Geen antwoord van Simon..

Ik heb nu drie dagen niets meer gehoord van mijn goede vriend Simon. Net als ik denk dat hij mijn gemanipuleerde paspoort heeft ontmaskerd als nep krijg ik het volgende bericht op 4 september:

Dear Frits Brugman,

I am sorry for the delay of my response to your email dated 1/09/08. I have been working on the file to know the best and the most convenient way for you to make this claim. I noted that you have indicated your interest to come down to London to make this claim which is a very good decision.

You will be comeing to receive the boxes not to make the claim, because as it is you will have to employ the services of a resident probate lawyer to help you with the legal papers needed to inherit when there is no will. The bank acting as the Executor has recognized you officially as the next of kin to late Mr.Gerald Wilbur Ehnis.The bank with the help of this lawyer will affirm to Her Majesty's Court Service that you should be empowered to inherit by issuing a Letter of Administration in your favour.This letter of administration empowers you the next of kin to inherit and administer over the estate of the deceased.

The lawyer will also change the title of the depsoit from the Original depositor's name(Gerald Wilbur Ehnis) to your name(Frits Brugman).With this done the boxes will be released in your name, that is when you will show to receive the two boxes containing the funds.This way you will have legal documents to prove to any authority both in the United Kingdom and your country that the funds are legimately acquired by inheritance and free from terrorism, illegal arms acquisition,money laundry and Illegal drug deals.

The next step will be for you to get a resident probate lawyer to represent you in obtaining these documents from the court.It is very easy for a probate lawyer to do this since the bank will be of assistance to him.

I will work on a list of lawyers that has represented some of our customers successfully in the past so that I can recommend one of them to you.I will be back with the contact information of one of these lawyers today.

Please let me know what you feel about this suggestion of mine so that we can fine tune our plan together with your knowledge of claims of this nature.I will be waiting for your response while I continue to work on the list of lawyers.

My regards to you and your family,

Simon

Ondanks dat ik heb aangegeven dat ik naar London kom schrijft hij dat ik toch een advocaat nodig heb. Natuurlijk zal hij de beste voor mij uitzoeken, mijn toegewijde vriend!

Mijn paspoort

Nu ik wat meer tijd heb besluit ik om een mooi nep-paspoort te maken. Ik google wat op internet en vind een plaatje van een paspoort wat ik kan bewerken. Het resultaat is niet slecht al zeg ik het zelf:



In het bericht van 1 september schrijf ik over hoe ik het hele weekend heb moeten werken bla bla bla..

Dear mr. Ridley,
I am sorry that I could not write to you earlier. Thank you very much for your kind words. I had to work all weekend to correct the problem. You will not believe what a mess it was. Somebody installed a wrong version of a component and the whole system went crazy. They had to reinstall just about everything. Luckily everything is fine now. As a supervisor I had be there all the time. Anyway, I am glad that we can still continue with our project. I would not mind coming to the United Kingdom if thats what's required. I am quite looking forward to a trip. Please tell me what I need to arrange. In all chaos I still managed to make a scan of my passport (well actually my secretary did that). I have attached the file. I hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Frits Brugman

Op het paspoort ben ik ineens 51 terwijl ik eerder een leeftijd van 46 had opgegeven. Denk je dat Simon dit zal opmerken? Welnee..

Simon is erg begaan met mijn problemen..

Simon is een echte vriend, hij is begaan met de problemen op mijn werk! Maar hij wil nu toch echt dat ik tijdig reageer..

Dear Frits Brugman,

I received your email dated 29/08/08, and I am very sorry about the problem you encountered at your work place. I will be waiting to receive your email to let me know what is convenient for you, if you will want to come down here to the United Kingdom to make the claim or you want to employ the service of a lawyer to secure the release of your inheritance to you. Your timely response will be appreciated in this regard so that I can know how to advice you.

My regards to you and your family,

Simon

Mijn smoes..

Aangezien ik geen tijd had om direct te reageren, verzin ik maar een smoes over problemen op het werk. Op 29 augustus stuur ik het volgende bericht:

Dear Simon,
I am sorry that I could not reply to you sooner. Some problem occurred at my work and we have to fix this very soon otherwise there will be big trouble. I hope this will not cause any inconvineance to our project. I will be back at you tomorrow probably to scan the identification papers as you requested. Have a nice weekend!
Frits

Simon is weer ongerust..

Omdat ik *weer* niet op tijd reageer, stuurt mijn toegewijde vriend op 29 augustus maar weer een herinnering..

Dear Frits Brugman,

I am worried because I have not received any response from you since I sent the last email to you including the document attached.I hope you received that email.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this email so that I can be sure you received it so that we can proceed with this claim.

My regards to you and your family,

Simon

Ik ben erfgenaam geworden!

Simon heeft niet stilgezeten. Op 28 augustus ontvang ik het heugelijke bericht dat ik officieel erfgenaam ben geworden van de wijlen Mr.Gerald Wilbur Ehnis! Ik heb de keuze om naar Engeland te gaan en twee kisten met bezittingen zelf op te halen of om een advocaat in te huren en de hele zooi te laten opsturen. Ook stuurt hij een scan van het officiele document met de recognition as next of kin en een scan van zijn officiele Staff Identity Card.

Dear Frits Brugman,

How are you today? I believe you are fine and doing well. As for me I am okay. It is just that I am so anxious to conclude this project.

I have written a report on the final conclusion of the investigation stating that you are the you are the next of kin to late Mr.Gerald Wilbur Ehnis.I have defended my position on the matter and it has been approved. With this position, you have been recognized official to be the next of kin with the right to come forward to claim the estate of the deceased.An official letter of recognition as the next of kin to Mr.Gerald Wilbur Ehnis has been issued to that effect and a copy is attached to this email.I had to come to the office early to be able to send a copy to you.

As part of my plan to achieve success in this endeavour, I have meticulously mapped out every detail of this project toward ensuring success. After being successfully appointed next of kin, you have to either come down here yourself to apply for the release of the deposit or you will have to get somebody to represent you like a Lawyer to make the application on your behalf and initiate the shipment of the boxes in question to you there in your country.

The security firm do not know the actual content of the boxes, they are only aware that the boxes contains family valuables like Ornaments,jewelries,paintings etc.That was what we declared when making the deposit originally. What informed this decision was the fact that we intended shipping the boxes to Finland as a Diplomatic Cargo and if it is known what the contents are, it won't be possible. It is in the same vain that the boxes will be shipped to you if you can not come down here yourself.

You will have all the paper work from the appropriate Government quarters here to prove to any authority that the funds are inherited funds and genuine. The letter of Appointment that the bank has issued in your favour, will enable you get a LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION from Her Majesty's Court Service in the Probate Department. This Letter of Administration is issued in favour of a appointed Next of Kin where the Deceased died intestate (without a WILL).This Letter gives authority to the appointed next of kin by the Government of the United Kingdom to Administer over the estate of the deceased. With this done, you can now change the Title of the deposit to your name.

All these may sound cumbersome to you but, it is not, because, all these can be taken care of within a few days. At this point I will want you to take your convenience into consideration and let me know how you want us to proceed.

I await your response to enable us proceed with the claim.Note that I have attached a copy of my official Identity Card.I will also want you to send a copy of your photo Identity to me like your passport, drivers license, work Identity card etc.It is very important since I am now in the process of releasing so much money to you on trust, I need to know you and how you look like.

Sincerely,

Simon Ridley

Het officiele document waarin ik erfgenaam ben geworden:



Simon's officiele identiteitskaart. Let op hoe slecht de foto is bewerkt. De originele naam is verwijderd, de achtergrond is knullig hersteld, de nieuwe naam is donkerder en scherper dan de rest en de handtekening klopt niet:

Mijn persoonlijke gegevens

Na zijn ontroerende epistel over eerlijkheid besluit ik Simon volledig te vertrouwen en hem mijn persoonlijke gegevens te sturen. Aangezien ik in mijn hotmail account de naam Frits Brugman heb ingevuld (wat niet mijn echte naam is) besluit ik om de adresgegevens van een filiaal van Brugman keukens in te vullen:

Dear mr. Ridley,
I understand what you are writing and I totally agree about being honest. Your letter has given me confidence that I am dealing with a sincere and honest person, and that we can be engaged in a mutually benificial transaction. That's why I will be happy to submit my personal information:
FULL NAMES: Frits Brugman
CONTACT ADDRESS:(adres van Brugman filiaal)
TEL:(telefoonnr. van Brugman filiaal)
FAX (OPTIONAL):
OCCUPATION:Managing Director
SEX:Male
AGE:46
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely,
Frits Brugman

Wat tijd rekken..

Aangezien ik geen tijd heb om te antwoorden op zijn "Detailed Modalities" besluit ik me van de domme te houden. Op 24 augustus stuur ik het volgende antwoord:

Dear mr. Ridley,
I do not understand, I replied to you recently, but did not get any respond, maybe it got into my spam filter, I don't know. Please send your message again!
sincerely,
Frits

Let op dat ik nu ineens Frits heet en niet meer John. Dit blijkt voor Simon geen enkel probleem te zijn. Op 25 augustus krijg ik weer een bericht van mijn trouwe vriend waarin wederom zijn modalities en drie geboden.

Reminder

Blijkbaar reageer ik niet snel genoeg, want op 24 augustus stuurt mijn vriend het volgende bericht:

Dear Friend,

Since your last communication, I did not hear from you again, Sincerely speaking, I hope I did not do or say anything to give you second thoughts about this project that we were supposed to collectively prosecute successfully for our mutual benefit.

I am deeply concerned, because having revealed myself and my strategy of getting these funds safely into your possession, it seems you have decided to abandon me midway, and thus put me in tight corner because, it is quite easy to be compromised and our objective truncated by a word dropped in the wrong place.

I implore you to get intouch with me ASAP, via email so that we can examine, together, any gray areas, in order for us to make meaningful progress, as time is not on our side. Any delays at this point might not be helpful to our course.I await your reply, till then remain blessed in the Lord.

Regards,
Simon Ridley.

Simon zit nu in "a tight corner" omdat hij zijn criminele plannetje aan mij heeft onthuld. Hij blijkt in onzekere tijden een gelovig persoon te zijn want nu wordt zelfs the Lord er bijgehaald.

Detailed Modalities from Simon Ridley

Op 22 augustus krijg ik een lijvig bericht van Simon. Ik ben vanaf nu zijn vriend. Hij legt de gehele gang van zaken uit, inclusief zijn 3 geboden: Mutual confidentiality, Total dedicatedness en Honesty. Hij vraagt me tevens om mijn persoonlijke gegevens te sturen.

Voor wie het hele verhaal wil lezen:

Dear Friend,

I am writing to solicit your assistance in a project of mutual benefit and I regret any inconveniences contacting you this way with my proposal.By way of me summerizing myself I am Simon Ridley, a staff of Standard Bank,London branch, United Kingdom.I am Contacting you in respect to US$10 Million deposited with our private bank whose original depositor died in mid 2005,

I appreciate the fact that you took your time to go through my proposal and deem it fit to at least consider coming in on this project I bet you, you will never regret doing so. However the content of your response was well understood. I reside in England, you will not be committing any crime by being nominated a beneficiary of a deposit whose original owner died intestate without mentioning a next of kin in the bio-data form he filled when opening the Deposit originally.


According to practice, The Security Firm will by the end of this financial year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Standard Bank,London branch, United Kingdom. failure to receive viable claims they will revert the deposit back to my bank.This will result in the money entering the Standard Bank,London branch, United Kingdom.accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division.

I assure you, that your interest will not be brought to odiom by reason of this project. You can count absolutely on this as I will not let you down. I want to be fully convinced that you know what is expected of you in this regard and that you will not turn your back on me once the money is in your possession to achieve success in this venture here are some basics we need to consider.

1. Mutual confidentiality: As a professional banker who has put in over two decades as a banker in the Banking industry here in the United Kingdom , I will want you to maintain sealed lips as far as this project is concerned. You must not disclose any part of the details of this project to a third party without my consent. It will be very disastrous if the true details of this project are brought to the knowledge of unfriendly security agents or other members of staff of my bank.

2. Total dedicatedness: To achieve anything in Life one has to be very hard working and positive minded towards achieving his or her set goal more so when $10 Million is in for the take. We have to prioritize anything we do such that it will not be detrimental or rather be at the peril of this project.

3.. Honesty: We have to be honest to each other as it is when we are honest that we can do things in unison and achieve our goal. Do not ever plan to jilt me off my share when you finally have the whole money in your possession. Let me trust you so that we can become achievers together.

With these outlined factors if carefully and meticulously adhered to, success will be our own.

If your position on this project is positive we will start by getting the needed documents in your name as the beneficiary. This, I will want you to furnish me with the information below, to enable me commence.

FULL NAMES:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
TEL:
FAX (OPTIONAL):
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

It is my intention that upon the receipt of the requested Information from you, I shall validate the claim, make a customary writing report, that you are the Beneficiary and it is by virtue of this, entitled to the release of the deposit with the bank in your favour. This report will validate the bonafide of your claim and confirm you as the beneficiary and therefore entitled to an allocation of Control Approval code for the release of the deposit, by the bank .once I validate the claim, the bank is bound to approve same, and this is why I have an unflinching confidence in the safety of our arrangement. The transaction will be 100% legal. From the foregoing, you are therefore able to appreciate why I have hammered on the absolute necessity of our maintenance of confidentiality of the project and the transfer even after we have disbursed the money after arrival in your position.

I await your response.

Best Regards
Simon ridley

Mijn antwoord

Op 21 augustus stuur ik mr. Ridley het volgende antwoord:

Dear mr. Simon Ridley,
Interesting story, please tell me how did you get my email? I am very much interested in cooperating, please tell me what the next step will be. I will be away today but later this evening will check my email again.
John.

Ik hou me van de domme en doe net of ik niet weet hoe hij aan mijn email adres komt (spam harvesting). Natuurlijk ben ik zeer geinteresseerd in die tien miljoen!

Het eerste contact

Op 21 augustus ontving ik op mijn hotmail account het volgende bericht van ene Simon Ridley, bank manager van de Standard bank in Londen. Er ligt een erfenis van 10 miljoen klaar maar er is niemand meer die er aanspraak op kan maken. Hij vraagt of ik door wil gaan voor erfgenaam zodat we de claim kunnen incasseren en beiden 5 miljoen rijker worden. Hij zal zorgen voor de juiste papieren. hier is het originele bericht:

Good day,

My name is Simon Ridley of Standard Bank,London branch, United Kingdom. I am contacting you in respect to a particular fund that was with our private bank whose original depositor died in mid 2005, In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away ($10 Million deposit) we instituted our own investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim the funds. This investigation has for the past years been fruitless. We have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate companies to get to the root of the problem to no avail.

The bank will by the end of its financial year in 2008 broadcast a request for statements of claims, failing to receive viable claims they will revert the deposit back to Standard Bank accounting system. If you are familiar with private banking affair you will agree with me that the world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. As a matter of fact, my present official capacity as the Head of private banking sector dictates that I am the only party to supervise the investigation in relation to the deposit and the beneficiary of the deposit.

My proposal: I am prepared to norminate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50.There is a reward for this project and it is a task worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risk and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you and also through this email address. I do not want any direct link between you and myself.

My official lines are not secured lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy.
I await your response.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Sincerely,
Simon Ridley

Een overduidelijke scam. Wie gaat er nu zomaar een wildvreemde vragen of hij een bank wil bedriegen en erfgenaam wil worden van 10 miljoen dollar. Ik besluit om het spelletje mee te spelen.