From: drchris_uche@wooow.it
Sent: October 18, 2004
Subject: Urgent

ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE TREASURY C.B.N
TEL: 234 8033975336

ATTN: HONORABLE CONTRACTOR

Dear Sir,

Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards of the Shipment of your contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been automatically concluded and have left Nigeria to Europe via your Country today by Express Cargo Flight. Note carefully the content of the crate is "MONEY" but I did not disclose it to the Courier Services as Money, rather I informed them that the crate contain Vital "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" belonging to my client (That?s you).

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 220kg but I manage to pay 120kg, which cost US$25,600.00. On No account should you disclose the content of the Crate with the Diplomatic Courier Services for fear of Betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the Content is money.

In the meantime, contact the Diplomatic Courier Services as soon as possible you receive this fax via there email address mikeobi20042000@yahoo.fr to know the actual situation with the consignment and also give Them your address where the consignment will be Delivered and then get back to me as soon as possible So that I can give you the shipment document. That will prove you rightful owner of this consignment as soon as the arrive. Congrats and remain blessed.

Best Regards,

Dr. Chris Uche
C. B .N TREASURY DIRECTOR

To find out who is sending me 220 kg money, I reply to the Courier Service:

Sir, Dr. Chris Uche has asked me to contact you regarding my consignment. Normally I let my accountant handle these thing, but he is on holiday at the moment.

This is the delivery address: xxxx Tel/fax: xxxx

Please inform me if you need further information, ...

Unfortunately their email is closed ("This user doesn't have a yahoo.fr account"), so I contact Chris:

Dear Dr. Chris Uche, Thank you for your email. Unfortunately you have given me a wrong email address of the Diplomatic Courier Service. I tried to send them the message below, but it was returned with "unknown address". Will you give me the correct address, so that we can be sure the consignment is delivered as planned. Regards, ...

Year, this is Dr. Chris Uche from Lagos Nigeria. Please call me as soon as you get the email I sent you. Please charge them and send the email to the diplomat and ### there today ### follow the dispatchment of the keys. Please call me as soon as you receive this message.

I repeat, this is ###, Dr Chris Uche from Lagos Nigeria, Central Bank of Nigeria. Please, you should adhere to the instruction for the sending the email to the diplomats and also adhere to the instructions for the 500 dollars for the dispatchment fee of the key for the boxes. Thank you.

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 20, 2004
Subject: urgent

Attn: Miss Young

Madam,

Sorry for that contact them now on there alternative email address deliveringman@diplomats.com please contact them now as soon as you do that please kindle send me US$500.00 to Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria through Money Gram Money Transfer to enable me dispatch you the keys to you with the power of attorney documents that will prove you owner of this same consignment as soon as they arrive.

Please do this with urgent today as soon as you receive this mail, call me on my direct line 234-80-34641680, see the attach file for the picture of the boxes where the money is.

Waiting for your call.
Chris Uche

These pictures are used again and again in this type of fraud. Anyway, I contact the Courier Company on their new email address, and inform Chris:

Dear Chris, I have contacted the Courier Service at their new email address. Thank you for the pictures of the money. I think I have seen these pictures before, but that cannot be true. Or can it? Now we have become business partners, I have attached my picture. Will you send me your picture? It is getting late, so I am stopping for now. Good night, ...

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 22, 2004
Subject: Re: urgent

Madam,

Your mail was well received and the content noted down.

What of this US$500.00 for the dispatchment fee of the keys with the power of attorney please do send it today as soon as you receive this mail with the name of the dispatching officer Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria through Money Gram Money Transfer so I can dispatch you the keys before the diplomat arrive I try to call you on the phone you gave to me but it was on answerring mechina which I drop a massage I don't know if you receive them if yes please send me your direct mobile line if any.

Attach is my picture as you said, waiting to hear from you urgently regard the 500 dollars for the dispatchment fee of the key, call me as soon as you transfer this money today to Mr. JAMES OBINNA LAGOS-NIGERIA through Money Gram Money Transfer my direct line 234-80-34641680.

Best regards,
Chris Uche

The picture was taken from the MTN Nigeria's homepage:

The name "Chris Uche" is the name of a Nigerian defence lawyer. I have seen his case connected to 419 fraud cases.

From: Diplomatic Company <deliveringman@diplomats.com>
Sent: October 23, 2004
Subject: Re: Consignment from CBN

Madam

We received your mail and the content well understood.

Now we are with the consignment in London could you please update us if the keys is with you before we proceed in other not to waste us time we proceed there if yes send us the Airway bill number for the shipment for this consignment with the power of attorney for your prove as soon as we receive this today from you we will proceed immediately.

Thanks.
Mike The Diplomat

Dear Chris,

How are you today? I am enjoying this beatiful autumn day.

I received your mail, and have asked Louis to arrange for the payment of the $500.

Thank you for your picture. I have to tell you that the quality is very poor. Is your camera or scanner defect? It would be nice if you sent me a nice up-to-date picture, that I could put in my handbag.

Someone told me that Chris Uche is quite famous in Nigeria. Are you in any way related to barrister Chris Uche, the famous 419-fraud defence lawyer?

Have a nice day, ...

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 25, 2004
Subject: Re: urgent

Miss Young

How are you today? hope fina if so thanks be to God almighty that is the best picture of my I sent to you, and I never have any relation with any berister Chris Uche I am Mr. Christophe Uchechukwu I work with the Central Bank Of Nigeria so I neven have any relation with Brister Chris Uche it can be the same in name like you can see some one having the same with you, not that you have related to him or her.

So let talk about our business is the most important thing, have you heard from the diplomat if yes what is the situation, also you should be fast over sending this money today Please send it to Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria through Money Gram Money Transfer so I can dispatch the keys to you.

Call me I try calling you but your phone is on answering mechina call me at 234-80-34641680.

Mr. Christophe Uchechukwu.

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 26, 2004
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: urgent

Madam,

While not met with the diplomat in Germany or they can as well met you in Spain just inform me as soon as you arrive Spain your contact so they can met you there in Spain.

Please inform so they can met you there in Spain.

Christophe

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 26, 2004
Subject: Again

Miss Young

Again my own department is under Finance.

Please if you are to met the diplomat the information is that they are now in Germany if you can met them over there better or they met you in Spain.

Please inform.
Chris

Dear Chris, I am getting rather confused. Are the boxes in London, Germany or Spain? Why should I meet the diplomat? What is stopping you from sending the boxes to Seattle?

Regards, Miss Young

BTW. I had to give up my trip to Spain, so I am still in Amsterdam.

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 27, 2004
Subject: Re: Spain

Miss Young

You know you are the person delaying the whole thing, the boxes is in London but the information I get from there local office here in Nigeria says that they travel to Germany for a delivering to one of the cilent that is to deliver to him.

So I seggest since you are going to Spain you can as well go there too and met them face to face before this boxes lose on transit since you don't try to believe in me so you can see it face to face, what heppen over the 500 dollars to dispatch you the keys with the power of attorney you that is where this delay is coming from if I have receive this money from you since I could have dispatch this to you so the diplomat can proceed to your home town if you can send this money from where you are now send it to Mr. JAMES OBINNA LAGOS-NIGERIA through western union money transfer of money gram I will dispatch the keys to your address as forwarded to me before the boxes is still in London as I contact the diplomat they say that they did not go allong with your consignment to Germany.

Call me as soon as you receive this mail or provide my a direct line where I can reach you for now.

Chris

Dear Chris,

I still dont know if I can trust you, so I asked your boss, Charles Soludo, about you. He has promised to send me $32,7m. You can see his answer below. If you want to contact him, here is his private email and telephone:

cbn_paymentoffice@walla.com
cbnexecutivegovernor@hotmail.com
tel 234-803-439-9504

Who is a criminal, you or Charles Soludo ?

Regards, ...

----- Original Message -----
From: "charles soludo" <cbnexecutivegovernor@hotmail.com>
To: "Miss Young"
Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:18 PM
Subject: Update.

Attn: Miss Young

Thank you for your mail, I want you to know that this person is a criminal and he is trying to put you into money laundering and if you accept this proposal you will be in deep problem. TAKE MY WORD.

Regards,

Prof. Charles C. Soludo.

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From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 28, 2004
Subject: Re: Spain

Madam

For your information you better pull your self out from those people they are the impersonator trying to impersonate the honorable office of Mr. Soludo Mr. Charles Soludo I knew is not in Lagos Where he has his own office is not in Lagos but Abuja again he is not in Nigeria for now he travel to United States of American to reconcile our account with Chase Manhattan Bank New York if any body tell you that he is Mr. Soludo that person is deceiving you and want to collect your herd armed money I will report this matter to the President who mandated me for this transaction and also to the Nigerian Police to track this good for nothing people that dent the image of this blessed country Nigeria.

How can CBN Governor have a email address at walla.com and hotmail.com what of his CBN direct site what happens to it please for your information this people are just a cheat that are trying to impersonate the honorable office of Mr. Soludo to collect money from you if you like go ahead with them, meanwhile I must report it to the President him self.

Thanks,

Christopher Uchechukwu

Dear Chris,

Thank you for the information about Mr. Soludo. I found it difficult to believe his story, and your information confirms that. Therefore I will stop corresponding with him.

How do you know that the real Mr. Soludo is in USA at the moment?

I also note that you find it suspicious that he uses walla/hotmail-accounts. You use wooow/yahoo/mail.com addresses and mobile telephone. Shouldnt that make me suspicious of your credibility?

If you want me to trust you, I think you should send me the Airbill of the consignment to prove that the money has actually been moved to London.

Regards, ...

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 29, 2004
Subject: AIRWAY BILL

Madam,

Here is the airway bill for the shipment via attachment file.

Regards,
Chris

The Airway Bill is a nice forgery, but it is dated October 16th and contains my address. I did not give them my address until October 20th !

Dear Christopher, Thank you for the Airway Bill. It was very nice. But there is one thing that I dont understand. How can it contain my address and be dated october 16th, when our first contact was on the 18th and I gave you my address on the 20th? With love, ...

From: Olusegun Obasenjo <obasenjo@presidency.com>
Sent: October 29, 2004
Subject: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?.

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Wauw, a letter from the president himself asking me to pay $500 ! Note that even the president uses a free email account !

BTW. This is the first time they tell that the payment is actually $15m.

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: October 29, 2004
Subject: Re: AIRWAY BILL

Miss Young

My dear how then do you ask something like this how then do I get your contact, we only want to confirm if the address on your file as forward to us is correct from the formal offices that is handling your payment before.

Please send this money for the keys before this consignment is tow par by any one send this money today as soon as you receive this mail to Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria through money gram call me as soon as you transfer.

With love.
Mr. Chris Uche

From: Diplomatic Company <deliveringman@diplomats.com>
Sent: October 31, 2004
Subject: Re: Consignment from CBN

Madam,

According to the information received from our office there in Nigeria we have till Wednesday to conclude this delivering if you cannot update us with this information if the keys is with you are the power of attornet to prove your claim as the right owner of this consignment this boxes will return back to Nigeria.

Mike the diplomat

Dearest Chris,

I received a rather rude email from someone called Obasanjo. Who is this guy with a mail.com account, and a letterhead that just consists of Nigeria logos?

Anyway, I have had Louis to send you the $500 for the keys. It has been sent by check to
Mr. JAMES OBINNA
ENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE TREASURY C.B.N
204 TINUBU SQUARE, MARINA
LAGOS NIGERIA

Please send the keys to my home address.

If you need to talk to me, you can reach me monday. I will be together with Mr. Rudy Walters from FFO in Amsterdam. The telephone number is +31-645-816-396.

Yours, ...

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: November 1, 2004
Subject: Re:

How than do you send a check when we don't have time is this the money gram or western union I ask you well I will wait to receive the check and send it back to you, weanwhile you have only three day to conclude this transaction or else the diplomat will come back with this boxes.

Chris

6 days pass, and nothing happens. Now, let the president try some of his own medicine. I rephrase his own letter a little:

ATT: CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO

SIR,

WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU?

I HAVE TO INFORM YOU THAT DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU DIRECTOR TREASURER DEPARTMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA LAGOS, AFTER ME PAYING THE US$500.00 IS REFUSING TO SEND ME THE KEYS TO MY CONSIGNMENT, AND THEREFORE THE FUNDS ARE STILL IN LONDON WITH THE DIPLOMATIC COMPANY.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS AS A RESULT OF COMPLAINS AND COMPLICATION YOU RECEIVED FROM CONTRACTORS REGARDING OUTSTANDING CONTRACT PAYMENT WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA THAT MADE YOU TO APPOINT THIS MAN THROUGH THIS GOD FEARING MAN DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU TO RELEASE MY CONTRACT FUNDS IN MORE CONVINIENT MODE.

BE INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE ONLY 72 HOURS TO SEND ME THE KEYS AND MY FUNDS. I AM WARNING YOU FOR THE LAST TIME, IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS DELAY, I WILL REPORT YOUR PLANS TO SEND "MONEY" AS "DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS" THROUGH DIPLOMATIC CHANNELS TO THE PROPER INTERNATIONAL AUTHORITIES.

FINALLY, YOU ARE ONLY ADVISED TO CONTACT ONLY DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU DIRECTOR TREASURER DEPARTMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA LAGOS ON HIS DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER 234-80-34641680 FOR THE PAYMENT OF MY US$15 MILLION ANY OTHER OFFICE OR PERSON COUNT ME OFF I AM NOT A PART TO THAT A WORLD IS ENOUGH FOR A WISE, AND DID YOU TRACK THOSE PEOPLE IMPERSONATING THE HONOURABLE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR?

MISS YOUNG

From: Olusegun Obasenjo <obasenjo@presidency.com>
Sent: November 7, 2004
Subject: Re: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU

MISS YOUNG

YOU MEAN YOU SEND DR. CHRIS THE US$500.00 FOR THE DISPATCHMENT OF YOUR KEYS AND THE KEYS DID NOT DISPATCH TO YOU, AND YOUR FUNDS STILL IN LONDON TILL NOW, PLEASE COULD YOU SEND ME THE EVIDENCE OF THE PAYMENT.

CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO

PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPULIC OF NIGERIA

I find a nice large file, rename it to "receipt.jpg" and send it to the president:

Sir,

sorry for the late answer, but I am out of town this week. I got my friend, Louis, to scan the receipt you asked for. It is attached. I expect you to arrange for the transfer of the keys and the boxes immediately.

Regards, ...

From: Olusegun Obasenjo <obasenjo@presidency.com>
Sent: November 10, 2004
Subject: Re: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU

Miss Young

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO CONTACT THE DIPLOMAT IF HE IS STILL IN LONDON AND ASK FOR THE NEEDED THINGS TO DELIVER THE CONSIGNMENT TO YOU.

IF YOU CAN ARRANGE FOR SOME MONEY SEND TO HE THERE SO HE CAN DELIVER IT TO YOU ASK HIM HOW MUCH HE NEED NOW TO DELIVER IT TO YOU I DID NOT RECEIVE THE ATTACH FILE AS YOU SAID HOW DID YOU SEND THE MONEY IS IT BY WESTERN UNION OR WIRE TRANSFER IF WESTERN UNION SEND ME THE INFORMATION SUCH AS CONTROL NUMBER, SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS, TEST QUESTION AND ANSWER.

OLUSEGUN OBASANJO.

PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

From: Olusegun Obasenjo <obasenjo@presidency.com>
Sent: November 10, 2004
Subject: Re: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH DR. CHRISTOPHER UCHECHUKWU

I COULD NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT WHAT IS THE MODE OF THE PAYMENT IS IT BY WIRE TRANSFER TO ACCOUNT OR BY WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM IF YES COPY DOWN THE INFORMATION I WILL FIND OUT WHO IS IN RECEIPT OF THE MONEY SINCE THE ATTACH COULD NOT OPEN ON MY SYSTEM.

CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO.

PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Dear mr President,

What is the problem? If you are the president, and you cannot open a simple attached file, I suggest that you get someone to help you open it.

If necessary I can send you the file for the 3rd time.

Kind regards, ...

I receive pictures of the money from another scammer. Why not confront Chris with this:

Dear Chris, Please tell me what is going on. Do you know Mr James Smith? He just sent me the attached pictures of the money that you are going to send to me! Do you or James have the money, or are you working together?

Regards, ...

----- Original message -----
From: "Mr. James Smith" <mrjsmith78@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Miss Young"
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004
Subject: Re: FROM

Dear Miss Young,

Regarding to your mail and the content, I wish to refer you to the attached picture of your two trunk boxes that content your money, kindly view the picture very well and get back to us to enable us effect the shipment of your consignments. We do not need to hid anything for you. It is left for you to take your time and go through the picture and let us know the next line of action.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

Best regards,
Mr. James Smith.

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: November 13, 2004
Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: FROM

Yes Mr. James Smith is my assistant director in my office.

Only because your are trying to make things heard for us how can you just keep the people that is to deliver your consignment on transit.

Please you are only to contact me direct on my mail and not to Mr. James Smith, by now this consignment suppose to be deliver to you if this keys have dispatch to you send me this US$500 through western union money transfer with the name of Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria, so I can dispatch the keys to you.

Thanks.
Dr. Chris Uche

From: Diplomatic Company <deliveringman@diplomats.com>
Sent: November 14, 2004
Subject: Re: Consignment from CBN

We have only till now to wendseday to conclude you cannot keep us waiting over a transaction for the whole year what is that you cannot contact us even to know our situation.

Dear Chris,

I dont know what I should believe. James tells me that he is working in the Courier company and that the money is in Lagos. Does he have two jobs? How can I know whether the money is in Lagos or London?

Regards, ...

And now an aswer to the Courier Company:

Dear whatsyourname,

Are you trying to make a fool of me. How can you claim that you are in London, when your email was sent from Nigeria?

If you want me to trust you, how can you say "next wednesday", when you said the same thing 2 weeks ago, and I never heard from you until now?

Regards, ...

From: Diplomatic Company <deliveringman@diplomats.com>
Sent: November 15, 2004
Subject: Re: Consignment from CBN

Please I am still in London see the attach file for the picture of your box in the security company if you can know them.

Mike for the Diplomats

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: November 15, 2004
Subject: Re: Urgent

I have told you that the funds is still in London not Lagos please keep away from those people because we have sacked many people because of this payment maybe is not the same James with me because I have ask him but he said he never send you any mail it maybe one of this people sacked from office maybe they try to impersonate his name please keep away from them your money is in London not Lagos and you are the person delaying this patment what will it take from you to send this 500 for this keys.

Note if you cannot send it today to Mr. JAMES OBINNA Lagos-Nigeria through western union money transfer I will call back the diplomat back to Nigeria before this money got lose on transit.

Chris

Dear Mike,

Thank you for your picture of the boxes. Unfortunately the picture is identical to one I received from James Smith some time ago, and he told me it was from Lagos Airport.

Since the picture does not show whether it is taken in Lagos or London, I have to believe you, and that it is from London. But how could James send me the same picture? Do you know him, or did you send him a copy?

If you want to prove that the consignment is still in London, I suggest that you send a new picture of the boxes together with a new London-newspaper.

Regards, ...

This is the end. After a month they gave up. I did not get my $15m, but I didn't loose any money either.

At Xmas time I send him my Xmas card

From: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com
Sent: January 4, 2005
Subject: Re: Seasons Greetings

I have receive it thank you for that is nice, hoping to see you live soon only you drop my transaction with you without completing it if you are still interested on it is still open to proceed.

Thanks.
Chris Uche

Apparently he hasn't given up yet, but I don't want to continue, so I ask for their email accounts to be closed.

From: Yahoo! Mail <abuse@yahoo.com>
Sent: January 4, 2005
Subject: Re: 419 fraud: drchrisuche007@yahoo.com

Hello,Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.

In this particular case, we have taken appropriate action against the
Yahoo! account in question, as per our Terms of Service (TOS)....

From: "Outblaze Abuse Desk" <abuse@outblaze.com>
Sent: January 5, 2005
Subject: Re : 419 fraud: deliveringman@diplomats.com

Hello

This is to inform you that action has been taken against the user referenced in your complaint, in accordance with our zero tolerance Acceptable Use Policy ...

From: "Outblaze Abuse Desk" <abuse@outblaze.com>
Sent: January 5, 2005
Subject: Re : 419 fraud: obasenjo@presidency.com

Hello

This is to inform you that action has been taken against the user referenced in your complaint, in accordance with our zero tolerance Acceptable Use Policy ...