAY IN LONDON. WHICH HSER ASK ANY BODY FROM THE FAMILY OR ANY OF YOUR FAMILY LAW TO COME TO LONDON TO SIGN THIS CERTIFICIATE.THIS WILL SHE PRESENT TO THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISION,FOR THE PROPER STAMP.
LOOK WE HAVE TO PUT OUR HEADS TOGETHER TO CLAIM THIS DEATH CERTIFICIATE TO ENABLE YOU FAX THEM IMMEDIATELY TO THE BANK FOR THE APPROVAL.IT IS IMMPORTANT YOU GETBACK TO ME TO KNOW IF YOU CAN COME TO LONDON OR ANY OF YOUR FAMILY LAW YOU CAN PRESENT TO SIGN THIS DEATH CERTIFICIATE, I HAVE ALREADY SIGNED AS A WITNESS IN THIS CERTIFICIATE SO I CAN NOT SIGN TWICE. GETBACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL.
YOU MUST REMEMBER I DONT KNOW YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN, BECAUSE BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY CLIENT MR SWANSON AND ALL TIME WE HAVE SPENT FOR YEARS, I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM HE NEVER TOLD ME HE HAVE RELATIONS OR STATE ANY BODY AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.
YOU HAVE TO NOTE I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAME SURNAME WITH MY CLIENT MR H. SWANSON.SEND YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER,WE CAN GET A LAW TO STAND FOR YOU. FOR TO SIGN THIS CERTIFICIATE.ONLY IT WILL COST US A LITTLE MONEY FOR THE LAW CHARGE.
GETBACK TO ME WE DONT HAVE TO DEAL.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CO OPERATION,IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU I SEND TO YOU THE CONTACT TO THE BANK OF LONDON.PLEASE YOU MUST KEEP THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.I AM 54 YEARS WITH 3 CHILDREN.MY SHARE OF THIS FUND I WILL INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY.
I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW.
LOONEY MARK.
11/16
11/17
There now seems to be another lad working this job because two stupid, misspelled, inarticulate letters next appear in which Swanson's name is misspelled as "Sawnsaw"
Mr Sawnsaw,
I just forwarded the certificiate again to your box please getback to me now.
Barr Looney Mark.
11/18
PLEASE THIS IS THE CERTIFICIATE OF DEATH.YOU SHOULD OPEN THIS ATTACTHMENT ON YYOUR COMPUTER IF ONLY YOUR COMPUTER HAVE PAGE MAKER THAT:7.0 PAGEMAKER.SO YOU SHOULD GET THE PAGE MAKER SOFT WEAR THEN YOU CAN VIEW THIS CERTIFICIATE.
11/21
From: mark looney <loomark_ukb@yahoo.com> > Date: 2004/11/21 Sun PM 02:23:28 EST > Subject: I NEED THE INFORMATION. > > Dear. > I need all the informations you use in making the payment to Mr Usman Bello. > Send me a copy of the slip which you use in making the payment to Usman Bello. > When did you pay the money to which Bank did you pay the money to here in London. > Give me all informations and send the slip for teh payment,What is the use of the money you pay.Are sure you are dealing with Natwest Bank plc,Over the approval of late H .Sanwsaw. > > I need your urgent and send all the informations of the Bank you pay the money to and their Telephone and Fax number there gave to you. so i will comfirm if you are dealing with Natwest Bank Plc. London. > wait your urgent. > Looney Mark. >
11/21/04
Looney: I sent Mr. Bello the $5,000 via Western Union to his attention in Lagos, Nigeria. Natwest Bank in London never contacted me. Mr. Bello's e-mail address is: Drinkwater42@hotmail.com Mr. Bello just wrote me and said I need to send him another $7,500 for tax stamps. Bello said he is your boss and that I should ignore your e-mails, but now I think something is wrong. What should I do? Bello told me that if I do not send the $7,500 by WU today I will lose the deal. He wants me to send it in three sendings of $2,500 each to these names: HECTOR USMAN LAGOS, NIGERIA WILLIAMS TUNDE LAGOS, NIGERIA PAUL OKUBONDO LAGOS, NIGERIA Bello said I have to send the money today. I am stalling for time and have not answered his e-mail. Please advise. Swanson
The stupid Looney writes to me 2X after hearing that I sent UB $5,000:
11/21
A second, urgent letter follows:
Listen i want you to send the Telephone number of this Mr Belloo.You should not send any money to any body if you dont hear from me.Mr bello is not my Boss.I work in Natwest Bank here in london.I have never been in Africa before.I need this contact of Mr Bello and his telephone number.I repeat dont send any money to anybody until you hear from me.Remember i contacted you so i will be in possition to give you insrtuction you follow to make sure we have safe transfer of the funds into your account.Remember Dont send any money with oyut my notice.
I wait your urgent now and the slip immediately.Give me informations which Mr Bello gave to you and the bank information.
Looney Mark.
Looney:
I sent Mr. Bello the $5,000 via Western Union to his attention in Lagos,
Nigeria. Natwest Bank in London never contacted me. Mr. Bello's e-mail
address is:
Drinkwater42@hotmail.com
Mr. Bello just wrote me and said I need to send him another $7,500 for tax
stamps. Bello said he is your boss and that I should ignore your e-mails,
but now I think something is wrong. What should I do? Bello told me that if
I do not send the $7,500 by WU today I will lose the deal. He wants me to
send it in three sendings of $2,500 each to these names:
HECTOR USMAN
LAGOS, NIGERIA
WILLIAMS TUNDE
LAGOS, NIGERIA
PAUL OKUBONDO
LAGOS, NIGERIA
Bello said I have to send the money today. I am stalling for time and have
not answered his e-mail. Please advise.
Swanson
Then the big man, the Don who is running
this job, steps in and yells at Swanson:
11/21
From: mark looney <loomark_ukb@yahoo.com> Date: 2004/11/21 Sun AM 01:01:37 EST Subject: YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND. Dear, What the hell are you talking about.Is you must be out of your sences. Who do you send $5,000 dollars to.Did the Bnak contact you FromLondon let know now. Send me the informations you use in sending the money i did not receive any money from you and i want to know if the Bank have contacted you. I just return from Japan Today So i have to check your message,I need the the information you use in making the payment. I wait your urgent now. Lonney.
Looney: Please don't be mad at me. I sent the $5,000 to Usman Bello because he said he was your partner. I sent the $5,000 today and Mr. Bello already collected it. Please don't be angry or upset with me. I didn't know there was a bank in London. What do I do now? You're not going to hurt me are you? I am really afraid. Please don't hurt me. I will do anything to make this up to you. I will even buy you a new car if that will make things better between us. Swanson
The big man in this bait now re-enters the bait and lays the
hammer down on the maga Swanson:
From: mark looneyDate: 2004/11/22 Mon PM 02:46:58 EST Subject: Be Informed Swanson
Now get this straight to your head.
You have just been scammed by the much talked about Nigerian Scammers who must have intercepted one of our mails.
Based on this the following action must be taking to avoid future occurance of this mistake by you. 1) You are to note that there is no Natwest bank in Nigeria and so you are not to have any dealing with anyone
in nigeria or pay any money to them. 2)You are not to act on any instruction from anybody unless you confirm from me first. 3)You are to confirm if you have received the death certificate which i sent to you. You are also to forward the
certificate to the bank for verification and further instructions on when and how to collect the funds using the
address natwestlondon@post.com 4)You are also to intimate the bank on that just happenned to you so that they know what to do. Also send to
them detail of the payment you made to the nigeria scammers so that they inform the interpol to trace them. 5) you are to follow the directive of only Mr Peter Anderson who is incharge of your payment. 6) You are not to discuss this transaction with anyone for any reason what so ever. This include your
wife, family members, friends well wishers and even your bankers. Note that you have already made the mistake of making the payment without seeking my advise and so i will
urge you never to make such a mistake as this could jeopardise our transaction. Please contact me immediately and confirm your understanding of the above instructions. Also confirm the
sending of the certificate to the bank too. I await your immediate response. Regards Looney
I now play Swanson as a timid man who is afraid and ready to
follow Looney's instructions. But I also have Swanson drag his
nails across a chalkboard as he tells Looney of all the loot he
gave to Bello -- and this is loot Looney thinks should have been his:
Looney: Well you have certainly made things very clear to me. Usman Bello, I am now convinced, is a Nigerian scammer as you say. I sent him $25,000 in five sendings of $5,000 each via Western Union as I was convinced he was your boss. But then I
found out that there was no NatWest bank in Lagos. Of course, I feel very stupid for not having listened to you
in the first place. I did not receive the death certificate because, as I discoverd, Bello had hacked my computer.
I had an expert come over today and install new software on a new computer. So now Bello -- or whatever his name is --
can't hack me. I also made a mistake sending Bello a Rolex President and a Sony laptop. He claimed these were gifts
he needed for a minister in Nigeria who would approve the transaction. Fortunately, I am insured against theft and fraud,
so my insurance company will pay me back the $25,000 plus the $22,000 I spent on the Rolex President watch
and the $3,500 I spent on a top-of-the-line Sony laptop. So yes, it was an expensive lesson for me to learn.
From now on I will only follow your instructions and thank God you intervened and stopped Bello before he stole
yet more money from me. I was prepared to send Bello $75,000 in cash via wire transfer when I began to suspect you
were right and Bello might be a criminal of some type. Anderson sent me a note but I received it before I got your
letter so I answered with a vague answer as I didn't know who Anderson was. I thought he might be working for Bello. Well that is about it from here. What do we do next? Swanson
11/23
From: mark looney <loomark_ukb@yahoo.com> > Date: 2004/11/23 Tue AM 04:52:27 EST > Subject: Fwd: GETBACK TO ME NOW > > > PLEASE THIS IS THE CERTIFICIATE OF DEATH.YOU SHOULD OPEN THIS ATTACTHMENT ON YYOUR COMPUTER IF ONLY YOUR COMPUTER HAVE PAGE MAKER THAT:7.0 PAGEMAKER.SO YOU SHOULD GET THE PAGE MAKER SOFT WEAR THEN YOU CAN VIEW THIS CERTIFICIATE. > > THE DEATH CERTIFICIATE IS ATTACTED HERE VIEW IT.REMEBER CHECK YOU BULK. > LOONEY.
11/23
Looney: I do not have PageMaker so I will have to get the certificate converted in the next few days when I get time. I will contact the bank when I get the Death Certificate converted. We are in the Thanksgiving Holiday Feast this week in America. I have family coming over to my estate for the feast and religious services, so this matter may carry over into next week. I know you said not to speak with anyone concerning this transaction, but my 92 year old father -- Harold Swanson II - still controls the family's wealth. I have to talk to him. He knows all of my affairs and signs all of my requests for money. He will do anything I say as he is fairly senile. In fact, he has a private nurse and I sometimes have her give him injections of of certain medicines when I need father to sign off on my requests for money. Attached is my banking information as a Word attachment. This is where I would like NatWest to transfer my share of the fund. Swanson
11/22/04
From: mark looney <loomark_ukb@yahoo.com> Date: 2004/11/22 Mon PM 02:46:58 EST Subject: Be Informed Swanson Now get this straight to your head. You have just been scammed by the much talked about Nigerian Scammers who must have intercepted one of our mails. Based on this the following action must be taking to avoid future occurance of this mistake by you. 1) You are to note that there is no Natwest bank in Nigeria and so you are not to have any dealing with anyone in nigeria or pay any money to them. 2)You are not to act on any instruction from anybody unless you confirm from me first. 3)You are to confirm if you have received the death certificate which i sent to you. You are also to forward the certificate to the bank for verification and further instructions on when and how to collect the funds using the address natwestlondon@post.com 4)You are also to intimate the bank on that just happenned to you so that they know what to do. Also send to them detail of the payment you made to the nigeria scammers so that they inform the interpol to trace them. 5) you are to follow the directive of only Mr Peter Anderson who is incharge of your payment. 6) You are not to discuss this transaction with anyone for any reason what so ever. This include your wife, family members, friends well wishers and even your bankers. Note that you have already made the mistake of making the payment without seeking my advise and so i will urge you never to make such a mistake as this could jeopardise our transaction. Please contact me immediately and confirm your understanding of the above instructions. Also confirm the sending of the certificate to the bank too. I await your immediate response. Regards Looney
11/22/04
Looney: Well you have certainly made things very clear to me. Usman Bello, I am now convinced, is a Nigerian scammer as you say. I sent him $25,000 in five sendings of $5,000 each via Western Union as I was convinced he was your boss. But then I found out that there was no NatWest bank in Lagos. Of course, I feel very stupid for not having listened to you in the first place. I did not receive the death certificate because, as I discoverd, Bello had hacked my computer. I had an expert come over today and install new software on a new computer. So now Bello -- or whatever his name is -- can't hack me. I also made a mistake sending Bello a Rolex President and a Sony laptop. He claimed these were gifts he needed for a minister in Nigeria who would approve the transaction. Fortunately, I am insured against theft and fraud, so my insurance company will pay me back the $25,000 plus the $22,000 I spent on the Rolex President watch and the $3,500 I spent on a top-of-the-line Sony laptop. So yes, it was an expensive lesson for me to learn. From now on I will only follow your instructions and thank God you intervened and stopped Bello before he stole yet more money from me. ' I was prepared to send Bello $75,000 in cash via wire transfer when I began to suspect you were right and Bello might be a criminal of some type. Anderson sent me a note but I received it before I got your letter so I answered with a vague answer as I didn't know who Anderson was. I thought he might be working for Bello. Well that is about it from here. What do we do next? Swanson Appeased, Looney tells Swanson to contact Looney's fake banker named Anderson:
Dear.
11/25
Dear,
I want to know if you have forwarded the certificiate to the Bank here in London.You have to follow my instructions immediately and contact the Bank for the approval. Please make sure you send the certificiate to the Bank.I Believe the Bank have 7.0 pagemaker to enable them view the certificiate then tell you what next you have to do.
You must contact the Bank with the certificiate Before the america feast.
I wait immedaitely to hear from you.
Looney.
11/25
11/26
11/26
Time to play the ol' "You've been hacked," game:
Looney:
I am getting strange letters in your name. I think Usman Bello has hacked
your account and is now sending me letters in your name. This morning
someone named Looney Mark asked me to send him $15,000 by WU to:
Mr. Chucks Obiorah
Lome-Togo
Was this you? He used this address again:
Drinkwater42@hotmail.com
Please advise as we have a problem.
Swanson
I write Looney at his new address. Time for some camp humor with Looney. This will later come back to haunt him:
Looney:
What happened? Why is the hacker after you? He sent me another e-mail using
your name and I don't even answer him. Let us use the code word "TEABAGGING"
in all of our correspondance. It is a word used when making tea, which means
making conversation. So when two men want to talk, one says to the other,
"Let's teabag" hence the code word for talking.
Swanson
11/30