So I’m going back to him with:
Well, gosh, this is reassuring… - the same old copied and pasted email, mostly, different only in this part of the preamble:
…Attention: Mr Crandall Spondular
REMITTANCE ADVICE: US$500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand USD Only)From: DEBT SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
l’m Dr James Brunton the Governor of the SNS BANK in ENGLAND what can l do for you.
Mr Crandall l will advice you to make everything possible to send the money today or money because the British Authority will casul your approval for the document due to the LAW 102 ACT 592 UK WEVLUK 1972. Please make sure everything is possible you can see your attach file you will get my international passport on it.
Send the $2500 on this very name
Name: TONY CHARLE.
The passport scan he sent me looks like [this](http://www.atomicshrimp.com/stuff/passport jj.jpg) - which is either a pretty good forgery, or a stolen genuine UK passport.
Not really sure why he thinks sending me a scan of his purported passport will help though. I have replied:
Dear Dr Brunton.
Many thanks for stepping in to help here - the fellow who was communicating with me previously from your bank was behaving in a most unprofessional and aggressive manner - reacting to my simple questions with confusing hostility.
I will be able to process a Western Union payment for the $2500 on Monday, but I would still appreciate an answer to the simple question that seemed to be making your colleague so agitated - is SNS Bank a subsidiary of Abbey National? - I ask, because the address - 2 Triton Square, Regent’s Place - is the same.
Also, whatever possessed you to send me a copy of your passport? - I didn’t ask for this document and I certainly don’t think I need it. Is it even a good idea to be sending such sensitive information out over a public network like the internet? - I’ve heard there are some very unscrupulous and fraudulent individuals out there - I’d be a bit more careful in future, if I were you.
Kind Regards
Crandall, I admire your spunk. I truly believe that you will eventually claim your fortune.
Oh, well would you look at that! - it turns out there’s a completely rational explanation…
FOREIGN TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.
London Branch Office.
Tel: [snipped]
Attention: Mr Crandall Spondular
REMITTANCE ADVICE: US$500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand USD Only)From: DEBT SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
Mr Crandall we are very sorry the question you are asking you are right to ask about the problem is from our secretary Ms Liana Hodge she write 2 the address is 22 not 2 l understand you because this Abbey National they in first line we are in five line Mr Crandall because she is the person type the massage the DBC Mr Jackson also did not chack it good before sent to you himself will answer question on this very matter.
Sir, this very morning we received a fax from the British Authority that the arrangement should not pass today and make sure you send the fees today ASAP on this very name once again and also thanks for your advice too.
Name: TONY CHARLE.
The Bank Management requires the below information as soon as possible.
(1) Your Full Name:
Of course. They in first line, you in five line. Well, I guess I’ll just send the money now.
Given that the postal address has become a bit of a focus, I sent this reply:
Dear Mr Brunton
Thank you for clearing that up. I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I understand now - and I’m very grateful for your patience - it’s just as well we checked that, or I might have posted the Western Union transfer receipt to the wrong address.
Kind regards
I’m pretty sure he’s going to be falling over himself to stop me doing that - because, of course, he’s not in 22 Triton Square, Regent’s Place, London - he’s in some internet cafe in the Ivory Coast. In fact, I’m pretty sure there isn’t even any such address as 22 Triton Square anyway, but certainly he’s not going to want me posting the transfer receipt off to London - especially when I tell him I didn’t keep a copy.
Let’s see what he comes back with…
Couldn’t 22 Triton Square be a dingy pension that moonlights as the London adress of such scammers?
Hehe… well, that rattled his cage. I just got this:
Attention: Mr Crandall Spondular
REMITTANCE ADVICE: US$500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand USD Only)From: DEBT SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
Mr Crandall what you are say can not possible like that you have send the western union information on this very mail alright like
SENDER NAMES, QUESTION & ANSWER , MTCN CONTROL NUMBER finish very simple as soon you send it by western union just send us only this information easy or you scan the receipt forward your private number to call you.
What a shame I’m out doing the Western Union thing right now, and I’m going straight to the post office to send it, before I’ll get back to read the above…
Be sure to chack it good before sending it. FYI, Triton Square is next to Euston Tower in Camden Town.
My plan from here is:
-Reply, to the effect “oops, I sent it by priority airmail before I saw your instruction not to - sorry about that - also, sorry, but I didn’t keep a copy - anyway, please let me know when it arrives”
-He’s then got to make some excuse for not being able to receive it. I’ll tell him that I’ll go to Western Union and see if I can get a duplicate of the document.
-This bit might backfire, but I’ll tell him that it will cost me $10 to get a duplicate of the transfer document and, because of some arcane WU rule, the $10 must be paid by the intended recipient - please could he therefore send me $10 by Western Union…
Now, I’ve never received a Western Union payment before - assuming he falls for this, can I cash one that is payable to Crandall Spondular, or will I have to show ID and stuff?
You might tell him that you keep sending $2500 money orders to the same place, but nothing happens. Let him think that you’re just shovelling money out the door, but that someone else is getting it. Might drive him crazy.
No, I’m pretty sure it just doesn’t exist - if it does, it’ll be some office or expensive boutique.
Regent's Place is a mixed-use business, retail and residential quarter on the north side of Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden. The site is bounded by Osnaburgh Street to the west, Longford and Drummond Streets to the north, and Hampstead Road to the east.
Regent's Place was developed by British Land from an earlier speculative property development, the Euston Centre, which included Euston Tower, one of the first high-rise office developments in the West End. The tower is at the sout...
So… here’s what I’ve sent just now:
Dear Dr Brunton
Thanks for your email - but unfortunately, I had already sent the receipt by FedEx International Priority - addressed to Mr Tony Charle at the 22 Triton Square address.
Apologies once again for this slight inconvenience. Please let me know when the transfer document arrives, and what to do next.
Kind Regards
Awww, bless…
FOREIGN TRANSFER DEPARTMENT.
London Branch Office.
Tel: [snipped]
Attention: Mr Crandall Spondular
REMITTANCE ADVICE: US$500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand USD Only)From: DEBT SETTLEMENT ACCOUNT.
Mr Crandall are you seriuos at all who told you to send receipt by FEDEX or you are play with me send it by mail as l told here you are not ready why could you send receipt by courriers and something that easy send, and you send fedex you can send the tracking number now l understand you that you are joking
SENDER NAMES, QUESTION & ANSWER , MTCN CONTROL NUMBER finish very simple as soon you send it by western union just send us only this information easy or you scan the receipt forward your private number to call you.
Name: TONY CHARLE.
On the receipt of the above requirements the Bank will make a wire transfer into your nominated account within 48 hours.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Yours Truly,
A GOVERNOR: SNS INTERNATIONAL GROUP.
We wish to use this medium to apologize for any inconveniences that you may have encountered with our official email address; this is due to a resent upgrade by our webmaster.
NB: This message is intended solely for the addressed and if you have received this message in error, you are to destroy immediately and any copy, translation or republication of this message is strongly prohibited and offenders will be severely dealt with by the applying laws in force at any point in time. You have been warned.
Of course I am play with you, you silly mugu. I am not finish play with you though…
Dear Mr Brunton
Of course I’m serious. What seems to be the problem? I’ve sent the Western Union transfer receipt document to you as you requested, and as your colleague had requested on nearly every email I have received from your bank since the 10th.
I’m sorry if this wasn’t what you wanted me to do (although it seemed perfectly clear to me), but by the time the bank opens tomorrow and you read this email, the envelope will probably be in your hands anyway. I can’t scan the receipt and send it - because I sent the document to you by FedEx and I didn’t keep a copy.
Please do let me know when it arrives, or if there is anything else I can do to hasten the completion of this transaction.
Kind Regards
I just want to let you know you are an evil, evil man. Reading this always bring a smile to my face. Please keep up the good work.
Gorsnak
January 14, 2008, 11:37pm
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I think you absolutely need to tell him that he must have received the money, because your account has been debited for the $2500. A nice scan of a document showing this would not be amiss.
I feel sure that FedEx will be able to confirm delivery sometime tomorrow…
Kat
January 15, 2008, 1:54am
118
Mangetout:
Now, I’ve never received a Western Union payment before - assuming he falls for this, can I cash one that is payable to Crandall Spondular, or will I have to show ID and stuff?
A friend of mine got money sent Western Union to him once, and his ID was expired so he couldn’t use it. What they made him do was have the sender cancel the original payment, and send a new one requesting he answer a secret question or something like that.
You people have lovely, twisted minds.
Carry on.
Kat:
A friend of mine got money sent Western Union to him once, and his ID was expired so he couldn’t use it. What they made him do was have the sender cancel the original payment, and send a new one requesting he answer a secret question or something like that.
I thought the recipient of a Western Union payment could just walk into a Western Union office and upon satisfying some set of criteria, walk out with the transferred money - do you actually have to have an account with them in order to cash a money order?