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Barrister Doncan Smith
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are therefore advised not to go to the Embassy"
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Hello, I am Miss Young. I received this from a friend in
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It's a pleasure writing to you after discovering your website. I
have just finished browsing through it. It's so rich and my only
worry is the small number of persons that may be aware of such a
site and the large number still subject to be duped. How I wish
every one knew. Being an African It hurts me from the deepest part
of my heart that our brothers and sisters turn to do this. Sometimes
I feel so ashamed of just saying I am from Africa because the first
thing that comes to the mind of the person I am talking to is "cheating,
duping or swindling." This image is affecting us daily; in business,
job markets, cultural exchange and even social life.
Although looking through your samples I didn't find any from my
country, I know they exist and sooner or later you will get some.
I am Cameroonian and as close as we are to Nigeria I am very sure
they'd give it to us just the way they recently did with bird flu.
May be Cameroon is just still backward in the business and has not
yet hit the scam market the way Nigerians and others have done.
It's not like I have anything against them or kind of saying the
best thing to do is to expose them as you are trying to do, but
I just feel it is not the right way for my brothers and sisters
doing this, whatever history we Africans have (as mentioned in one
of the letters written to you). If we are less developed I think
it is just a phase that's going to pass. Everyother country in the
world had once been less developed. If we have wars in Africa i
think it's just a phase that's going to pass.
If duping our colonial masters were a solution and good what explanation
would scammers give to cases where they dupe their own brothers
and sisters having the same history with them?
That's what happened to me in 2004. Unfortunately I didn't know
of your website by then. So I got so disturbed after reading the
samples you have on site and not seeing any similar to the one that
befell me or us in 2004. Or may be I was foolish it wasn't a scam.
Sure it was. I feel worried that none of such has been mentioned.
These are the highlights of the scam: If you would like to include
it on your website then i will forward to you documents, addresses
etc that were used on us. I burnt many in my own way of trying to
forget the mess but sure I still have some in my email.
Scam highlights: Organizations that claim to be organizing
youth conferences in cities in the US and extensions of the same
conferences in African countries (Guinea Bissau) in my case. Inviting
groups of 10 persons and offering free round trip tickets, lodging,
etc. Well you obviously know of this. Why didn't you mention it
in one of your sample stories? It befell us (a group of ten) in
Cameroon. ... It's bad memory to me and each time I mention it I
get back the whole image of how it all happened. Hate to talk about
it.
Hope
to read from you.
Jean.
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I ask Jean to send me his story. |
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Thanks for your response.
Though I hate having a re look at some of those documents,
I will forward to you some I have been able to trace. Remember
as I said i burnt many and deleted many because I was so scared
of being in position of such documents especially those carrying
US seals. I have been trying to find the original letter that
was sent but couldn't since the whole process took about a month
period involving a lot of emails. However I will just forward
to your mail some of the last letters and attached documents we
got from them at the advanced stage of the deal. I hope you can
open the attached documents and include them on the section of
fake documents on your website. Before proceeding to do the fowarding
I would like to say or ask you to protect my personal information
for my own safety. It's only two years back and I am still not
safe from them and others. You will follow the trend of events
on how the scam was working by reading the letters they sent to
me and the replies I sent but I do not think it will be necessary
to publish my replies to them ...
Some important information to help you understand how it worked:
1. You will find the following email address: xxxxx @yahoo.fr
used during the process. That is the email address of our
youth association in Cameroon (CYA).
2. The big name that was used through out this deal was a certain
Barrister Duncan Smith as you will see, author of most of the
letters.
3. The hotel name that was used was a certain Hotel XXXXX
in Guinea Bissau where the second half of the supposed conference
was going to take place. The deal was that we were to
pay for our hotel lodging there because it was in Africa and
US sponsors didn't cover that. All else was to be free. So
our group of ten which I was leading sent money
to this hotel through western union. We were sure because the
big point had been settled and that's where they got us in. We
were to send the money addressing it to ourselves. This meaning
that when we got to the said hotel in Guinea bissau for the conference
then we would cash the money ourselves at western union. At this
level even the most hesitant members of our group paid
in their contributions immediately. We all filled the form at
western union together making sure everything was so well done,
after all as you can imagine the ten were all the top intellectuals
of the CYA. The million dollar question miss Young is how the
hell the bastards cashed the money at western Union in Guinnea
Bissau. When we realized it was all fake after getting stranded
in Yaounde we still had something to console us. The fact that
we atleast trusted western Union and so thought we could cash
back our money and may be loose just the charges involved. The
death shocking news came at the same western Union agency where
we had sent the money when the lady at the computer testified
that the money had been cashed in Guinnea Bissau by the dued receiver
(one of ours) who was standing right there in front of her. And
they had a signed receiver's sheet to prove this. We got the sheet
and started the kind of procedure any one would. I for one, I
thought western union had really got into some shit and would
pay for it dearly but sooner or later we gave up. We were made
to understand that for this kind of problem we had to deal directly
with the western union headquarters somewhere in Brussels or something
of the sort i can't remember well. Guess, we didn't even have
the first franc to hire a lawyer and start this kind of procedure.
Last year after sharing the experience with a friend he told me
how it must have worked out. They might have used the information
from our passport pages we had forwarded to them earlier in the
deal to make a fake ID card and cash the money.
Needless Miss Young to say how devastating that outcome was on
the CYA. Everyone lost confidence in us and the association went
down to nothing. I have carried the blame ever since and many
still think i got the money somehow except the almighty who knows
the truth.
These details are for you since you said you don't yet know how
the Youth Conferences scam works. Hope you will understand the
files i will send to you. Don't forget to publish the famous name
Duncan Smith of the US state department. That name alone can help
many out of the trap.
Sincerely
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I found an opening letter for a similar conference on http://www.takingitglobal.org/:
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From: prof.white Barrey [mailto:ywo_org@americanmail.us]
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 11:27 PM
To: ywo_org@americanmail.us
Subject: Special invitation
Dear Colleagues,
It is with great enthusiasm we the members of Relief Reconstruction
Agency, United States invites groups, youths and youth-focused
organizations to take an active role in the forth coming International
youth conferences taking place in the United States and in Guinea-Bissau.
The first conference will take place from the July, 13th to 16th,
2004 having its theme as "RACISM" . While the second conference
will take place in Guinea Bissau, have its theme as "CHILD ABUSE"
taking place from 20th to 23rd July 2004. We believe this is an
Junencredible opportunity to network with like-minded individuals
and organizations in the promotion and development of proactive
youth involvement in our communities. I am the chairman organizing
committee of the above second coming events. We picked your e-mail
address from the website forwarded to us by the African Students
Association in the U.S. During our request last you are at International
year of volunteer to invite youths from your country. Our
independent donors will finance all round flight tickets, feeding
and accommodation throughout the conference in the United States
for all participants. The organizing committees will process
US visas for all participants requiring visas to the United States.The
visa will be processed and Authorized in theUnited States by the
US Bureau of Immigrant Affairs. The confirmation will be fax to
the US Embassy in your and a copy will also be fax to the participants.
We are only giving rooms for existing and active organizations
to participate in these events as chance are limited.We enplore
you to explore our site as http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/INWO5668
We therefore ask all interested organization to forward the following
information about their organization.
1) Aims and objectives of the Organization
2) Organization profile
3) Achievement so far
Direct your response to the secretary organizing committee to
book your chances in this event through the below contact information.
Only ten or five members will be allowed to participate from each
of the selected countries. Individuals who do not belong to any
organization but are interested to participate should form a group
of five person and forward your names and passport numbers to
the below contact address or fax.
Contact person Madam Watts Benson
E-mail contact:ywo_intercor_org2004@yahoo.com
Fax:+ 1-309-412-6128
Thanks
Prof.Prof.Barry White
Chairman Organizing committee.
Youth Welfare Organization
United states
fax: + 1-760-860-8512
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:18:35 +0200 (CEST)
"prof.white Barrey" <ywo_org@americanmail.us> wrote:
Hello participant,
it's our pleasure to inform you that your file has been in tact and we
are only waiting for the full reservation confirmation so as to forward
your file to the US Department of States for visa athorization,inaddition,
your visa will be athorized within 48hrs after we must have reach them
with your file.
Compliment
Prof.Barry White |
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Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:30:45 +0200 (CEST)
conference intercor <ywo_intercor_org2004@yahoo.com>
wrote:
Dear participant,
We the Y.W.O members inconjuction with our Donors, wishes
to announce to you the shifted of this esteem conference,
which was slated from 1st -4th June 2004 in U.S.A. and 8th-11th June
2004 in Africa Guinea Bissua.Due to the fact that we are unable
to meet the Adequate amount of participant needed. we hereby shift
this conference to 8th-11th June 2004 at Floragrant
Conventional hall Illinois U.S.A.and 15th-18th June
at Amical Cabral hall Africa Guinea Bissau.Howevere, participants
are advice to meet all requirement within this stipulated time.
Note: All participants file
remains the same, Participant that have been authorized visa assistance
by the Bureau for Immigrant Affair should go the U.S embassy in
their country for collection. While those that have got their
complete document including their ticket should go to their
various recommended International Airport for boarding to
U.S while we await their arrival at JFK International Airport
to receive them.
We hereby regret any inconveniency
this might have caused you.
Best Regards,
Madam Watts Benson
Secretary
ywo
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De: "Air Agency Liaison" <srit@dr.com>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 14:45:23 -0500
Objet: Ticket form
Good
Day,
With
a lot of regard on your group information being forwarded to us through
the U.S Bureau Of Immigrant Affair/Foreign Consular Affair Department
Washington D.C and YWO We ask for immediate respond from your group
this will enable us proceed into the group flight ticket confirmation.
As soon as we receive the forms from your group and signal from the
U.S Bureau Of Immigrant Affair/Foreign Consular Affair, through Barrister
Doncan Smith Jn That your group file has being complete for visas
authorization your group flight confirmation will be forwarded to
the group leader to receive the flight ticket at the Air France Agency
in your home country with the above contact address at place du Gouvernement
BP 4076 Douala Cameroon, we shall be in touch
with the management as soon as we are through with your group through
the Immigration Offices.
Best
Wishes,
Mr. Mario
E Ibrian
Manager
Liaison Travels And Tours
Official Agent for YWO conference Illinois 2004 |
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Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 10:06:19 +0200 (CEST)
Objet: More Information.
Hello Jean,
More developments coming in. Our files are being processed. I have received
a form with with which I will forward necessary information for our
flight tickets to be sent. I have been directed to pick up the group
flight ticket at the Air France Agency, Place du Gouvernement BP 4076
Douala Cameroon - that is by Monday. By Tuesday I should be back with
the flight ticket which will be needed at the US embassy.
I have phone the man in charged - Prof. Barrey White to ask for futher
clarifications concerning the interview fees at the embassy and he says
he will be sending me a mail this evening.
I am so confused now on my own programme. I really wanted to be in XXXXX
tomorrow for some other problems but the way I see things it looks impossible.
Since we are at a level we can not turn back I just have to continue.
This is the real moment. A little break in communication with them will
mean regretting afterwards.
I
will wait for developments during the day to see what to decide
as far as my programme is concerned.
Greetings
to all of you and stay in prayers. My heart tells me that all is
well. Only the devil can spoil this operation.
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De: "Doncan Smith" <barrister_doncansmith@consultant.com>
Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 05:46:22 -0500
Objet: Visa Processing
To Applicant;
The US State Department
request your attention to confirm this file number as attached
if it's yours and reach us back immidiately for visa processing.
Barrister Doncan Smith Jn
US State Department for Immigrant's Affair
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Quite an impressive document, but a closer look shows that it is fake.
The logo in the top is from the "Office
of Surface Mining". They have nothing to do with VISAs, they
regulate coal mining!
The signature of Mr Ward is in fact the signature of President Ulysses
S. Grant. He died in 1893.
The signature of Mr Jackson is in fact the signature of President William
Howard Taft. He died in 1930.
The pictures in the bottom are copies of ordinary american stamps.
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De: "Doncan Smith" <barrister_doncansmith@consultant.com>
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 14:26:05 -0500
Objet: US Non Immigrant Visa Form
Hello
Applicant,
May the power and glory from the most high God be with you. All your
forms and hotel confirmation were approved and certified, your tickets
will be booked and the confirmed immediately your visas are authorized.
The US Bureau of immigrant Affair have scheduled that the Five members
of your group will be at the U.S. Embassy in your home country on Friday
4th June 2003 Time 11.30Gmt if you can fill and return the US non-immigrant
visa application forms and confirmation of your deposit as soon as possible
to enable them authorize your visa.
The U.S. Department of state
has taken all the procedures under their control. Just as they have
informed us, you will receive your six months visa during visit to the
Embassy, U.S. Department of state stated that since you are coming under
the youth conference, You will not need to present the following items
at the Embassy.(1) Document of prior international travel(2) Document
regarding your company/organization (etc)(3) Last 6 months bank statements
of your business. But, you will visit the Embassy with your current
four-passport photo, including your visa form, which will be used to
compare those that U.S Bureau Immigrant Affair Office sent to the Embassy
in your country. You were informed that every expense would be settled.
By the organizer, But the U.S. Departm ent of states upon their approval
of your conference registration form and the confirmation of your hotel
reservation Stated that each group of ten
participants will make a deposit of $ 300 USD each
member $3000USD to the same hotel in Africa where you made your
reservation which you will retrieve back during the Africa conference,
referring to their statement, they said that it will satisfy them that
each and every participants who are coming to United State must go down
to Africa and the it will less the risk of the illegal immigrants after
the U.S. conference they also informed us of their past experience.
That they should have asked you to made the deposit at the U.S. Embassy
in your country. But your family can always go to the Embassy to retrieve
the deposit on your behalf they decided not to ask you to forward the
deposit to the Embassy.
The US Bureau Of immigrant affair will
fax the confirmation of your group-authorized visa to the Ambassador
in your country to enable the Consular to issue your six months visa
seal to every member of your group delegates. You are therefore advised
not to go to the Embassy when they have not been contact with your group
official invitation and visa authorization .You will visit the Embassy
if you send your deposit to the same hotel in Africa where you made
you reservation as soon as possible. You can contact our Africa Chief
protocol who have being working very closed with the Guinea-Bissau Government
to ensure the Government assistance as regard tight security during
the four days conference in Guinea-Bissau. Our Protocol in Guinea-Bissau
Barrister Camara a Malia n by Nationality, You will contact
him whenever you want to make the deposit to the Hotel in Guinea-Bissau,
If you are seeking for your security, He will fax or scan first page
of his International passport to your group, It will serve as a security
for your deposit to the hotel in Africa. He is in Bissau to take proper
look at the entire process. You may e-mail him through address Barriste_camara@public.usa.com
A copy of your invitation letter and
the confirmation of your authorized visas will be fax to the Embassy
and the a copy will reach you when the Africa Hotel where you made reservation
signal us about your group deposit. No body will board Flight to United
States with any metal, or any harmful objects, Drug or anything, which
is against the boarding rules. During your stay in United State, you
must obey U.S. law, which is applicable to citizens and Non-citizen;
there must be respect among all the visitors,
United State is a peaceful
and free country. You will visit place before going to Africa for the
second conference. I am wishing you good luck during the conference
many of the participants have received a copy of this report and they
complied before visiting the Embassy. The same copy of the message is
also with the other participating other countries. You can view the
two attached U.S No-Immigrant Application visa form. You will need to
acrobat to download and view the first file. If you have no acrobat
you can download and install it on your computer from this website www.adobe,
the other attached file is an alternative produced on Microsoft word.
It is attached in case you couldn't get the acrobat .You should print
and return the forms by the fax with the payment receipt for your deposit
and we shall always contact the Chief protocol to confirm and to record
every deposit made to each hotels for security purpose. You should fill
and return the forms as soon as possible along with the payment receipt
and the confirmation of the deposit issued and sign by the Africa Chief
protocol. On receipt of the forms and the confirmation from you, It
will take the Us Bureau of Immigrant Affair some days to process this
visa Forms authorize the visas before it will fax to you and the Embassy.
You should endeavor to return the form and the deposit confirmation
some days before the above date. You should also forward to us your
telephone number to us when forwarding the deposit confirmation and
the visa forms as we will contact you by phone before going to the Embassy
after the authorization of your visa
WARNING BY THE U.S BUREAU
OF IMMIGRANT AFFAIR:
Please note that any visa
form received without the deposit confirmation signed by the Africa
Chief protocol will not be processed. Because of the time factor we
will not Waste with any group who delay their authorization of their
visas. Your visas have been processed but yet to be authorized because
of the assurance needed from your group that you will not remain in
the US after the US conference but rather move on to Guinea-Bissau for
the second conference. The US Bureau Of Immigrant Affairs disclosed
that this is not an opportunity or an opened window for illegal migration
to the US. The confirmation of your deposit will give confident to the
US Bureau Immigrant Affair of your participation in both conferences.
They have also requested that you should send al ong your telephone
number and your fax number when sending your deposit confirmation. The
confirmation should fax to + 17755519405 you
should not delay the processing and the authorization of your group
visas.
Thanks
To His Glory
Barrister
Doncan smith |
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De: "Doncan Smith" <barrister_doncansmith@consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 09:05:16 -0500
Objet: Re: Confirmed.
Hello Applicant,
We would like you to reach us with
your contact number As soon as possible
Barrister Doncan Smith jn
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From: hotelcalypso calypso <hotelcalypso@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:56
PM
Subject: Difficultie
Dear Client,
We wish to inform you that we
have been finding difficulties recieveing your refundable
payment for your deposit,as such, we would like you to re-send the payment
to
Reciever............Omansi Figez
Country ...............Giunea Bissau
Then reach us with the pay slip so as to enabl us confirm
your deposit.
Management
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Bosibori from Kenya also received the invitation. Here are her comments
from www.takingitglobal.org:
DEAL TOO GOOD
I too received the same invitation, which as the order goes, the
conference has to be held in some state in the US then proceed to
Guinea Bissau and one has to make a reservation in Guinea.
But then the deal seemed so good to be true because of the offer
to pay for all your expenses but reservation at an Hotel In Guinea.
Confirming the validity through the Google search, I found testimonies
of people who had fallen victims of the same.
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