From: Onome Obi <onome_obi1@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply to: onomeobi@yahoo.com
Sent: September 6, 2004
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP

DEAR FRIEND,

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY? I HOPE FINE. IF SO GLORY BE TO GOD. MY NAMES IS ONOME OBI I AM THE DAUGTHER TO THE LATE FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA. MY DAD DIED SINCE 5YRS AGO IN A GHASTY PLANE CRASH ON HIS WAY BACK FROM KENYA,AND SINCE THEN LIFE HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR ME AND MY FAMLY ANYWAY I THANK GOD THAT I AM ALIVE TODAY. SINCE THE DEATH OF MY DAD THINGS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY WITH US .THOUGH MY DAD DIED LEAVING A HUGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS REFUSED TO RELEASE THIS MONEY BECAUSE THE MONEY HAS BEEN LODGED IN A FORIEGN ACCOUNT. I AND MY FAMILY HAVE GONE THROUGH HELL EVEN MY DADS BROTHERS COULD NOT HELP US AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ONLY GIVEN US AN OPTION THAT THE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE RELEASED IF WE HAVE A FOREIGNER THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERED INTO HIS OR HER ACCOUNT.AFTER THIS HAS BEEN DONE I AND MY FAMILY ARE WILLING TO OFFER 30% OF THE FUNDS TO ANYONE THAT CAN ASSIT US SO THAT WE CAN CLAIM OUR FATHERS MONEY.MY MUM HAS BEEN SO ILL AND THINGS ARE NOT REALLY GOING WELL WITH US HERE.I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU BECAUSE I KNEW GOD WAS GOING TO USE YOU TO ASSIST ME AND MY FAMILY FROM OUR PRESENT PREDICARMENT.

AS SOON AS WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT THIS MONEY I AND MY FAMILY WILL BE COMING OVERSEAS SO WE CAN START UP A NEW LIFE AND INVEST IN A PROFITABLE BUSINESS VENTURE I WILL BE GLAD IF YOU CAN ASSIST.THERE IS NOTHING TO FEAR ABOUT AS I HAVE ATTACHED MY PICS FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION AS I WRITE THIS WRITE IN TEARS AND PAINS,I APPEAL TO YOU TO ASSIT ME SO THAT THE FUNDS CAN BE TRANSFERD.I WILL GIVE U MORE DETAILS AS SOON AS HEAR FROM YOU.I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY THE SPIRIT TO SEND THIS TO YOU.

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU RICHLY AS YOU ASSIST ME AND MY FAMILY IN REGAINING OUR LOST LIFE BACK AS THIS IS MY MUM'S ONLY WISH RIGHTNOW.
BEST REGARDS
MISS ONOME OBI.

From: onome obi <onome_obi@yahoo.com>
Sent: September 6, 2004
Subject: Urgent response from miss onome

Dear Miss Young, I received your mail and thanks for your responding promptly. This funds we are talking about here was deposited by my late father with a security company in Europe, I have come to realized that it is better to trust a complete strangers than those I felt are closer to me because all those that used to eat and din with us when my late father was alive have all deserted us since the death of my father. So I have decided to contact you as I am desperately in need of someone without prior connection to us who I pray I can trust, as I want you to handle this transaction with all seriousness and because there is no time to waste. Due to our present situation we are leaving from hand to mouth and it is very difficult for us to coup that is why the need for the urgency in this transaction. I will send you the documents that you will need and also the contact of the security company in Amsterdam The Netherlands so that you can proceed mmediately and receive the two trunk boxes of money deposited with them by my late father. We are in a desperate situation right now, so we have to act fast before the government confiscates the funds like they did to some of my father's money in Switzerland and Great Britain. We are desperate to get away from economic and political oppression, so we need the funds.

I must confess to you that my mother is seriously sick so we have to hasten this transaction so that we can fly her abroad for immediate treatment. We have all the necessary information that you need to get the trunk boxes out but I am begging you to hurry so that after you collect the money from the security company, I can take my mother abroad for immediate treatment. For further communication, I will have my elder brother contact you because I am always in the hospital taking care of my mother but my elder has all the legal documents that would back your claims to act on behalf of my family to retreive the trunks containing US dollars. So I would like you to furnish me with the following information. (1) Your full name (2) Your mailing address (not P.O. box)(3) Your Phone/Fax number (4) Company name/address (if any) I would like you to bear in mind that this business is strictly based on trust and at the same time highly confidential. So you are assured that all the information you provide me would be treated confidentially. On the receipt of the above information, I will email to you the telephone number and the fax number of the security firm for them start the preparation of the fund to be release to your custody. After the receipt of your information I will also send you: (1.) The certificate of deposit (2.) The Airway bill, so that you can then proceed to Amsterdam The Netherlands where you will be paid the sum of US$28.5million. Please I want you to act with utmost dispatch, as there is no time to waste. Once again, I must have to remind you that this business is highly confidential.

My family and I have agreed to give you 25% of the total money to be for you for your assistance and inconveniences which will include travel expenses and some other outstanding charges as per demurrage that are normally paid to the security and finance company in Amsterdam The Netherlands before funds are released. You are to keep proper records of all expense that you incur in the course of this transaction. I would have sent you cash ahead if it wasn't that I have no direct access to cash now as well as the unfortunate incidence of my mother's illness.

This transaction demands total confidentiality because my family is under surveillance by the present government of the day as the political situation in my country is not stable. I will therefore appreciate it greatly if we make confidentiality as our watchword.
The most important area where my family needs your assistance is for you to help us invest our share of the funds in your country. The power of attorney and certificate of deposit will be made available to you as soon as you indicate when you can travel to Amsterdam The Netherlands to collect the funds.
Be rest assured that I will not allow you to get involved in anything that will get you and I into trouble anywhere just because you want to help my family to secure their legitimate inheritance. I have also enlosed my current picture, picture with my mother before her illness and picture of me when I was one.

Thank you very much and I hope to see you physically very soon. My family and I do sincerely appreciate what you are engaging to do for us and the future generation yet unborn of this family.
Best regards,
Onome and Family.

From: onome obi <onome_obi@yahoo.com>
Sent: September 9, 2004
Subject: Reminder

Dear Miss Young,

I am still awaiting your response as regards my previous mail to you, please try and respond immediately because we need much urgency to actualize this transaction. My mother illness needs immediate medical attention that is why the need for much urgency.

Inview of this, please respond ASAP.

Thanks and God bless.

Onome.

I send her my address, and I introduce my friend Louis:

... In order to get everything handled smoothly, I handed over your e-mail to a good friend of mine, Louis. He handles much of my financials, because I am not very good at that. He feels the same as I about your difficult situation. We are both worried about your mothers health.

Louis will contact my bank, in order to find out which information they need in order to handle the big money transcation. BTW, Louis wondered how much you are offering me for my assistance. In your first e-mail you stated 30 %, but in your latest e-mail the figure is 25 %?

Best regards and god bless, ...

From: onome obi <onome_obi@yahoo.com>
Sent: September 10, 2004
Subject: contact my elder brother immediately

Dear Miss Young,

Thanks for your prompt response, I am glad that you are willing to retreive our funds from the security company in Holland, I have forwarded your details to my elder brother who has all the relevant documents that you will be needing to act on behalf of our family to retreive the 2 trunks of cash. I will advised that you contact him as well immediately with his details below:

Name: Samuel Obi
Tel: 234 805 590 0580
Email: samuel_obi@hotmail.com

Please try and call him today so that he can spell out the details of this pending project to you and also intimate you on how to proceed once you receive the funds from the security company in Holland. Due to my delay in going for the consignment of funds, there is demurrage fee that is needed to be paid upon your arrival in Amsterdam before the security company would release the funds to you, try as much as possible to raise funds, if it means taking a short term loan, please I will advised that you do so at once because my entire family have agreed that on the successful conclusion of this transaction, addition 5% would be deducted from the whole amount once you receive it to cover for all expenses that you incure in the process of concluding this transaction, while your 25% still remains for your assistance. If not for our present situation, we would have raised funds and send to you to cover the expenses. Please try and make haste because my mother needs to be flown abroad for immediate medical attention. Due to the magnitude of funds and for the safety of our family, I will strongly advised that you keep this transaction, strictly confidential. Your Friend do not need to contact your bank because it would be more secured if you open an off-shore account outside the US, the security company would assist you with this, so that once you have the funds in the account you are going to open, you can be transferring the funds to your US account bit by bit.

I await your response.

Regards,
Onome.

Before we contact the brother, Samuel, let us ask Onome:

I have read your latest e-mail several times, in order to understand what has to be done.

You mention that I have to pay a "demurrage fee". What does this mean and how much money is it? I can loan that money in my bank, but I need some proof of your identity. Could you send me a copy of your passport?

Best regards and god bless, ...

From: onome obi <onome_obi@yahoo.com>
Sent: September 11, 2004
Subject: Response

Dear Miss Young,

I am in receipt of your mail and thanks for your prompt response. I am glad to hear that you are willing to assist my family in retreiving our funds from the security company in Amsterdam. As regards the demurrage fee, due to our delay in going for the consignment of funds, it has exceed the storage fee that my later father paid because of this reason, we are required to pay the current charges before the consignment would be released to you upon your arrival in Amsterdam that is why I said you should try and raise funds to incure the charges. As regards the current charges, I do not know, that is why I said you should contact my elder brother because he has all the details you need to conclude this transaction. I am only 22years of age and do not currently have a passport but I have enclosed in this email, my current picture, a picture of me and my mother before her illness and also a picture of me when I was one.

Please Miss Young, try and contact my elder at once so that he can furnish you with the details of the security company and also intimate you on how to proceed and make claims of the funds. I will have to stop here because I need to rush down to the hospital to see my mother. I need you to please let me know if you can make your trip this week because my mother needs to be flown abroad for immediate medical attention because the doctors have informed us that they do not have the appropriate equipments for her urgent recovery and without funds there is no way we can do this that is why we need you to travel urgently.

Thanks and God bless

Onome.

From: obi obi <samuel_obi@hotmail.com>
Sent: September 13, 2004
Subject: Acknowledgement

Attn: Miss Young,

I received your email and I have been informed by my sister ONOME, that you have agreed to assist our family in making claims of our funds deposited by our late father with a security company in Amsterdam. I will beg you to try your very possible best to travel as soon as possible. I strongly advice you to travel this coming week. the transaction will not take you more than two working days. You stand to benefit 30% of the total fund to be collected. The reason why I want you to travel on time is that our mother is seriously sick now and very close to death. We do not want her to die like this. we need money to fly her abroad for medical treatment. She is suffering from Cancer of the liver. So, act fast to save a soul by travelling to Amsterdam on time.

I have informed our family lawyer to prepare a letter of authorization, authorizing you to make claims of the funds on our behalf, I will send it to you once you have booked appointment with the security company and also purchase your flight ticket.

Please, I beg you once more never to expose this transaction to nobody except God. You have to understand that this is the very last and only hope left for the family. So, do not let us down. You should remember that you are at the recieving end while I at the giving end.

see contact information of the security company....

NAME OF COMPANY: EQUITY TRUST TRADE SECURITY AND FINANCE
TEL: +31 645 166 196 FAX: +31 645 166 198
WEBSITE: www.ettsf.com
EMAIL: info@ettsf.com

Call the security company to confirm your arrival date with them,let them know you are the new beneficiary of the late Obi's family consignment.

I await your update.

Samuel Obi.

The website, www.ettsf.com, was registered with an address in Iran 1 month earlier. The site has been closed down now.

The following day I answer Samuel:

Hello Samuel,

thank you for your email. I will try to help you and your family from your present desperate situation. We must all pray for your mothers health.

I have enclosed a photo of my self, so that you know who you are dealing with.

Your sister told that I have to pay "demurrage fee" in order to pick up the goods from the security company. I am trying to raise that money now, so that I can bring it to Amsterdam.

I am awaiting the letter of authorization from your lawyer.

Since we are handling large sums of money, I need some kind of proof of your identity. Could you send me a copy of your passport, or something equivalent?

Regards, ...

Joseph Smith from "Equity Trust" leaves a message on my voicemail, and ask me to call him.

From: onome obi <onome_obi@yahoo.com>
Sent: September 16, 2004
Subject: URGENT

Dear Miss Young,
Sorry I have not been able to contact you, I have been really busy taking care of my mother in the hospital. My brother said you have not contacted him also, what is happening, even said he tried calling you but got your voice message. Please let me know the situation of things.

Thanks and God bless,

Onome.

The next day I answer Onome:

Dear Onome,

I'm back online. How is your mother?

I dont know what has happened. I emailed your brother on tuesday, but he hasnt replied yet. Please let me know if I should resend the email.

I'm in France at the moment, and rather busy, but I'll try to contact Equity Trust today so that we can get things going.

Best regards and god bless you and your family, ...

... and "Equity Trust":

EQUITY TRUST
Att. Josef Smith (???)
*************************

Re: late Obi's family consignment

Dear Mr.. Smith

I received your message on my answering machine. I am in France at the moment and not able to pick up my phone. Please contact me so that we can proceed in this matter. I expect that you have got my address etc from Mr. Obi.

While I'm i Paris, the quickest way to contact me, will be by email.

Regards, ...

From: info@ettsf.com
Sent: September 17, 2004
Subject: Official Notification

FROM THE DESK OF:
JOSEPH SMITH
DIRECTOR: SECURITY & VAULT DEPT.
OUR REF: N.T.F/02-J/1065/NL
YOUR REF: ETS/XX/42-0014.

ATTN: Miss Young,

Dear Sir/Madam,

APPROVED RELEASE OF CONSIGNMENT WITH REF: NO. E.T.S/XX/42-0014.

This is to officially inform you that we have received a fax from our affiliate office in Africa, instructing us to release a consignment with Ref: No. ETS/XX/42-0014 to you as the beneficiary.
Due to the confidential nature of this consignment, you will be required to be physically present to sign the final release order certificate before subsequent release to you.

Find attached to this mail is our A1 appraisal form, please fill and return to this office along with a photocopy of your international passport or driver license for verification purpose.

Upon satisfaction of our vetting process, a notification of appointment for the release of your consignment will be faxed to you.

Looking forward to your response soonest.

Best regards,

Karol Eaton,
For: Joseph Smith
Equity Trust Security & Finance (E.T.S.F)