Update so, i noticed that there were some gaps in the email, screw bluetooth keyboards and commands not coming through as they should, should be fixed now though.
hey everyone.
so i'm sure you all have received those mails with person in need for some quick money and bank data. You possibly deleted them and haven't given them a second look. Me as well, but I was wondering, what if you reply to those? so, i lay there waiting, waiting for my pray to set foot into my trap and oh hey, here we go.
All mails are original from the last few days, may get a bit lengthy
My alias here is James, don't ask me why, just came to my mind.
I removed all the heads and unnecessary info for this post so you can have a better read.
Hope you enjoy
From: Johan Cornelis <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Subject: Sorrowful Trip(I need your help)....Johan Cornelis
I'm writing to let you know that my family and i are stuck in London, UK has been a mess We got mugged last night at gun point and lost all cash,credit card and cell phone. It has been a scary experience,Thank God we still got our life and passport saved here with us.
Our return fight leaves in some hours from now but we are having problems settling our hotel bills, i need you to loan me some money, I'll refund it back to you as soon as we arrive back home Kindly let me know if you can be of help so that i can tell you how to wire the money to me via western union.
Awaiting your positive response.
CORNELIS JohanZaakvoerder / Manager
Ready for Solutions BVBA
Interimmanagement - Change Management - OrganisationGeneral Management - Financial Management - Supply Chain
A short google search turns up that the website and the person do exist and have been used in other scams already. i guess it was grabbed from a data leak.
The original mail was send out by a yahoo server in Istanbul, the rest of the mails were injected from Lagos Nigeria, what a surprise.
So, I thought, let's bring it on and see how far I can go.
Dear Johan,
sorry to hear about that. Of course i will help you. Please mail amount needed and transfer details. Hope to hear soon.
Kind regards
And 20 minutes later, the answer is in my mailbox.
Glad you replied back to my email, we are freaked out at the moment, I'm grateful to God that we still have our life and passport save here with us because it would have been worst if they made away with our passport. as we speak all we need is $1,700 to sort all our bills here i promise to refund you as soon as i am back home today you can have it wired to my name via Western Union, all you need is the name on my passport and current location Here's my info below:
Name:Johan Cornelis
Location: 46 Norfolk Square London W2 1RT, United Kingdom
Amount:$1,700
Once this is done, kindly get back to me with the confirmation number (MTCN)Please let me know if you're going to Western Union outlet now
Awaiting your positive response..
Remember the hotel address here.
Well, quite a large sum of money, so, before we continue he should do some homework and actually get working a bit for the money.
Hi Johan,
always glad when i can help. Just was round the corner at the WU office. However, the clerk there told me that they have a new Fraud Protection System (WUFPS) which requires an authenticy certificate of the receiver. So kindly send a scan of your passport asap, so that i can send the money today. I'm out in the afternoon, so better hurry up :-)
Good luck
Huh, someone isn't really happy about that.
Thanks for all you have done to get us out of here but unfortunately, there is no way i can get the scan copy to you at this time. Is there a way you could do it on their website? I mean online instead. Let me know asap.
No no buddy, you aint getting away that easily, let's bring out the grandpa.
Hello Johan,
oh no, that is much too complicated for me, you, see, i am 79 and so glad just to master my email. Why don't you ask an officer in a police station to do it for you. I have been in London once, and found the police very helpful (you sure went to police station to report the mugging, didn't you?) I hope you can find i way i can help you, but without the passport it is not possible for me
Blessing to you
Sadly, I never was in London till now, all though I planned it some day, but that just for a funfact.
Well, his excuse is quite week, I already thought he had given up.
OMG,We have been to the police and the embassy for help but they said we should come back in the next 2weeks,coming back home is the best option for now
But gratious as I am, I give him another chance.
That is not very helpful.. I have another idea: I got a friend in London that could help me out.. You could pick up the money from him. Where are you staying in London right now?
If you give me the street address, he can pick you up and give you the money too
That would be the ideal solution, i think
Still hoping to help you
Now he's starting to lash out at me and starts talking total nonsense, well, he received one on the 12 with a gun right?
Omg...James are you kidding me or what if i wasn't the one i will not ask you to wire money to my name because we both know I'll show my passport as an ID to identify myself before i can receive the money and kindly put yourself in my current predicament, you know if you are the one in need I'll sure help you out without asking any question and i am freaked out and mentally unbalanced right now due to the shock of the mugging and i was hit on my head with a Gun...Please kindly wire the money to me now as i have a limited time here and I promise to refund you back the money as soon as i am back home. Let me know if you are wiring the money now.
I owe you a lot,
Huh, not nice of him, and I tell him exactly that.
Hello Johan,
i am quite astonished to hear such harsh words from you. Wasn't my proposal for your very best. What better could happen to you than to get the money in cash from hand to hand? As of what you write about Western Union, I do not know about these subtleties. So where are you staying?
Still trying to help you, though it is not easy
Including you in my prayers
Good, I have him on the hook again.
I am really freaked out here and scared to meet anyone or go out of here now.You can also have the money wire to me online with your credit card....visit www.westernunion.com you click on send money online after that you will have to register with them then you proceed to the next step, all you need is my name and location, Here's my info below:
Name:Johan Cornelis
Location: 46 Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS, UK
Amount:$1,700
Once this is done, kindly get back to me with the confirmation number (MTCN) senders name and the amount sent,
Awaiting your positive response.
Noticed how the hotel address suddenly changed?
Now, I'm pulling out the grand son joker, yeah, old one, but it worked out fine.
Hello Johan,
very sorry to hear that. I think, you will need medical or psychological support very urgently. As of Western Digital: This looks very intimidating to me, but I'm expecting my grandson soon, perhaps he can help me with that.
I beg you to hold on and keep some sanity
He smells morning air and thinks that he's in control now.
Are you helping with the funds now by wiring it online or you can also have the money wire to me via Money Gram, locate any Money Gram outlet or store to have the money wire to me now, all you need is my name and present location Here's my info below:
Name:Johan Cornelis
Location: 46 Norfolk Square London W2 1RT, United Kingdom
Amount:$1,700
Once this is done, kindly get back to me with the Reference Number. Please let me know if you're going to the Money Gram outlet now
I owe you a lot.
And, another address change, back to the first one.
But, let's put the brakes on again, at leased a bit.
Dear Johan,
i don't know what Money Gram is. But my grandson has just arrived and he said that 1700$ is way too much to get from London to Germany So may I ask, why you need that much money?
Helpful as ever
James
Ok, he has the answer.
Thanks a lot for your kind gesture towards me the $1,700 is the money for the hotel bills, cab to the airport and other expenses I promise to refund you back the money as soon as i am back home today.Money Gram is another way to wire money to me here, it's very fast and easy you can search for the nearest Money Gram outlet online at https://www.moneygram.com/wps/portal/mo … ndlocation now and have the money wire to me via Money Gram or online via western union.
Ok, let's ask a bit more.
Dear Johan,
i would really like to help, but i need my grandson's help with the Western Union. He is unwilling however, as he says, he wants to see prove.
Could you therefore please tell the hotel to mail us the room bill so i can convince my grandson that you are honest (which i believe, of course). Please act quickly.
Hoping to be helpful
James
Ok, I got him.
Thanks a lot for your kind gesture towards me I'll have the hotel email you as soon as possible and have the details and the amount send to you but if you did not get any email from the hotel you can call the hotel manager on this number and talk to him directly on my behalf and know how to settle my bills and get me home today....You can contact the hotel manager on this Number +447045761718 The name of the hotel is sector hotel, Please kindly call him now because i am really freaked out here and i have a limited time before my flight.
I owe you a lot,
Ok, let's hop onto google and search for sector hotel London. and look here, trip advisor already has a scam warning in place with the exact hotel name. The warning is already 3 years old, so those scammer ideots never changed their script even though you can find the scam with this hotel pritty easily?
I receive a billing confirmation from the suspected hotel, but what's this? A simple E-Mail. Come on, at leased give me a PDF with a propper head to look at leased a bit proffessional.
We have just been informed by our client (Johan Cornelis) that you need a confirmation of the bills owed by him. I, James Fritzerberg, the managing director of sector hotel hereby confirm to you that (Johan Cornelis) is owing our hotel the sum of ($1,700) which must be paid within some hours and she has advised that the payment will be coming from you.
Once again, we advise you make this payment within the stipulated time.
Thank you,
James Fritzerberg
Managing Director
Sector Hotel
London, United Kingdom.
+447045761718
Ok, he did his homework quite nicely for us, so let#s make the guy happy.
Hello Johan,
sorry, i have been out for the afternoon. Your hotel sent a confirmation as i did not doubt. So as i still do not know how to handle the Western Union website,
I gave the money in cash to my grandson and he managed to send it to you by Western Union. This is the the number he gave me, he said, this is all you would need:
MTCN 8419386228
As the hotel told me, that the hotel bill is already $ 1700, i gave him $2000 to transfer, so you could buy a flight ticket as well.
I trust in god, that you will return the money as soon as possible and include you in my prayers.
To know one has done a good deed makes for a sound sleep, as my mother always said.
Travel well, i hope to hear from you soon
James
Or wait, not yet.
Omg....are you kidding me or what the MTCN you gave to me is incorrect because i just came back from the WU and i was told that they has no record for the MTCN you gave to me i was embarrassed and ashamed, please i want you to verify the MTCN very well and i want yo to get back to me with the scan receipt from the WU so that i can show them at the WU here
Hope to read from you soon.
Stupid as he is, i suppose he would walk over there a second time.
Hello Johan,
oh, i'm sorry, i couldn' find my glasses this afternoon.
Now that i read it again, it seems i misread the 8 in the middle as a 3
So please try
MTCN 8419886228
instead.
The best to you
James
Yeah, but still nothing.
What is the senders name and how much did he wire to me and let me have the scan receipt of the transfer because i am being ask for the scan receipt of the Transfer at the western union here.
I owe you a lot.
Grandpa might be a clott, but can you trust the grandson?
Hello Johan,
i'm sorry, as i told you, my grandson did it for me. He just gave me that number and said that would be enough. I gave him $ 2000 as i told you. I will see him tomorrow, but perhaps you can reach him by his mail [email protected]
Perhaps the Western Union office can get direct contact with him to make things faster.
Sorry for the inconvenience, i really did my best
Yours
Ok, he's agro again.
I just email him now please kindly call him and tell him to reply to the email he receive from me and get back to me with the full details of the transfer so that i can be able to pick the money now and get on my flight back home because i have less than 2hrs more before my flight leaves and i don't want to miss my flight.
I owe you a lot
Switching over to the grandsons mail address, he really get's stormed right there, 4 mails, all with the same contense.
Thanks a lot for you help and concern towards my predicament Please kindly let me have the full details of the transfer from the western union. Let me have the Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN) Senders name and the amount you send to me.
Awaiting your positive response.
CORNELIS Johan
I think, let's send the grandpa to bed.
Hello Johan,
i managed to reach my grandson now. This is what he told me over phone. Sorry, i got the number completely wrong, but my ears are not as they used to be, too:
Sender: Capar Melbalth
Amount: $ 2000,-
MTCN 8153954776
I hope this will settle things and that you will catch your plane and be home this evening.
This has been a very exhausting day for me, so please do all further mailing with my grandson if necessary, as i have to go to bed now.
I will include you in my prayers
Yours always
James
Come on, give up already.
Omg....James are you kidding me or what the MTCN you gave to me is incorrect because i went to the WU again and i was told that they has no record for the MTCN you gave to me i was embarrassed and ashamed, please i want you to verify the MTCN very well and i want yo to get back to me with the scan receipt from the WU so that i can show them at the WU here
Hope to read from you soon
I just noticed right now that this is an exact copy from a mail he already send me ealier.
The grandson shows his true face, we knew all along, but the scammer didn't.
Hey you stupid scammer,
thanks a lot for helping me to $2000. My stupid grandpa really would have sent that money (if he could), but i think i have better use for it than you, har, har.
Why don't you go to the police and complain? ROFL :-)))
The scammer runs to grandpa like a little baby, but what would you expect from a degenerated fuck like this?
This is what i got from your grandson....Let me know if you are helping with the loan now and kindly get back to me with full details of the transfer once you are done
attachment, grandsons mail.
Now grandpa gets to be angry grandpa.
Dear Johan,
i do not understand your mail and i cannot believe it either. What is a scammer?
My grandson has always been helpful, honest and polite to me, this mail can't be his! I have no reason to doubt that you got the money, he sent you.
Are you trying to fool me and to tell me that you didn't get the money, so you don't need to pay it back? In this case i will inform the police immediately. I find it very shocking of you to try to deceive an old man! I'm excpecting your excuse and the schedule, when you will be able to pay my money back (please add extra $115,- for transfer fee)
Still trusting in your good character
James
Ok yeah, slowly it's getting old, but he just doesn't get it.
Omg....James are you kidding me or what or grandson didn't wire any money to me he was just lying and gave you the wrong MTCN, refunding is not the issue for now you help me out of troubles and i'll surely refund your money back to me but he didn't wire any money to me i have been to the western union office here thrice and i was told the same thing that they have no record for the MTCN you gave to me for you to be sure he wire the money to me tell him to give you the western union receipt for the transfer and you can have it scan and send to me asap....I am freaked out here.
I owe you a lot.
Let's see if it's ok now.
Hello Johan,
do you understand that you're accusing my grandson with a criminal offence? I phoned with him and he sweared he sent the money and i believe him. Still i want to see the best in you and give you a chance to prove you are right. Please go to the Western Union office and have them send an official writing to me, that they didn't receive the money. I want an official writing, not just an email!!
Otherwise i'm going to inform the police.
Finally, silence! A PDF with official western union head body and so on seams to be enough for this guy, at leased till now.
Greetings Moritz.