Post by Yastreb on Jun 21, 2022 7:24:59 GMT
Fear the voodoo, and run from cowboys! That’s like in Nigeria, apparently...
This bait is ongoing as of 21 June 2022.
Scammer names have been changed; their emails are date-stamped. My comments are in bold.
Unusually, the opening script came to Captain Mal direct, not to "Dear Sir"; equally unusually, the unfortunate orphan is in Nigeria rather than Ghana.
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
In my desperation for urgent help i am contacting you now regarding my One sealed consignment box which i came with from Southern Sudan to Nigeria on the 14th April 2022 .
My name is Ido Kalabi , i am from Southern Sudan and the only child of Alhaji Sido Kalabi who was murdered with my mum by hard core Islamic extremist in Southern Sudan .
On the occasion of the death of my parents , i decided to flee the country with the most valuable thing in our house which is the one sealed consignment box carefully packed by my late father containing the sum of Fifteen Million ( $ 15, 000, 000.00 ) Million US Dollars spendable cash .
Before the death of my father , he made an inscription on the sealed coignment box as " Family Valuables " to disguise its content , as he intended to
deposit the sealed consignment box with a security outfit in Southern Sudan but unfortunately that didnot happened as he was murdered with my mum .
The combination lock of the sealed consignment box is written in my late father's secret diary which i have in my possession as i am talking to you now .
With the two hundred and sixty ( $ 260 ) US Dollars i found in my late fathers drawer , i went to the Ministry of Interior Affairs Southern Sudan to obtain my traveling Permit as it was a necessary document for me to have , before i can be able to leave the country enroute Nigeria for my safety .
At the Ministry of Interior Affairs Southern Sudan , i was told that it is mandatorily required for the sealed consignment box to be given a registration number before i can depart , hence it was given the registration number SS/7896-2/300-1/NIG .
I spend two hundred and forty ( $ 240 ) US Dollars on my journey and on arrival in Nigeria from Juba i was left with Twenty ( $ 20 ) US Dollars , before i was apprehended with the sealed consignment box at the Nigeria Sieme Border by the Nigeria Immigration on duty before being taken to their office in Warri Delta State Nigeria where the consignment has been impounded by them requesting to know the content of the box .
I was asked a lot of questions concerning the sealed consignment box which i told them that its " Family Valuables " belong to a foreigner overseas as the beneficiary/ owner and now they are insisting to speak to the beneficiary / owner before the consignment box can be released .
This is the reason i am contacting you now , so that you can talk to them as my beneficiary / owner for them to release the consignment box .
It is my intention to leave Africa and continue my education abroad , so as soon as the consignment box is released , i will communicate with you and reach an agreement on the next step to take in this respect .
Please , i am urgently waiting to hear from you concerning this issue .
Thank you very much in advance as i wait for your reply .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Southern Sudan
Mr Kalabi
Who told you to contact me?
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
The orphan may be stranded in Nigeria, but there's still a Ghanaian connection.
23 April
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
Thank you very much for your reply to my mail .
I am sorry and i sincerely apologize for suddenly contacting you despite not knowing me or having seen me before .
I would have replied to your message yesterday but because i slept outside in the cold , i was bitten by mosquitoes and i am having a fever at this moment .
When i was taken into custody by the Nigerian Immigration with my sealed consignment box held by them on my arrival in the country , a custom officer from Ghana who came to Nigeria for a three days induction course met us at the scene of this event , he tried to intervene but he was not listened to .
It was this Ghana custom officer who gave me your name and contact to reach you for help and assistance concerning this situation , so this is how i was able to contact you .
I told the Nigerian immigration that the owner / beneficiary of the sealed consignment box is a white man , a foreigner and they said they have to speak to him first to confirm my claim .
This is the reason why i want you to contact the Head of Nigerian immigration and tell him that you are the owner / beneficiary of the sealed consignment box and that you want the consignment to be released .
Please , i attach my Southern Sudan National Identification card and traveling Permit to Nigeria for you to see .
You can also reach me through this number . +234 REDACTED
Kindly try at your convenience to reply to my mail . Thank you very very much .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Southern Sudan
Mr Kalabi
Well, that's just bizarre. I have no friends in Ghana; in fact the only contact I've had with that country made me gorram annoyed. But for now, I have a bunch of questions, and I want them answered immediately.
How old are you?
How come your father had a fortune in cashy money; US dollars at that?
What is a "beneficiary/owner"?
What "help and assistance" are you looking for?
Malcolm Reynolds
I didn't know that "Herdsmen" were killers like Boko Haram. Live and learn, I guess.
And they've put the money out in the open. $2,680 is a reasonable sum.
9 June
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
I hope you are fine sir and everyone in your family is ok.
Because of the kidnapping and killings all over Nigeria now , our movement is not normal as it were before . Everybody is very careful in moving around to avoid being a victim of Boko Haram, Herdsmen , Bandits and unknown gunmen.
This is the reason why i have not been able to reply to your mail since April 23rd, 2022 .
Now concerning the issue of my consignment box , since i have told the Immigration officer that the consignment belongs to you , a white man from overseas , who is also my foster father , the immigration officers have agreed to release the consignment to me but they said since i don't have documents stating that you are the owner , they are going to get a Certificate of Ownership in your name from the High Court in Nigeria through their Immgration Lawyer and a Non Inspection Certificate to cover the release and safety of the consignment box since i told them that what is inside the box is ' Family Valuables ' and that i don't have the combination lock to the box .
Right now , the Immigration Lawyer said that the Certificate of Ownership in your name from the High Court in Nigeria and the Non Inspection Certificate cost $2,680 US Dollars . When you make this payment now and we acquire these certificates the box will be released to me .
When i have the box in my hand i can now have access to the money and on your instruction do what you want me to do .
Please Sir , i am waiting to hear from you first before anything else .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Mr Kalabi
I asked you four questions. You didn't answer the first three, and the fourth only partly, if that.
How old are you?
How come your father had a fortune in cashy money; US dollars at that?
What is a "beneficiary/owner"?
What "help and assistance" are you looking for?
Something else; you wrote "Everybody is very careful in moving around to avoid being a victim of Boko Haram, Herdsmen , Bandits and unknown gunmen" - three of them I understand, but "Herdsmen"?
Malcolm Reynolds
Mr Kalabi
I called, and you answered.
I spoke, and you ended the call.
I called again, and either your phone was switched off, or you refused to answer.
What the hell is going on here?
Malcolm Reynolds
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Mr Kalabi
Just one question for now.
You told me that my name is already recorded as the owner of the boxes. How could that have happened?
Malcolm Reynolds
11 June
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
You are misunderstanding what I told you and what I explained in my past emails that I sent to you .
I only told the Nigerian Immigration that the owner of the consignment box is a white man overseas and he is also my foster father . Your name was not registered with the consignment box , so I never said it was .
That is why the Nigerian Immigration requested that I give them your full name which I did .
Now since there is no name on any document stating the owner of the box , the Nigerian Immigration says for the box to be release , a Certificate of Ownership in your name must be acquired from the High Court of Justice in Nigeria and a Non Inspection Certificate that will stop any authority from requesting to see the content of the box .
This is the situation we are facing and the two documents cost $2,680 US Dollars .
Thank you very much sir for your calls and care and i really appreciate what you are doing .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Boldfacing and italics are in the original.
Mr Kalabi
I was keeping notes during the call, and you said that the Certificate of Ownership is in my name. Not will be; is. I'm not to blame for your carelessness.
That aside, there's a bigger issue to consider. There's $15 million in that box; so, OK, I get these documents and you get your box. What happens after that?
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
13 June
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
Sir , thank you very much for your mail .
When you get the documents and the box is handed over to me , I must leave Nigeria immediately and that is where you will assist me in coming over to meet you in your country .
I can open an account with one of the banks here in Nigeria and deposit the funds either in your name with your particulars which you will provide directly to the bank when they call you on phone or in my name .
From that account the transfer of $ 14,950,000.00 ( Fourteen Million , Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand ) US Dollars will be made to your account in your country and the remaining balance of $ 50,000.00 ( Fifty Thousand ) US Dollars will be in my hands to do my traveling papers, obtain my visa and pay for my ticket and fly down to meet you in your country .
I want to continue life afresh outside Africa and that means I will also go back to school when I finally come to your country .
My share of the fund will cover my educational expenses and buying necessities while the rest you will help me put in a good investment that I will count on your experience to help me take care of .
Thank you very much sir , I look forward to your reply .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Mr Kalabi
Let me break this down.
"I must leave Nigeria immediately and that is where you will assist me in coming over to meet you in your country" - I can't assist you with getting into Australia. As I stated several times, I'm not a citizen; I'm a resident alien.
"I can open an account with one of the banks here in Nigeria and deposit the funds... in your name" - I have issues with that. So should you. If that money is lodged in my name, the IRS will take a huge bite out of it. They might also start investigating why I'm getting millions from South Sudan, and that would then bring in DHS. I don't need that kind of shitshow.
"I can open an account with one of the banks here in Nigeria...in my name" - sorry, but isn't the money going to be in my name? Isn't that what the Certificate of Ownership will be saying?
"$ 50,000.00 ( Fifty Thousand ) US Dollars will be in my hands to do my traveling papers, obtain my visa and pay for my ticket and fly down to meet you in your country" - if you can get travelling papers and a visa just like that, why would you think you need any help from me in travelling (not that I can help you; see above).
"the rest you will help me put in a good investment that I will count on your experience to help me take care of" - I have never done investment. If you want to invest, you arrange it yourself.
Malcolm Reynolds
16 June (sent twice)
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
Thank you very much for your reply to my mail and I have been trying to get money to get to the internet cafe to reply to your message and that is why I delayed until this time .
Even in this country , indegenous citizens travel to the UK and Australia from here and I can as well sort the help of the traveling agency here to help me get to Australia as long as I have the money to process my papers , visa and ticket .
Therefore , I will be handling my traveling to meet you in Australia myself , when the box is cleared from the Nigerian immigration.
Then since you say you don't want to receive the money through bank to bank , the consignment box can still be delivered through one of these delivery agencies here to you in Australia .
When the box is successfully delivered to you in Australia , from my share i will go back to school and also do business investment of my choice in the country .
I look forward to your reply .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Mr Kalabi
OK, you don't need help in getting to Australia; glad that we cleared that up!
But the fact remains, as I said before, if the money is in my name, whether or not it's in an account, to quote myself, "the IRS will take a huge bite out of it. They might also start investigating why I'm getting millions from South Sudan, and that would then bring in DHS. I don't need that kind of shitshow."
Additionally, this; "the consignment box can still be delivered through one of these delivery agencies here to you in Australia" - seriously, dude? Cashy money? First off, that would not get through customs, I'm sure of that, and even if it did, I've got $50 million in (presumably) greenbacks... my problems would be just beginning.
I'm not some panic merchant. I've fought on the battlefield. But I don't believe in making trouble for myself through bad planning.
Malcolm Reynolds
18 June
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
Thank you very much for your mail and I understood everything you said .
In conclusion, what do you suppose we do to perfectly resolve this issue , as you want it to be .
Let me hear from you .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Mr Kalabi
I have no answers, and it sounds like you don't have any answers either.
I'll spell out the problems once more.
If the money is in my name, whether or not it's in an account, the IRS will know about it and take a large part of it. They might also start investigating why I'm getting millions from South Sudan, and that would then bring in DHS and the AFP most likely. I don't need that. Neither do you.
You said that the consignment box can be delivered through a delivery agency to me in Australia. Bad idea. Cashy money would not get through customs, for one thing; and then we'd have the same problem as before with DHS and the AFP.
That's why I don't have any answers. I don't know how you could have any answers.
Malcolm Reynolds
21 June
Dear Mr. Malcolm Reynolds ,
There will be no issue getting the funds out to you after the consignment is cleared from the Nigerian Immigration .
Once the consignment is cleared , I will have it in my custody and start transferring the money , bit by bit in trenches in the amount of $ 200,000.00 US Dollars in every transfer made .
Nobody will have a problem getting the money out to you by this method .
Yours Faithfully ,
Ido Kalabi
Mr Kalabi
Fine, so you won't lumber me with cashy money. But your other other plan, of sending money in trenches, ain't going to keep me off IRS radar. Someone in Nigeria sending money to my account, $200K at a time... there must be more certain ways of getting the Feds on to me, but this would be in the top five, I'm sure.
Did I somehow mortally offend you some time in the past? Is that why you're trying to set me up?
Malcolm Reynolds
To be continued?
x 4 (Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria to Ghana, Nigeria to Benin, Ghana to Benin)