OK, today I received a new email from Mike Dike:
And indeed attach was the documents again - readable this time:DEATH_CERT_KELLY.jpg DEPOSITCERTKELLY.jpg POLICEREPORTKELLY.jpg oridinally spotted looks like it must have been a resolution artefact.
Anyway, I’ve also had the following (twice, for some reason) from Kevin Clark:
Dear Partner,
I am in receipt of your mail and pleased to hear your response to my proposal. Before I proceed further let me state clear that this transaction is strictly confidential between you, my client and me. We require your absolute confidentiality due to the fact that my client, who is the owner of the fund, is a high public civil officer in United Kingdom. It will not be advisable for his identity to be disclosed due to security reasons especially to the United Kingdom authorities. Any attempt for the United Kingdom authorities to be aware of the funds deposit and transfer, he might be charge for money laundry since any UK public officer is not expected to own such large amount of deposit.
Apart from investing and managing of the funds on his behalf in your country, part of the contract is for you to help clear and receive the funds from the bank in Spain where the funds are presently being deposited. There are procedures already structure down to enable us have a smooth successful transfer of the funds to you without eye brow from any Government authorities.
Firstly, since the fund deposit is in the name of my client, I will prepare the legal paper work that will change the ownership of the funds from my client’s name to your name so that you can have full legal right of claims of ownership of the funds with the bank. More so to enable you instruct the bank on the release and transfer of the funds to whatever account of choice in your country.
After funds has been transfer and confirm in your account, you will be expected to deduct your 25% commission fees as your participation fees, there after, I will prepare a non disclosure investment agreement to enable and empower you to invest the balance funds on behalf of my client in whatever profitable investment in your county pending on when my client will be convenient to come over to your country.
Have you handle this kind of huge sum of money before?
What are the viable investments, you can suggest investing the funds in? More so what are the returns of such investment?
Do you have a good working relationship with your bank?
What is your profession/Company Name?
Age/marital status
Can you guarantee that this transaction must be kept in utmost confidentiality?
Please send by fax or email attachment a copy of either your international passport or driver’s license. As soon as I have answers to the above requested information, I shall proceed on the documentation in your name as I have programmed to complete this whole transaction with in 8(eight) working days.
So, we’re all set… here goes:
Dear Susana
Many thanks for your email. I have been experiencing difficulties with this inbox though, so I would ask you to please direct all further communication to my other address, which is: [Mike Dike’s email address] (Mike Dike is my real name - ‘mangetout’ is just an internet nickname).
I also should mention that I have engaged the assistance of a good friend of mine - Mr Kevin Clark - don’t worry, he’s completely trustworthy - he helps me with most of my financial matters and he has promised to keep the whole thing completely confidential. If you need to contact him, his email address is [Kevin Clark’s email address]
I greatly look forward to hearing from you again very soon.
Regards
and
Dear Dike
Many thanks for your email. I have been experiencing difficulties with this inbox though, so I would ask you to please direct all further communication to my other address, which is: [Susana Benson’s email address] (Susana Benson is my real name - ‘mangetout’ is just an internet nickname).
I also should mention that I have engaged the assistance of a good friend of mine - Mr Kevin Clark - don’t worry, he’s completely trustworthy - he helps me with most of my financial matters and he has promised to keep the whole thing completely confidential. If you need to contact him, his email address is [Kevin Clark’s email address]
I greatly look forward to hearing from you again very soon.
Regards
and finally
Dear Kevin
Many thanks for your email. I have been experiencing difficulties with this inbox though, so I would ask you to please direct all further communication to my other address, which is: [Susana Benson’s email address] (Susana Benson is my real name - ‘mangetout’ is just an internet nickname).
I also should mention that I have engaged the assistance of a good friend of mine - Mr Michael Dike - don’t worry, he’s completely trustworthy - he helps me with most of my financial matters and he has promised to keep the whole thing completely confidential. If you need to contact him, his email address is [Mike Dike’s email address]
I greatly look forward to hearing from you again very soon.
Regards
Oh, by the way, my mom got one, which she forwarded to me, in case you’d like to tease that guy when you’re done.
(This is really a public service, since these scammers can do serious damage. There’s a site dedicated to fighting them at 419eater.com . Not my site, just more information about the general concept.)
Well, nothing came back from any of them, so I guess they worked out that I was mucking them about. I’d love to have seen the conversation though.
Interestingly, however, I received another brand new 419 scam email today, also claiming to be from Mike Dike:
Subject:URGENT RESPONSE
MR.MIKE DIKE.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
UNION BANK.
Dear Sir
My name is MR.MIKE DIKE of credit and foreign bills of Unionbank Plc. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank with account number14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane crash with the whole passengers aboard on August.Since the demise of this our customer by name Barry Kelly Wilson I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as none has come to claim his funds of usd.15.5M, [Fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars] which has been with my branch for a verylong time. On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin.And the banking ethics here does not allow such money to stay more than five years, because money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period.
IN view of this I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 40% of the total.Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized with in five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.When you receive this letter.Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest including your private Tel/Fax number,full name and address,company name and address age for quick communication.
Your full name.
Your contact address.
Your tel and fax numbers.
Yours faithfully,
MR MIKE DIKE
I don’t think it’s the same scammer (unless he’s more stupid than I previously imagined), but I’ve replied:
