The Bello Files:

What my characters and the lads say about this most evil of all 419 con artists.

The following are fragments from baits concerning Bello. All GREEN fragments were written by my characters to the lads. Everything the lads wrote to my characters re: Bello is in BLUE.

Dear Harold,

        I hope you are still alive because Bello and his cohorts have hidden but our investigations revealed they will be caught soon. So relax your mind because they will not contact you at the moment.

Feel free to let me know all he has be writing to you as a proof to the law.

Thanks and Remain Blessed.

PAUL ROWDEN.

 

RAYMOND:

I CAN SEE THAT YOU ARE NOT REALLY IN CONTROL OF THIS DEAL. USMAN BELLO CONTROLS 
THIS DEAL AND SO I WILL SEND HIM THE $25,00 ARE YOU APPEAR TO BE CONFUSED. 
PLEASE DO NOT WRITE TO ME AGAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS DEAL.

SWANSON
 
Next, a three-letter excerpt:
From: victor ebenebe 
Date: 2004/11/22 Mon PM 01:47:06 EST
To: Harold Swanson
Subject: Urgent
 
Dear Mr Swanson,
I'm writing to know if you are already back from Amsterdam and how was your trip.
Regards,
Victor
Victor:

MY TRIP WAS TERRIBLE. USMAN BELLO ROBBED ME OF $15,000 IN WHAT THE POLICE SAID WAS A "WASH WASH" JOB. 
I PAID FOR CLEANING CHEMICALS THAT WERE FAKE. I ESCAPED BEFORE BELLO COULD GET MORE MONEY FROM ME OR TRY TO KILL ME.
SWANSON
Dear Mr Swanson,
Have you seen the greatest mistake that human beings make here on earth. I told you the way you will follow things you will not be in trouble you vehemently refused to listen to my voice, but now you have seen it all. Well, there is not much problem but all I have to tell you is that there is still a way out if only you will listen to me this time arround and no longer listen to the negative stories they might have told you about me or any one else. But firstly I want to know what you intend to do next. Hope to hear from you speedily.
Regards,
Victor.

 
Alfred:

Usman Bello swindled me out of $165,000 in what the police said was a "wash wash job." 
I kept paying for Vectrol paste to clean the money. It was terrible. After he took all of my 
money, Bello's men beat me senseless and threw me into a canal where I was covered with 
canal slime. I almost froze to death and drowned in the canal. A passing Dutchman saved me 
from certain death. Now I am afraid that you are a 419 con artist as well. 
How can you convince me you are not?

Swanson
 

DEAR HAROLD,

          YOU ARE VERY WISE FOR CONFRONTING ME BEFORE TAKEN ANY FURTHER STEPS TO MR MARTIN CHUKWA WHO DOES NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ORGANISATION.

         I CAN TELL YOU THAT HE IS ONE OF THE COHORTS TO MR BELLO THOUGH HE HAS BEEN CAPTURED.I ENDEAVOUR TO LET YOU KNOW EARLER BEFORE NOW NOT TO CONTACT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE AGAIN.

       WELL THE BEST I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW TO BE ON A SAFER SIDE IS TO STOP COMMUNICATION EITHER BY EMAILS OR TELEPHONE CALLS TO THESE CROOKS.YOU SHOULD ALSO BE WANDERING WHY HE ASKED YOU SEND 3000$ WITHOUT NO PROOF.

      TO BE ON A SAFER SIDE,ABIDE BY THIS RULES

DO NOT RESPOND TO  ANY EMAIL NOT FROM ME.I WILL GIVE YOU A CODE FOR OUR EASY COMMUNICATION WHICH IS (DISTRICT COORDINATOR)

I EXPECT YOU GET BACK TO ME FOR EASY ACCESS TO YOUR PRIZE.

MAKE IT BEFORE THE DEADLINE OR GOODLUCK TO YOU.

BYE FOR NOW AND REGARDS.

REV PAUL ROWDEN.