Notes: The scammers letters are posted exactly the way I received them. My replies are in the pink boxes, and the scammers and his aliases are in the other colours. I have added pictures, where necessary, in order to help those who are unfamiliar with some of the references I have made. I have also posted explanatory comments at the end of some of the messages, these also serve as a running commentary. 

Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2003 04:51:38 -0700

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
EAST WEST OKOYI LAGOS
E-MAIL ADDRESS: <xxxx@tiscali.co.uk>

ATTN: SIR/MA,

I am Chief Accountant with the Federal ministry of health {FMH}
and member of 4 MAN Contract Executive Review Panel (comprising
2 Snr.Staff of CBN and 2 Snr,Staff of {FMH} set up by present
Civilian Regime of President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo.
So far, we have come across a surplus of the sum
ofUS$58M.(Fifty-eight Million Dollars)which was as aresult of
deliberate over-invoicing of certain contracts awarded by
Contract Award Committee of the cooperation.
The last installments due have been paid to thevarious
Contractors, while the said surplus still floats in our Apex
Bank waiting Off-shore remittance which we want to carry out. As
Civil servants wecannot operate foreign account, therefore seek
your assistance in providing enabling Bank Account where the
Fund would be lodged.25% of the total Sum is for you.
5% for expenses during transaction, if any.70% for me and my
colleagues. Your contact was made available by a friend who was
formerly residing in your country, but now holidaying in the
country side. Please notify me of your acceptance to carry out
this transaction through the above E-mail address and provide
your full contacts.

I shall in turn inform you of the modalities for aformal
application to secure the necessary approvals for the immediate
release of this fund into youraccount.This transaction will only
take (10) Ten working days.

Best Regards.

MR USMAN BELLO

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, but the email address you sent your message to is one that I do not use anymore. This one is my main email address.

Anyway, back to the matter at hand.

Yes, I would be most interested in helping you with your transaction, so just tell me what I have to do and I will try my best to see that it's done. Oh, and your offer of 25% for me is most generous, thank you.

Here are my details:

My name: Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

My address:

Creighton-Ward Manor
21 Century Lane,
Foxleyheath
Kent F.A.B.1
England

Telephone: I have just moved into a new house and the phone has not been connected yet, so we will have to use the email until it is. When it is I will email the number to you.

Please get back to me as soon as you can, as I am very keen on getting things started.

Regards,
Lady Penelope.

NOTES:

Just in case you haven't read my first Lady Penelope bait I am re-posting the following character summary. However, I won't be repeating all of the show and character details, so if you have any questions about who, or what something is, then please refer to the first Lady Penelope bait, or, refer to this website: http://www.fab1.co.nz/

Yes, that's right, I am going to be playing the part of the famous Lady Penelope, the London based agent for the secretive International Rescue. Along the way we will meet most of the other members of International Rescue, including it's founder, Jeff Tracy, some of his sons, Scott, Virgil, John, Gordon and Alan, her butler and chauffer, Parker, and a few other minor 'players'. All of these characters are from the 1960's puppet show called Thunderbirds.

Her 'address' consists of the name of her 'real' home, the name of the company that produced Thunderbirds, that is 21st Century Productions, her 'real' county, Foxleyheath, and the postal code is the licence plate number from her pink Rolls Royce, FAB1.

I am going to combine some of the actual episodes, from the show, into the very fabric of this 'story', so I hope they bring back some fond memories for you. But will this Lad have any idea what is going on? Let's hope not!

By the way, Lady Penelope is a true Lady, in every sense of the word. Oh, and she just loves the colour pink.

The FABulous Lady Penelope.

Subject: PLEASE RESPOND VERY URGENTLY
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 09:21:27 -0800

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
EAST WEST OKOYI, LAGOS NIGERIA.
DIRECT TEL.: 234-1-7761197.

ATTENTION: Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward

Thanks for your reply mail and acceptance to assist me in this
transaction.I am very glad that my dream of becoming a milloniare will surely
come to pass.

The transaction will take these steps and I will commence it with the
little money I have with me:

1. I will Register your name: Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward as a
company here in Nigeria with the corporate affairs commission via and with
the help of an Attorney attached to my office.

2. I will begin to process the release of the $58,000,000.00 (fifty
eight million United States Dollars) as a sub-contract awarded to your
company (Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward) here with the Federal Ministry of
Health, that is awaiting release and payment.

3. As soon as the approval is gotten, I will let you know about it,
and I know that it will not take more than two days from today. In short,
I have detailed my attorney to begin, that is file an application to
the corporate affairs commission, and I have told him to make sure that the
Registration is back dated to suite the transaction.

4. Be informed that, as soon as all the approvals are gotten, I know
it will not take more than four days from today, I will on your behalf
via the Attorney attached to my office apply and direct the Central bank
of Nigeria to Wire the $58,000,000.00 into your norninated bank account.

In this case, I will still need your assistance in due course, that is:

I will need your norminated bank account where the money US$58
Million can be wired into as soon as every thing is completed.
Secondly, I will need a little financial assistance from you to
Complete the transaction.

Note that every expences will be deducted from the principal money
(that is) the 5% that is set aside for any expences incured from both sides
before the main money is shared.

Since you are willing to assist/help me, be informed that this
transaction, requires absolute Trust, confidentiality and secrecy. Please, keep it
very secrete and make sure you assist me as you have promised.

You can call me on my direct telephone line at any time:
234-1-7761197. But I will need your cell phone number as to call you at any time,
since your house phone is yet to be ready so that we can communicate freely
and urgently.

Hoping to hear from you.

Best Regards.

MR USMAN BELLO

NOTE:

I already have a feeling that this bait is going to be full of 'trophy' getting opportunities.

Thank you for your prompt and informative reply. I am happy to be able to assist you in making your dream come true. Please keep me informed as to the progress of this transaction, and do not worry about me keeping this matter secret, as I am an expert at keeping things hush hush. You just need to ask my friend Jeff Tracy about that, and he will tell you that I am fabulous at keeping secrets. However, I had to tell my butler, Mr. Parker about this, as he has special talents when it comes to getting money out of tricky situations.

As for contacting me on a cell phone, well, I don't own one of those nasty things, as I hate to be disturbed by tiresome people when I am out. When people need to contact me, Mr. Parker takes a message and passes it on to me when I return.

Well, I must go now. I have to catch the next Fireflash flight to London, and Parker is waiting for me in the Rolls. I will take my laptop with me so we can keep in touch.

Kind Regards,
Lady Penelope.

The Fireflash.

Subject: RE: Let us continue.
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:21:07 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope.

Thanks for your mail and assurance to assist me in this transaction.
Thanks also for the promise of keeping it all secrete and confidential. I am
sure that if all work out very well today with the corporate affairs
commission, the attorney attached to my office will surely come back with the
Certificate in Incorporation of your name as a Registerred Company with Federal
Republic of Nigeria the first criteria for the award of any contract.

I have started processing a Contract Award Certificate showing that
The said amount of money $58,000,000.00 was awarded to you in the
contract for the suplly of some medical equipment to Federal Minstry of Health.

Like I told you, I will need your financial assistance honestly to
get the approvals of the remittance of this money from Ministry of Finance
directing the Central bank of Nigeria to Remit the $58,000,000.00 into your
designated bank account.

The problem now is, you are yet to reconfirm to me your bank account
where you want the money to be wired into for safety.

Again, I contacted the Personal assistant to the Finance Minister and
wanted her assistance in this, but he told me that it will cost us the sum
of $5,000.00 to get the Clearance from the Minister.

I have been trying to raise the money since morning to no avail after
spending about $16,500.00 and $5,000.00 for the backdating of the Contract
award Certificate and the Incorporation of your name as a Registerred
company in Nigeria.

I do not know how you will feel now, but I honestly need this
assistance so that the Central bank can commence programming the remittance
immediately after the approval is gotten. I am sure that as soon as we are able
to pay this fee now, the Finance Minister: Mrs Ngizi Okonji Iwala will sign
it, because her personal assistant is a close friend and wants to assist
us with the influence of his position.

If you can render this financial assistance, you can send it via
Western Union Money transfer immediately in the name of : 

ANTHONY IK.SYLVESTER, Address it to Lagos Nigeria so that we
can conclude this transaction before the end of this week by the Grace of God.

You can still call me any where you are at any time via my direct
Telephone number: 234-1-776xxxx.

NOTE: You bank information and this $5,000.00 for final approval of
the remittance of the money is very important at this stage.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,
Usman Bello

NOTES:

Wow, it sounds like I'm going to get some 'trophies' virtually straight away. This bait is definitely looking promising. However, I didn't expect a request for money this soon in the game, so I will have to divert his attention from it for as long as I can.

I decide to wait a day before replying.

From: Usman Bello <xxxx@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Penelope Creighton-Ward <xxxx@mail.com>

Subject: VERY URGENT REMINDAL MESSAGE.
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 09:57:03 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward,

How are you and your trip to London? I hope fine?

I wrote to you a mail yesterday requesting for a very urgent financial
assistance to enable us finalise this transaction with the Ministry of Finance
for the Minister to approve the remittance/wire of the money into your
norminated bank account.

I have not gotten any response from you till date, and all the
necessary documents are now out, and the attorney has presented it to the
Finance Minster for approval of the remittance.

I have been waiting and relying on you for a very urgent assistnace
of this nature, because, the Attorney is still there in Abuja, wiating for me
to send the official approval fee/charge which I told you in my last mail.

Please, this is the only thing withholding the release and remittance
of this money and you have not been able to forward the bank account
where you wish the money should be wired into.

Please my dear Lady Penelope, you assistance is urgently needed for
us to conclude this transaction. Like I told you, this business will not
take more than ten working days, if only we can co-operate with each other.

Please help this situation out now.

You can call me from where ever you are via my direct telephone line:
234-1-776xxxx.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

Usman Bello

NOTE:

Good heavens, this guy sounds really desperate! This should make for a lot of fun!

I really must apologise for not getting back to you yesterday, but the Fireflash flight I was on got into a spot of bother, and in the confusion I completely forgot about contacting you.

Briefly, what happened was that as we were cruising along at Mach 6, and at a height of approximately 250,000 feet, some crazy man, called The Hood, told the captain that there was a bomb on board. Well, after a lot of searching it was decided that the whole thing was just a hoax, so we continued on to London as planned. However, Captain Hansen, the pilot, said we would not have been able to land if there really had been a bomb where The Hood said it was. The captain also said that the plane would have needed some international rescue just to get us back on the ground safely. As you can see, it's no wonder that I forgot to contact you. By the way, this has all been hushed up by the authorities, so don't tell anyone about this, ok?

Now, back to our little business deal.

I have no problem with assisting you financially, but I must see some documentation that proves this deal is authentic, before I can commit any funds to it. Once I have seen the documents and I am satisfied that they are real, I will arrange for the payment of any expenses that may arise.

As a sign of my willingness to assist you, here are the details of my bank account:

Floyds Bank,
Central Foxleyheath Branch,
Account name: Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward,
Account number: 050-0454-0784512-010.

I do hope you will get back to me with the necessary documents, as I am quite excited about this little mission of ours.

Kindest regards,

Lady Penelope.

NOTES:

Lady Penelope's hijacking incident is closely based on Episode 1 of Thunderbirds, called Trapped in the Sky. Fireflash can, apparently, fly at that speed and height, and was piloted by Captain Hansen. The Hood is International Rescues archenemy, and features in many episodes of Thunderbirds.

I am also going for my first 'trophies'.

The Hood.

Subject: RE: My apologies.
Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 08:35:54 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward,

Thanks for your reply mail, and the content well understood.
I am very sorry for all the you went through in your journey, but I
give thanks to God that you are alive and nothing happened to you and
other passengers of the aircraft. I will definitely go to church on
Sunday and give thanks to Almighty God for it all.

With regard to you promise and request, I have really thought so much
about it since morning and have called the Attorney who went for the
journey to Abuja to come back with those documents so that I can scan and send
to you as you requested.

I am hoping that he will be back before 7:00 pm my time today and I
will definitely send them to you. So, be hopefull that may be before the end of
today, or first thing tomorrow morning, I will send them to you.

But one thing I wish you do for me speedly is that: Please, as soon
as you get them, do not waste any more time in assisting me and send that
fee because that is the only delay we are having now. If not that you requested
for those documents for a proof, the Attorney would have been at Abuja
until the Minister signs the Final Approval of the money to be released and
wired into your designated bank account.

Thanks once more for the bank account you provided, it is ok for the
transaction. I belief so.

So, I will get back to you later.

Regards,
Usman Bello

NOTES:

Heck, I didn't really believe that he would swallow my hijacking story. This bait just gets better and better!

And, I am going to get those 'trophies', as well.

Thank you for your concern over my frightful Fireflash journey, it has touched me greatly that you care so much for my safety. And thank you, also, for your prayers.

Your efforts to acquire the necessary documents are most appreciated, and I look forward to perusing them once they arrive. Parker is also keen on seeing them, as he likes to keep a hand in matters such as this. You see, Parker has a somewhat colourful history, one in which he acquired some rather useful skills, skills that are ideally suited for this kind of business.

Now, on a personal note, I think it would be nice to learn something about each other, especially since we are going to be working together. I will start. I am 35 years old, single, and the only daughter of a very successful businessman, who is now retired. I am fortunate enough to not have to work, as my father set up a very large trust fund for me when I was young. This trust fund is now worth, thanks to some astute investments, well over £5 million British pounds. However, I feel that this isn't really enough for a young lady such as myself, which is why I am so keen on getting involved in your venture. Actually, the new house I just moved into was paid for by my father, it was a present for my 35th birthday, which was just a few weeks ago. As for what I do with my spare time, well, I help out my good friend, Jeff Tracy and his sons, whenever they need it. Jeff is a businessman who also runs a low-profile rescue organization, which he started himself, while his sons tend to take care of the action side of things. My role is that of his British agent, which means that I organise things here for him, whenever the need arises. Mr. Parker often helps out, as well.

Anyway, that's enough about me; tell me about how things are with you. Are you married, do you have children, what are your hobbies, and what is life like in your part of the world.

Write back soon, as I am dying to find out what you have to say.

By the way, I am sending you a picture of my new home. What do you think of it?

Kind regards,

Lady Penelope.

NOTES:

Parker's 'colourful' history refers to when he was a top thief and safecracker

I make out that I am a rich socialite with time on her hands, as I'm sure this will make him even more keen on 'robbing' me. I sent the picture of 'my' new home as a way of 'proving' just how wealthy 'my' father and 'I' really are.

Subject: This are the documents.
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 12:20:14 +0100

Dear Lady Penelope,

Sequel to and consequent upon my last mail yesterday to which I
promised scanning and sending to you those two very important documents
that proves and makes the deal concretee and genuine.

Here attached are the certificate of Incoporation in your name as a
company that was duely awarded the said contract valued $58m.
Also is the contract award certificate. These have been scanned for
the purpose of your request.

Please, assist me immediately with the sum of $5,000.00 so that the
remittance of the $58m will be approved by the finance minister.

Send it immediately in the name of
ANTHONY IK. SYLVESTER
address it to Lagos Nigeria via western Union money transfer.

Then send to me via mail all the payment details or call me
on:234-1-776xxxx to give me the control numbers, test question and answer.

Hoping to hear from you.
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and assistance.

Regards
Usman Bello.

NOTE:

This is excellent, my first 'trophies' have arrived, unfortunately they are very distorted and huge in size. I will have to get him to send them again.

Now to figure out how to delay this payment nuisance.

From: Usman Bello <xxxx@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Penelope Creighton-Ward <xxxx@mail.com>

Subject: RE: Some information.
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2003 05:06:41 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope,

Thanks for your rather comprehenssive mail and all the questions as
contained in it. I also thank you for the picture of your new home that
you sent as an attachement to me.

My dear Lady, I thank God for your life and what your father invested
for you. You are very lucky to be in this position, and I pray that God
will continue to bless you, Guide you and prosper you the more as you
continue to help us in this venture and in helping others that need your
help.You must be a role meodel indeed.

With regard to my efforts to getting this transaction concluded, yes,
I have to do this because I needed money to carter for people, help the
needy and take care of my self and have a very nice investment that is
profitable for myself and my children that God will give me.

On personal matter as you requested, I do not like to reveal it to
people, but because you are willing to know, I think you care so much. I am
from the Norther part of the Country Nigeria and from a rich farmily,
though, my father was a military officer who died when I was very young but
left nothing for me.

I started stuggling for a successful life right from when I was in
the Secondary school till date and have not made good money as I wish I should. I
am an Accountant by profession and I am attached to the Federal Ministry of
Health, here in Lagos Nigeria for more than seven years now. I was 45 years
on the 8th day of April 2003, I got married about six years ago but my wife
divoiced me three years after our marriage and after a baby boy because I have
no money and got remarried to another man, a very wealthy man and a
retired military officer. Though, that was when I had no job.

I have only one child for now, and do not hope to mary again untill I
am wealthy, that is, untill I make good money and good investment and
that must be outside my Country. That is why I needed to do this
business/transaction, so that I can be what I wish God to make me.
I know that my feature is bright, hence I should use this position in
the Government, though with very poor salary, that is why I needed some
one like you for assistance.

Any way this is enough untill I see you face to face and talk things
over with you. I hope that before the end of this month, we shall meet
face to face either in London or England or any part of Europe as you may wish.

About my hobbies, I like helping the motherless babies, ophans, travelling
and helping the needy. I also like christain music, because I am a converted
muslim. That means I am a Christain.

Note that your house picture is very interesting and lovely, I thank
God for your life. Please, I honestly need your kind assistance immediately so
that we can get this transaction concluded before Wednesday next week, because
as soon as you send that money now, the Attorney will go back to Abuja with
those documents that I scanned and sent to you, present it to the Minister
of Finance and I know she will approve it immediately because they are
really approving many payments now and releasing and paying others.

Please, like I told you before, SEND THE MONEY ($5,000.00)IMMEDIATELY
IN THE NAME OF: ANTHONY IK. SYLVESTER.
Address the payment to Lagos Nigeria via Western Union Money
Transfer, so that by Monday morning, the Attorney should be able to travel to
Abuja for the signing of the Approval for remittance of the $58,000,000.00 that
will make us more rich.

Call me immediately you have sent it on my direct telephone line:
234-1-776xxxx and give me the payment details.

Remember to keep this transaction very secrete and confidential.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

Usman Bello

NB: By the way, have you recieve the documents that I scanned and
sent? Confirm immediately.

NOTES:

Man, I've hit the jackpot this time! This Lad actually takes the time to write long and interesting replies.

Yes, Mr. Bello, Lady Penelope is a very lucky young lady.

Mr. Bello's 'hobbies' of wanting to help motherless babies and orphans, while obviously a cynical ploy to appeal to 'my' maternal instincts, will, in fact, enable me to mess with this Lad even more.

This bait is fast becoming my all time favourite!

I was thrilled to get your two emails, especially the second one, in which you gave such a moving account of your life. I guess I don't realise just how lucky I am sometimes. Even though the rescues and other missions I help Jeff with are sometimes dangerous, I still get to come back to a nice home at the end of the day. I think I will start appreciating my life a lot more from now on.

Now that I know how hard your life is, I am even more determined than ever to help you in this venture, especially since you are a good Christian man who cares about motherless babies and orphans. Actually, it made me cry when I read that part of your letter, as there are so few men out there who are willing to look after these poor children. Even as I write this I have tears in my eyes. You are a truly nice man.

Anyway, I must dry my eyes so that I can concentrate on the more mundane things that we now have to deal with.

Unfortunately, both of your documents arrived in a completely disastrous state, and were quite unreadable. I showed them to Parker and he just said that they were, and I quote him here, "a right balls up, M'Lady". He seems to think that the size of the pictures is far too big, and that if you reduce them they will most likely come through. Well, it's just a suggestion, but it might work. However, do try to send them again, as we really can't proceed until I have seen them. Dash it all; this really is a frightful nuisance!

Oh well, there's no point in getting upset about this, as I'm sure you'll do your best to sort things out.

By the way, Mr. Bello, I think that we should sign our letters with a secret code after our name, as I want to be certain that I am always dealing directly with you. I think a nice code would be FAB, which is short for fabulous, my absolute favourite word ever.

Well, I had better sign off now. Please write back soon.

Your good friend,

Lady Penelope. (FAB)

NOTES:

I decided to lay it on very thickly with my over-the-top reaction to his previous email, as I figured he'd be more certain than ever that I was a gullible, emotional female, rather than a tricky scambaiter.

I have told him to use the code FAB because I am setting him up for a 'dumbass' picture.

Subject: RE: A problem. MAIL FROM: FAB
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 05:44:13 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope, (OUR PASSWORD:FAB)

Thanks for you concern, I only told you little about myself, but I
pray that you assist me in earnest so that we can get this transaction
concluded early enough for me to start my plan for the needy.

I had propossed that I should after paying my ticket from the money,
I should as well use 10% of my own share and assist the motherless, ophans
and the needy. That will pay me enough that any other thing I found myself
doing. The Government of my Country do not have these class of people in
their mind, but I should, as a matter of fact do all possible within my
reach to do so for them.

Please, I feel I should suggest just a few things right now.

1. Even if this information is not very clear, but I pray it should,
try as much as possible and save our time, by sending the money that is
withholding the renirttance of the money. Daley is always very disasterous,
and it will not be good that we miss this opportunity now.

2. I will send to you by courier (DHL, or FEDEX, or UPS ) the
original documents as soon as the approval from the Minister of Finance is
secured. This can only be secured if we are able to pay the $5,000.00 charge
as required which I am honestly soliciting for your assistance very urgently.

3. We really have to meet as soon as the money is secured/wired into
your designated bank account that you had confirmed.

Therefore, please my dear lady, the system of things here is too bad,
and I needed this transaction concluded as fast as possible, so that we
can commence propossing the kind of investment we can enter into to help
these needy both here in Nigeria and out there in your Country and all over
the world as we can be able to carry.

Please, I pray that you try as much as possible and send this only
money that is withholding us now via: ANTHONY IK.SYLVESTER.
Address the payment to Lagos Nigeria and call me on my direct phone
line: 234-1-7761197 and give me the payment details. Send it via Western
Union Money Transfer.

By the way, have you gone to England? Or are you still in London
with your friend?

Please respond to this my request very urgently.

Meanwhile, here attached are the re-scanned/reduced documents as you
requested.

Regards,

Yours Truely,

Usman Bello (FAB)

NOTES:

As I figured, he is trying to use 'my' concern for orphans and babies as a means of securing my help. I will soon use that against him.

However, even though my 'trophies' arrived in perfect condition, I didn't bother replying for over a day..

MR. BELLO, AGAIN.

From: Usman Bello <xxxx@tiscali.co.uk>
To: Penelope Creighton-Ward <xxxx@mail.com>

Subject: DEAREST SISTER, WHERE ARE WE NOW? PLEASE HELP ME OUT AND SAVE THE SITUATION.
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 03:05:59 -0800

FROM: USMAN BELLO.(FAB)
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
IKOYI LAGOS NIGERIA.
DIRECT TEL.: 234-1-7761197.

Lady Penelope (FAB),

I sent to you a mail yesterday requesting for a very urgent response
so that we can be able to conclude this transaction within this week,
possibly before the week runs out.

Surprisingly, till now I have not gotten any response from
you, thereby demoralizing me in the efforts I wish we should put in, in this transaction.

Please my dear sister, do not disappoint me, I had told you all about
my life and how I need this money and what the money is meant for. I had
equally told you that, all my hopes and plans are in this transaction so that
I can be able to set up my own investment and concentrate in business
and forget all about Government work because it is not profitting to me
at all. I had spent all that I had saved in the past seven years of my
service to making sure that it is concluded. You did promised to assist me in
this transaction.

Please my dear, try your best and see what you can do to send that
US$5,000.00 today so that the attorney will go to Abuja first thing tomorrow
morning and get the approval from the Finance Minister.

Like I told you, that $5,000.00 is the only thing that is delaying
the approval of the remittance. Please help me out as you promised so that
we can accomplish all our plans.

Please, I do not know how to reach you on phone, that was why I
requested for your telephone line, but I gave you mine for you to reach me,
till now I have not heard anything from you. Please call me as soon as you get
this mail and as soon as you have sent the money.

Please! Please!! Please!!! help me out my dear.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

Usman Bello (FAB)

NOTES:

Geez, this Lad is really impatient, and even more desperate than I thought. But, that's fine by me!

I'm sorry I couldn't get back to you earlier, but I was involved in a rescue mission with Jeff and the boys. Everything else has to take second place to those.

Anyway, it was so very nice to hear from you again; your letters always make me feel so happy, especially now that I know what a kind and generous man you are. When I read that you were going to donate 10% of your money to the motherless orphans I burst into tears, as I have never known a man to be as caring as you. I am so glad that we were able to find each other.

Yes, I am now back at my home in Foxleyheath, and enjoying every minute of it. Actually, you will be pleased to learn that I am currently looking after ten children from the Foxleyheath Orphanage. I thought it would be nice for them to come and stay in a lovely big house, with plenty of land for them to play on. Mind you, they are rather rowdy, but with Parker helping out, I think I can manage. I will be looking after them for the next three days.

Now, back to business. I received the documents you sent today, and they are most satisfactory. Parker is also happy with them. I am now quite certain that it is safe to proceed with our little venture.

There is a small problem, however. The nearest Western Union office is two hours drive away, which means that I will have to make a special trip to make the payment. Unfortunately, I won't be able to make such a trip until the orphans have returned to the orphanage, as I am responsible for looking after them 24 hours a day. As a result, it will be about three days before I will be free to make the payment. But, I know that you will understand, as you are more concerned about my responsibilities to the children, than you are about having to wait a few extra days. Actually, we could use this time to learn a little more about each other, doesn't that sound like a nice idea?

By the way, I would very much like for you to become one of the special friends of Foxleyheath Orphanage, as they need all the support that they can get. If you could fill out the attached enrolment form and send it back to me, I would be ever so pleased, and my trust in you would be even greater than it is now.

Well, time for me to sign off now. Please send back your enrolment form, as soon as you can, and don't worry about the payment, as I am definitely going to send it.

Your very good friend,

Lady Penelope. (FAB)

P.S. You only need to write FAB at the end of the letter.

NOTES:

The reason I have said that I'm looking after the children from Foxleyheath Orphanage is so that I can buy some time to have fun with this bait. And since Mr. Bello has said that he cares a great deal about orphans I figured he wouldn't be able to object to this delay. The 'long distance to a Western Union office' is also a ploy to buy some time, and is another part of my overall plan to get as much out of this bait as I can.

I am now using his 'concern' about orphans to get another 'trophy', which is why I am sending him an application to join the friends of Foxleyheath Orphanage. I made the form look pathetically cute, in order to see if it would prick his conscience.

Subject: RE: Do not worry.
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 03:05:22 -0800

Dear Lady Penelope, (FAB)

Thanks for your mail hence the content was very well understood and
asimilated. I had joy in me when I got your mail that you had some children from
the ophanage with you that you were taking care of by now.

That is very kind and good of you. I pray that the Almighty God in
his infinite mercy should give you Long Life, prosperity, and Grace to do more in
Jesus name.....Amen.

I am very willing to assist you with 10% of my own share of this
transaction that I want us to conclude. As soon as I have the transaction
concluded and have my own share, I will render mine to you to assist me give to
them, or I will go with you to nearby ophanage homes to donate my kind
gesture as I promised.

Nevertheless, Please my dear, we really need to do something urgently
because I have applied for my annual leave to enable me come to England to
meet with you. I am very serious about this and I want it to be within
this moneth.

As you said, that I should give you three days, please, I will
because of the understanding and trsut I have in you. This is the only delay
now, otherwise, we should have concluded this transaction soonest.

The three days will expire on Thursday, that means, by same Thursday
at any time, weather night or afternoon, as soon as you have sent the
money, you will call me on my direct telephone line: 234-1-776xxxx and give
me the control numbers of the Western Union Money Transfer of the sum of
$5,000.00 sent in the name of: ANTHONY IK. SYLVESTER, Addressed to Lagos
Nigeria so that the Attorney can go and get the Remittance Approval Letter from
The Minister of Finance.

Be informed that I am trusting and believing in you for the
conclusion of this transaction.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

(FAB)

NOTE: About the Form, I could not print out your Scanned document,
and could not write any thing on the form as sent, but have to do it in this way:

(He then proceeded to write his answers to the questions I put on the form here. However, I wanted them on my form, which is why I am not posting them here)

NOTES:

He could be telling the truth about that form, so I decide to send him another, redesigned one, that he will, hopefully, be able to fill out.

I like the way he is trying to hurry things along, but somehow I don't think he's going to succeed.

Thank you for your nice letter. I knew you would understand about how important it is for me to look after the children I am caring for. I must say, they are certainly wearing me out with all the fun things they want me to do with them, but being able to see them so happy makes it all worthwhile. Oh, and thank you also for confirming your generous offer of a donation to the orphanage.

As for the matter of the payment of the charges, I have already obtained the address for the nearest Western Union office, as well as getting enough money from my safe to pay them with. I always like to have about £10,000 in my safe, as it means I don't have to keep going to the bank all the time. Mind you, £10,000 only usually lasts me about a month, as I am always buying myself new clothes. Oh my, I'm starting to talk about clothes; that will most likely be very boring for you, so I will stop. Anyway, do not worry about the payment, as I have everything under control.

Now, as to that form I sent you. I was most disappointed that you did not fill it in and send it back, as the only way you can join is by applying in your own writing, and with your own signature. In fact, I almost started to cry, as I thought maybe you did not care as much about the orphans as I do. However, Parker thinks he knows what the problem is, and he has scanned a newer version of the form for me, which I am sending with this letter. He has also put a copy of it on a little website he created for me, one that has lots of pretty flower pictures on it. Did you know that you can have a website without even having to pay for it? I certainly didn't, at least, not until Parker told me about it. Anyway, Parker is far more technical than I am, so I just leave all that complicated stuff to him.

Here's the website page on which Parker put a copy of the form:

http://www.freewebs.com/pcw1/flowers1.htm

He said you can print it directly from your browser window, whatever that means.

And I thought you might like to have a look at my pretty flowers page, as well. Here's the address for that:

http://www.freewebs.com/pcw1/flowers.htm

They're very pretty, aren't they? By the way, did you guess that my favourite colour is pink?

Well, I am certain that things will work out this time, and that you will send me your nicely written form with your very next message. Please don't make me cry, by not sending it again.

Your hopeful friend,

Lady Penelope. (FAB)

NOTES:

I decide to go all 'girly' on him just to keep up the pretence that he's dealing with a somewhat shallow, and naive 'material girl', as well as ensuring that he would comply just to shut 'me' up. Plus, the continued emphasis on how much 'I' like the colour pink is to ensure the believability of some of the things I am going to send him in the future. By the way, those links really do work, so check them out.

Subject: I HAVE TRIED AGAIN, HERE IT IS.
Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:00:40 +0000

Dear Lady,

Thanks for your mail, and the content well understood and noted.

I wish I should try my best to adhear to your advise in as much as
you do adhear to mine and wish to make sure that we get this transaction
concluded as to fulfill our mission, because I see it that we have the same
goal and aim in life. The ophans and the motherless are in our mind and
I pray that God will grant all our request and mission in life.

I have printed the form, filled it as you said and scanned again to
make sure I send it as you said.

The only thing now is that, I wish you try as much as possible to do
as you said, pay the money immediately so that the Attorney can travel
to Abuja and get the approval which is withholding the entire transaction.

Please my dear, it is important that the Attorney goes to Abuja
tomorrow morning my time, as to come back either Saturday or first thing
monday morning with the approval letter to enable the remittance of the money.

Like I said before, I am making arrangement now to meet with you in
England in your home or in London as you may wish. I wish to be your guest in
your home so that both of us can go to the ophanages nearer to you.

About your flowers, OH! OH!! OH!!! OH!!!! they are very great and
wonderful. I am short of time to express how I feel about them, I will soon
choose the once I feel that are best among all and will enlarge it, scan it
and send to you. And in due curse, I will send you the picture of my best
flower by Courier. How will you see to that, I think great? Oh my dear lady,
you have been nice to me and each time I think and remember how I should
fulfil my aim and goal in life with your assistance, I feel sobre.

I have to stop here for now.

Please, I am waiting to hear from you as soon as you send the money
so that that Attorney will enback on the journey.

Remember to send it via: ANTHONY IK. SYLVESTER, Address it to Lagos
Nigeria.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

Usman Bello (FAB.)

NOTES:

Well, that worked, as I now have another shiny 'trophy' to add to my collection, however, it has come out distorted like his earlier ones.

Man, talk about overdoing it, just look at how he's gushing over 'my' pathetic website. I guess my 'girlie' act was pretty convincing!

I was thrilled to receive your last letter, especially when I saw that it contained an attachment. However, I am most distressed to inform you that only the top half came through in good condition, the rest of it was just a green blur. Although I appreciate your effort in trying to send me the document, I have to ask you to please send it again, as there is no way that I can present it to the Orphanage membership committee, in its present condition.

I am going to send you a copy of the image that I received, so that you can see for yourself how bad it is. Parker has made it much smaller, so that it doesn't blow up your computer. He has also suggested that you send it twice, this time, as it is most likely that one copy will get through in good condition. Please resend the document with your very next letter, as I am so looking forward to having you as a member of our happy little group.

Now, regarding the payment, you will be pleased to know that I am going to make a special trip into town tomorrow so that I can send it. However, I have to wait until the the children have been picked up and taken back to the orphanage before I can do that, but that shouldn't be a problem.

By the way, I am so pleased that you liked my pretty flower website, it really is lovely isn't it? Oh, and thank you ever so much for your kind offer to send me an enlargement of your favourite flower, I will look forward to receiving it. One more thing, I am glad that our venture has caused you to be sober, as that is something that Parker occasionally lacks. He enjoys a little tipple every once in a while, and, as a result, he can become quite tiresome. However, I still adore the old rascal, as he is like a second father to me.

Well, I must be off now. It was nice chatting to you once again, and I look forward to receiving your next reply, and especially the resent form. Please try and make it soon, as I do so love to hear from you.

Your good friend,

Lady Penelope. (FAB)

NOTE:

I'm not giving up on getting a 'proper' copy of my 'trophy'.

Subject: I try again.
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 02:36:03 -0800

Dear Lady P.(FAB)

It is quite disappointing that things are going this way. I had
promised the Attorney for him to start arranging for his trip again to
Abuja this afternoon and it will not be so nice for us to disppoint him
again today, hence he may think we are not very serious about the transaction.

I have called him and told him that, the journey will rather be in
the evening today instead of afternoon, because I belief that by then, we
must have concluded and you must have sent the money.

Dear Lady P., I wish you consider the whole things now and save our
time in the transaction so that we can conclude in ernest as propossed.

I have to resend the form that I completed for about three times this
time.

Please, call me on my direct phone so that we can talk things
over. And try as much as you can to put a phone line in your house so
that we can be communicating freely.
Also try as much as you can and send that money immediately so that
Anthony can pick it up and for the trip to be embacked on.

Call me on my direct telephone line: 234-1-776xxxx and give me the
payment details such as:

1. Name and Address of Sender.
2. Control Numbers
3. Test Question and Answer.

Try my dear so that we can conclude this transaction immediately.

Hoping to hear from you.

Regards,

Usman Bello (FAB)

NOTES:

I think Mr. Bello is starting to get tired of me, so I had better convince him that I am still trying to help. Actually, I think I might try and get a 'dumbass' picture out of him too, as this bait is starting to look a little shaky.

He actually did send the form three times, as he was obviously determined to get things back on track. Fortunately, it came through ok this time - well, sort of..

I am afraid I have some rather bad news. The bus from the Foxleyheath Orphanage, that was to pick up the orphans and return them home, arrived two hours later than we had expected. As a result, we had to start our journey into town much later than we had planned. Although Parker drove the Rolls as fast as he could, we just couldn't get to the Western Union office before it closed for the day.

I know how terribly disappointed you must be over this news, but I tried my best to get there on time, I really did. Not being able to send the money today has made me very sad, as I was so keen to get our venture started, and now I don't know what to do.

If you no longer want me to help you with this transaction, then I will understand, as you probably need someone who is more reliable than me. However, if you still wish for me to assist you, then I would be ever so pleased, as I am simply dying to help as many orphans as I can.

In order to prove that I am very serious about helping you, I have decided to send you my picture. But it is not just an ordinary picture; it is actually one of me holding a sign with your name on it, as well as our special code word FAB. I do hope that this will be enough to convince you of my absolute commitment to this venture of ours, and that you will continue to want me as your partner.

Please let me know, as soon as you can, what your decision about me is.

By the way, I would dearly love to see a picture of you holding a sign that says 'Lady Penelope is FAB', as I would then be sure that you are just as committed to our venture as I am. If you could send me such a picture I would frame it and put it on my desk, so that I can always be reminded of what a wonderful man you are.

Well, once again it's time for me to sign off. I hope you will still want to work with me, and I look forward to receiving your picture.

Your dear friend,

Lady Penelope. (FAB)

NOTES:

My excuse for not being able to send him the money is simply a ruse to buy some time for my plan to get a 'dumbass' picture out of him. By sending him mine first I am hoping that he won't be suspicious that I am, in fact, a scambaiter.

The reason for getting him to use the term FAB is now obvious.

As usual, I am only posting part of the picture that I sent, as I intend on using it again. The girl's head actually belongs to Sophia Myles, the actress who is playing Lady Penelope in the live action movie version of Thunderbirds. The rest of the picture I found on the Internet.

The picture I sent of 'me'.

16 NOVEMBER:

Two days have gone by without a response from Mr. Bello; it looks like I may have lost him. Time to do some damage control.