Post by Yastreb on Jul 19, 2020 12:16:51 GMT
It was all going so well, until one of the scammers made a bad call (literally)…
The Scammers
Dr Richard Quartey, “the chief auditor general herr with a bank in Ghana”
Dr Lain Mackay, “HSBC bank manager in London”
Samuel Akwei, Barrister
“Junior”, the scammer who called the wrong number and wrecked everything
The Baiter
Malcolm Reynolds, a retired US Marine living in Australia
The scammers’ emails are time-stamped; my comments are in bold. Note; for those who might want to just listen to the calls, there's a thread in Phone Baiting.
13 September 2014
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met, permit me however with dispense of honor and respect that I humbly make this appeal to you with the understanding that any fact or opinion expressed in this letter are given in confidence and solely. but If it does not interest you, disregard the mail but if it makes sense to you, I open my arms wide to do business with you in trust and sincerity.
I am DR RICHARD QUARTEY , the chief auditor general here with the bank in Ghana, I am looking for a foreign partner that I can entrust and partner with in making this a success without hitches, I believe that you are capable and honest to handle this transaction.
Few yrs ago, I used an unclaimed fund {$50 million USD} whose owner has died 10yrs ago and no one has come to claim the money. I secretly invest the fund in a high interest program in the Bank, it ran for 5yrs and the capital fund made profit was $20,million USD.
I want you to assist and apply for the funds transfer claim into your account as the foreign partner beneficiary,the funds is deposited in ESCROW SUSPEND ACCOUNT I can not present my self for the claim, since the late depositor was a foreigner,
I have all the necessary certificate of deposit document for you to apply for the funds claim, i will use my influence as the bank auditor and include your name among the next of kin beneficiary for the claim. All you have to do is contact the bank manager as the beneficiary. with the deposit documents i will send to you.
I am willing to give you 40% of the total amount for your assistance, while you will assist to invest the 50%.and 10% will be set aside for any expenses incur, This transaction is 100% risk free, there is nothing to be afraid of. the transfer will be done legally without any problem.
If you are interested in this transaction, please do not hesitate to contact me, there are no risks involved in this transaction"
Best Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
I send one of my standard opening answers.
Mr Quartet
I'd like to know how and why you chose me to contact for this business.
Malcolm Reynolds
14 September
Dear Malcolm Reynold,
I contacted you because you have the same surname with the late beneficiary depositor Mr Dwayne Reynold. The funds claim is open to any member of the Reynold’s family.
And I needed a foreign partner, whom I can trust to apply for the $20,000,000 funds claim with Hsbc bank in London.
I couldn’t apply for the claim myself as a citizen auditor general in Ghana, since am not a foreigner. The $20,000,000 dollars has been transferred from ECO BANK in Ghana, into our corresponding HSBC BANK LONDON; I want you to apply for the claim as the beneficiary with the same surname REYNOLD.
With my position as the auditor general in Ghana, I will stand as your witness and guarantor to legalize your claim as the beneficiary. I want the transfer to be done legally without any risk involve.
I will send you the certificate of deposit, which you need to apply for the claim.
Kindly send me your information to enable me program it into the banking remittance system as the new beneficiary.
Please send me the requirement below;
YOUR FULL NAMES :………………………….
YOUR FULL ADDRES :,.......................
YOUR OCCUPATION :..........................
PHONE NUMBERS;...........................
AGE,DATE OF BIRTH:.......................
ACCOUNT NO: ....................................
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENSE
You will contact the HSBC BANK immediately I finish programming your information as the beneficiary for the claim.
As soon as the HSBC bank London acknowledge you for the funds claim, We are good enough to authorize the $20,000,000 dollars transfer into your foreign account. I have attached my id and passport and i do not intend to delay with the transaction.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
A question or two should slow things down a bit…
Mr Quartey
Far be it from me to criticize your thinking, but not Reynolds are related!
Did Dwayne Reynolds come from Charleston, South Carolina? That's the only way that I could be one of his kinfolk.
Malcolm Reynolds
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15 September
Sometimes the network is very poor here with distance calls and it affect clearer communication,
The late Dwayne Reynolds came from Charleston, South Carolina U.S.A and was into Gold mining in Ghana, as the source origin history of the funds deposit owned by a foreign beneficiary.
I have the bank certificate of deposit document; all you need to do is apply for the claim with the bank as the new beneficiary to receive the transfer with the same family name Reynold.
The bank will advise you with necessary legal requirement to proceed for the claim; I will like you to also keep it confidential between us.
Most banks normally take advantage of such funds for their own benefit. You don’t have to worry , I will assist you, it will be transfer legally into your account, depending on how you want it, bit by bit or the full amount to transferred.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartey
Strange – I'm sure there's no Dwayne in the Reynolds family. Maybe he's some disowned distant cousin. I must ask my folks if there's any such dude in the family tree.
Do you have any more information on Dwayne Reynolds?
Malcolm Reynolds
15 September
There is no more information, what I have is the Certificate of Deposit, which you can use and apply for the funds claim.
The bank will acknowledge your claim base on the family surname and as a foreigner, provided you have an ID to show bearing the same surname.
Every process will be legally done, there’s no need for you to be worried about it and disclose the transaction to other people. This is supposed to be a top secret between us.
All I need is your cooperation to contact the bank as the beneficiary for the transfer.
Regard
Dr Richard Quartey
16 September
Dear Malcolm Reynold,
I have not heard from you and i hope you are fine, i would like us to finalize with transaction urgently. Kindly contact the HSBC bank manager in LONDON. DR LAIN MACKAY E-mail; info@hs-bc.comoj.com Tel; +447514847018 and apply for your beneficiary funds transfer of $20,000,000.
As soon as the bank acknowledge your application for the funds claim as the beneficiary they will commence the transfer into your account, then you and i can easily invest the funds together as partner.
all i need is a trust and reliable person that will not disengage communication with me after receiving the funds transfer. i have assured you there's no risk involve and every process will be done legally not contrary with the law.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Q needs to do a bit of work if he wants this to go any further.
Mr Quartey
At the very least, draft me something to show how to apply to Mr Mackay.
Malcolm Reynolds
17 September
Dear Mr Malcolm Reynolds,
have drafted a mail for you to apply for the funds claim with the HSBC bank manager in London, DR LAIN MACKAY.
let me know if you receive it.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Uh-oh…
Mr Quartey,
I received no draft letter.
Malcolm Reynolds
Dr Q sends the same message again, this time with the text I’d asked for. Good boi!
18 September
Dear Dr, Lain Mackay,
I am Malcolm Reynolds, a beneficiary to late MR DWAYNE RENOLDS from Charleston, South Carolina.
I am contacting you in respect of late Mr Dwayne Reynolds funds $20,000,000 million dollars deposit with HSBC BANK LONDON and, corresponding with ECO BANK Ghana as the origin history source of the funds deposit through gold mining.
I am the beneficiary and I want the funds to be transfer into my foreign account, I have attached copy of the Deposit Certificate and Deposit Slip.
Kindly advice with the necessary requirements legally for the transfer to commence urgently into my account as the beneficiary without contrary to the law.
I will appreciate if my request is responded through without delay.
Best Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
I send the email to Dr M.
Two days later…
20 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
i was waiting for your feedback to confirm if you receive the drafted mail from me,
incase you didn't get the main in your inbox folder, kindly check your Spam folder also.
i want us to finalize the transaction without delay to save time. i assured you success in this regard.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Q is anxious; aren’t they coordinating?
20 September
Kindly update me if you receive the drafted mail, have resent it,
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
20 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
We are in receipt of Dwayne Reynolds funds $20,000,000 DOLLARS deposit pending in escrow suspend account programmed in our HSBC BANK London, from our corresponding ECO BANK Ghana for international transfer with the Reynolds family name as the beneficiary.
Kindly send your information to enable the bank acknowledges you with a letter of confirmation as the beneficiary for the transfer claim of $20,000,000 dollars.
We do not intend to delay your transfer claim, please send the requirements below;
1.) YOUR NATIONAL ID WITH YOUR PHOTO
2.) YOUR PHONE CONTACT AND CURRENT ADDRESS
3.) YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
4.) YOUR OCCUPATION
5,) DATE OF BIRTH
Your responds will enable the bank intimate you with legal transfer schedule .
Yours Sincerely
DR LAIN MACKAY
Mr McKay
Please be more specific about "NATIONAL ID WITH YOUR PHOTO".
Malcolm Reynolds
Mr Quatrey
I got your draft and sent it to Mr McKay. He replied; I asked him to clarify something that he requested. Don't fret.
I will ask why you want to save time. I don't understand why you'd be in a hurry over this.
Malcolm Reynolds
22 September
The funds has been pending for long and If you don’t apply for the funds claim on time, the UK government will seize it as an abandon funds without beneficiary inheritance destination. Since the initial depositor MR DWAYNE REYNOLDS is late.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
22 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
We need a scan copy of your national id or international passport, together with the required information’s listed.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Lain Mackay
Mr Quartey
Actually it would go to the US Government since Dwayne Reynolds was an American citizen. But never mind that.
Mr Mackay is demanding ID that I can't provide.
Malcolm Reynolds
23 September
For you to provide an ID to clarify your beneficiary claim with the bank shouldn't be a difficult thing for your cooporation.
it's a normal request with banks to certify you to receive funds transfer ,
RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartey
It may be normal where you are, but I can't comply with their demand.
Malcolm Reynolds
22 September
For you to provide an ID to clarify your beneficiary claim with the bank shouldn't be a difficult thing for your cooporation. You can send your drivers license alternatively to proceed.
it's a normal request with banks to certify you to receive funds transfer,
RICHARD QUARTEY
23 September
Please I don’t really understand your reasons, how do you intend to achieve the transfer without beneficiary receiver information’s?
Mr Quartey
Why load that problem on to me? I don't know the answer!
Malcolm Reynolds
23 September
Mr Malcolm Reynolds,
Is on you now, because you refuse to cooperate for us to achieve this transaction easily, You have applied with the bank already for the funds claim as the beneficiary and now you refuse to send your details to proceed. i still don't understand why ? that wasn't our arrangement initially. it's surprising
Dr Richard Quartey
Mr Quartey
I haven't refused to send my details. I have told them that I can't supply a copy of my passport and I don't have a national ID card.
Malcolm Reynolds
24 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds
There are rules and policy for our bank to proceed with foreign beneficiary inheritance claim of this magnitude.
We have made several transactions successfully with American citizens as beneficiary’s applying for their inheritance funds claim, they provided the necessary requirement including their ID and yours cannot be exceptional. Driver’s license is acceptable for identification.
We need your id that shows your first name together with the family name Reynolds. To review your beneficiary funds claim in accordance with the surname.
The bank can only recognize and acknowledge you with a letter of confirmation as the credible beneficiary to receive the transfer claim with your information.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Lain Mackay
I suggest my standard compromise.
Mr Mackay
If an American gives you a passport scan, he's committed a Federal offense, and I am not going to do that.
I can't give you a driver's license since I don't have one. What I can do is give you my passport number and you can check that, with my other details, at the US Embassy.
Malcolm Reynolds
Accepted!
25 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Send your passport number and any passport picture of you for identification together with the other requirements.
Await your respond to proceed.
Dr Lain Mackay
26 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
please what"s the progress so far with the HSBC BANK LONDON to finalize the transfer. i hope you fine.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quarter
I had to retrieve my passport from my safe deposit. Don't worry, it's done now.
Malcolm Reynolds
Mr McKay
My passport was locked away in my safe-deposit box and I could only retrieve it today.
My passport number is N8074626 and I've attached a current photo.
Malcolm Reynolds
29 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
i hopeyou are n good health, have not heard from you for a while,
please what"s the progress so far with the HSBC BANK LONDON to finalize the transfer. i hope you fine.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr McKay
As you wish
1.) YOUR PHONE CONTACT AND CURRENT ADDRESS
REDACTED
REDACTED
2.) YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
REDACTED
3.) YOUR OCCUPATION
Survival Instructor
4,) DATE OF BIRTH
July 4, 1968
Malcolm Reynolds
30 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
That was good news for us to move on and achieve result quickly, please try and urge the bank to commence the transfer to you without delay.
Do not hesitate to inform the bank, your comfortable means to receive the $20,000,000 funds transfer, if you want it transferred gradually and bit by bit into your account or the total amount.
Regards
Richard Quartey
They’re setting up for payment to be demanded, pretty much on schedule.
1 October
Dear Malcom Reynolds,
Hsbc bank has acknowledge you with the bank LETTER OF CONFIRMATION. As the rightful beneficiary for the funds claim,
Your informations has been program in our remittance date base to commence funds transfer into your account without further delay.
Your funds history $20,000,000.00 dollars originate from Eco bank Ghana, affiliated with our corresponding HSBS BANK LONDON.
We need a CHANGE OF OWNERSHP CERTIFICATE legal document bearing your name as the new beneficiary approved by the chief judge, high court of justice Ghana.
Please contact the ministry of finance lawyer in Ghana, Barrister Samuel Akwei Tel; +233xxxxxxx+233xxxxxxx E-mail; scamminglawyer@gmail.com and apply with the bank letter of comfirmation for your legal CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP documents in your name.
Await a copy of your legal documents approval.
Yours Sincerely
DR LAIN MACKAY
2 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
have you finalize the transfer arrangement with the hsbc bank, please keep me posted asap.
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartery
I logged back in after you called, and I found an email I'd missed - it was telling me something about a Change of Ownership Certificate.
Do you know what this is and why it's needed at all?
Malcolm Reynolds
Attn: Barrister Samuel Akwei
I was directed to contact you by the HSBC bank (see below for details).
Please confirm receipt of this email.
Malcolm Reynolds
3 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
The bank has acknowledge you for the funds claim, the Change of Ownership is your legal right approval, a document that certifies you as the rightful person empower by the law to receive the funds transfer.
They need a legal document that indicates your name as the new beneficiary since you have provided the necessary requirement with the bank.
Most banks do take advantage of family inheritance funds, if the beneficiary ignores it.You have to apply for it urgently; the bank will advise you where to get it from.
Regards
Dr Richard Quartey
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Malcolm Reynolds
$850 for a first payment? Methinks they’re planning a long game.
4 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
I am mandated by the government republic of Ghana to handle all foreign beneficiaries’ legal affairs of this magnitude.
I receive your mail and understood the contents, for your $20,000,000 dollars transfer to be granted and approved internationally into your foreign account.
You need a legal CHANGE OWNERSHIP document that is bearing your name as the new beneficiary from the high court of justice Ghana.
I can assist you without delay; you have to provide the following requirements below;
1.) BANK CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
2.) BANK LETTER OF CONFIRMATION
3.) BENEFIARY ADDRESS
4.) $850 DOLLARS HIGH COURT LEGAL CHARGES
You can send you payment via western union or money grams to my secretary’s name: BRIDGET ADDAE
Country; Accra Ghana.
Await your responds
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
Noted - I'll send the documents soon - please remit an invoice for the fee.
Malcolm Reynolds
I am totally not surprised to get this answer.
5 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
The high court will issue a receipt as soon as you make payment, a copy will be send to you
await your legal charges payment to proceed.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
I'm talking about an invoice, not a receipt; please get it right.
Malcolm Reynolds
I am also not surprised to get this excuse.
6 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
There are rules and regulation to observe with the high court of justice. Your application is based on legal transfer change of ownership document.
Legal document approval, are not goods or products in trade, The high court does not issue an invoice. You get a receipt that indicate your payments and purpose with the high court.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
I don't get invoices when shopping, true; but I do get invoices from tradesmen, lawyers, surgeons, and the like. Since you are not a supermarket, that puts you in the category of invoice provider, and no-where in the world is there a rule or regulation against providing invoices.
So send the invoice please, and promptly.
Malcolm Reynolds
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7 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Attached is your invoice, send the necessary documents from the bank to show your inheritance clarification to procure a change of ownership document in your name legally with the high court.
await your payment and documents to proceed
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
The requested documents are attached.
Malcolm Reynolds
8 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Your documents source has been confirm authentic to proceed with your inheritance application for legal change of ownership into your name by the high court.
await your legal payment charges.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
We have a problem – seems that Western Union has a rule about sending money to your country. The agent was asking questions that I didn't want to answer.
Malcolm Reynolds
9 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
below is the account informations for you to make the payment. and send me the transfer slip as soon as it's done;
REDACTED
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
I was preparing for arguments over payment slips… but then… 0641 on 9 October: I’m checking my emails before going to work.
Suddenly I have a Skype call…
Not entirely satisfied, I called him back.
Then Akwei called. I was still feeling unsure about what I’d heard from “Junior,” but I didn’t speak about it.
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Mr Quartey
Dr Quartey
Just ask yourself why Uncle Daddy Steve is involved with lady diplomats and consignment belonging to a teenage youth.
I smell something that gorram well stinks.
Malcolm Reynolds
There were no emails for a couple of days, but there were calls, as Akwei tried to keep things on track, and Mal pursued the matter of “Junior.”
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Over the next few days, the scammer tried some major denial to salvage the situation.
11 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Am very sorry about the random phone calls, I traveled briefly to the village for a funeral and there was no network within that area, I decided to leave my phone.
Sometimes kids are mischievous, My nanny’s family also visited , while I was away and I wouldn’t know who exactly made the call unconsciously, assuming you to be my uncle Steve, Am very sorry for any embarrassment this might cost you. Necessary caution has been taking to prevent and control it.
Thanks for understanding
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quarty
You're covering for your uncle.
Diplomats, lady or otherwise, don't bring consignments of toys and games for teenage boys, or shift cocoa for exporters. On the other hand, diplomats from certain nations have been known to help smuggle drugs and launder money.
Malcolm Reynolds
11 October
My Dear Friend,
With all due respect it’s personal and family issue, I don’t appreciate when adult take little mistake with kids too personal,
Steve is my uncle he’s into export and import whatever he does with his business related to the family is personal and private without your intruder.
The call was not met for you according to your explanation and it was a mistake assuming you to be my uncle, Steve has already confirm to me that he promised my kids toys and playing materials when his consignment arrives.
The question is do you have a consignment at the kotoka airport, with a lady diplomat?, if No, Then you don’t border yourself with it..
and let's focus.
DR RICHARD QUARTTEY
Dr Quartey
I don't like to argue. What I like is certainty. Your uncle's business is making me reconsider this matter. I might also add that you forgot something – that wasn't your son I was talking to. This wasn't some little kid's mistake; it was something altogether more sinister.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
There's nothing for you to be worried about, I have my reputation to keep, My family don't associate with anything contrary to the law, export and import is legal business all over the world, I hope you visit one day to meet my family as my friend.
Please kindly update me with the progress to finalize the transfer claim with the Bank.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
I'll spell this out again.
Someone claiming to be your son, but who was not your son, and who called me "Daddy Steve", spoke about a deal involving a lady diplomat and a consignment, and who started talking about getting my number from a beneficiary list before saying he'd got it from your phone. How he could confuse an American with a Ghanaian is a further mystery.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
I am telling the truth based on my findings after you reported it to me, You are not the only friend that had this experience with the kids on the same day.
Unfortunately human beings are different s, Am amazed how you conclude and argued with assumption over this issue, it's unnecessary, maybe you like argument a lot.
We rather use our time to discuss something better and profitable that we have pending rather than wasting our precious time as an adult, over little kids mistakes,
My responsibility is to correct and prevent it with caution, you don’t expect me as a father to file a case and arrest my kids for handling my phone on my behalf.
Or would you send your son to jail for such mistakes.Why don’t we put this mistake behind us and move on as good partners.
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
I don't like repeating myself but needs must; your son did not make the call. Stop talking about it like it was some kid's prank.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
Is unbelievable how you think and conclude, maybe you are living in an environment with high crime rate over there,
in Africa this shouldn't be an issue, since you are not Steve my uncle and you don't have any dealing with him,
finally the call was not met for you as you said. this is not any reasons to intrude into peoples privacy,mistakes like that does happen sometimes.
Please you have not updated me with the progress on our pending transaction.
Dr Quartey
Alice Springs is a quiet country town with a minimal crime rate.
On the other hand, according to travel advisories about Ghana: "Violent crime can occur at any time..." and "Be particularly vigilant in public areas, and take care when travelling by road" and "Localized outbreaks of civil unrest can occur at short notice".
What happened may have been a mistake – but it wasn't an innocent one. Someone was planning a crime and was using your phone so that his phone wouldn't be compromised. If you don't understand that, I pity you.
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
Thank you for your concern, i appreciate, my nanny has been fired and was placed under police interrogation, i am taking precaution already,
Since it happen on my behalf and my nanny said she wasn't with the kids when they made the call mistakenly.and she wouldn't know whom exactly.
I have learnt my lessons and will do everything to prevent it. thank you once again, Please lets move on with life and put it behind.
You are not updating me with the progress on our transaction. have you gotten the transfer schedule. please what is going on.
Dr Quartey
I have gone no further than preparing to pay the fee demanded by Akwei, and I held off from that because of the phone call. As for telling you what's going on - I suspect that you know more than I do about what happened.
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
i hope you are not hiding something from me regarding the bank transaction, have you receive the funds transfer into your account.
why are you distracting the issue, i expected you to update me like a partner as usual. I need to know what is going on,
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
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13 October
My friend that was a mistake occurrence on my behalf and i have apologized, i don't expect you to transfer it and affect what we have, what more can i say.
i knew nothing and i wouldn't indulge my self for anything childish, it doesn't make any sense.
Please lets move on as prospective good partner as we are to finalize with the transfer requirement, we are not suppose to delay with the progress to achieve this result.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
Your naïveté is beyond astounding. You've created a fake version of what happened and then argued from that instead of from reality.
Your son did not make the call, but rather some teenager who talked to me as "Daddy Steve" even when he could hear my accent.
He started to explain how he got my number but then changed that suddenly and insisted that I had talked to the lady diplomat about the consignment despite my denials.
He then insisted that you are his father, which he should have known would be exposed as a lie.
I did a Google search for some elements of his story and came up with some interesting results - page after page about scams! Now ain't that precious!
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
You are getting things mixed up, and your conclusion is terrible, what we had has nothing to do with consignments, further more the call was not met for you. according to your explanation
i believe your report without any doubt because you are my friend and partner, but for you to say this was rather unfortunate.
maybe is your nature to argue unknowingly. this is not necessary. if you assume it.
the police are investigating it, am just been careful.but from your point of view is not right, advise you to calm down and feel free, you and i has nothing related to it.
Dr Quartey
I stand by my conclusions - that someone is running a scam and used your cell phone to make a call about it. Something that I noticed today is a large number of phishing emails in my spam box - up from none before that call. I don't believe that's coincidence.
Malcolm Reynolds
15 October
Malcolm Reynolds
The investigation review the call was made by my kids at randomly with my phone in my house, and it wasn’t intentional,
If you can find a place in your heart and put it behind, please do. I am moving on with life and don’t want to proceed with this issue any more as distraction.
It was my kids mistake and I can’t create any family crisis out of this, I have taking every measure with precautions.
Whatever wrong impression and misconception by anybody doesn’t matter.
I don’t want to get into any argument in this regard, irrespective of how it happened; it was a mistake, and misplacement of communication
What I have with you is totally different and cannot be related with the incident in any right frame of mind. I have my reputation to keep as well.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
That is bullshit – total bullshit. That call was not made by one of your kids. It was made by a criminal trying to perpetrate a scam, and you are covering up. That means that you cannot be trusted. We have no business anymore.
Malcolm Reynolds
20 October
The call was not met for you, and you know it, how can you conclude it as scam, does it mean that any wrong dialing mistakenly is a scam to you?
SAY WHAT EVER YOU LIKE, IS UP TO YOU, YOU WEREN'T WITH MY FAMILY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUDGE, AM ONLY TRYING TO RESPECT YOUR COMPLAIN AN REPORT AS A SIGN OF GOOD PARTNER , BUT YOU ARE TAKING IT OVER THE TOP. AS IF IT WAS A MURDERER OR IT A CRIME TO DIAL A MISSED CALL.
I AM A WELL RESPECTED AUDITOR GENERAL AND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO COOPERATE AD FINALIZE THE TRANSACTION SO BE IT, I CAN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER REYNOLDS FAMILY PERSON TO APPLY FOR THE CLAIM YOU WILL BE THE ONE LOOSE YOUR SHARE AND BENEFIT,
YOU ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING THAT IS JUST WHO YOU ARE, SINCE WE AGREED TO PROCEED, YOU HAVE BEEN ARGUING
ALL ALONG, BEFORE THIS MISTAKE ISSUE. YOU VERY FREE TO DECIDE NO HARD FEELINGS EITHER WAYS. I AM RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY AS A CHRISTIAN, MAYBE YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TRUST AND FORGIVENESS IN HEART.
I broke with usual practice and didn’t rise to the religious reference.
I googled the key points of the conversation and got page after page of scam reports. There's no mistake about that.
From the circumstances of the call, it's clear that "Daddy Steve" was the intended mark. The fact that you claim "Daddy Steve" as an uncle is therefore very suspicious, and the fact that you're still trying to downplay the whole matter is incriminating.
The inevitable conclusion is that you are a scammer, and the call was made to me in error by a member of a scammer gang, and you are trying to hose down the effects of his fuckup.
21 October
Since when does the meaning of consignment and beneficiary becomes a scam,
don't you have people dealing with consignments beneficiary's where you are ?. does that also mean they are scam there or it's another way to tarnished Africans reputation.
over here consignment and beneficiary it's a common experience for people to come across and it's not a big deal to talk about it randomly. Maybe it an offense to talk about consignment and beneficiary where you are and you see it differently.
that was why i can't take it too personal as you do. its two different environment.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
When you try to act all innocent and unknowing, you're as transparent as a gorram washed window. You're not fooling me; you're fooling yourself.
The Scammers
Dr Richard Quartey, “the chief auditor general herr with a bank in Ghana”
Dr Lain Mackay, “HSBC bank manager in London”
Samuel Akwei, Barrister
“Junior”, the scammer who called the wrong number and wrecked everything
The Baiter
Malcolm Reynolds, a retired US Marine living in Australia
The scammers’ emails are time-stamped; my comments are in bold. Note; for those who might want to just listen to the calls, there's a thread in Phone Baiting.
13 September 2014
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met, permit me however with dispense of honor and respect that I humbly make this appeal to you with the understanding that any fact or opinion expressed in this letter are given in confidence and solely. but If it does not interest you, disregard the mail but if it makes sense to you, I open my arms wide to do business with you in trust and sincerity.
I am DR RICHARD QUARTEY , the chief auditor general here with the bank in Ghana, I am looking for a foreign partner that I can entrust and partner with in making this a success without hitches, I believe that you are capable and honest to handle this transaction.
Few yrs ago, I used an unclaimed fund {$50 million USD} whose owner has died 10yrs ago and no one has come to claim the money. I secretly invest the fund in a high interest program in the Bank, it ran for 5yrs and the capital fund made profit was $20,million USD.
I want you to assist and apply for the funds transfer claim into your account as the foreign partner beneficiary,the funds is deposited in ESCROW SUSPEND ACCOUNT I can not present my self for the claim, since the late depositor was a foreigner,
I have all the necessary certificate of deposit document for you to apply for the funds claim, i will use my influence as the bank auditor and include your name among the next of kin beneficiary for the claim. All you have to do is contact the bank manager as the beneficiary. with the deposit documents i will send to you.
I am willing to give you 40% of the total amount for your assistance, while you will assist to invest the 50%.and 10% will be set aside for any expenses incur, This transaction is 100% risk free, there is nothing to be afraid of. the transfer will be done legally without any problem.
If you are interested in this transaction, please do not hesitate to contact me, there are no risks involved in this transaction"
Best Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
I send one of my standard opening answers.
Mr Quartet
I'd like to know how and why you chose me to contact for this business.
Malcolm Reynolds
14 September
Dear Malcolm Reynold,
I contacted you because you have the same surname with the late beneficiary depositor Mr Dwayne Reynold. The funds claim is open to any member of the Reynold’s family.
And I needed a foreign partner, whom I can trust to apply for the $20,000,000 funds claim with Hsbc bank in London.
I couldn’t apply for the claim myself as a citizen auditor general in Ghana, since am not a foreigner. The $20,000,000 dollars has been transferred from ECO BANK in Ghana, into our corresponding HSBC BANK LONDON; I want you to apply for the claim as the beneficiary with the same surname REYNOLD.
With my position as the auditor general in Ghana, I will stand as your witness and guarantor to legalize your claim as the beneficiary. I want the transfer to be done legally without any risk involve.
I will send you the certificate of deposit, which you need to apply for the claim.
Kindly send me your information to enable me program it into the banking remittance system as the new beneficiary.
Please send me the requirement below;
YOUR FULL NAMES :………………………….
YOUR FULL ADDRES :,.......................
YOUR OCCUPATION :..........................
PHONE NUMBERS;...........................
AGE,DATE OF BIRTH:.......................
ACCOUNT NO: ....................................
YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, DRIVING LICENSE
You will contact the HSBC BANK immediately I finish programming your information as the beneficiary for the claim.
As soon as the HSBC bank London acknowledge you for the funds claim, We are good enough to authorize the $20,000,000 dollars transfer into your foreign account. I have attached my id and passport and i do not intend to delay with the transaction.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
A question or two should slow things down a bit…
Mr Quartey
Far be it from me to criticize your thinking, but not Reynolds are related!
Did Dwayne Reynolds come from Charleston, South Carolina? That's the only way that I could be one of his kinfolk.
Malcolm Reynolds
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15 September
Sometimes the network is very poor here with distance calls and it affect clearer communication,
The late Dwayne Reynolds came from Charleston, South Carolina U.S.A and was into Gold mining in Ghana, as the source origin history of the funds deposit owned by a foreign beneficiary.
I have the bank certificate of deposit document; all you need to do is apply for the claim with the bank as the new beneficiary to receive the transfer with the same family name Reynold.
The bank will advise you with necessary legal requirement to proceed for the claim; I will like you to also keep it confidential between us.
Most banks normally take advantage of such funds for their own benefit. You don’t have to worry , I will assist you, it will be transfer legally into your account, depending on how you want it, bit by bit or the full amount to transferred.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartey
Strange – I'm sure there's no Dwayne in the Reynolds family. Maybe he's some disowned distant cousin. I must ask my folks if there's any such dude in the family tree.
Do you have any more information on Dwayne Reynolds?
Malcolm Reynolds
15 September
There is no more information, what I have is the Certificate of Deposit, which you can use and apply for the funds claim.
The bank will acknowledge your claim base on the family surname and as a foreigner, provided you have an ID to show bearing the same surname.
Every process will be legally done, there’s no need for you to be worried about it and disclose the transaction to other people. This is supposed to be a top secret between us.
All I need is your cooperation to contact the bank as the beneficiary for the transfer.
Regard
Dr Richard Quartey
16 September
Dear Malcolm Reynold,
I have not heard from you and i hope you are fine, i would like us to finalize with transaction urgently. Kindly contact the HSBC bank manager in LONDON. DR LAIN MACKAY E-mail; info@hs-bc.comoj.com Tel; +447514847018 and apply for your beneficiary funds transfer of $20,000,000.
As soon as the bank acknowledge your application for the funds claim as the beneficiary they will commence the transfer into your account, then you and i can easily invest the funds together as partner.
all i need is a trust and reliable person that will not disengage communication with me after receiving the funds transfer. i have assured you there's no risk involve and every process will be done legally not contrary with the law.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Q needs to do a bit of work if he wants this to go any further.
Mr Quartey
At the very least, draft me something to show how to apply to Mr Mackay.
Malcolm Reynolds
17 September
Dear Mr Malcolm Reynolds,
have drafted a mail for you to apply for the funds claim with the HSBC bank manager in London, DR LAIN MACKAY.
let me know if you receive it.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Uh-oh…
Mr Quartey,
I received no draft letter.
Malcolm Reynolds
Dr Q sends the same message again, this time with the text I’d asked for. Good boi!
18 September
Dear Dr, Lain Mackay,
I am Malcolm Reynolds, a beneficiary to late MR DWAYNE RENOLDS from Charleston, South Carolina.
I am contacting you in respect of late Mr Dwayne Reynolds funds $20,000,000 million dollars deposit with HSBC BANK LONDON and, corresponding with ECO BANK Ghana as the origin history source of the funds deposit through gold mining.
I am the beneficiary and I want the funds to be transfer into my foreign account, I have attached copy of the Deposit Certificate and Deposit Slip.
Kindly advice with the necessary requirements legally for the transfer to commence urgently into my account as the beneficiary without contrary to the law.
I will appreciate if my request is responded through without delay.
Best Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
I send the email to Dr M.
Two days later…
20 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
i was waiting for your feedback to confirm if you receive the drafted mail from me,
incase you didn't get the main in your inbox folder, kindly check your Spam folder also.
i want us to finalize the transaction without delay to save time. i assured you success in this regard.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Q is anxious; aren’t they coordinating?
20 September
Kindly update me if you receive the drafted mail, have resent it,
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
20 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
We are in receipt of Dwayne Reynolds funds $20,000,000 DOLLARS deposit pending in escrow suspend account programmed in our HSBC BANK London, from our corresponding ECO BANK Ghana for international transfer with the Reynolds family name as the beneficiary.
Kindly send your information to enable the bank acknowledges you with a letter of confirmation as the beneficiary for the transfer claim of $20,000,000 dollars.
We do not intend to delay your transfer claim, please send the requirements below;
1.) YOUR NATIONAL ID WITH YOUR PHOTO
2.) YOUR PHONE CONTACT AND CURRENT ADDRESS
3.) YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
4.) YOUR OCCUPATION
5,) DATE OF BIRTH
Your responds will enable the bank intimate you with legal transfer schedule .
Yours Sincerely
DR LAIN MACKAY
Mr McKay
Please be more specific about "NATIONAL ID WITH YOUR PHOTO".
Malcolm Reynolds
Mr Quatrey
I got your draft and sent it to Mr McKay. He replied; I asked him to clarify something that he requested. Don't fret.
I will ask why you want to save time. I don't understand why you'd be in a hurry over this.
Malcolm Reynolds
22 September
The funds has been pending for long and If you don’t apply for the funds claim on time, the UK government will seize it as an abandon funds without beneficiary inheritance destination. Since the initial depositor MR DWAYNE REYNOLDS is late.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
22 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
We need a scan copy of your national id or international passport, together with the required information’s listed.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Lain Mackay
Mr Quartey
Actually it would go to the US Government since Dwayne Reynolds was an American citizen. But never mind that.
Mr Mackay is demanding ID that I can't provide.
Malcolm Reynolds
23 September
For you to provide an ID to clarify your beneficiary claim with the bank shouldn't be a difficult thing for your cooporation.
it's a normal request with banks to certify you to receive funds transfer ,
RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartey
It may be normal where you are, but I can't comply with their demand.
Malcolm Reynolds
22 September
For you to provide an ID to clarify your beneficiary claim with the bank shouldn't be a difficult thing for your cooporation. You can send your drivers license alternatively to proceed.
it's a normal request with banks to certify you to receive funds transfer,
RICHARD QUARTEY
23 September
Please I don’t really understand your reasons, how do you intend to achieve the transfer without beneficiary receiver information’s?
Mr Quartey
Why load that problem on to me? I don't know the answer!
Malcolm Reynolds
23 September
Mr Malcolm Reynolds,
Is on you now, because you refuse to cooperate for us to achieve this transaction easily, You have applied with the bank already for the funds claim as the beneficiary and now you refuse to send your details to proceed. i still don't understand why ? that wasn't our arrangement initially. it's surprising
Dr Richard Quartey
Mr Quartey
I haven't refused to send my details. I have told them that I can't supply a copy of my passport and I don't have a national ID card.
Malcolm Reynolds
24 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds
There are rules and policy for our bank to proceed with foreign beneficiary inheritance claim of this magnitude.
We have made several transactions successfully with American citizens as beneficiary’s applying for their inheritance funds claim, they provided the necessary requirement including their ID and yours cannot be exceptional. Driver’s license is acceptable for identification.
We need your id that shows your first name together with the family name Reynolds. To review your beneficiary funds claim in accordance with the surname.
The bank can only recognize and acknowledge you with a letter of confirmation as the credible beneficiary to receive the transfer claim with your information.
Yours Sincerely
Dr Lain Mackay
I suggest my standard compromise.
Mr Mackay
If an American gives you a passport scan, he's committed a Federal offense, and I am not going to do that.
I can't give you a driver's license since I don't have one. What I can do is give you my passport number and you can check that, with my other details, at the US Embassy.
Malcolm Reynolds
Accepted!
25 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Send your passport number and any passport picture of you for identification together with the other requirements.
Await your respond to proceed.
Dr Lain Mackay
26 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
please what"s the progress so far with the HSBC BANK LONDON to finalize the transfer. i hope you fine.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quarter
I had to retrieve my passport from my safe deposit. Don't worry, it's done now.
Malcolm Reynolds
Mr McKay
My passport was locked away in my safe-deposit box and I could only retrieve it today.
My passport number is N8074626 and I've attached a current photo.
Malcolm Reynolds
29 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
i hopeyou are n good health, have not heard from you for a while,
please what"s the progress so far with the HSBC BANK LONDON to finalize the transfer. i hope you fine.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr McKay
As you wish
1.) YOUR PHONE CONTACT AND CURRENT ADDRESS
REDACTED
REDACTED
2.) YOUR ACCOUNT INFORMATION
REDACTED
3.) YOUR OCCUPATION
Survival Instructor
4,) DATE OF BIRTH
July 4, 1968
Malcolm Reynolds
30 September
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
That was good news for us to move on and achieve result quickly, please try and urge the bank to commence the transfer to you without delay.
Do not hesitate to inform the bank, your comfortable means to receive the $20,000,000 funds transfer, if you want it transferred gradually and bit by bit into your account or the total amount.
Regards
Richard Quartey
They’re setting up for payment to be demanded, pretty much on schedule.
1 October
Dear Malcom Reynolds,
Hsbc bank has acknowledge you with the bank LETTER OF CONFIRMATION. As the rightful beneficiary for the funds claim,
Your informations has been program in our remittance date base to commence funds transfer into your account without further delay.
Your funds history $20,000,000.00 dollars originate from Eco bank Ghana, affiliated with our corresponding HSBS BANK LONDON.
We need a CHANGE OF OWNERSHP CERTIFICATE legal document bearing your name as the new beneficiary approved by the chief judge, high court of justice Ghana.
Please contact the ministry of finance lawyer in Ghana, Barrister Samuel Akwei Tel; +233xxxxxxx+233xxxxxxx E-mail; scamminglawyer@gmail.com and apply with the bank letter of comfirmation for your legal CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP documents in your name.
Await a copy of your legal documents approval.
Yours Sincerely
DR LAIN MACKAY
2 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
have you finalize the transfer arrangement with the hsbc bank, please keep me posted asap.
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Mr Quartery
I logged back in after you called, and I found an email I'd missed - it was telling me something about a Change of Ownership Certificate.
Do you know what this is and why it's needed at all?
Malcolm Reynolds
Attn: Barrister Samuel Akwei
I was directed to contact you by the HSBC bank (see below for details).
Please confirm receipt of this email.
Malcolm Reynolds
3 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
The bank has acknowledge you for the funds claim, the Change of Ownership is your legal right approval, a document that certifies you as the rightful person empower by the law to receive the funds transfer.
They need a legal document that indicates your name as the new beneficiary since you have provided the necessary requirement with the bank.
Most banks do take advantage of family inheritance funds, if the beneficiary ignores it.You have to apply for it urgently; the bank will advise you where to get it from.
Regards
Dr Richard Quartey
Mr McKay
Please explain about this certificate and why it's required.Malcolm Reynolds
$850 for a first payment? Methinks they’re planning a long game.
4 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
I am mandated by the government republic of Ghana to handle all foreign beneficiaries’ legal affairs of this magnitude.
I receive your mail and understood the contents, for your $20,000,000 dollars transfer to be granted and approved internationally into your foreign account.
You need a legal CHANGE OWNERSHIP document that is bearing your name as the new beneficiary from the high court of justice Ghana.
I can assist you without delay; you have to provide the following requirements below;
1.) BANK CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT
2.) BANK LETTER OF CONFIRMATION
3.) BENEFIARY ADDRESS
4.) $850 DOLLARS HIGH COURT LEGAL CHARGES
You can send you payment via western union or money grams to my secretary’s name: BRIDGET ADDAE
Country; Accra Ghana.
Await your responds
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
Noted - I'll send the documents soon - please remit an invoice for the fee.
Malcolm Reynolds
I am totally not surprised to get this answer.
5 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
The high court will issue a receipt as soon as you make payment, a copy will be send to you
await your legal charges payment to proceed.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
I'm talking about an invoice, not a receipt; please get it right.
Malcolm Reynolds
I am also not surprised to get this excuse.
6 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
There are rules and regulation to observe with the high court of justice. Your application is based on legal transfer change of ownership document.
Legal document approval, are not goods or products in trade, The high court does not issue an invoice. You get a receipt that indicate your payments and purpose with the high court.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
I don't get invoices when shopping, true; but I do get invoices from tradesmen, lawyers, surgeons, and the like. Since you are not a supermarket, that puts you in the category of invoice provider, and no-where in the world is there a rule or regulation against providing invoices.
So send the invoice please, and promptly.
Malcolm Reynolds
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7 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Attached is your invoice, send the necessary documents from the bank to show your inheritance clarification to procure a change of ownership document in your name legally with the high court.
await your payment and documents to proceed
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
The requested documents are attached.
Malcolm Reynolds
8 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Your documents source has been confirm authentic to proceed with your inheritance application for legal change of ownership into your name by the high court.
await your legal payment charges.
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
Mr Akwei
We have a problem – seems that Western Union has a rule about sending money to your country. The agent was asking questions that I didn't want to answer.
Malcolm Reynolds
9 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
below is the account informations for you to make the payment. and send me the transfer slip as soon as it's done;
REDACTED
Regards
Barr, Samuel Akwei
I was preparing for arguments over payment slips… but then… 0641 on 9 October: I’m checking my emails before going to work.
Suddenly I have a Skype call…
With the first call, my Skype recorder failed to start, so I switched it on and asked the scammer “Junior” to repeat what he’d told me.
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Mr Quartey
Your son called me under the impression that I'm "Daddy Steve."
If you don't mind me saying - he sounds like a total wussbag.
Malcolm ReynoldsDr Quartey
Just ask yourself why Uncle Daddy Steve is involved with lady diplomats and consignment belonging to a teenage youth.
I smell something that gorram well stinks.
Malcolm Reynolds
There were no emails for a couple of days, but there were calls, as Akwei tried to keep things on track, and Mal pursued the matter of “Junior.”
Over the next few days, the scammer tried some major denial to salvage the situation.
11 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
Am very sorry about the random phone calls, I traveled briefly to the village for a funeral and there was no network within that area, I decided to leave my phone.
Sometimes kids are mischievous, My nanny’s family also visited , while I was away and I wouldn’t know who exactly made the call unconsciously, assuming you to be my uncle Steve, Am very sorry for any embarrassment this might cost you. Necessary caution has been taking to prevent and control it.
Thanks for understanding
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quarty
You're covering for your uncle.
Diplomats, lady or otherwise, don't bring consignments of toys and games for teenage boys, or shift cocoa for exporters. On the other hand, diplomats from certain nations have been known to help smuggle drugs and launder money.
Malcolm Reynolds
11 October
My Dear Friend,
With all due respect it’s personal and family issue, I don’t appreciate when adult take little mistake with kids too personal,
Steve is my uncle he’s into export and import whatever he does with his business related to the family is personal and private without your intruder.
The call was not met for you according to your explanation and it was a mistake assuming you to be my uncle, Steve has already confirm to me that he promised my kids toys and playing materials when his consignment arrives.
The question is do you have a consignment at the kotoka airport, with a lady diplomat?, if No, Then you don’t border yourself with it..
and let's focus.
DR RICHARD QUARTTEY
Dr Quartey
I don't like to argue. What I like is certainty. Your uncle's business is making me reconsider this matter. I might also add that you forgot something – that wasn't your son I was talking to. This wasn't some little kid's mistake; it was something altogether more sinister.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
There's nothing for you to be worried about, I have my reputation to keep, My family don't associate with anything contrary to the law, export and import is legal business all over the world, I hope you visit one day to meet my family as my friend.
Please kindly update me with the progress to finalize the transfer claim with the Bank.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
I'll spell this out again.
Someone claiming to be your son, but who was not your son, and who called me "Daddy Steve", spoke about a deal involving a lady diplomat and a consignment, and who started talking about getting my number from a beneficiary list before saying he'd got it from your phone. How he could confuse an American with a Ghanaian is a further mystery.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
Dear Malcolm Reynolds,
I am telling the truth based on my findings after you reported it to me, You are not the only friend that had this experience with the kids on the same day.
Unfortunately human beings are different s, Am amazed how you conclude and argued with assumption over this issue, it's unnecessary, maybe you like argument a lot.
We rather use our time to discuss something better and profitable that we have pending rather than wasting our precious time as an adult, over little kids mistakes,
My responsibility is to correct and prevent it with caution, you don’t expect me as a father to file a case and arrest my kids for handling my phone on my behalf.
Or would you send your son to jail for such mistakes.Why don’t we put this mistake behind us and move on as good partners.
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
I don't like repeating myself but needs must; your son did not make the call. Stop talking about it like it was some kid's prank.
Malcolm Reynolds
12 October
Is unbelievable how you think and conclude, maybe you are living in an environment with high crime rate over there,
in Africa this shouldn't be an issue, since you are not Steve my uncle and you don't have any dealing with him,
finally the call was not met for you as you said. this is not any reasons to intrude into peoples privacy,mistakes like that does happen sometimes.
Please you have not updated me with the progress on our pending transaction.
Dr Quartey
Alice Springs is a quiet country town with a minimal crime rate.
On the other hand, according to travel advisories about Ghana: "Violent crime can occur at any time..." and "Be particularly vigilant in public areas, and take care when travelling by road" and "Localized outbreaks of civil unrest can occur at short notice".
What happened may have been a mistake – but it wasn't an innocent one. Someone was planning a crime and was using your phone so that his phone wouldn't be compromised. If you don't understand that, I pity you.
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
Thank you for your concern, i appreciate, my nanny has been fired and was placed under police interrogation, i am taking precaution already,
Since it happen on my behalf and my nanny said she wasn't with the kids when they made the call mistakenly.and she wouldn't know whom exactly.
I have learnt my lessons and will do everything to prevent it. thank you once again, Please lets move on with life and put it behind.
You are not updating me with the progress on our transaction. have you gotten the transfer schedule. please what is going on.
Dr Quartey
I have gone no further than preparing to pay the fee demanded by Akwei, and I held off from that because of the phone call. As for telling you what's going on - I suspect that you know more than I do about what happened.
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
i hope you are not hiding something from me regarding the bank transaction, have you receive the funds transfer into your account.
why are you distracting the issue, i expected you to update me like a partner as usual. I need to know what is going on,
Regards
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
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13 October
My friend that was a mistake occurrence on my behalf and i have apologized, i don't expect you to transfer it and affect what we have, what more can i say.
i knew nothing and i wouldn't indulge my self for anything childish, it doesn't make any sense.
Please lets move on as prospective good partner as we are to finalize with the transfer requirement, we are not suppose to delay with the progress to achieve this result.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
Your naïveté is beyond astounding. You've created a fake version of what happened and then argued from that instead of from reality.
Your son did not make the call, but rather some teenager who talked to me as "Daddy Steve" even when he could hear my accent.
He started to explain how he got my number but then changed that suddenly and insisted that I had talked to the lady diplomat about the consignment despite my denials.
He then insisted that you are his father, which he should have known would be exposed as a lie.
I did a Google search for some elements of his story and came up with some interesting results - page after page about scams! Now ain't that precious!
Malcolm Reynolds
13 October
You are getting things mixed up, and your conclusion is terrible, what we had has nothing to do with consignments, further more the call was not met for you. according to your explanation
i believe your report without any doubt because you are my friend and partner, but for you to say this was rather unfortunate.
maybe is your nature to argue unknowingly. this is not necessary. if you assume it.
the police are investigating it, am just been careful.but from your point of view is not right, advise you to calm down and feel free, you and i has nothing related to it.
Dr Quartey
I stand by my conclusions - that someone is running a scam and used your cell phone to make a call about it. Something that I noticed today is a large number of phishing emails in my spam box - up from none before that call. I don't believe that's coincidence.
Malcolm Reynolds
15 October
Malcolm Reynolds
The investigation review the call was made by my kids at randomly with my phone in my house, and it wasn’t intentional,
If you can find a place in your heart and put it behind, please do. I am moving on with life and don’t want to proceed with this issue any more as distraction.
It was my kids mistake and I can’t create any family crisis out of this, I have taking every measure with precautions.
Whatever wrong impression and misconception by anybody doesn’t matter.
I don’t want to get into any argument in this regard, irrespective of how it happened; it was a mistake, and misplacement of communication
What I have with you is totally different and cannot be related with the incident in any right frame of mind. I have my reputation to keep as well.
Regard
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
Dr Quartey
That is bullshit – total bullshit. That call was not made by one of your kids. It was made by a criminal trying to perpetrate a scam, and you are covering up. That means that you cannot be trusted. We have no business anymore.
Malcolm Reynolds
20 October
The call was not met for you, and you know it, how can you conclude it as scam, does it mean that any wrong dialing mistakenly is a scam to you?
SAY WHAT EVER YOU LIKE, IS UP TO YOU, YOU WEREN'T WITH MY FAMILY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO JUDGE, AM ONLY TRYING TO RESPECT YOUR COMPLAIN AN REPORT AS A SIGN OF GOOD PARTNER , BUT YOU ARE TAKING IT OVER THE TOP. AS IF IT WAS A MURDERER OR IT A CRIME TO DIAL A MISSED CALL.
I AM A WELL RESPECTED AUDITOR GENERAL AND IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO COOPERATE AD FINALIZE THE TRANSACTION SO BE IT, I CAN LOOKING FOR ANOTHER REYNOLDS FAMILY PERSON TO APPLY FOR THE CLAIM YOU WILL BE THE ONE LOOSE YOUR SHARE AND BENEFIT,
YOU ARGUE OVER EVERYTHING THAT IS JUST WHO YOU ARE, SINCE WE AGREED TO PROCEED, YOU HAVE BEEN ARGUING
ALL ALONG, BEFORE THIS MISTAKE ISSUE. YOU VERY FREE TO DECIDE NO HARD FEELINGS EITHER WAYS. I AM RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY AS A CHRISTIAN, MAYBE YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TRUST AND FORGIVENESS IN HEART.
I broke with usual practice and didn’t rise to the religious reference.
I googled the key points of the conversation and got page after page of scam reports. There's no mistake about that.
From the circumstances of the call, it's clear that "Daddy Steve" was the intended mark. The fact that you claim "Daddy Steve" as an uncle is therefore very suspicious, and the fact that you're still trying to downplay the whole matter is incriminating.
The inevitable conclusion is that you are a scammer, and the call was made to me in error by a member of a scammer gang, and you are trying to hose down the effects of his fuckup.
21 October
Since when does the meaning of consignment and beneficiary becomes a scam,
don't you have people dealing with consignments beneficiary's where you are ?. does that also mean they are scam there or it's another way to tarnished Africans reputation.
over here consignment and beneficiary it's a common experience for people to come across and it's not a big deal to talk about it randomly. Maybe it an offense to talk about consignment and beneficiary where you are and you see it differently.
that was why i can't take it too personal as you do. its two different environment.
DR RICHARD QUARTEY
When you try to act all innocent and unknowing, you're as transparent as a gorram washed window. You're not fooling me; you're fooling yourself.
Scamming is an international problem and Africa, especially Ghana, has its own brand that you were trying on me and that one of your boys fucked up.
And that was that.
x 4 (Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria to Ghana, Nigeria to Benin, Ghana to Benin)