This simpleton thinks he's got a mug. Gonna string him along for a bit and waste as much of his time as I can. This is the situation so far:

1st email:

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 11:54:51 +0200
From: mrhudsonjohn1000@gazeta.pl
Subject: PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.



PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.
From: Mr. John Hudson,
Operations Manager
Continental Bank Benin.
Tel: 00229 93 111 784


Dear Friend,


Please in the name of God i ask for your little time to read this message carefully to the excellency of our mutual benefit.. This is not one of those letters or stories out there that everybody know as joke. I am very serious and this money is my only hope of survival now and it is the future of my family. So please read this email very gently and quietly tell me what you think,if we can transact it together or not. And please after reading if it does not interest you please kindly delete the mail and keep the secret of what you red within you.

My name is JOHN HUDSON, i am the operations manager of Continental Bank Benin Cotonou headquaters Republic of Benin. I got your information when i was searching for an oversea partner among other names. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am 52 years old an Ethiopian white based in Benin Republic, married with two lovely kids.

I have a very important business which i would like to execut with you which involves some reasonable amount of cash, i have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the OPS manager in this bank it is my duty to send in a financial report to my headmen office in Potonovo at the end of each business year. On the course of the last year 2007 business report, I discovered that we made Three Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds (3.5,000,000.00)GBPS) which my head office and no single staff are not aware of and will never be aware of since i have wisely arranged and blinded the files. I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.


As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission. There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much. Email me with the email address so that we can go over the details and i will give you my full informations and relay to you more information onthe money and explain to you how we should start the claim. Remember there is no risk involved i promise.

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and your family.
Yours truly
John HUDSON
Operations Manager
Continental Bank Benin
Tel: 00229 93 111 784





My reply:

From: James Simmons <jimmy_sim@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.
To: mrjohn.hudson@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tuesday, 8 July, 2008, 4:52 PM


.ExternalClass #EC_yiv150143477 .EC_hmmessage P{padding:0px;}.ExternalClass #EC_yiv150143477{font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;}Dear Mr Hudson,

I read your e-mail and have tried to contact you on the number supplied but it would not connect. Can you confirm your telephone number as I am keen to contact you regarding your offer. I must however stress than I cannot be involved in anything illegal. If this process is in anyway illegal I do not want any further contact from you. Please only respond if your offer is serious and you can guarantee it is not in anyway illegal. I am too old to get into trouble with the Police!

I would rather discuss this in person if possible as I am not too efficient on the computer. Will you be in the UK shortly?

I await further information.

Yours sincerly

Jimmy Sim


His 2nd e-mail:

Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 09:56:39 +0000
From: mrjohn.hudson@yahoo.co.uk
Subject: RE: PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.
To: jimmy_sim@hotmail.com


Dear James,

May i thank you for responding and picking interest in my deal despite we do not know each other neither have we met before, i am also excited, so i thank you for in good faith and trust you picked interest in assisting me to achieve these great opportunity. Please thank you once again for your kind understanding and i can here promise that you will not regret doing business with me hence you can assure me your total sincerity.

First of all, I want to assure you that there is no risk in this business, the arrangement on how the transaction would succesfully be carried has been planed very wisely to be executed gently without any problem, it is real,genuine, legal and legitimate i have all the details that would absolutely make the bank to believe you completely, please worry not yourself for all is under control. I wouldn't have planed this deal if there should be any risk involved because i love my image and the excellent reputation that i have in this bank as one of the top officials. I came across the money and had to immediately divert and channel it into an escrow account as a foreigner's fund, I placed the account Awaiting-Shape as if the owner just lodged in the money and traveled to his country to arrange for proper identification that should be stated in the account details in the bank's database registration system. That is why i have been searching for a foreigner to come and claim the fund peacefully by my instructions and directives.

I shall also draft a text of application which you shall send to our bank for them to freely wire the fund to your account within few days. But please for us to proceed immediate action on this effect i need to know you as my partner i am suppose to have your data and as soon as i receive the below required informations about you then i shall in turn forward you all the vital information data of the account where the fund is . In that way we can achieve quick success. Let me hear from you urgently and then i shall instruct you on what to do.

Your Marital status:
Full name:
Sex:
Age:
Occupation:
Nationality:
Address:
Private phone numbers (preferable Mobile, if any)
Fax Number:

For our easy communication it is very very important that you give me your telephone numbers immediately, aslo i would appreciate it most if you can give me an urgent phone call as soon as you receive this message so that we can discuss certain issues my all time phone number +229 93111784

I am wait for your communication
Thanks and best regards,




John HUDSON
Operations Manager
Continental Bank Benin Tel: +229 93 861 979 My Private Email: mrjohn.hudson@yahoo.co.uk
















My reply:

RE: PLEASE READ AND REPLY VERY URGENTLY.‏From:James Simmons (jimmy_sim@hotmail.com)Sent:09 July 2008 20:42:02To: mrjohn.hudson@yahoo.co.uk
.ExternalClass .EC_hmmessage P{padding:0px;}.ExternalClass body.EC_hmmessage{font-size:10pt;font-family:Tahoma;}Mr Hudson,

Thank you very much for your reply. I am most interested in your proposal, although I am afraid I am rather ingorant of the banking processes to which you refer. I am afraid I have no knowledge of what an escrow account is. I imagine this is some kind of banking term but not being a financial expert I do not know what this is. Would you be so kind as to explain what it is? Also, please could you detail exactly how this process will take place?

I do not mean to be rude but I assume there is some kind of financial reward for my assistance. Therefore would you be in a position to let me know what sum of money I might expect? I know this sounds rather blunt and forthright for which I apologise but I have never been one for 'beating around the bush' as it were! Also, please could you give me some indication of when this transaction may take place?

In answer to your questions:

Your Marital status: Widower
Full name: James Sim
Sex: Male
Age: 64
Occupation: warehouse manager
Nationality:British
Address:7 Lincoln Road, East Ham, London, E7 8QN
Private phone numbers (preferable Mobile, if any) No mobile. Home phone: 0208 470 1265
Fax Number: I don't have a fax machine

I don't mind giving you my phone number but please respect my privacy and I request you do not pass it on to any third party. Also, I live at this address with my daughter, her husband and two children. If you ring the house please do not mention anything of our agreement to any of them. I will be discrete and would ask that you extend the same courtesy to myself. Also, I would prefer not to mention the actual company that I work for. I do trust yourself but should this e-mail be seen by anyone else I would not want my employer notified of our agreement.

Kind regards,

Jimmy Sim

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Now, i'm banking on him not actually ringing the number as I've made it up and he will twig if he rings it but I don't think he will. I looked up a correct post code for the address as I'm sure he will check this online. Hopefully i've supplied enough to make him think i'm genuine. If he responds again I need some ideas to cause this twat the most inconvenience.