Spam the Scammers Vol I - A Journal by Denis Ryan
The following are journals of email exchanges between me and some email scammers (origins unknown) that began in May 2004 and ended in July 2004. These emails are authentic and have not been altered or changed in any way. It is my way of saying to them “You picked the wrong guy to scam”. I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing.
CHAPTER 1 – PrinceWill and Coumba
On May 13, 2004 I received the following email. Knowing full well this was a known email scam, I decided to have some fun. Please note in the subject line of their original message to me they are “orphan children”. In a later message, they ask me why I talk to them like children.
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-----Original Message-----
From:princewillcoum@jumpy.it [mailto:princewillcoum@jumpy.it]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Subject: Ophan Children in Need of your urgent help please
FROM:PRINCEWILL AND COUMBA MUSTAPHA
Dear Beloved One,
We are the children of late minister of solid minerals of Sierra Leone, Mike Covo Mustapha. We have a project that requires the aid of a foreign partner, one box containing ($22,000,000) Twenty Two Million Dollars, is in a safe custody in Security Company in Abidjan as well 250kilo of raw Gold.
For your information this fund and the said Gold was made through the sales of Gold and Diamond when our father was in position as Minister of solid minerals of Sierra-Leone. The boxes were kept as family valuables since 12/08/2000.Our father Mike Covo Mustapha used our late mother's name in depositing the boxes as belonging to his foriegn partner and he told the Company that the keys is with his foreign partner, this was to avoid them from inspecting the boxes. Now we came to this Country with the intention of claiming the consignments for an investment abroad, we have gone to claim the consignment and the company told us until when the partner will be around before the consignment will be released to us, we only kept it to ourselves as top secret.
According to them, this is based on the agreement our late father entered with the security company concerning this consignment.
Based on this condition we are calling You to assist us represnting us as our late father foreign business partner so that the consignment could be claimed for our investment in your Country of which you shall take full control for my sister and me.
Note: before disclosing the Security Company to you,we will like to know your interest and also the advice you can give on how to invest this amountof money in your country.
We only need the followings from you as the first step to the project.
1) We will change the beneficiary to your name.
2) You will come down to Abidjan where the boxes were deposited to claim the boxes.
3) You will provide investment plan for the fund in or outside yourcountry.
4) You will provide an account where the money will be transfer into immediately the two boxes is withdrawn from the Company.
Also 15% of the total amount will be given to youfor your noble assistance as well as some 5% from the sales of Gold. We shall give you full power to invest our own share of the money for us for at least 2years, since we do not have much business experience in business world.For your information it is risk free as all the vital document will be forwarded to you as proof of ownership which are;
1) The certificate of deposit
2) The agreement documents and
3) The security company initial payment receipt.
Finally, we do hope that this message would reach you in good faith while we await to hear from you as soon as you receive this mail on our private mail box above or call.
Thanks and God bless for your co-operation.
Best regards.
Princewill and Coumba Mustapha
NB:we have discussed with the company to see if there is any possibilty of moving the consignment to place of our late father's partner should the partner not be able to come down here for the release due to professional reasons and they said it could be done diplomatically to the partner's destination .
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Knowing full well this was a not-to-elaborate email scam, I decided I’d have some fun with these scammers and see how far I could take them. The following is my first reply.
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-----OriginalMessage-----
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
To: 'princewillcoum@jumpy.it'
Subject: RE: Ophan Children in Need of your urgent help please
I am interested :)
Denis Ryan
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Our friends were really quick to get back to me as you can see in their next message.
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-----Original Message-----
From:princewillcoum@jumpy.it [mailto:princewillcoum@jumpy.it]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Subject: Brother Denis, we thank you for your mail.
Bear Brother Denis Ryan,
Many thanks for your sincere response to our plight mail , please accept our sincere and satisfactory appreciations for your kind aide will not only be for the investment of the money and gold when we must have claim it to your country, but also will safe me and my Sister for any possible destruction due to the current instability in this country where we are presently reseiding.
Please we want you to kindly understand that this very transaction which we contacted you for is 100% legal and it is risk free. All the deposit documents concerning this deposit are here with us and we shall be willing to forward them to you as proof of what we are talking about should incase you may wish to contact the Security Company to find out the existing of the said consignment in their custody.
We believe in God Almighty as you do and we are very happy to have you also to be our partner as a child of God. Please we also want you to understand that at the moment the company does not give us access to the consignment in their custody based on the agreement documents and life is very difficult for me and my Sister here.
Sir, bear in mind that you are the person to invest the said fund and gold for me and my Sister in your country and as soon as you come down here and we collect the said consignments from the company, we shall first of all remove your expenses out before we move the money to your place.
This is not included in the original percentage we will offer to you for your assistance. When our late father deposited this consignments with the security company he made them to understand that the consignments belongs to his foreign business partner and that he will forward the datas of his foreign business partner to the company who is in overseas, But he did not forward any datas to the company before his untimely death.
Though he had no foreign business partner and based on this fact the company now wants me and my sister of the deceased to forward the datas of our late father's partner to them as this was the agreement between them and our late father as at the time he made the deposit. This is why we have contacted you believing that you will not betray this trust and honesty that we have bestowed on you.
Now please we want you to exmine your conscience very well and tell us if you will be faithful and of true ransparency to us because by the time we will submit your datas to the company here as our late father's foreign partner , you will have more legal right and power to the money and gold than we here and if the money and the gold gets to you, if your mind is not clear you may deny us our rights.
But if you can assure us of your true reputations and sincerity , then after you claim the consignments on our behalf to your place , you will not only take your percentage for assisting us , but you will also help us to invest and manage our part of the moeny and you will be receiving a certain percentage per annum from the investment returns .
But better still, this whole money and gold can be invested in your company if you have a company . Please this is the reason why we contacted you so that you can stand as our partner for the collection of the said consignments on our behalf as to enable us meet you for our investment of which you will be the head and the overser of the said investment.
Let us know your mind so that we can proceed and to know when you can come down here for the release of the consignments. We do not want to face another war in this country and please be sincere with us and also understand that all our hope lies in the said fund and gold . We want you to really read this mail carefully and bear in mind that you are dealing with an ophans who has no perents any more and you must know that all our hope is only in this fortune which our late father left for us .
Please let us know in your next mail if you can come down here for the release of the consignment or if you want the Security Company to transfer it diplomatically to your place as we were informed by them if you can not come down.
We do not want to fall into a wrong hand . Lastly,we beliieve that in your response , you will really let us know your mind before we proceed in this transaction. we shall also be grateful if you can forward us your full contact details as to know you very well.
Once again we thank you very much for your ernest and kind gesture and we wish to stay and conclude this transaction with one mind and trust . Please do contact us on this phone number + 22507835240 , so that we can talk and know each other better.
We remain yours sincerely.
stay bless while we await your urgent mail please.
Princewill and Coumba M.
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It was at this point that I started having fun with them.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
To: 'princewillcoum@jumpy.it'
Subject: RE: Brother Denis, we thank you for your mail.
I will need $100 to renew my passport to travel over - would you be willing to loan me the money to get that processed otherwise I am not able to travel outside the country.
Thank you in advance!
Denis Ryan
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They were quick to reply with the following noting that they say my assistance is not free. Note the way they addressed me by mixing up my names. This flub will come back to haunt them as I never addressed them the same way in subsequent replies.
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-----Original Message-----
From: princewillcoum@jumpy.it [mailto:princewillcoum@jumpy.it]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Subject: Brother Denis, please understand our situation.
Dear Ryan Denis ,
Thanks for your mail. Please let us be serious in this transaction if you really want to put an end to our long sufferings. You have red and understand our mail to you. Remember your assistance is not going to be for free. Right now we do not have access to the consignments due to the agreement documents that our late father entered with the Company. There is no way we can send you any money not untill the two boxes are withdrawn from the Company.
Please understand our situation if you really want to help us.
Our sincere regards,
Princewill and sister.
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A red flag came up for me at this point when they said the word serious so I had to tone things down.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
To: 'princewillcoum@jumpy.it'
Subject: RE: Brother Denis, please understand our situation.
I am totally serious and I understand your suffering and want to help you to the best I can. Please let me know what I can do to help. Thanks
Denis Ryan
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Notice in their next reply they still have my name wrong.
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-----Original Message-----
From: princewillcoum@jumpy.it [mailto:princewillcoum@jumpy.it]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Subject: Brother Denis, please understand our situation.
Dear Brother Ryan Denis,
We sincerely thank you for your kind and understanding reply to our cry to you. Please we want you to bear in mind that we do not have much business experience in business world and it's based on this reason and for the security of our lives that we contacted you for this very transaction. We have decided to entrust this money and gold into your own care as a brother and one family when you claim it to your place.
We will have love for you to come down here for us to see you face to face before the said consignments are move to your place, but since you are talking about 100USD for your passport, we do not know what to do at this stage.
Like we told you in our first mail, we have also discussed with the Security Company to know if our partner cannot come down here for the withdraw of this two boxes if they can transfer it to you and they made us to understand that the two boxes could be transfer to our partner deplomatically without any authority inspecting them till it gets to you.
Our main problem now is that the Company said our partner would have to make change of ownership of all the documents that were issued to our late father as at the time he made the deposit with them as well obtain a diplomatic Tag before they can transfer the consignments to you.
They said this is to identify the reciver at poin of collection and not to make any mistake. Please brother let us know your true position before we send your name as our partner and the receiver of this consignment in your place on our behalf before we sibmit your name.
If your name is submitted to the company, you would have more power over the consignments than my sister man me and you know very well that all our hope lies in this fund and gold. You are the person to invest the funds for us.
Please call us so that we can talk.
Your brother and sister,
Princewill and Coumba.
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They still have my name wrong! What’s wrong with these people? Notice the change in their email address.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004
Subject: Dear Brother Ryan Denis, attach are all the documents.
Dear Brother Ryan Denis,
As we did promised, please view the attach documents that were issued to our late father by the Security
Company as at the time he made the deposit with them.
Please we could not attach the documents through our former mail box so we decided to attach them through
our yahoo mail box.
Kindly also call us to know if you have recieve all the three documents attach so that we link you to the
Company for them to tell you the proceedure on how you would have to change all the deposit documents to your name so that they can transfer the consignments to you as we were told. We want you to bear in mind that the Company does not know the real contents of the two boxes.
Thanks and stay blessed while we await your reply.
Princewill and Coumba.
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They seem to be quite serious about this going the trouble of making false documents. This will come back to haunt as you will see later on in the exchanges. Let the games recommence.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: Dear Brother Ryan Denis, attach are all the documents.
Okay I got them - they appear to be authentic :) Thanks
What is the phone number? What time zone are you in cuz I wouldn’t want to wake you up in the middle of the night.
Denis Ryan
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It should be noted at this time that they quote a time zone below for Ivory Coast but the time stamp in their email header says PDT - Pacific Daylight Time. If you’re going to rip people off, get your facts straight!
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 07:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba.
Dear Brother Denis,
Thanks for your mail. The time zone here is GMT. that means if you are in Canada, your 12pm local time is
our 9am local time.
Our number is +22507835240. Kindly call us so that we talk please.
Thanks and stay blessed while we expect your call and mail.
Princewill and Coumba.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
Okay talk to you then :) Have a great day!
Denis Ryan
-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba.
Dear Denis,
Thanks for your mail. We are here in Abidjan the Capital City of Cote d' Ivoire. The place is in West
Africa. The Country Code is 00225 then the number is 07835240. please dial the number this way
0022507835240 so that you can get through.
We await your call as promised.
Princewill and Coumba.
Here’s where the line off the Y and X axis (tangent) goes off the charts. I really wanted to throw them off and I think I was successful.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
PS - what's the weather like over there today? It's hot and the sun is shining here :)
I might have a few beers after work today :)
Denis Ryan
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So they come back with this. I think they still trust me at this point.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba.
Dear Brother Ryan,
Thanks for your mail. We are still expecting your call as you did prmised.
Thanks and regards,
Princewill and Coumba.
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Let the insanity begin!
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
Hey Princewill and Coumba :)
How's your day going? I'm doing pretty good - busy day at work. Got home for lunch and took care of the dogs too :) You'd like my dogs a lot - they are very nice.
I have soccer tonight and might head out for a few beers afterwards with my teammates :)
Yeah I'll be ringing you up this weekend for sure. What time of day is best for me to call?
I have an awful rash on my leg that won’t go away - I think I need a new medication!!!
Bye for now :)
Denis Ryan
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Enter their confusion.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba.
Dear Denis,
We do not sometimes undersdtand your mails you use to sent to us. Please for your information, we want you to let us know if you are really serious to carry out this transaction with us or not. We do not know if you
are playing with us or not. We are talking of transaction that shall be of good to all parties involves and you are talking of your dogs.
Please be seroius and get back to us.
Princewill and Coumba.
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Get upset, that will convince them you are serious. Oh and carry on with the insanity as well.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
Hey guys :)
Well I must have tried calling you guys 100 times over the weekend and kept getting a busy single. Talk about being serious!!! I was very upset with you!!! Are you sure you gave me the right number????? My phone bill is going to be sky high next month because they kept charging me an overseas connection fee. I hope you will reimburse me that money?
So after trying calling most of the weekend I didn’t get any work done around the house and now my wife is mad at me cuz I promised to clean the garage and paint the kitchen but I didn’t get either job started!!! I guess I'll be in the dog house all week with the dogs (yeah the same ones you don’t want me to talk about).
I did find an antibiotic cream that has started to clear up the rash on my leg I was telling you about.
How was your weekend?
Anyway - have a good day and talk to you later :)
Denis Ryan
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Someone sent me a copy of the same scam from someone claiming to be their mom. I felt it was my duty to inform them of this.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
Hello it's me again!!!
I think you and Coumba have been swindled by your mom!!! You guys think she's dead but she's trying to get that same money - that's awful her trying to take your money!!! My friend who I told I was helping you guys out told me he got an email from your mom - look below!!!
Anyway we have to move quick to get this so let me know what I need to do as soon as possible.!!!
Talk to you soon!!!
Dear beloved one,
I am Madam Comfort Mustapha second Wife of late Minister of solid minerals of Sierra Leone, Mr Mike Covo Mustapha. I have a project that requires the aid of a foreign partner, ($18,000,000) Eighteen Million Dollars, which was deposited by my late husband in a bank here in Abidjan Cote d´ Ivoire.
For your information the said fund was made when when my husband was in position as Minister of solid minerals of Sierra-Leone. My husband Hon. Mike Covo Mustapha used the name of my Son as the next of kin to the fund. After the death of my husband, I came to Cote d´ Ivoire with my three children and decided to stay in the second largest city Bouake where the rebels are in charge now. On the 30/10/2002, I decided to take out my children to the capital Abidjan for safety of our life but unfortunately, on our way crossing the forest to Abidjan my last little child collapsed and passed away along the road.
Now we came to Abidjan with intention of transferring the said fund out for an investment abroad but, since I do not have any bank account abroad nor any partner to transfer this fund into his/her account I decided to wait. But, seeing the insecurity and couple with the on going rebels attack in this Country I decided to contact you for this very transaction so that the money can be transfer into your account for an investment which you will have to take full control for me and my two children.
All what I need is your full trust and confidence that when I finally instruct the bank to transfer the fund into your account because it is only what all my hope is now on for the education of my children. Also I will want you to understand that I do not have much experience in business world an at such you will be the one to invest the fund for me.
My position is that Since you would be the one to assist in investing this fund in any lucrative business as well as the one to send your account for the transfer of this fund into, we shall offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance and help.
Meanwhile I am thanking you for your co-operation with me towards this very transaction while waiting for your urgent attention in replying to me.
Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks and God bless for your co-operation
Best regards
Madam Comfort Mustapha and Son
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Still no reply so I relented.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba.
Hello from Canada :)
It's me again - how are you and PrinceCoumba and Will doing today anyway?
I haven’t heard from you in a few days so I thought I'd touch base to see if everything is okay.
Is it true the military rules Ivory Coast? That has got to be rough - seeing people with guns all day long would scare me. That's what one of my friends told me and that the people eat caterpillars. Oh well I guess sometimes you gotta eat what you gotta eat. We eat a lot of cat over here in Canada. I guess once you get over the shock of eating it, it's okay.
When are we gonna take care of those 2 boxes? I would like to help you out but you guys have not emailed me for a few days. Whatever you need me to do I really want to help out? Has your phone number changed? The number you gave me did not work!
My dogs are doing good and that rash on my leg is almost gone - thank god!!!
We have soccer tonight (you guys probably call it football or some word in IvoryCoastan I probably couldn't pronounce). It's our first game of the season. I'm gonna score 2 goals one for PrinceWill and one for Coumba.
Do they have beer in Ivory Coast? I like beer a lot!!!!
Ok bye for now - please write soon as I miss you both :)
Denis Ryan
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Aha - I got their attention again.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Dear Denis,
We have told you before that the way you used to write to us does not show your seriousness in regards to
this very transaction and based on this we feel you are not serious.
Besides, the Company said before they can transfer the consignment to you, the change of ownership of the
documents onto your name before they effect the transfer of the boxes to you.
Please this is the problem we are now. Kindly send the money to the company so that this consignments could send to you.
We are waiting to hear from you.
Princewill and Coumba.
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Okay back on track here.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hi Princewill and Coumba :)
You must believe me that I am dead serious about this and I want to help out and the only reason I've been talking about other stuff is because I am very lonely and do not have any friends and I am very shy so I am very chatty when someone emails me but if you don’t want me to write personal stuff I will understand okay?
Where do I need to send the money? I have over $75,000 from an investment cheque that I cashed in.
Please you too be serious when you reply - I need to know what company I need to send the money to please and thanks.
I await your reply :)
Have a great day and give Coumba a big hug from me okay!
PS - Calgary lost Game 2 in the Stanley Cup Final last night to Tampa Bay - game 3 is Saturday night and I hope Calgary kicks their butts!!!! Do you know about hockey?
Bye for now!!!
Denis Ryan
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Excellent, a company name, address and most importantly another email address to add to the spam.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha [mailto:princecoum@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Dear Denis,
Thanks for your mail. I think we had send you all the documents invovles in this transaction and the contact
of the Company on it. If today you do not know the company, then it means you are not serious about this
transaction. Please below is the contacts of the company:
ASSISTANCE 2000 SECURITE COMPANY
TELEFAX:+22522420904
TELDIRECT:+22507095316
Email:assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
CONTACT PERSON IS Madam Aka Toure(Foreign Operation Director)
Please kindly write to them and tell them that you are our partner and that you want them to transfer the
consignments in their custody to you since you can not come here for some professitional reasons. Note, never you tell them that the contents of the two boxes is money and Gold as they do not know.
Tell the company to tell you on how you would have to send the money for the changement of all the documents onto your name before the can transfer the consignments to your place.
Thanks while we await hearing from you.
Princewill and Coumba.
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This next message was sent before the one above was received.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hi Prince Coooba and Wil :)
I know I should have waited for your reply from my last message but I couldn’t wait :) I'm still waiting for the information so I can transfer the money you asked for :)
Anyway, I have this great business idea that we should look into after we get the money in those boxes released. Have you ever heard of Inukshuks? They are small rock figures that our Inuit people (the Inuits live way up North where it's really cold and past the tree line so there's a lot of rock, ice and snow) used to make with big rocks to mark places they've been. Anyway - they are world famous and I think a really good business idea would be to bag several smaller rocks and sell them as do-it-yourself Inukshuk kits. They would sell like hotcakes (something similar to flattened caterpillar bread in Ivory Coast). What do you think? We could start an Inukshuk craze in all of Africa!!! Kids all over will be making Inukshuks to pass their time during the monsoon rain season, etc.. Anyway let me know if you'd be interested okay.
It's cloudy and raining in Canada today - thank god we have DVD players and Blockbuster here. Is there a Blockbuster in Ivory Coast? Is it hot in Ivory Coast today? Have you ever been to Canada? It's a pretty good country but our soccer team really sucks!!!
Anyway have a good day and I hope to hear from you soon cuz I need to get that money over to you as soon as possible - it's burning a hole in my pocket and I almost want to go to Tony's Music Store and buy some new guitars (even though I can’t play guitar) but I always wanted to learn.
Okay ciao for now
Your friend, Denis
PS - give Coumba another hug from me as I'm sure she could use it :)
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How about another message from me?
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004
To: 'prince mustapha'
Subject: RE: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
This is fantastic - I will definitely be in touch :)
Thanks for the information.
You're not going to believe this but I just sent you a message as I hadn't heard from you all day and as soon as I sent it, poof your message appeared. Talk about coincidence eh? (eh is a really popular Canadian expression - say it at the end of every sentence you speak - for example you could say to Coumba tonight when you put her to bed - Okay Coumba, it's time for bed eh. That would be really cool to have all the people in Ivory Coast saying that!
What hours does Mrs. Aka Toure work?
I will not mention anything about the gold or the money I promise but make sure you don’t tell anyone about my do-it-yourself Inukshuk kits please.
Ok - I'm going to get a coffee and I'll be right back - let me know what the best time to call that lady okay :) Do you drink coffee? Perhaps I'll pretend to get one for you at the coffee shop - I'll be like, can I have a large double double and how about a medium 1 and 1 for PrinceWill and Coumba :) They won’t know what I’m talking about but maybe they will laugh :) Okay bye
Hugs and kisses for Coumba
PS - do you have any pictures you can send?
Denis Ryan
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Oh still no reply, how about another message.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hi Princewill & Coumba!!!
How are you today? Good I hope.
Things are terrible here, it's cold and there's no sign of summer in sight!!!! I just wish it would warm up.
Well I tried calling Mrs. Toure like you asked below and I got some lady on the phone who was wailing in some language I never heard - maybe IvoryCoastan or something. It was kinda neat hearing someone talk your language but frustrating too because I don’t think she understood English :(
Is there another number I can call or can they call me because this has been dragging on and I really want to help out. Please let me know as soon as possible.
How was your weekend? Did you and Coumba do anything special? I was going to suggest you take Coumba to the zoo last week but then it dawned on me that all the animals we keep in the zoo here probably roam freely in Ivory Coast right??? Sometimes I'm an idiot!!!
So did you give any thought to that business proposal re: the do it yourself Inukshuk kits? I think it's a great idea and we should invest some of that money in it. Let me know if you're interested okay?
That rash on my I was telling you about is all healed up now. I thought I'd never get rid of it!!!
Anyway - I gotta go collect empty bottles so I'll talk to you later.
Bye for now
Denis
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Hello??? Is anybody home? How about some more dog talk - that’ll spark their interest.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Good morning Princewill and Coumba :)
How is your day going? Good I hope. It must be getting late in the day there? Have you and Coumba had supper yet? I just got to work an hour ago and had a really boring staff meeting. I think I'm gonna fire some of my staff because they are morons!!!
Hey guess what? Just to prove to you how much I care about you and Coumba - I renamed my dogs to PrinceWill and Coumba and attached a really nice picture of them together - what do you think? They are gorgeous dogs eh? Anyway, even if we don't speak to each other every day through email, I have Princewill and Coumba in my life with my dogs. It was really weird at first because they are adult dogs and we have been calling them Guinness and Ronan for so long now that when I first called Guinness (the dog on the left in the picture) by the name Princewill, he didn't respond so it may take awhile for them to get used to their new names :)
Not sure if you got my email yesterday about talking to some lady on the weekend from the company. Anyhow, just wondering if you have another number for Mrs. Toure Aka and a good time to call her because that lady I spoke to on Saturday had no idea what I was talking about.
I was also wondering if I could ask you a big favour? You and Coumba must know lots of people in Ivory Coast right? I have a bunch of music that I have written and recorded and I had a great idea last night. If I send you the lyrics for a few rap (hip hop) tunes, could you translate the words in IvoryCoastan and I'll re-record the tunes in IvoryCoastan and we could make a killing starting a new music craze - IvoryCoastan Rap. You could send the tunes to all of your friends in Ivory Coast and they would dig the tunes!!! Anyway - let me know if you're interested.
Anyway, I gotta go so I'll talk to you soon. Have a great night and don't let the bedbugs bite!!! That's probably not a good saying cuz I hear the bedbugs are really bad in Africa and they leave scars when they bite - sorry. Okay bye.
Denis
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Okay if you thought that was out there, keep reading.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 9:18 AM
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Good morning Princewill and Coumba :) Hello PrinceWill and Coumba,
I have not heard from you in days and now I am starting to worry!!! Is everything okay in Ivory Coast? I hope those bad military people that rule the country have not done anything to hurt you??? Do you think they found out about the boxes???? They would probably kill to have all that money cuz then they could buy some Canadian War Ships and Sea King Helicopters and with all that artillery could probably take over all of Africa!!!!! If you get this message, please let me know everything is okay. I am very worried!!!!
Anyway, like I was telling you yesterday, we renamed the dogs in you and Coumba's honor and they are very confused. One of them has stopped eating and the other one has diarrhea. Coumba pooped all over the kitchen floor last night - what a mess!!! I don't know if changing their names was such a good idea.
Anyway when I woke up this morning my nose was hurting a bit and after closer examination, I have a big pimple on the inside of my nose that hurts like hell!!!! I can't even blow my nose!!! Have you ever had a pimple in your nose?
How is Coumba anyway? You should send me some pictures if you have any cuz I am really interested in seeing what you two look like :) It would be cool - I could send you some pics of me from last year's Christmas Party - man did I ever get drunk!!! I must have emptied the bar!!! It took 3 co-workers to carry me to a cab to get me home. I stopped drinking tequila after that night. Apparently (it was alleged) that there was some inappropriate touching with one of my female bosses. I don't remember a thing so I used the drunk defense and managed to keep my job.
Anyway - I still need to get in touch with Mrs. Toure Aka so I can send her money to release the boxes. I hope you are serious about this whole deal - I would be very upset if I lost my $75,000!!!!
Ok bye for now - email me soon :)
Denis
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Hey, is anyone home? Uh oh. I think I’ve lost them. Oh well, might as well keep emailing them. Maybe send them my picture or something crazy.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: From Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hello from Canada :)
Hi Princewiil and Coomda;
How are you anyway? I am still awaiting a reply from my last message I sent yesterday and I got so anxious that I had to write you again.
So what did you and Cooma do last night? Anything exciting? Last night I had some friends over and we boozed it up pretty heavy!!! I don't feel so good this morning :(
So anyway, not sure if you remember me telling you about hockey (it's a big sport here in Canada played on ice - ice is frozen water) but Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final goes tonight - I'm quite excited. A Canadian team has a chance of winning the Cup for the first time in 11 years. I attached a picture of myself with my Calgary Flames helmet - I'll be wearing it tonight when I watch the game. If you have a TV (I don't know if you know what a TV is????) you should check out the game. You'll have to flip around the stations quite a bit because I don't think the local Ivory Coast channels will be televising Canadian hockey. I hope you tune in - me and you and Coumba can all cheer for Calgary.
The dogs are doing a bit better too - they are getting used to their new names as well. No more "accidents" on the floor from Coumba and she had a solid poop this morning so that's good.
Anyway, get back to me when you get a chance.
When are we going to take care of those boxes of money? I can't wait to get my share - I'm gonna buy a new motorized scooter. I saw a kid in the neighbourhood driving one the other day and I was like "Man those are really cool, I wish I had one"! I'll cruise around the neighbourhood and all the girls will be like "Wow"!!! hahaha
Okay bye for now - give Cooma a big hug from me!!!
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Hey, that’s not really me! I wish they’d reply to me! How about I try to get them in on my incredible business idea.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hi Prince Will and Coombaya :)
What's on the go today? I haven't heard from either of you for days and I am very worried. I do hope everything is okay.
Are there locusts in Ivory Coast? That's what I heard - they are creepy bugs!!! We have something here called lobster that people eat - they look like big cockroaches but they live in water and people make a lot of money fishing them. We should buy some lobster boats when we get that money released!!!
Anyway, I wanted to run that Inukshuk business idea by you again. I've attached some pictures of what we need (plastic bags and rocks) to make an Inukshuk. I was thinking if every family in Africa bought at least one Inukshuk kit for their kid(s) that would be like 400 million sales at $5 each (In Canada we have dollars where you guys use some French money or something). Anyhow that works out to 394,344,607,399 CFA Franc BCEAO!!!! We could buy the whole entire Ivory Coast country and get rid of the rebels and turn it into a nice resort for people to vacation!!!! We should act on this soon cuz I think someone else is trying to copy my idea of the do-it-yourself Inukshuk kits!!!
Okay bye for now
Hugs and kisses for Coombaya!!!
Denis
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Still no word from my friends and now I am off for a week. Hopefully they’ll send me something while I’m away.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Hi PrinceWill and Coomba
Well I just thought I'd drop a note to let you know I am going on vacation and won't be able to email you for 10 days :( I am very sad that I won't be talking to you and I am still worried about you and Coomba!!! Please let me know that you and her are safe!!!
Anyway, did you happen to catch the hockey game last night? Oh yeah - Calgary kicked some Tampa Bay derriere whaaaaa!!!!! That was an awesome overtime win eh!!!! One of the guys last night said to me (I was telling the guys all about you and Coumba and they think it's really nice for me to be sending over all that money to Mrs. Aka Toure for you and Coumba) okay, anyway back on track here (hahaha) - he said they have child labour in Ivory Coast and I was like, "No way" and he was like "Oh yeah" and we went back and forth a few times, and then it dawned on me that you and Coumba don't write all that well so you probably got yanked out of school at an early age to work in the mines. That must have been awful!!!! I think all young men should have a chance to at least spend one year in co-ed Phys Ed at a Jr. or Sr. High School level (nudge, wink, know what I mean Princewill???)
Anyway, I just love the Inneernet!!! I found some Ivory Coast music online - have you ever heard of Alpha Blondy? He is awesome!!! He really reminds me of Bob Marley except he's alive and Bob Marley, well, isn't. Alpha has this badass tune called "Quitte dans ca" from the “Merci” album you should check it out sometime - I don't know what the heck he's talking about in the song cuz I think he's singing in IvoryCoastal but it still sounds good. I'm sure they would have copies of his CD's at the WalMart in Abidjan.
Okay bye
I'll be emailing you and Coomba as soon as I get back from vacation!!!
PS - wish me luck - I'm gonna try and catch me a grizzly bear out west!!! mmmm mmmm barbequed Grizzly Steaks :)
Denis
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Twelve days later and no replies from our friends yielded my next message.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: Princewill and Coumba. Urgent
Most dearest PrinceWilf and Coonba:
Well I am back from vacation after 10 days and I still have not heard from you. I am very sad and have assumed the worst. You have probably been captured by the Ivory Coastal rebels and are probably being held captive against your will (pardon the pun Prince Will - hahaha). Do your captures have email access or an email address? Perhaps I can plead with them for your release or negotiate a deal. I still have some of that money left over from the investment cheque but I put a lot of it into the Do-it-Yourself Inukshuk Kits.
Did you happen to catch any more of the hockey games? Calgary lost the Cup! We are pretty bummed out here in Canada. That’s an expression that’s means we’d rather get drunk than go to work.
Well I have to tell you, when I was vacationing out West I tried real hard to get a mountain renamed for you and Coomba but the locals did not like my idea. There were some nasty exchanges of words and some threats made but I managed to get away unharmed.
Anyway, the dogs (PrinceWill and Coomba) are doing well but we decided to change their names back to Guinness and Ronan cuz they were pretty messed up and not listening to us. Sorry about that - we have two trees in our back yard that we now call Prince Will and Coumba. I hope that’s okay with you and Coomba? They are very nice trees.
You remember that rash on my leg? Well guess what - it’s back again!!!! I think there’s something in the water.
We had soccer last night and I scored a goal for Coomba - right after it went into the net, I kissed my hand and pointed up to the sky pretending Coomba was in the stands watching the game!!! How cool is that? Pretty cool eh?
What did you and Coomba do today? Anything exciting?
Okay have a good supper and talk to you soon.
Ok bye
Denis
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It thinks it’s time we get the company invloved.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
To: assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
Cc: princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: Prince Will and Coumba
To whom it may concern:
I am writing in reference to two very close friends, PrinceWill and Coumba who contacted me a few weeks back to assist them in getting 2 family owned boxes released. Unfortunately, I cannot tell you what's in the boxes as I was sworn to secrecy. PrinceWill suggested that I get in touch with Mrs. Aka Toure but she never answers her phone. I am writing to find out what I need to do to assist my friends. I recently cashed in $75,000 worth of investments but have used some of that money for a business idea I had.
On another note, I have not heard from PrinceWill or Coumba in close to 2 weeks and I am quite worried about their safety and whereabouts. I hope you can help me find them.
Anyway, please get in touch with me as soon as possible.
Thanks - ok bye.
Denis in Canada
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I think they are gone for good. Better send my messages to all 3 email addresses. That’ll get their attention.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004
To: princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Cc: assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princecoum@yahoo.com
Subject: Hello again - it's me :)
Dear PrinceWill and Coumba:
It seems like an eternity since I last heard from you and Coumba? How are things in Ivory Coast? I checked the Innernet and here’s what they said the weather was there:
HIGH 27°C(80°F) 27°C(80°F) 26°C(78°F) 26°C(78°F) 26°C(78°F)
LOW 24°C(75°F) 25°C(77°F) 25°C(77°F) 26°C(78°F) 25°C(77°F)
CONDITION Cloudy with showers Cloudy with showers Cloudy with showers Cloudy with showers Cloudy with showers
Looks like the monsoons have started eh? Oh well at least you won’t have to water your plants or your garden - hahaha. Do you and Coumba go outside and play in the rain? That would be really cool - jumping around in monsoon rain puddles!!!
I emailed the company yesterday and have not heard back from them yet - I hope I can still help you out. I still have about $25,000 left from the $75,000. I spent quite a bit getting my Inukshuk company started! I think they are going to sell really well - I mean who doesn’t want to make an Inukshuk???? Like no one!!!
The PrinceWill and Coumba trees in the back yard are doing very well. The Coumba tree had flowers but they are now mostly gone. It’s hot in Canada today!!! You and Coumba should move to Canada. We have really cold winters with lots of snow! Have you ever seen snow?
Okay so I need to know if you and Coumba are mad at me? Did I say something to make you mad? You never reply to my emails anymore! Something must be wrong!!!
Ok bye for now - write soon.
Denis
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Still no word. I’m starting to get worried.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004
To: princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Cc: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
Subject: Are you okay?
Dear PrinceWolf and Coonbaya:
Well now I am at wits end as I don’t even know if you and Coumba are still alive???? If you get this message please reply and if you could (I don’t know if your rebel captures are reading your email or not) please reply to this message with the following code words: “The Wool”. If I get a reply to this message that says “The Wool”, I will know that you and Coumba are safe and alive!!!
Anyway, enough of that negative talk - things are pretty good in Canada today! Gas prices went below 90 cents so we are quite pleased with that!!! A few weeks ago gas was $1.00 per litre so it was actually cheaper to drink alcohol than drive!!! We couldn’t afford to drink and drive even if we wanted to!!!! Do people drink and drive in Ivory Coast? It’s a dangerous and not very cool thing to do here. Sometimes they put you in the slammer (the big house) for that!!
That dang rash on my leg is still there - what a nuisance!!! I scratch and scratch but the itch does not go away. I think it’s spreading!
I found a web site that has some Ivory Coast sayings. I was very happy about that!!! Now if you ever send me a message in Ivory Coastal, I will be able to figure it out. For example, I looked up “How are you today” and in IvoryCoastal it’s pronounced “Comment allez-vous aujourd'hui”? It’s very close to our second language here in Canada which is a dialect of French. For example, if you said in Canadian English “Man my car is messed up” then you could say in Canadian French “Mon crisse de charre est vraiment fucké”!!! Anyway, languages are very neat. I have always been fascinated with them. Does “Oogla booga doo loo” mean anything in Ivory Coast? Just wondering.
The Prince Will and Coumba trees are doing very well by the way in case you’re wondering. We watered them last night and so did the dogs - well the dogs cranked up their legs and watered them in a different way if you know what I mean!!!
Well I gotta go for now - remember the code word is “The Wool” - reply as soon as you can. I just need to know you are okay!!!
And a note for Mrs. Aka Toure - where can I deposit that $25,000 for PrinceWill and Coumba?
Ok bye
Denis
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Let’s try a different approach, money.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004
To: assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
Cc: princecoum@yahoo.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: One last thing before the weekend
Hi everyone!
I need to know as soon as possible how I can deposit that money for PrinceWill and Coumba - can someone get back to me as soon as possible. This money is eating a hole in my pocket. I have some friends visiting this weekend and might get tempted to spend a lot of it on my friends.
Is there a bank account number and branch you can provide so I can make the deposit? You guys need to get serious about this transaction real soon cuz the money will be gone before we know it.
Okay bye for now - please let me know as soon as possible. If I don’t hear from you by Monday I will give the money to another charity.
Thanks and have a good weekend!
Denis
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Hey look who’s back! Success at last. I knew they’d get back to me eventually. They want me to leave them alone - oh the irony. I win! Here’s their reference to me treating them like children.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: from princewill and coumba.
Date: Sat, 19 Jun 2004 04:45:29 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis ,
We have recieved all your mails you sent to us. Please we want you to leave us alone in regards to this
transaction hence, we know that you are not serious and just playing with us. We are looking for another
person who is serious to carry this transaction with us okay.
If you know and ready to do it, please let us know. We have ealier informed you that the company want you to change all the deposit documents in your name before the consignments could be transfer to your place yet, you keep on playing with us as your little children.
We thank you for everything.
Princewill and coumba.
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Whew, I’m so happy to hear from them.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: from princewill and coumba.
Dear PrinceWill and Coumba,
Well you don’t know how relieved I am to hear from you!!!! I seriously thought something had happened to both of you!!! I have been worried sick for the past two weeks wondering if you were even alive!!! I have been mixing painkillers and alcohol which is not a very good mix from what my doctor says!!! Why didn’t you reply to my messages if you received them? Are you mad at me for something? If that’s the case, please let me know.
We cannot end this relationship like this - I want you know that I am very concerned for you and Coumba’s well-being. You must believe me when I say I want to help out!!! I have emailed the company and they never reply to my messages. What is wrong with Mrs. Aka Toure??? I will send a copy of this very message to them so they know I am serious!!! I still have some money left over from the investment cheque - I donated $5000 to the Mohammed el-Habib LeBlanc fund - Mohammed’s family was deported in 1755 to Syria and his great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather married an Arab girl. Anyhow Mohammed is here in Canada for the Congrés Mondial Acadian 2004 but Immigration officials want to send him back to Syria. Anyway, to make a long story short, I donated money so he could stay here for the big festival.
Is the company information you gave me correct? No one replies to my messages. Maybe the information you gave me is incorrect? Can you have Mrs. Aka Toure call me?
Please get back to me as soon as possible and trust me when I say I want to help out!!!
Ok bye for now!
Denis
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Notice the tag about Spam at the bottom of their next message. They should have signed up for that service.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: from princewill and coumba.
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:27:43 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis Ryan,
We have recived your mail okay.
Look you are not serious that is why you have been playing with us. We cal Madam Aka many times to know if you did call her and she said you never did. So why are you telling us all this lies.
All you mail to us shows that you are not serious that was the reason we stop wasting our time with you. You
have never call us so we do not believe when you said you did call the company okay.
If you are saying the truth then we want to hear from you by calling us on this number 0022507835240.
Thanks ,
Princewill and coumba.
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Okay, let’s get back to our little game why don’t we now that we’ve fished them back in. One of my favourite lines is in the next message. I’ve put it in bold.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: from princewill and coumba.
Dear PrinceWill and Coumba;
Thank god you received the email and not the rebels - I was worried about that for a while when I didn't hear from you or Coumba. Now that I know you are safe I feel much better.
I never said I spoke to Mrs. Aka Toure, I said I called the number many times but I could not get through. You need to get your facts straight or lay off the Ivory Coast peace pipe!!! I do hope you are not calling me a liar as I expect you to trust me as I trust you and Coumba!!! I did get through once and spoke to some lady (it was not Mrs. Aka Toure) and she was speaking (wailing is more like it) something in some language like Swahili or something. I ended up hanging up cuz I didn't know what the hell she was saying!!!
Anyhow, I have been nothing but compassionate and willing to help you and Coumba and you say I am wasting your time, playing with you and that I am not serious!!!! You have a lot of nerve to say that after I have sent you hugs, renamed my dogs and trees, offered money, talked about my personal life and I even emailed the company because my calls wont go through.
Perhaps you can ask Mrs. Aka Toure why she hasn't replied to my email messages? I have copied her in on this message so she knows how serious I am to help you and Coumba!!!
I just need to know where and how I can get the money to you - that's a simple question. If you can't answer that question then maybe you do not want my help?
Ok - I will try calling the number you provided below one more time but if I can't get through then you will have to have Mrs. Aka Toure call me or email me okay? Is that fair?
Anyway, have you heard of Canadian Idol? It's a show that has young singers compete to become an Idol. It's pretty cool. There are a few really good singers. One of them is really overweight but can she sing!!!
I put up a screened room on the deck last night as the mosquitoes are getting really bad!!! Are there mosquitoes in Ivory Coast?
Okay bye for now. Give Coumba a big hug from me okay.
PS - that rash on my leg is starting to clear up again.
Denis
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I thought I’d play the Italian card seeing how one of their email addresses has the Italy country code .it. Scare the snake out of the grass so to speak.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: from princewill and coumba.
Hi PrinceWill and Coumba;
Okay - I tried that number below and I can't get through. I tried using the operator and it keeps giving me a beeping sound as soon as the operator transfers me through. I don't know what the hell is going on but it's outright frustrating!!! You are going to have to have Mrs. Aka Toure call me or email me so we can do the transaction. I am not going to try calling again unless you have another number that I can call THAT ACTUALLY WORKS!!! I spent my whole lunch hour trying to call!!! Now I am really hungry and cranky too!!! I might have to go get a doughnut or something - hahaha.
Are you following the Euro Cup 2004 Soccer? I am so glad that England won and they are going through!!! I really hope Italy loses today - they are a bunch of crybabies who can't even play soccer!!! I think we should buy a goal for Christian Vieri with some of that money from the boxes - hahaha. Besides Ivory Coast, who is your second favourite team?
okay I got to pee so I'll talk to you and Coumba later okay.
ok bye
Denis
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Now we’re getting somewhere.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill and coumba. this is what the company said you should do.
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 11:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis,
We have just recieved your mail after comming from the security company where we went to see Madam Aka and to see what next to do for the boxes to get to you.
In fact, this is what the woman said. She said the boxes can not move out from here if you do not insure the consignment and that this is to avoid any problem when transferring it to you.
The woman said we should send you this name so that you send the money for the insurance of the boxes to enable the company insure it before the diplomat move with the consignments to your place.
She said to fasten evrything, that you should send the money through Western Union Money Transfer on this name Mr Henry Edet Edouku, the company's account so that they can recieve the money by tomorrow and get to the insurance company so that the boxes be transfer before ending of this week.
She also said that you should send your full address, telephone and fax numbers so that the diplomate can contact you on arrival to your place for collection of the boxes.
Denis, this is what the comapny is asking you to do now. Kindly send the money to them today so that this boxes can be transfer out to you this week if you really want to help and invest this funds and gold for us.
Thanking you for everything and stay blessed while we await your urgent mail.
Princewill and coumba.
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Let’s see how long we can string them along.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill and coumba. this is what the company said you should do.
Hi Prince Milf and Coumba;
Okay we are finally getting somewhere - thanks so much for the information.
I have 2 quick questions before I can send the money okay?
1.How much money do I need to send?
2.Where do I send the money? I will need an address.
Send me that information and as soon as I get your reply I will go to the Western Union stand at the Sobey's grocery store.
Did you watch any soccer yesterday? That was really cool when Sweden and Denmark tied 2-2 and knocked out Italy! They are wankers eh!!! hahaha
You met with Mrs. Aka Toure? That is so cool! What is she like? Is she a nice lady? Does she dress nice and have good hygiene? That’s important I think.
Are you and Coumba done school yet? The kids here just finished up school and are now on their summer break. Do you get summer or monsoon rain season breaks in Ivory Coast? What level of school are you and Coumba enrolled?
I have an ear ache today! I think it was from the airplane when I went on vacation - my ear popped from the high altitude. By the way, we had no luck catching any Grizzly bears on our vacation so no barbequed Grizzly bear steaks!
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in Canada? We’re like Americans but we don’t all carry guns, we’re more peaceful and we don’t like going to war but we have a lot of their fast food restaurants like McDonald's, KFC, etc.. We’d rather have kitchen parties and drink booze which is really cool. I think you and Coumba would like a good Eastern Canadian kitchen party. We could do some tequila shooters together (even though I made a promise to myself never to drink tequila again) and teach
you some good down-home fiddling. Have you ever heard fiddle music? It really makes you want to stomp your feet.
Okay I gotta go for now but get back to me with that information as soon as possible and I will transfer the money!!!
Ok bye.
Denis
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They don’t understand my emails, hmmm. I don’t think my emails are any more confusing than their first message they sent to me.
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill and coumba. this is what the company said you should do.
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 06:02:27 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis,
We got your mails and we do understand all that you said. Below is the address of the person which the company gave us;
No 17 rue 12 angree, cocody
Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire.
Mr Henry Edet Eduoku
The amount is $2,500
Please Denis, I do not like the way you address people. What do you want to know if the woman is nice or not? This are some of the reason why we used to say you are not serious in this transaction.
We await hearing from you.
Princewill and coumba.
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Oh an address and a name - sweet!!! It’s time we help them with their English so they can better understand my messages.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004
To:princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill and coumba. this is what the company said you should do.
Hi Prince and Coomba,
No worries about not understanding what I wrote in my last email. I know that you and Coumba are young and not very well versed in the English language. That’s okay and I totally understand. I’m sure if you wrote to me in IvoryCoastal, I wouldn’t understand a damn word you were saying - hahahaha. Your English will improve - don’t worry about it. I think you’re doing okay. How about I give you English lessons via email? I could teach you some really cool words too! Okay, here’s today’s lesson and make sure Coumba reads this too.
English Lesson #1 for Prince Will and Coomba:
A noun is a person, place or thing.
i.e. person - Coumba, place - Ivory Coast, thing - house
A verb is an action
i.e. say, go, walk
Pretty easy eh?
You should work on your vocabulary as well - learn as many English words as you can. I have a dictionary I can send over to you and Coomba and just read one page per day. Would you like me to send that to you? Before you know it, you’ll know all the English words. I have a friend who can teach you Cockney rhyme too if you’re interested?
What does (PDT) mean below in the Date: line of your message? It’s probably an Ivory Coast code that gets sent with all email out of your country I bet.
Okay sorry about all that stuff above, I don’t get out much so I’m kind of chatty when people email me. I spoke to my lawyer and he said we need one more thing before we can send the $2500 (do you want that in Canadian dollars or IvoryCoastal pesos), he would like you to send a picture of you and Coumba so that we have proof that we are not getting ripped off by some scam artist. It’s just a safety thing and I hope you understand. In Canada, because we are so nice, people like to take advantage of our generosity with email scams. I just want to make sure that you are indeed who you say you are okay.
Once I get your picture, my lawyer will accompany me to the Western Union outlet and happily send you the money.
Okay bye for now and write back as soon as possible.
Your very serious friend,
Denis
PS - please stop saying you don’t think I’m serious, whenever I read that in your replies it sounds like someone is scratching a fork over a chalk board which is very irritating - hahaha. Ok bye
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Whoa, stop the press! An authentic picture of our scammer???
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill and coumba. my picture attach.
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 07:48:01 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis,
I have attach my picture so that you know very well whom you are dealing with.
Please as soon as you get it, let me know.
My regards,
Princewill and coumba.
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That’s a pretty nice house for two orphans complete with storm windows for those long cold Ivory Coast winters. Better get back on track and send them something to keep them interested. How about a fake Western Union Money Transfer?
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill and coumba. this is what the company said you should do.
Hey Prince Will :) Hi to Coumba too - hahaha :)
How was the weekend buddy? Did you and the Coumbameister do anything exciting? I was watching the Weather Network most of the weekend and it said it was deadly hot in Abidjan. Do you have air conditioning in your house? I hope so! Otherwise, you must have been uncomfortable! I want a pool and a hot tub!
Anyway, I got your message and your picture and I have forwarded your message to my lawyer. If you don’t mind me saying, you're a pretty suave looking young man!! You kinda got that pimping rapper look going on for which the white gals here in Canada go crazy. I bet the ladies in Ivory Coast are all about Prince Will if you know what I mean. How come you didn’t send a picture of Coumba? Just wondering. If you have one please send that as I would really like to see what she looks like.
PS - you have a really nice house. I thought you lived in a thatched roof house or something hahaha.
Anyway, I have sent the 2500 dollars you requested per your instruction and I have attached a copy of the Western Union transfer. Cool eh.
Now you tell that Mrs. Aka Toure that that money is for you and Coumba. Whoever the hell that Mr. Henry Edet fella is I couldn’t care less just make sure you get the money!!! Promise me you won’t spend it all at once or don’t buy a whole bunch of candy either. I want you and Coumba to keep those nice pearly white teeth that you have - hahaha! Oh and get the money boxes released too!!!
Okay I gotta go collect more roadside empties (cans and bottles) so I can send more money to you so I’ll talk to you later. Email me as soon as you can to let me know the money arrived okay?
Ok bye! Denis
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Hook, line and sinker!
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-----Original-Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill and coumba.
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 03:12:12 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis Ryan,
We have recieved the Western Union Slip you sent and have send it to the Company for them to collect the
money you said you send. Please we are waiting to hearing from them so that we can confirm the receipt
of the fund to you.
Thanks and stay blessed,
Princewill and coumba.
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Okay back to the spam game.
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-----Original Message-----
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
Subject: RE: From princewill and coumba.
Dearest PrinceWill and Coumba Mustapha@yehaaaa.IvoryCoast
What a relief to finally have sent all my money over to you and Coumba. When you finally get the money, please take Coumba to a movie (Schrek 2 is now out in the theatres and so is Farenheit 9/11) and supper somewhere nice like Kentucky Fried Chicken or McDonald’s. I think she would really enjoy that
Those people at the company are pretty serious when it comes to money eh? Is Mrs. Aka Toure married? I would say she is not and that she is very career minded. That is cool.
So who are you and Coumba picking to win Euro 2004? I think the Czechs are going to pull off an upset. Do you and Coumba play any soccer? You should - it’s very good exercise and a good reason to go out for a pint of beer when the game is over mmmmmmmmmbeer.
The PrinceWill and Coumba trees are doing very well. My rash is cleared up again and the dogs are doing great. They ran like crazy at the farm yesterday. I like them a lot. They are good dogs and they like ice cream too. They have a wading pool they like to go into.
So are you and Coumba orphans? How old are you and how old is Coumba? How come you never answer the questions I ask you? I want to trust you and Coumba but you never tell me anything about yourselves or answer any of my questions. Is it a language thing?
How did you and Coumba make out with the English lesson I sent? Want me to send another? Okay here is Lesson 2 English for PrinceWill and Coumba:
Adverbs
Add "ly" to the end of any verb and it becomes an adverb.
ie. Love + ly = lovely = adverb
Pretty easy eh!
Anyway, please keep me posted on the Money transfer. I’m sure everything is okay. Oh, send me a picture of Coumba cuz my lawyer wants to make sure she is a real person okay.
Okay so I collected about $40 worth of empties yesterday - not bad for one day. I try to cover a larger area. It’s so nice that some people don’t use garbage cans and toss their empty bottles and cans out of their cars while they are driving. I make a living out of it hahahaha. I think if I keep putting in 10 - 12 hours a day throughout the summer, I should be able to send you and Coumba another $2500 by the end of the August. I use an old shopping cart to collect and guess what I did? I printed off your picture and taped it to the shopping cart for inspiration to collect harder. Hopefully though you will get those boxes released and send me some money so I can start the Do-It-Yourself Inukshuk Kits. If you’re interested in partnering in that endeavour let me know. I think you and Coumba would be good entrpreneurs and ambassadors for the Inukshuk in Africa.
Okay by for now - gotta go collect some empties.
Denis
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Give us this day, our daily spam…
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill and coumba.
Hi Prince William and Princess Coumba@myspecialfriends.com
How goes the battle today? Man we had a kickass lightning storm here earlier that almost knocked out the electricty. It was very scary!! Do you get lightning storms in Ivory Coast? I hate lightning.
Any word on whether or not Mrs. Toure Aka got the money transfer yet? I hope you get it soon and before the weekend so you and Coumba can hoop it up a bit.
Tomorrow is Canada’s birthday - we turn 137 years old as a country. How old is Ivory Coast? We usually go to the fireworks and possibly the parade if my wife doesn’t get too drunk. It’s embarassing taking her places when she’s really loaded. Was your mom a heavy drinker? Just wondering.
How are you and Coumba doing with the English lessons? Are they hard enough for you or would you like me to raise the bar a bit? Okay here is English Lesson 3 for PrinceWill and Coumba:
Prepositions:
A preposition links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. The word or phrase that the preposition introduces is called the object of the preposition. A preposition usually indicates the temporal,
spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence as in the following examples:
The cheque is on the table.
The cheque is beneath the table.
The cheque is leaning against the table.
The cheque is beside the table.
Coumba held the cheque over the PrinceWill’s head.
Coumba cashed the cheque during class.
The most common prepositions are "about," "above," "across," "after," "against," "along," "among," "around," "at," "before," "behind," "below," "beneath," "beside," "between," "beyond," "but," "by," "despite," "down,"
"during," "except," "for," "from," "in," "inside," "into," "like," "near," "of," "off," "on," "onto," "out," "outside," "over," "past," "since," "through," "throughout," "till," "to," "toward," "under," "underneath," "until," "up," "upon," "with," "within," and "without."
Pretty hard but pretty cool too eh?
Can you and Coumba send me some lessons on how to speak IvoryCoastal? I am really interested in learning your language and learning about your fascinating country.
Guess what???? I collected over $50 worth of empties yesterday! How cool is that? Right cool I’d say!!! I’ll be able to send you more money soon. My brother needs an operation on his sphincter and asked me for money but he’ll have to wait cuz I wanna send more money to you and Coumba first.
Have you been by to visit Mrs. Aka Toure this week? Tell her to email me if she wants. I wanna make friends all over all the time. Do you have a picture of her?
PS - Don’t forget to send me a picture of Coumba as my lawyer needs that okay please and thanks.
Okay I gotta go for now - talk to tomorrow okay? Ok bye
Denis
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I think they are on to me. Hey wait, they don't want me to write to them....hahaha oh the irony!
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-----Original Message-----
From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 09:26:39 -0700 (PDT)
Denis,
We do not want you to writ to us again. There is no amount of words that you would ever say for us to
believe you any more. Why did you send us Western Union Slip to the Company without you making any
payment?
Bye
Princewill.
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Was that a question PrinceWill? Time to get angry!
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----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill
I made the payment! What are you talking about? How about I send you a slip of my withdrawal slip when I took out the $2500? That is very rude of you to even suggest. Perhaps that Mrs. Aka Toure took the money and didn't tell you. Have you thought about that? So what you're saying is the $2500 I sent to you and Coumba is gone? If it is I am going to be very angry!! Write me back as soon as possible so we can clear this matter up or I will be calling my lawyer!!!
Anyway - do you and Coumba have any plans for the weekend? Have you been able to get a picture of Coumba?
okay bye for now but write me back soon because I am upset!!!
Denis
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill
Hi Princewil and Coumba (if this is indeed Princewill and Coumba and not the rebels)!
You know I think you are the rebels cuz I asked Princewill and Coumba to reply to a message last week and use the code word "The Wool" which they never did. Anyway, I called my lawyer after PrinceWill said they did not get the money and he found a web site about your company - Assistance 2000. Please follow this link:
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/security_companies.htm
You did get the money I sent and you are telling Prince Will and Coumba that I didn't send it. You are crafty little devils I must say. Anyway, if you do not sign that money over to them immediately, my lawyer is going to be getting in touch with the local authorities like the POLICE!!!! How does that grab you???? Now give that money to PrinceWill and Coumba or you are going to the big house!!!
Okay bye for now!!!
Denis
PS - have a good Canada Day or Ovary Coast Day if it's tomorrow.
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Let’s see if we can rope them back in.
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-----Original Message-----
Sent: Friday, July 02, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com
Subject: FW: From princewill
Most dearest PrinceWill and Coumba,
I found out what happened to the Western Union Money transfer and it is my entire fault. I put the wrong address on the transfer and I got a call this morning as it was returned. My sincere apologies. I hope you forgive me?
Anyway the address to which I sent it is as follows:
Mr Henry Edet Eduoku
No. 27 rue 21 Angree Cocody
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
I take it that’s not the right address and I unfortunately did not keep the email you sent with the address. Can you forward that to me and I will re-send the transfer as soon as possible.
Once again, I am terribly sorry for saying all that stuff about lawyers, police, the big house, etc.. And please send my apologies to Mrs. Aka Toure for calling her and her company scam artists. I was upset and thought I had been ripped off so surely you will all understand.
Okay bye for now and send me that address again so I can send the money.
Denis
PS - give Coumba a big hug for me please and thanks and tell her I am most sorry.
Okay bye
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Fished in again.
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From: prince mustapha
Subject: From princewill
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 08:42:32 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Denis,
Below is the address of the person to recieve the money which the Company gave us to send to you.
Mr Henry Edet Eduoku
No 17 rue 12 angree, cocody
Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire.
The amount is $2,500
Please as soon as you send the money let us know so that we go to meet with the company.
Our regards,
Princewill and Coumba.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill
Dear Coumba,
I think your brother (Princewill) has lost his mind!!! He didn't say one word about apology accepted or we are sorry for the mix up or nothing!!! I am beginning to think all Princewill wants is my money!!!
Anyway - how are things with you Coumba? I hope Princewill treats you better than he does me. He never answers my questions about Ivory Coast or nothing!!!
Did you watch the Euro 2004 final!!! What a game! Go Greece go, go Greece go!!! hahaha
I am on vacation this week but doing lots of work at home.
Do you think you can talk some sense into that brother of yours for me and get back to me. I think he thinks I am an idiot!!! Well if you saw my picture you'd probably think the same thing but whatever!!
okay I goota go cuz I had a few beers and really gotta pee - email me soon Coumba and tell Princewill to get off the crack cocaine!!!
okay bye and hugs and kisses for you!!!
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2004
To: princecoum@yahoo.com; assistance2000securite@emailaccount.com; princewillcoum@jumpy.it
Subject: RE: From princewill
Hi Coumba (and Princewill - but I'm still upset at you).
How is your day going anyway? Good I hope. Do anything exciting today?
Okay here is the scoop on the money - I spoke to my lawyer and he asked for a picture of Coumba before we send $4000 (my lawyer was able to find more money that I have access to through a Trust Fund).
So before I can send the Western Union Money transfer, we need a picture of Coumba (and preferably one of the 2 of you together okay.
Okay - bye for now. Email me that picture as soon as possible please and thanks.
Your friend, Denis
PS - tell Mrs. Toure Aka I said hello and that I still trust her :)
okay bye
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