From: "Alan Mcneil" <alan12000@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 9, 2004
Subject: Assistance Required

Dear Friend,

I got your contact through my private search on the internet, I therefore decided to contact you. I am the first son of Mr Williams T Mcneil, a senior former Haitian cabinet minister and leader of opposition in Haiti, who was murdered on the 27th day of June 2000 for his role in opposition to the tyrannical rule of Jean Bertrand Aristide, the former ruler of Haiti.

When my father was alive I used to move funds, in cash, running into millions of United States dollars to the Caribbean, and other parts of the world, for safe keeping on his behalf. However, on the eve of my father's death on June 26, 2000, he gave me the sum of 80M in cash to move to the Caribbean as usual, but unfortunately he died and I had to move the funds to Europe through a diplomatic courier service to a trusted security company in Europe.

The funds have been in the security company since July 2000. However, because of the many restrictions placed on my family by the present Haitian Government, I simply cannot travel to secure the funds from the security company in Europe. Also, the fear of being discovered by the agents of the Aristide government has added to my fear and inability to claim the funds using my name.

What I now need from you if you are interested are as follows:-

1.You must travel to Europe to secure the funds in cash on my behalf and deposit it in your bank account for onward remittance to your Country or any country as we would both decide.
2.Your share of the funds will be 30% of the entire value for your trouble and participation in this. On investment of the balance on my behalf, you will further be entitled to a share of the profits accruing on investments.
3.As soon as you confirm to me by my e-mail address your readiness to travel to Europe, I will send a copy of my Power of Attorney and other relevant documents to the security company in Europe authorizing them to release the funds to you.
4.As soon as you have the funds in your custody, I will give you details of where and in which sector of the Busines world you will invest my share of the funds, on my behalf.
5.Please note that this deal while being risk free for you could be very dangerous for me if it is discovered that I moved out such a large amount of money from Haiti. As such you must keep this very secret and confidential for my sake and for the successful conclusion of this transaction.

Please contact me via my alternative email only for now; , in due course I will also provide a confidential phone line on which you can call me from time to time. On contact, you will immeditely be given details of the transaction and how to proceed. Please rest assured that we will definitely meet as soon as I am assured of your trust and dedication to this deal.

N.B.alternative email address: alan1200f@netscape.net

Best Regards,
Alan T. Mcneil

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haiti

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 10, 2004
Subject: Thank you for showing your intention to assist(From Alan Mcneil)

Thanks for your prompt respose to my email. I will now try as much as I can to be as detailed in this email as possible. First of all, I hope you are fully convinced of your ability to handle such funds because all I say here about the money remains true and would be verified by you in due course. I hope you can read this carefully and decide before I call you for a telephone discussion.

As it would be completely irresponsible of me to tell you the exact location and complete details regarding the funds, I hope you'll be able to narrow our decision down to the fact that at this point we need a complete stranger who can handle these funds in trust for me. Whatever you will be doing with me must be based strictly on trust and utmost confidentiality and I hope you reciprocate and not disappoint me in anyway. You will agree with me that its not quite easy to entrust a legacy like this in the beginning, but at the end a little trust goes a long way If you do not disappoint me and remain loyal, dedicated and sincere as expected, I can assure you will never have any cause to regret working with me.

The said funds were actually accrued from activities relating to government positions and leadership bonuses. I would consider these as perks from being the leader of a country. I am sure you would understand if I cannot go into that here for obvious reasons, but rest assured that the funds are clean to the best of my knowledge, as such they were not sourced from drugs, money laundering or terrorist activities. Please do not worry yourself about this and the safety of doing this, it is totally risk free.

In the circumstances following our departure from Haiti, I had involved a personal friend and benefactor of mine, who is a Diplomat in one of the diplomatic missions in Europe. This gentleman had influenced the movement of the funds from Haiti all the way to Europe with his connections in the diplomatic circles. Though the package is labelled as "Family Treasure", on the invoice of the security company which was responsible for its shipment, I can state categorically, that it contains cash totalling in excess of 87M US.

This said treasure as it is, had been sealed, locked and handed to the security company by me prior to our departure from Haiti. The unlock codes which I still have will be provided on your arrival in Europe. Also, your duties while there will only be to accept the consignment on my behalf, make a lodgement in a top bank with the assistance of the security company, and once the lodgement has been done, I will then embark and meet you there in Europe. The purpose of our meeting will be to determine and share the funds according to agreed ratios, then consider some investments around the world which you shall hold in trust on my behalf until such a time as we consider safe to hold same myself.

Please note that on your arrival in Europe, my diplomat friend there will meet with you to provide all relavant documentation which you shall sign and help you through all bureaucratic processes to ensure that the funds are lodged in a top Bank there. Please note that the cash therein shall be shared as conveyed in my initial email to you. Note also that all initial expenses regarding your travel and lodgement of the funds in your account in Europe shall be addressed only when I arrive in Europe and after the funds have been lodged in your account/custody. By this I mean, all your expenses including telephone bills for the period shall be fully reimbursed prior to sharing of the funds, based on agreed ratios/percentages.

Please be rest assured that as soon as I am convinced of your loyalty and dedication to this deal, I will procure a telephone on which you may call me from time to time until you embark on your trip to Europe. Please bear with me for now and I hope that you can handle this deal in good faith and treat all that transpires between us as utterly confidential. I await your response.

Regards,
Alan T. Mcneil

He wants me to call him back, but I haven't got his number. Anyway, I don't feel like talking to him.

Dear Alan, Thank you for your long email. I have read it, and I think I understand what you mean. I travel to Europe quite often, so that will be fine with me. I also look forward to meet you and your friend. Now that we are going to be business partners, I have attached my picture. I would also like to have your picture. Will you send it to me? Have a nice week-end, ...

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 11, 2004
Subject: RE:Re: Thank

Dear Miss Young,

Thank you for your email which included your picture.I must confess to you that you look really like a businesslike woman than I had thought.But I would want you to assure me once again that you will be capable of handling this nature of business considering the amount involved.Have you ever handled such businesses and hope you will not let us down??? These are the big questions that I would want to clarify with you before starting.

I would want you to give me a more purposeful and direct telephone number of which I can reach you. I have tried calling you severally on this number xxxx but I cannot reach you.

Note,I will let you have my own picture by next week as I do not have any scanned picture for now.

I await your prompt reply while I wish you a happy weekend.

Your partner,
Alan T. Macneil

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 13, 2004
Subject: RE:Alan Mcneil

Dear Miss Young,

Thank you once again for your prompt response. You should realise that I need to discuss with you on how to take off with the business as time is no longer on our side.I would also want to ensure that you maintain confidentiality which is suppossed to be our watchword in this transaction. Please let me know the exact time I am to call you by giving me the time in G.M.T as well as letting me know your exact state in the U.S.

Miss Young,I would need you to send to me a scanned copy of any form of identification so that I can immediately forward to my Diplomat friend who will in turn send to the Security company for prelimenary preparations for your appointment with them.This identification could be in the form of a scanned copy of your international passport, drivers' license or I.D. card.

Also, I should inform you to start making preparations to travel any time from now since the Security Company would likely choose an appointment date for you in between this week and next week.

Finally, I want to apologise for not sending my picture today which is of course due to my tight schedule for not being able to have a scanned photogragh in a disc so as to send to you. But anyway, I promise to have it sent to you over the next weekend. Moreover,we are going to meet each other face to face very soon.

Your Partner,
Alan T. Mcneil.

5 days later:

Dear Alan, How are you today? I am back from Toronto. After some very busy weeks, I hope things will be back to normal. How is our business progressing? I am ready to travel to the security company, if necessary. Hope to hear from you soon, ...

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 20, 2004
Subject: RE:RE:Alan

Dear Miss Young,

Thank you for your mail and I hope your trip was okay. We are not going to move forward or progress without you sending the scanned copy of your identification to me as I had asked for. This is needed for me to send to my Diplomat friend for preliminary preparations of your appointment with the Security Company. Without that, no way.

Thank you,
Alan T. Macneil

Since he insists, I have to make a drivers license for him:

Darling Alan, I have attached my driverslicense that you asked for. What happened to the picture you promised to send me a long time ago? Did you forget? When should I plan to go to Europe? Have a nice day, ...

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 21, 2004
Subject: RE:RE:RE:

Dear Miss Young, Please expect a detailed mail from me tomorrow.
Thanks,
Alan T. Macneil.

We are back in business, but he has new demands:

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 22, 2004
Subject: Telephone conversation is urgent (Alan Macneil)

Dear Miss Young,

Good day to you and thank you once again for your last email sent to me I am pleased to inform you that I have immediately forwarded the scanned copy of your Driver's license to my Diplomat friend who has assured me that the form of identity would get to the Security Company before the end of business today.

I want to let you know that I am now fully convinced and confident enough to work with you as my business partner. We are going to realise this dream of becoming multi-millionaires by the special grace of God.

Miss Young, at this juncture,what is left for us now is for us to get to talk on phone. You will have to give me a specific and definite time for me to call you because I need to discuss somethings with you on the phone. At this stage of the transaction, I will have to inform you about how you are to arrange your trip to meet with the Security Company. I will also let you have my picture after we might have discussed on phone.

I await you to give me a definite time when I can reach you on phone in your next mail to me so as to be able to move forward.

Thank you,
Alan T. Mcneil

Now lets squeeze Alan a little:

Dear Alan, Thank you for your postive email. I look forward to meet you and your diplomat friend. You haven't answered my question. When do you expect me to go to Europe? My calender is already very tight, and the longer you wait to inform me, the more difficult it becomes to squeeze you in. Before I go to Europe you have to help me. So far the $87m have only been words in an email. I haven't seen any hard facts. I want to believe you, but if you want me to go to Europe for an amount of this magnitude, you will have to present me with some kind of document from the Security company or similar. Regards, ...

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 23, 2004
Subject: Get ready to travel

Dear Miss Young,

Thanks for your email. I want to be very brief with my points. Let me start by letting you know that due to the sensitive nature of the transaction, I will not encourage the sending of this important documents via any electronic media like fax or email. On your arrival in Europe, you will be made to see as well as endorse these documents relating to the consignment. You will agree with me that emailing such vital documents is not in the interest of this deal and must not be encouraged. I assure you however, that all documentation is in place and utmost care and attention has been applied in that regard.

You are to travel to Spain as your first point of call where a meeting would be arranged between myself, yourself, my Diplomat friend as well as a financial consultant. After the meeting, the documents, including a power of attorney will be presented for your endorsement. These documents will refer to you as the sole beneficiary of the funds, empower you to act without recourse to anyone else and will be veted and notarised by a top attorney in Europe.

Now, I believe I have shed some light on the whole plans so it is now left for you to choose a tentative date in between next week and first week in January so as to allow my Diplomat friend confirm with the Security Company as having the date approved for the appointment. I would not want a situation whereby the Security Company has a set date for you and you are unable to come due to time inavailability so we must have to harmonise your schedule with that of the Security Company.

Unfortunately Miss Young, the only document you may see if I am able to convince my Diplomat friend to do so is a copy of his passport. I hope you can understand that he will have to go an extra mile to do this due to the sensitive nature of his job. I hope I have mentioned previously that he is the South African Envoy for Special duties with the High Commission in Madrid.

My dear, I understand your feelings and the need to expedite this deal, but I must stress that it is even more important to be cautious and to proceed with extreme care. I also know it can be very hard to trust on face value as is what I am asking of you, but rest assured that your trust in me will not be unrewarded in any way. When you eventually arrive Madrid and confirm all that I have told you, then I am sure you will be full of smiles and gratitude. Please, once again I have to ask you have Faith and just follow my instructions until our meeting in Madrid. This is the only way we can succeed in this deal. I do not know if you are rich, but I am sure you will be able to make out time to handle a transaction of this magnitude, and considering that I have been very generous with an offer of 30%, that should give me some concession as per the time that you devote to this transaction.

In conclusion, I would want you to go ahead and book a flight to Madrid and then let me know the itenerary so as to make preparations to meet you.

Lest I forget, I asked you to let me have specific and definite times I would be able to reach you on the phone but you did not include this in your mail, I suggest you let me know this as soon as possible so that we can at least have a chat soon.

I await your prompt response as usual.

Your sincerely,
Alan T. Macneil

He will not send any documents, so why should I believe him? And since he is not satisfied with my answering machine, I send him the number of a stripbar!

Dearest Alan, You are not making things easy for me. If I have to trust you, you will also have to cooperate a little with me. So far I have seen no proof whatsoever of the money, you or your friend! You promised to send your picture, but haven't. You refuse to send any documents. If you are so afraid of sending a copy of the document by email, you could either send it encrypted, or send it by fax or snail mail! You ask whether I want to see your friends passport. Of course I do, up to now I have seen nothing to prove he exists, not even his name! Regarding my timeschedule, I can inform you that I am going to Toronto next week, so the earliest date we can meet, will be week 1. I hope this will be ok. I don't understand why you insist on talking to me on the phone. I am not used to conduct my business by phone. It will have to be confirmed in writing anyway. Anyway, I can be reached tomorrow on this number: +1-206-782-xxxx. Have a nice day, ...

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 24, 2004
Subject: RE:Re: Get ready

Dearest Miss Young,

I believe you are the one trying to make things difficult. This transaction is basically for you to come over and pick the funds/CASH. It is not about any other thing. The documents are there and these are what you require to pick up the funds so my dear, please do not let us keep on going back on issues already discussed. I have told you that there is no way I can have the documents sent to you. Once you get to Madrid, these documents would be handed over to you.

I have tried to convince my friend to send his passport to you, but he deems it unnecessary since you are to meet him in early January. Miss Young, you just have to understand considering the sensitive nature of the entire transaction. Let us not make a big fuss about these pictures.

I have tried severally to call you on the telephone number you sent but I guess you were not awake then, but I will give it another trial later today.

I am also pleased to inform you that I have arranged with my Diplomat friend to have the Security Company book an appointment date for you within the first week in January so I would like you have a confirmed flight for the early part of the first week.

Sincerely yours,
Alan T. Macneil

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 27, 2004
Subject: Telephone

Dear Miss Young,

I called that same number you sent to me again and all I was told was that that place is a business centre and that there was nobody of such name as Miss Young. You now see why I have to be careful? If I had sent a fax to that same line, what would have happenned?

Please you have to assure me that you are taking this business seriously and vey confidential. Let me know your travelling arrangements ASAP.

Good day and compliments of the season.

Sincerely yours,
Alan T. Macneil

Dear Alan, I hope you had a nice christmas. I just arrived in Toronto. I have some urgent business that has to be finished this year. I am sorry that you did not catch me while I was near a telephone during christmas. You are always welcome to leave a message or send a fax on my number +1-xxxx. I can reach that wherever in the world I am travelling. Regarding my travel to Madrid, I have to inform you that I am not planning to go there before I have received the documents and the IDs from you. I have sent you all my personal details and my ID, but so far you have sent me NOTHING. Have a nice day, ...

Finally, he gives in, and the friend sends this from Alans PC:

From: song pence <songofsixpence@latinmail.com>
Sent: December 30, 2004
Subject: ID!

Miss Young, I have been instructed by my friend Alan to forward the attached id to you. Its my SA passport and I hope you keep as confidential. I await your confirmation.

Regards,

John Magason.

From: alan Mcneil <alan1200f@latinmail.com>
Sent: January 5, 2005
Subject: What is happenning?

Dear Miss Young,

Good day to you and I wish you a happy ney year. Plaese I want to believ that my Diplomat friend has rightly sent to you the scanned copy of his passport as you so desire. But you have not sent me an email comfirming the receipt of it. Please let me know the situation of things and also hoping you are already prepared for your trip to Madrid this week.

Thank you,
Alan T. Macneil

Its time to stop this stubborn guy, so I ask Latinmail to close his email account

I haven't heard from Alan, so 2 weeks later I sen him this:

Hi Alan, I have been home some weeks now, but I am planning to go to Europe again soon. Are you still interested in finishing our business in Madrid? Regards, ...

His email must have been closed, because 4 days later he answers from a new email account:

From: Alan Mcneil <alan12000@latinmail.com>
Sent: January 27, 2005
Subject: RE:Still Interested

Dear Miss Young,

Of course, I am also ready to have this business concluded so far you are still on our side. Let me know when you will be in Madrid so as to get the Security Company book an appointment for you to meet with them.

Alan

From: Alan Mcneil <alan12000@latinmail.com>
Sent: January 31, 2005
Subject: RE:RE:Still Interested

Dear Miss Young,

How do you want me to trust you when you have failed me twice. Let me know when you are ready to fly to Madrid.

Alan

From: Alan Mcneil <alan12000@latinmail.com>
Sent: February 1, 2005
Subject: RE:Still Interested

Dear Miss Young,

If you know you are really serious to help in this transaction then you need to call me so that we can discuss in details. Remember you gave me a number to reach you the other time but you were not there, now you just have to call my private and confidential number which is 353 86913657.

I really have to know who I am dealing with so I expect your call today.

Alan.

Why bother to go to Madrid for lousy $87m? I will probably get another offer one of these days where they will deliver it to my doorstep ;-)

The telephone number he gave me is an Irish mobile phone. I did not answer Alan, and I never heard from him again.