THE LAST WILL & TESTAMENT OF DR. CALVIN CROCKER:

A STUNNING PORTRAYAL OF LIES, TREACHERY, AND EVIL

 

Dramatis Pernsonae:

James Chume -- Scumbag Mugu

Michael Williams -- Scumbag Mugu Attorney (who is the same person as James Chume)

Idris Paul -- A beneficiary of the Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker

Hugh Jasswhype -- Attorney of Record for the Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker

Mrs. Judy Smythe -- An Employee of Shipley Probate Services who handles the Crocker probate

Lionel Drinkwater -- Dr. Crocker's nephew and the Executor of the Dr. Crocker's Will

Mr. J. Dog's Commentary is in RED

 

ACT I -- LIES, LIES, AND MORE DAMNABLE LIES!

When last we last left this scambait, Dr. Calvin Crocker had suddenly died. The shock of Dr. Crocker's death has set in with James Chume, for he sends another letter. However, the shock is not so bad that he forgets to ask for money and the Range Rover. One can't help but be touched by such a deep, soulful expression of grief:

DEAR  SIR,

THE NEWS OF THE DEATH OF DR. CALVIN CRACKER IS THE MOST SHOCKING NEWS OF THE YEAR. MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE WITH THE LORD. AMEN.

WELL I DO NOT KNOW HOW I WILL START TO EXPLAIN. I AM HIS PRIEST HERE IN AFRICA.  HE HAD THIS PROBLEM OF EVIL DRAEMS LAST YEAR I ASSISTED HIM IN MUCH PRAYERS AND FASTING. THEN HE PROMISES TO PAY ME BUT I HAVE BEEN ON CRUSADE. I DO NOT KNOW HE WILL GIVE UP HIS SOUL SO SOON. WELL MAY THE ALMIGHT GOD REST IS SOUL. AMEN.

PLEASE WHAT IS EXPECTED OF ME TO PRODUCE BEFORE I CAN BE PAID?

AS YOU CAN SEE MOST OF WHAT I DID FOR HIM ARE SERVICE, BUT IT'S THROUGH THE PHONE. HE PROMISED ME HIS RANGE (  I have a 1999 Land Rover that I no longer drive. Would you like to have it? It is almost brand new). THAT FROM ONE OF HIS EMAIL TO ME.

 BEST REGARDS, HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

 BROTHER JAMES

The criminal posing as the Messrs. Chume and Williams now drops the original Peter Smith 419 scam and turns the scam into an effort to get money and the Range Rover from the estate of Dr. Crocker. This must seem to him to be a far easier way to steal. But first, a pause for sentiment in which Chume sends an e-mail once again from Williams' e-mail account:

DEAR SIR,

 PLEASE I WILL LIKE TO KNOW THE BURIAL ARRANGEMENT OF LATE DR. CALVIN CROCKER. MAY HIS SOUL REST WITH THE LORD, AMEN.

BRO JAMES

Jasshwhype ignores "James" and replies directly to Williams. In the reply a young woman is mentioned. What happened here is that I spun part of this scambait off to another scambaiter. That is another bait in which Williams/Chume, remarkably and opportunistically assumed the identity of "Usman Bello," a character I invented in the original James Chume scam. If you recall, Usman Bello hacked into Dr. Crocker's e-mails and stole the money intended for James Chume. As soon as that other scambaiter's bait is done, I will link it. I have seen it develop and it is an absolutely superb job of scambaiting. I predict that it will be worthy of consideration as one of the best baits of 2004.

In the letter below, Jasswhype invites Williams to intrigue with him against the young lady who was, it turns out, the lover of the horny old Dr. Crocker:

Dear Barrister Williams:
 
Dr. Calvin Crocker was cremated shortly after his death and his ashes were scattered over the Pacific Ocean in accord with his Last Will & Testament. The reading of Dr. Crocker's Last Will & Testament will be held on Monday, January 12, 2004, at 9:00 AM at my law chambers.
 
Apparently, Dr. Crocker had a sexual affair with a young woman in the past few years and she may attempt to claim 50% of his multimillion dollar estate as provided for by the "Palimony" laws of the State of California. Why old men have such affairs is beyond me, yet who can know the heart?
 
I am working on preparing for the reading of the Will. As a fellow lawyer, I am certain you realize just how problematic this matter will be with a girlfriend involved. I would like to see her out of the way. Is there anyway you could make a claim of $4,000,000 against Dr. Crocker's estate? I would be glad to give you one half of one percent (.05), or forty-thousand dollars, if you could produce a claim which names me as the recipient of 99.5% of the money and we prevail. Only by asserting such a claim can I get rid of this pesky girlfriend problem and get the $4,000,000 for myself, this in addition to the $4,000,000 I am already owed because I own 33% of the Class A Preferred Shares of The Crocker Medical Group. Dr. Crocker's nephew, Mr. Lionel Drinkwater, is to also receive $4,000,000 as he too owns 33% of the Class A Shares. The problem is that this girlfriend is going after Dr. Crocker's 33% of the Class A Shares, plus the 1% of the Shares set aside for estate expenses.
  
Another odd problem is that a Mr. James Chume has written me to claim that the late Dr. Crocker promised him a Range Rover automobile. I take it you know this Mr. Chume as your name is in a file with his name related to some unspecified business transaction. In any case, the girlfriend took the Range Rover and she will not give it back. I am really powerless to do anything since she has it in her possession and I cannot prove that she took the automobile without Dr. Crocker's permission. It is a splendid $80,000 custom Range Rover and it is gone, taken by a greedy young woman. Please tell Mr. Chume that he will not be getting the Range Rover.
 
With Best Regards,
 
Hugh Jasswhype
Attorney of Record
The Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker
 
Williams now wants to speak confidentially with Hugh:

Dear Hugh,

Please Hugh I want you to send me your private mail address and your phone number ASAP. I will reach you tomorrow through the email address. Bye and have I great weekend.

williams

The piglet Chume jumps back in:

DEAR JESSWHYPE,

 

I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR YOUR MAIL FOR SOME TIME NOW PLEASE I WILL I GET MY MONEY AND THE RANGE ROVER.

I DO NOT THINK I NEED MANY MORE DOCUMENTS. LATE DR. CALVIN CROCKER HAS SAID IT ALL. SEND TO MONEY TO

I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.

BES REGARDS.

J. C

Time to change the topic:

Dear Barrister Williams:
 
I am reviewing Dr. Crocker's papers and found a death certificate for one Mr. Peter Smith, deceased 22 April, 1990. I find no probate papers. I also find that you furnished Dr. Crocker with this certificate. May I ask why? As far I as can determine, Dr. Crocker did not know this Mr. Peter Smith. As I am working on the probate of Dr. Crocker's estate I need to know if any financial demands against Dr. Crocker's estate exists relative to this matter. It is a mystery and I need clarification. Please let me know if you can provide any information or I will have to consider this matter closed.
 
Regards,
 
Hugh Jasswhype
Attorney of Record
Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker

It's also time to go on the offensive with Chume by using dense legalese. I cut and pasted the following text off the internet. It has absolutely nothing to do with anything we are discussing. And although Williams is posing as an attorney, he is not and so has not a clue of what Jasswhype is saying:

 
Dear Mr Chume:
 
Here are the problems as I see them; I have already written to Barrister Williams:
 
AN ATTORNEY WHO IS REPRESENTING THE EXECUTOR IN THE PROBATE OF AN ESTATE AND WHO DREW AND WITNESSED THE WILL BEING PROBATED NEED NOT WITHDRAW FROM THE PROBATE PROCEEDINGS WHEN IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT HE WILL BE A WITNESS IN AN ACTION TO CONSTRUE THE WILL BROUGHT BY THE EXECUTOR BUT USING OTHER COUNSEL.

FACTS

The question posed states that the attorney will be a witness in will construction case concerning matters which are substantial, which may be contested and which go to the merits of the controversy concerning construction of the will. The attorney properly declined to bring the suit for construction of the will because of DR 5-101 (b) and thus other counsel was engaged to bring this separate action in district court. The Probate proceedings are wholly separate and distinct from the suit for construction of the will. The probate proceedings will merely execute the court's final order in the construction suit.

DISCUSSION

The reasons for DR 5-101 and DR 5-102 (which forbid an attorney from trying a case in which he is to be a material witness) are set forth in the Ethical Considerations: EC 5-9, which states that:

"If a lawyer is both counsel and witness, he becomes more easily impeachable for interest and thus may be a less effective witness. Conversely, the opposing counsel may be handicapped in challenging the credibility of the lawyer when the lawyer also appears as an advocate in the case. An advocate who becomes a witness is in the unseemly and ineffective position of arguing his own credibility."
None of these underlying reasons for the Disciplinary Rules will come into play in this case by the mere continued representation of the executor in the probate proceedings.

For the above reasons, we conclude that there is no objection to the lawyer continuing to represent the estate in the probate proceedings.

So, you can see that while we can pursue the matter of Dr. Crocker's estate inheriting the heritable assets of the decedent Mr. Peter Smith, I will need copies of your files so I can append these to the Will of the Dr. Calvin Crocker. Please send me copies of your files. Mr. Williams will need to make application for anything he is claiming against the Estate, but he has no contract and so I really do not see the Court awarding him anything. I am sure that you, as a fellow attorney, can appreciate my dilemma with DR 5-101 and DR 5-102 viz a viz "John Does" making claims where no basis for such claims can be sustained in the absence of a written contract.  

Regards,

Hugh Jasswhype, Esq.

The Chume-Williams criminal ignores the considerable legal issues raised by Jasswhype and makes a demand. It is underlined so that we will know  it is a really quite legally binding demand. I mean, people don't underline things unless it is very serious:

DEAR HUGH JASSWYPE ESQ,

 SIR,

      RE: OUTSTANDING DEBT OF $25,000 OWNED BY LATE DR. CALVIN CROCKER BEFORE HIS DEMISE.

  I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE THE SUM OF $25,000 INDEBTEDNESS OF DR. CALVIN CROCKER (DECEASED) TO ME BEFORE HIS DEMISE. THE AMOUNT BECAME DUE FROM SERIES OF SUPPLIES I MADE AT HIS ORDER/REQUEST FOR WHICH AS AT HIS DEMISE, HE HAS THE OUTSTANDING AMOUNT AFORE-NAMED WHICH I BELIEVE MUST HAVE APPEARED IN THE DECEASED’S RECORD FOR REFERENCE, PERUSAL AND NECESSARY ACTION BY THE EXECUTOR OF HIS WILL THROUGH THE ATTORNEY OF RECORDS.

  IN THE DEEMED CIRCUMSTANCE, I HUMBLY REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OR DISBURSEMENT OF THE SAID AMOUNT TO ME WITH DESPATCH.

  THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND SOLICITED COOPERATION.

JAMES CHUME 

"It must have appeared in the deceased's (sic) records for... necessary action by the executor...." Pardon me, but Dr. Crocker did not know he was going to die and so didn't make a note of the $25,000 debt to be given to his executor. Dr. Crocker also made no note of the debt because it is a fiction created by Chume. Hmm, Chume must have pulled this idea for a "demand" out of his ass along with his personality. While Jasswhype did mention a note which said Crocker owed Chume $25,000 there is more to the story:

 

Dear Mr. Chume:
 
Please provide me with receipts, invoices, bills of lading, cancelled cheques, and any other documentary evidence to prove your
claim. The ledger for Dr. Crocker does not show him owing you $25,000 USD or any monies whatsoever. Rather, his ledger shows that you formally offered him a substantial portion of the $45,000,000 estate of one Mr. Peter Smith, an American, deceased 22 April 1990. What is the status on the estate of Mr. Peter Smith? Did you receive all of the monies from the estate of Mr. Peter Smith for yourself and keep it?
 
I know that Dr. Crocker had a deep and abiding missionary zeal to provide Bibles and powdered milk to Africa. In fact, in
December he caused to be shipped to Africa 5,000 Bibles and 2,000 tons of powdered milk. Dr. Crocker's notes indicate that you did not, as you promised, pay even one penny towards this substantial donation from your proceeds from the estate of Mr. Peter Smith. This is why Dr. Crocker became disheartened by your lukewarm commitment to Jesus Christ and gave the Range Rover automobile to his lover, a horrible, treacherous woman who is making many demands upon his estate. In any case, the estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker does not want any money from you whatsoever, this despite the fact that you owe him millions from the estate of Mr. Peter Smith.  
 
A fellow named Mr. Barrister Williams has asserted claims against the estate of Dr. Crocker, but he has sent no records, receipts, or bills. He seems to have been an attorney who was associated with you in the estate of Peter Smith, the aforementioned decedent. I assume that Barrister Williams took his share of the estate of Mr. Peter Smith.
 
In his will, Dr. Calvin Crocker did not make any bequest to either you (Mr. James Chume), nor to  Barrister Williams, nor to Mr. Usman Bello. In December, Dr. Crocker did pay $22,500 to Mr. Usman Bello for Bello's interest in the St. Victoria gold mine and to pay fees related to the estate of Mr. Peter Smith. According to my records, Mr. Usman Bello was paid in full for having sent the Death Certificate of Mr. Peter Smith to Dr. Crocker. I do have all of the paperwork Mr. Usman Bello sent me and his paperwork substantiate his claims. (Note: This claim that Usman Bello sent the Death Certificate was stated just to piss off Williams, who actually sent the Death Certificate)
 
Unfortunately, no disbursements can be made to you nor any other persons without documentary evidence which can be verified with the permitting or health authorities in your country. Mr. Chume, given that you have received $45,000,000 from the estate of Mr. Peter Smith, I do not understand why you are asking for any money from the estate of Dr. Crocker. You should be happy with your newly found riches and drop this matter, for you really have no legal case because you lack any form of proof that could be admitted as evidence in an American court of law.
 
Good Day,
 
Hugh Jasswhype
Attorney of Record
Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker
 

Hugh Jasswhype -- and he really is one -- next rebuffs Williams' chummy note asking for a personal phone call. This is strange considering that Jasswhype was just trying to induce Williams to help him con the young lady out of $4,000,000 USD. Jasswhype must be some kind of schizophrenic!

Dear Barrister Williams:
 
All e-mail correspondence must come through this e-mail address as the court has deemed it to be a repository for third parties. Because you are not an American citizen, you cannot utilize any legal conveyance other than this e-mail address. I am not allowed to engage in any undocumented phone calls or to receive any correspondence through the US mails related to the estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker. I cannot even speak with you on an informal basis and in fact must submit my phone logs on a weekly basis to the court to ensure integrity.
 
Still, anything you want to tell me through this e-mail site is protected as confidential. I am sorry, but in light of DR 5-101 (b) as amended by the 1998 Laws of Inheritance prevent me from doing otherwise.
 
Good Day,
 
Mr. Hugh Jasswhype, Esq.
Attorney of Record
Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker

Now a seeming change of heart from Hugh Jasswhype just to keep James Chume hoping. This is part of Hugh Jasswhype's schizoid personality in which he alternates between being friendly and hostile. "Always keep the lads guessing," I say.
 

Dear Mr. Chume:
 
Assuming I could get the Range Rover, what port would I need to ship it to? What seaport are you near? Dr. Crocker's young girlfriend has been arrested and I may be able to convince the police to send me the Range Rover. This is not a promise, and I also need to determine transoceanic shipping costs from America 0where the Range Rover is currently.  I would probably have the vehicle shipped from the Port of Savanna, Georgia to the port nearest you in Africa. Please advise.
 
Regards.
 
Hugh Jasswhype, Esq

Of course, I had malign intentions here as I wrote in a bcc: to some of my scambaiting friends who were watching this one unfold. It is fun to share scambait e-mails by bcc: as your friends can offer pointers and advice at critical junctures as Major Owen Lotts and TFI have done for me: Here is my e-mail to them:

Hi TFI and Major Lotts:
 
My lad will get the Range Rover from the Estate of Dr. Calvin Crocker. However, the ship will lose power, and then crash into the rocks on the coast of Newfoundland before it reaches Africa. The Range Rover will be thrown overboard by the crew when it attempts to lighten the ship as it is heading towards the rocks:
 
 
"The Range Rover is under approx 300 meters of water in the North Atlantic, Mr. Chume. As it was not the duty of the Estate of Dr. Crocker to pay the $900 for cargo insurance, the vehicle was uninsured and the loss is yours."
 
J. Dog
 

Strangely, Chume never answered me as to which seaport I was to ship the Range Rover, this although he would keep demanding the vehicle in subsequent e-mails. He is either stupid or does not read his mail thoroughly. Granted, I am guilty of a lack of thoroughness at times, and it would bite me in the ass later in this scambait. "The Devil is in the details," is an all-important truism to remember in scambaiting. Control your details and facts or the lads will turn things around on you.

 

 

(The booking photo of Michael Jackson; he does show up in the strangest of places, doesn't he?

I placed it here as Mr. Jackson was arrested while this scambait was in progress. It's too bad

that they didn't arrest Mr. James Chume as well, for he is as guilty as sin itself.)

ACT II -- The Accidentally Sent E-Mail Trick

 

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