Fun with Spammers, Episode 3

From: Raymond Sithole
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 6:32 AM
To: Ken Rosen
Subject: KEN, MY WORD.

DEAR KEN ROSEN

THIS IS TO ACKNOWLEDGE WITH THANKS THE RECEIPT OF YOUR MAIL AND THE CONTENT ALSO WELL NOTED

I USED ROLAND GONZALES AS AN EXAMPLE, INSTEAD OF EDWARD ROSEN, MY LATE CLIENT.

MEANWHILE, CONCERNING YOUR MAIL. I`M NOT SCREENING FOR ANY ON LINE DATING, WHICH IS NOT MY PROFESSION, AND PLEASE I WILL ADVICE YOU WHEN NEXT YOU ARE WRTTING ME, DO NOT INCLUDE UN-NECCESSARY THINGS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS TRANSACTION, IF YOU REALLY WANTS TO BE MY PARTNER.

REGARDING THE SHARING PERCENTAGE, LIKE I EARLIER STATED IN MY PREVIOUS MAIL, YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH ME AND I DO NOT SEE THE REASON YOU ARGUE ABOUT THE SHARING PARTERN. PLEASE DO NOT GIVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU ARE A DESPERADO, WHO WILL RUN AWAY WITH ALL THE FUNDS AFTER IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, I`M EVEN SKEPITICAL SOMETIMES ABOUT WHAT YOU SAY. AND IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE SHARING PARTERN, I WILL DROP YOU AND FIND ANOTHER PARTNER WHO IS NOT GREEDY.

HOWEVER, I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THE BANK WHERE THE FUNDS ARE WILL NEED YOU TO PAY FOR THE FUNDS TRANSFER FEE, BEFORE THEY CAN TRANSFER THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. NOTE THAT ANY MONEY SPENT ON COURSE OF TRANSACTION WILL BE DEDUCTED BEFORE THE MAIN SHARING OF THE TOTAL FUNDS.

AS SOON AS YOU INFORM ME THAT YOU WILL ACT AS I STATED HEREIN, I WILL THEN GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK WHERE THE FUNDS ARE, FOR YOU TO OPEN UP COMMUNICATION WITH THEM DIRECTLY ON HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED EASILY, SO THAT I CAN HAVE A WORD WITH YOU VERBALLY

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU

AWAITING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
 
SINCERELY YOURS,

BARR. RAYMOND SITHOLE.

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From: Ken Rosen
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 10:53 AM
To: 'Raymond Sithole'
Subject: RE: KEN, MY WORD.

Hello Raymond,

Let’s both take a deep breath and start over, shall we? I can certainly understand your skepticism given my earlier replies, but sure you must understand mine as well. After all, it isn’t every day that one is approached with offer of this sort, and it pays to be prudent. I think we both need to establish some trust before we move further.

While I dearly wish that we could speak in person, I must confess that as a small boy I was in a tragic accident involving a trampoline, an umbrella, and an ungrounded electrical wire, and I have suffered a profound speech impediment ever since. I’ve learned to communicate primarily through the written word, as I can be difficult to understand in conversation (particularly over the phone), and I do not own a mobile phone for that reason. I’m afraid that we must keep our communication confined to e-mail (or postal mail, if you prefer, although with my work schedule my trips to the post office are very infrequent).

Here’s what I suggest:

First, I’d like to see some proof of your identity and professional status. Could you please send me a photograph of yourself, along with a copy of your legal credentials? Also, I would like to see the paperwork from your government that you mentioned in your first correspondence: the death certificate of my Uncle Eddie, along with the time-bound ultimatum given to you by the government. Let’s start with that.

Thanks, Raymond. I look forward to hearing from you!