If at first you don't succeed...
Sept 15, 2023 12:07:55 GMT
Birlic, creepthecreepers, and 1 more like this
Post by Yastreb on Sept 15, 2023 12:07:55 GMT
“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again” is something some scammers truly believe; usually (but not always) under a new name... Here's an example.
It features the surprise bonus of not one but two apparent attempt to safari the baiter!
Scammer names have been changed. My comments are in bold.
29 June 2017
Subject: URGENT
DEAR MALCOLM REYNOLDS,
HOW' RE YOU DOING?
PLEASE I NEED YOU TO MAKE HASTE AND ACT FAST.
I'M CONTACTING YOU IN REGARDS OF YOUR THREE BOXES OF HIGH VOLUME CURRENCY OF EXPENDABLE BANK NOTE CASH,
THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR COMPANY TO OPEN.
ONE OF THE BOX CAN BE OPEN VERY WELL AFTER OBTAINING AND PROVIDING THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATE.
WE NEED TO OBTAIN AND GET A RELEASE APPROVED CERTIFICATE IMMEDIATELY TO PROCEED WITH THE MOVING OF THE
THREE BOXES OUT OF THE COMPANY PREMISES TO A SAFE PLACE BEFORE NEGOTIATING AND MAKING ARRANGEMENT ON
HOW TO DELIVERY THE BOXES TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY RESPECTIVELY.
THE THREE BOXES WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU DIRECTLY THROUGH A PRIVATE JET OR GET THE BOXES OPEN AND SEND TO THE BANK AND MAKE A BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER OF THE HUGE CURRENCY BANK NOTE, BUT FIRST WE NEED TO OBTAIN A RELEASE APPROVED CERTIFICATE OR POWER OF ATTORNEY CERTIFICATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE CERTIFICATE WILL ONLY COST LITTLE. THANK YOU.
I'M CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I FOUND YOUR FULL DETAILS INFORMATION ON THE BOXES, INCLUDING YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, PHONE NUMBER, EMAILS ACCOUNT INFORMATION AS WELL.
PLEASE MAKE HASTE LETS GET THIS DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MOB NO: +233-540-298-164
I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT, OBTAIN THIS DOCUMENT "POWER OF ATTORNEY" TO BACK OFF THE CONSIGNMENT
BOXES RESPECTIVELY, THEN IT WILL BE VERY EASY TO DELIVERED THE BOXES TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY.
SINCERE REGARDS,
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE
3 July
DEAR CAPTAIN,
HOW'RE YOU DOING?
PLEASE CAN WE PROGRESS WITH THE PROCEEDINGS AND DELIVERY OF THE BOXES TO YOU?
WE NEED JUST THE POWER OF ATTORNEY CERTIFICATE TO PROCEED AND DELIVERED THE BOXES TO YOU OKAY. THANKS YOU.
SINCERELY,
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE
Mr White
I'm not a captain any longer, so call me Mr Reynolds, please.
That aside - tell me about the boxes and their contents.
Malcolm Reynolds
The Customs Service in Ghana is no group of pen-pushers, apparently; more like a SWAT team... but even they aren’t safe from Death By Road Accident!
3 July
DEAR MALCOLM REYNORD,
DEAR
Good, I need you to get it right,
I'VE TAKING A PHOTO OF ONE OF THE CONSIGNMENT BOX AND SENT TO YOU.
THE BOXES ITS IN MY BOSS OFFICE.
I've taking a Photo of one of the Consignment Box and sent to you.
The Boxes its in my boss Office.
PLEASE MAKE HASTE TO FACILITATES THINGS RIGHTLY AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Let me give a clear explaination
To make the necessary arrangement for the Delivery of your Boxes to you in your country, with my Percentage Shared well Negotiated.
Is Clean, Free, Genuine and Legal.
The Custom Officer that brought the three (3) Boxes to our Company here in Ghana to open this Boxes respectively, Unfortunately the Officer had a very Fatal motor accident on his way back to Obtain and get the Release Approved Certificate or Power of Attorney Certificate for the Three Boxes, which was requested.
Please understand my reason for contacting you its sincere and straight forward because i saw your full
Details Information on the Boxes, which includes your Full Names, Emails and Mobile Phone Number.
So i decide it will be best to contact you for the Boxes.
According to the Officer before He depart and unfortunately had a Fatal accident, He said the three (3) Boxes full of High Volume of Expendable Bank Note currency of United States Dollars, discover and seize from a Cargo Ship, by His boys.
He said His boys killed the Smugglers of the three (3) Boxes and the three Boxes was taking to Tema Harbor in Ghana here, before the Officer decided to move the Three Boxes to our company to open one of the Box.
Pls i need you to come down to Ghana to see, Verify, Confirm and make the delivery of the Three Boxes to your country as soon as possible.
OR if possible I'll advise you to get a representative here in Ghana, A Lawyer or Trusted Personality,
To obtain the POWER OF ATTORNEY [P.O.A.] CERTIFICATE and present to the authorities in our company to open the box and make the delivery directly.
This Boxes 're Real, Genuine and Legitimate.
Please Note that, one of the Box can be forced open if only you wish so. after you've obtain and presenting the Certificate for approval, then the Box can be open.
With this Certificate POWER OF ATTORNEY the Boxes will be secured and safe and covered.
Its also a back up Certificate for the Boxes and its from the Supreme Court of Justice Signed and Seal, and a copy of this Certificate will be sent to you as well.
I hope you understand.
I await your kind feedback soon.
THANK You.
HAVE A NICE DAY AND GODBLESS.
NICE REGARDS.
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE.
He sends a photograph...
Mal is not taken in.
That photograph is totally useless - and you made gorram sure that it was useless, I don't know why; but my grandmother could have taken a better pic and she's dead. Speaking of which, I am getting a seriously bad vibe about this situation.
Those customs man and his 'boys' seize boxes of money from a cargo ship and kill the smugglers. Then he brings the boxes to you to open, and wouldn't you know it, he dies suddenly; I'm betting he was dead before the crash. Now you want me to come to Ghana and get involved in something that's already killed who knows how many people already, in the belief that it's all totally safe, when you're maybe planning to force me to sign over the money to you and then there's a hot lead payoff.
What do you say about that, dude?
Malcolm Reynolds
Is he trying to safari Mal now?
4 July
DEAR MALCOLM,
Good Responds, but you're wrong in your thinking.
I really don't know how to explain this, but all i need from you now, its for you to come down to Ghana or Send a Representative down to take charge of the delivery proceedings rightly.
If its not Real, Genuine i'll not asked you to come down to Ghana.
Those that have lost their lives its just unfortunate and it all work out for your good to recovered
your belongings. You're safe and secure in here.
The POWER OF ATTORNEY CERTIFICATE will be backing up the Boxes respectively.
That makes it safe and secure for you to make the delivery right and legal.
I hope you understand.
Hope to you from you soon, as you make haste okay. THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE.
Mr White
Let me recap a bit; so boxes of money with my personal details were in a ship crewed by smugglers, who were murdered by customs officers in what sounds like a restaging of a scene from The Usual Suspects... Am I wrong there?
Malcolm Reynolds
5 July
DEAR MALCOLM,
MR. MALCOLM PLEASE GET IT RIGHT, THAT'S THE STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICER THAT BROUGHT THE BOXES TO OUR COMPANY, I'M NOT A MILITARY PERSONAL NOR IN ANY OF THE FORCES BUT I'M ENGR. BRAUN WHITE OKAY,
I'M CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I FOUND YOUR DETAILS ON THE BOXES AND I BELIEVE I'LL GET A HANDSOME BENEFIT AND PROFIT AS MY PERCENTAGE SHARED, FROM THE TRANSACTION.
MR. MALCOLM WHY 'RE YOU WASTING PRECIOUS TIME.
AS I'VE SAID EARLIER, I'LL SUGGEST AND ADVISE YOU COME DOWN OR SEND DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE TO CONFIRM AND PROCEED IN OBTAINING THE POWER OF ATTORNEY CERTIFICATE, THEN PROCEED WITH THE DELIVERY PROCESS RESPECTIVELY.
JUST THIS CERTIFICATE AND EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE RIGHT TO DELIVERED THE BOXES TO YOU SUCCESSFULLY IN YOUR COUNTRY THROUGH HIRING A PRIVATE JET.
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, THAT'S THE BEST AND YOU'RE SECURED AND COVERED.
AWAITS YOUR RESPONDS AND UPDATE SOON.
THANK YOU.
SINCERELY,
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE
I’m pleased to see that classic Mr Prithee line used by one of my scammers!
6 July
HELLO, MR. MALCOLM WHAT'S THE SITUATION OF THINGS?
Mr White
Speaking as a retired Captain of the USMC... I'm not surprised to hear that you never served in the forces. But enough of your failings for now. Fact is, I don't have a fucking clue why boxes of money with my details on them would be on a tramp steamer in a port in Ghana.
Malcolm Reynolds
7 July
DEAR MALCOLM,
PLEASE I'M PLEADING YOU TO COME DOWN TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.
THERE IS A SAYING, THAT SEEN ITS BELIEVING.
PLEASE COME DOWN TO GHANA OR SEND DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE OR IF YOU'VE ANY LAWYER IN GHANA WHO CAN REPRESENT YOU, ITS BEST TO VERIFY AND CONFIRM THE REALITY.
ITS REAL, GENUINE AND LEGAL.
I'LL NOT LIE TO YOU.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND I'M DOING THIS BECAUSE OF MY SHARED PERCENTAGE I'LL BENEFIT AND GET.
ITS VERY SIMPLE, PLEASE THINK AND DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO OKAY. THANK YOU.
SINCERE REGARDS.
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE
Mr White
Dude, this is not simple, not in the way you think it is! Let me explain.
"SEND DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE" - I am a retired US Marine, not a global potentate with an army of henchmen ready to travel thousands of miles at my command.
"IF YOU'VE ANY LAWYER IN GHANA WHO CAN REPRESENT YOU" - Seriously, dude? You seriously expect me to have a lawyer-in-residence on hand in some obscure African nation?
"ITS REAL, GENUINE AND LEGAL" - LEOs in your country have already committed mass murder over this consignment; tell me how it can still be legal under those circumstances.
Malcolm Reynolds
Maybe Braun White ain't trying for a safari after all (note the first bit in red) - but he then demands that Mal get an attorney himself rather than be given one (also in red). That makes no sense.
DEAR MALCOLM,
PLEASE GET IT RIGHT FROM ME,
THAT'S THE STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICER, WHO BROUGHT THIS BOXES TO OUR COMPANY TO GET OPENED OF THE BOXES.
I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ELSE IN RESPECT OF THE STATEMENT HE GAVE.
WHAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW ITS THAT THE BOXES WILL BE SAFE AND SECURE AFTER OBTAINING THE CERTIFICATE AND YOU'VE NO ISSUE WITH THE STATEMENT OF THE OFFICER BECAUSE HIS NOT THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE BOXES.
ITS CASE HAS BEEN CLOSED BELIEVE ME.
YOU'RE THE RIGHTFUL LEGAL OWNER OF THE BOXES AND THAT SETTLE IT.
PLEASE KINDLY UNDERSTAND ME,
MR. MALCOLM THE BEST PROVE YOU NEED HIS LIFE AND DIRECT EVIDENTS AND NOTHING ELSE.
MR. MALCOLM SEEN ITS BELIEVING.
THAT'S THE MORE REASON I NEED YOU TO COME DOWN YOURSELF OR PLEASE KINDLY SEND DOWN A REPRESENTATIVE OR TRY TO GET A GENUINE ATTORNEY IN MY COUNTRY GHANA TO REPRESENT YOU OKAY.
PLEASE THIS ITS REAL, GENUINE AND LEGAL.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND I CAN'T GET AN ATTORNEY FOR YOU BECAUSE ITS NOT RIGHT AND LOOKS LIKE CHILDS PLAY BUT YOU'VE TO GET AN ATTORNEY YOURSELF AND SEND HIM TO ME.
I'M AN HONEST AND SINCERE PERSON,
I'LL NOT LIE TO YOU.
PLEASE KINDLY UNDERSTAND I'M SAYING THE TRUTH AND FACT.
PLEASE DECIDE ON WHAT TO DO,
I NEED YOU TO MAKE HASTE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OKAY.
I AWAITS AN URGENT RESPONDS AND UPDATE SOON. THANKS.
SINCERELY,
ENGR. BRAUN WHITE.
I decide to throw down a challenge that Braun White can’t accept.
Mr White
Every time you write, you make this fucking can of worms even larger! Now you admit you have no real idea about how the money really came to you, amirite? That customs guy could have been lying about how he got hold of it, and we'll never know now.
One thing you can do - send me the complete list of what was written on the box; "NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, STATE, COUNTRY, PHONE NUMBER, EMAILS ACCOUNT INFORMATION". That at least you owe me.
Malcolm Reynolds
And... he doesn’t accept.
Or write back.
At least, not as Engr Braun White.
Stay tuned!
x 4 (Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria to Ghana, Nigeria to Benin, Ghana to Benin)