Trying to bait a scammer.

Enter Michael

Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:30 +0000 (GMT)
From: fan512bbi@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Hi There.
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Michael Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.

Dear Frank.

Hi there, my name is Michael Schumacher and i am Ralphs older brother and partner in this business, Ralph tells me that you are to be our newest agent, well i would like to take this opportunity and welcome you to our firm.

Frank i was looking through our records and could not find any details about you? has Ralph sent you a questionnaire? if not i will send them to you, if he as then please send them back to us as soon as possible.

Ralph mentioned that you would like me to send you $100? i am sorry Frank but it is a strict policy of ours that we do not give advances out to our agents under any circumstances, we have done so in the past and have never seen or heard from that person again, i am in no way saying that you would do this but that is our policy.

Good hunting.
Michael.S.

 

What you should tell him is that once you receive confirmation of the painting you can send him 1000 pounds and all his "agent supplies" in a package!!! Agent supplies will include, sat phone, stationary, id card, laptop with wifi, 4 company shirts,r and book on dealing with ferraris, plus paperwork on the company itself."

Oh and here is a pic for him to paint!
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Steve, your business model is starting to sound so appealing I was wondering if I could get a questionaire from you toward becoming an agent for Schumacher. I'd really love a shirt too!


Good luck keeping him on the hook, this is real funny.

 

I've been reading this from afar .. you have a knack ,, you could make a fortune as a scammer .. hmmmm.

Anyway, you might consider putting a bit of fear in Frank. Tell him that his lack of a scanner and his reluctance to complete the questionnaire are making you think that perhaps he is not the caliber of person that your firm is looking for. That you might have to recast that search net to find someone who is seriously interested in making some real money. BTW .. you interchanged 100 dollars with 100 pounds in the last e-mails .. but Frank may not have picked up on that.

 

{{Steve, this is what I would send him, from your brother of course!}}

{{The idea being to actually send him something that he will have to pay to get out of customs!!!!}}

 

I will tell him once i recieve the painting that i will send out the package to him, great idea about the package

No probs mate, send me $100 for the shirt and i will consider it

He will have untill the weekend and then i will get a bit heavy with him

Good idea, he will probably ask for another advance to get it out of customs

 

And that is the thing! Once you know it is there and he asks for the advance, you can either tell him he must call you on the sat phone or the laptop, give the serial on either, and you will send him the 1000pounds!!! That should get him to pony up the cash to get the package and all the "cool stuff" we will have to put in it! The idea is to get him to pay to get crap from us!

 

I like your thinking

 

Ralphs latest e-mail to Frank



Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 18:48:45 +0000 (GMT)
From:fan512bbi@xxxxxxx
Subject: The painting.
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Ralph Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.


Dear Frank.

Please find attached with this e-mail the photo that i would like your artist to reproduce, there are a few rules the artist must adhere to, they are as follows.

1. The MINIMUM completed picture size must be 18 by 18 inches, however as long as they are bigger than this they can be any size your artists choose.
2. The paintings or drawings must be in COLOUR
3. The paintings/Drawing must be the artists own work by hand and NOT traced in any way.

Attention to detail is extremely important and will help me to judge the skill of the artists. Ensure they take care to include as much detail in their artwork as possible.

You may tell your artists that the pictures can be painted on any type of surface, such as paper or canvas. Please bear in mind that the artwork will have to be shipped to me, so obviously you must take into consideration the weight of the artwork so that the shipping cost is not to high for you.

Note that i will usually pay higher amounts for paintings rather than drawings. Payments are usually given within 24 hours of receiving the artwork.


Please note that your shipping charges will also be refunded in full, however we can only
refund shipping charged AFTER we receive the artwork.

If you have any further questions at all please do not hesitate to get back in contact with me. Also, please let me know when you expect to have the artwork ready for shipping.

Ralph.

Below is the photo that Franks artist must recreate in a painting
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Michael e-mails Frank, thanks to DrStrangelove

Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:09:56 +0000 (GMT)
From:fan512bbi@xxxxxxx
Subject: Apology.
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Michael Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.

Dear Frank.

I want to apologize to you if my last email seemed too harsh. It has been a long day with three cars coming in from Djibouti and I was tired. After talking to my brother again, I did not know you had been speaking to him for a while. For that please except my sincere apologies!

Frank I am sorry but for us to send you any money you will have to send in the application. I checked in your area and I now you have internet-cafes that will help you if your machine is broken. Please do not take this that we do not wish to hire you, we do! But we must have some information on you before we can start sending you money and your "Schumacher Work Package."

The "Schumacher Work Package" contains everything that will help you succeed as our agent. In the kit will be a Satellite phone, GPS, Company Stationary, business cards, 4 company shirts and two hats. Please note that when doing business for us you must be wearing the shirt. Some kits have a lap top computer (Apple Powerbook) as some of our associates have reported they could use that more than they could the Sat Phone.

We look forward to moving forward with your hiring. Please let me know if there is anything else you need.

Good hunting.
Michael.S.

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HA!!!!!!

I will start looking around for stuff to put in a box to mail out. Rubber dog **** is high on my list....

 

This is classic!

 

LOL

I hope it gets better

 

It should. I forgot to add the part about the 1000 pounds in the employee kit as a one time fee. What I would do is put it in a separate envelope; I can make up a nice fake check and we can print it off so that half of it does not print, that way he has incentive to email back and *****. Then we tell him it will be in the kit, thus incentive to get the kit out of customs with him paying fees and all. It should be a gas!!!!

I think I found some rubber dog poo to throw in the box. I will come up with some other stuff too, I am sure.

 

Why stop there? Why not use real dog doo placed in a chocolate box with a nice card, say it's his "welcome to the team" special gift.

 

Good point....

 

Great thread! I don't know if I'm more shocked at how long you've baited him along, or the fact that Ralph actually placed third in a GP.

 

I can send Frank an e-mail later telling him about the $1000.

Lol thats sick, but i love it

 

LOL it was the Welsh GP, Ralph knows the circuit better than the others

 

Message to Frank.


Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:55:01 +0000 (GMT)
From:fan512bbi@xxxxxxx
Subject: Schumacher agents pack.
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Michael Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.

Hi Frank, i was reviewing my e-mails this morning and i noticed that i did not tell you about the $1000 we also include in the Schmacher agents pack, this money is for help in travel and any other expenses you may incur in your work as an agent for us, i hope to hear off you soon.

Regards.
Michael.S.

 

Ralph writes to Frank.

Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:30:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: fan512bbi@xxxxxxx
Subject: Need you to look at a car.
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Ralph Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.

Dear Frank.

How are you today my friend, my agent Fadula has told me that there is a Ferrari612 located in Ibadan? is there any way that you can go there and check it out for me? Fadula took a photo of it a short while ago but he is busy with another project so he cant get there, please let me know ASAP.

Frank i must insist you get the forms back to me as soon as possible.

Ralph.
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Who does Frank think he is by not replying to either mine or Michaels e-mails?, you give a scammer a good chance and he cant be bothered to reply, Ralph is not happy and sends this e-mail to Frank


Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:02:28 +0000 (GMT)
From: fan512bbi@xxxxxxxx
Subject: What is happening?
To: "frank kufo" <[email protected]>


Ralph Schumacher C.E.O.
Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.
Great Britain U.K.

Frank why have you not replied to either mine or my brothers e-mails? i take it that together with your refusal to send me back the information we require that you are no longer interested in being an agent for us?

Frank i have another person interested in this job so if i do not hear off you soon i will give the position to him, i believed you were the right person for this position, now i feel as though you have wasted my time, reply as soon as you can otherwise i will let the position go to the other person.

Ralph.

 

Frank might have found it quirky that in your emails, you list both you and Ralph as CEO of Schumachers Luxury Car Imports.

Though I doubt he's that intelligent to have caught it!

 

hahaha

 

I have made a few mistakes, but he has not caught them, his greed for money will not let anything come in between.