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UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas2004@rediffmail.com Subject: GREETINGS!!!!!!!!!!! Date: August 15, 2004 7:13:11 PM PDT To: xyxyxy Reply-To: thomas_u1945@quepasa.com Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot, Executive Director Project, Niger Delta Development Commission, Old Secretariat Complex, Victorial-Island, Lagos. kindest Attention, I am Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot, the Executive Director Project with the Niger Delta Development Commission ( NDDC ). My commssion - The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC)-which is in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues for the Nigerian government which covers payment to foreign and local contractors that have executed contracts for the Federal Government.The revenue under our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly.Myself and other colleagues in the NDDC are currently in need of a foreign partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Thirty Million United States Dollars($30m). This fund was accrued from various over invoicing of foreign contractors' payments made over the years. The Total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN INDEPENDENT REVENUE account Central Bank of Nigeria.However, by virtue of my position as civil servant and staff of the NDDC, I cannot acquire this funds in my name. This is because as top civil servant, I are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank accounts outside our country for now. I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues, to look for an overseas partner in whose account we would transfer the fund,hence the reason for this mail.We shall be Transferring the money to your account with the company's name you provide as the beneficiary, under the guise that you are being paid for a contract which you/your company executed for our country through the Commission. For your support and partnership,please reply me to negotiate your fees or the percentage you wish to be paid when the funds arrive your bank account. You must however note that this transaction, with regards to our disposition to continue with you, is subject to these terms. Firstly, our conviction of your transparency.Secondly, that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Finally and above all, that you will provide an account over which you have absolute control . The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there is no risk or legal lliability either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place the neccesary machinery that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your account upon acceptance. The transfer will be effected to your account within five - seven (5-7) working days from the date we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable bank account and company name with your contact numbers including fax number. I am looking forward to doing business with you and do solicit your confidentiality in this transaction, Please mail back your response through this email address for me to update you on our plans as to how we intend to actualize this transaction. Sincerely yours, Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot Executive Director Project, Niger Delta Development Commission ======================================================================== So naturally I got back to him right away. Of course I set up a new e-mail account for this purpose, but nobody noticed. I think 30% is a reasonable compensation. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: GREETINGS!!!!!!!!!!! Date: August 17, 2004 11:33:50 AM PDT To: thomas_u1945@quepasa.com Dear Mr. Ukot, I am the vice president of a large international shipping company, so I am very familiar with the transfer of large amounts of money all over the world. Our usual commission on these type of transactions is 30% plus expenses. If this is acceptable to you, please let me know to which country you prefer to send the money, and I will send you the details of the bank account. Kind regards, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Our good Mr. Ukot got right back to me, also using a new e-mail address, from Romania this time. He agrees with the 30% commission. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 17, 2004 6:01:16 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Dr. Jon B. Good I received your mail with thanks and I appreciate your interest and willingness to carry out this project with me. You will find below the process of this project: Sequel to my letter to you and what you are required to do. As earlier mentioned, I will present you as Foreign Contractor with the Federal Government Of Nigeria and also with the The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by so doing I will have to obtain all the relevant documents that will give you the legal backings to be paid the funds and also to receive the funds in your nominated bank account without any questioning for onward investment. These are the stages of the project and detailed explanation. The documents that will be obtained are as follows. 1) Certificate Of Registration: I will register you as a Foreign Contractor with the Corporate Affairs Commission. This Certificate will legally make you a Foreign Contractor with the Federal Government Of Nigeria. 2) The Certificate of Registration: I will also register you as a Foreign Contractor with the Corpotation where the actual contract was executed,that is the The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC). This Registration will indicate that you are a Foreign Contractor with the The Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC). 3) Payment Approvals: After obtaining the above mentioned Registration Certificates, I will then seek payment approvals from the Federal Minstry Of Finance. The Federal Ministry Of Finance will give approvals to the paying authority either Central Bank Of Nigeria or the Federal Ministry Of Finance to pay the said amount to you as a Foreign Contractor that has executed a Contract in Nigeria with the The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). As soon as both certificates and the approvals are obtained the money will be transferred to your nominated bank account immediately. When the money has been successfully transferred into your nominated bank account the money will be disbursed as follows: A) 65% will be for us( Which we will use to invest in your country). B) 5% will be set aside to offset all the expenses that will be incured by both parties, ie . cost of telephone calls, cost of sending faxes and the cost of obtaining the documents e.t.c. c) 30% will be for you, as the account owner. Please bear in mind that this transaction is 100% risk free and it is legal because all the relevant documents will be obtained from the appropriate offices, which will make you a contractor in Nigeria a the bonafide beneficiary of the said amount. I will take care of the officers in charge in the Various Ministries that will issue the documents. And also bear in mind that the documents will be back dated to suite when the original contract was executed. I will commence with the documentation process as soon as I get your account information/name of your company if any. The country that the account is it's not the problem, I need an account that you have absolute control over. I want you to please send to me a confidential telephone / fax numbers for further corrrespondence. I will really appreciate the above information's in your next mail to me so as to enable me commence without any delay and also note that it will take five - Seven working days from the date of receipt of the needed information to complete this project. I will come over to your country to meet with you when the money has been transferred into your account. Finally, I want to remind you of the confidentiality of this transaction, please do not in any way discuss with with any person or group of person, even when the money has been transferred into your account please still maintain confidentiality. Please use this e-mail address for further correspondence.This is for the confidentiality of the project. Thanks and God bless you for carrying out this project with me. Expecting to hear from you urgently. Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot. Executive Director Project, Niger Delta Development Commission. --------------------------------- Vreau sa-mi inregistrez CV-ul la BursaMuncii! Vreti sa publicati oferte de munca? Noi avem solutia! Lasa profesionistii sa lucreze pentru tine! http://www.bursamuncii.ro ======================================================================== We don't want any trouble with the police or IRS, so let's use Western Union. The lads use it all the time, so why not this time? ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 18, 2004 6:15:14 PM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, Thank you for your fast response. I'm looking forward to do business with you, we appreciate customers who act in a professional manner. As I mentioned earlier, my company is very experienced in the international transfer of large sums of money, so we know what we're doing, and our rules for doing business are in place to avoid possible problems and losses. Let me explain in more detail: 1) Our main offices are based in England and the USA. It is not possible to open a bank account in these countries without a tax ID. The banks are required to report any funds deposited or wired into any account, especially if it originates from a foreign country. This means that the money in question will be subject to income tax in the country where the bank account is. Income tax on a large sum like this can be 50% or more. Our commission is 30%, so this only leaves 20% for you. I'm sure you won't appreciate this. 2) Any large international money transfer into a bank account will be regarded as suspicious, and is subject to an investigation by the FBI, Interpol, Scotland Yard, etc. , depending on the country of destination. This is done to prevent international drug traffic and money laundering. Despite your efforts to make this transaction to look perfectly legal, this could get both of us into a lot of trouble. We don't want that to happen, do we? For these reasons we usually split up large funds into a number of smaller sums, which are less likely to attract suspicion by authorities. We have chosen Western Union because they allow anonymous transfer, which cannot be traced back to a certain individual or company. This avoids both income tax obligations and possible criminal investigation. Their closest office to you is: OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL KM 22, LEKKI-EPE EXPRESS WAY TOTAL SERVICE COMPLEX, VGC LEKKI , LAGOS Finally, since I will be traveling, I cannot give you a phone or fax number for confidential correspondence. But I will be able to access my email everywhere I go, so this is the most reliable method for contacting me. You can scan the documents and send them to me as an email attachment. By the way, my secretary did a background check on your person, and found that several people are trying to use your good name and reputation for illegal activities. Please provide me with some proof that you are actually the person you claim to be. A scan of your driver's license or passport will be regarded as adequate proof. Sincerely, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== He didn't like my Western Union idea. Can't imagine why not... ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: RE: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 18, 2004 5:18:09 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dea Dr. Jon, I received your mail with thanks and will at this point want to let you know that the project cannot be carried out the way you have written in your mail. I want to know you know that we need an account for this project to be carried out, but also bear in mind thatthe documents that will be obtained will give you the Legal backing to be paid the money so no local authority will investigate the money, even if it is been investigated the money is been paid to you as a foreign contractor that has executed a contract with my commission which can be confirmed, and the money will be Taxed based on the amount transferred into the account. Forget about the Western Union Suggestion, that is never possible to be done here. [Ha! it would be interesting to know what % of Western Union's income comes from exactly this sort of scam.] Secoundly, I cannot commence with the documentation process without the needed information's which will have to be included in the documents, so the information's are highly needed. The information's are the Name of the company you want me to use for the registration and the complete baning details. We need to communicate on th ephone, if you will not be available to take you call then I will send to you my phone number for you ro be calling me from time to time, there is serious need for us to talk on the phone, that brings maturity into this business, This project cannot be completed by e-mail, you are a Vice President of a company, you now what I am talking about. Please take the above into consideration and get back to me. Regards, Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot. JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 20, 2004 10:46:09 AM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, I confidentially discussed your situation with our financial officer. As I explained, we cannot use a bank account in western Europe or the USA. He suggested using our agent Ivan Belan in Estonia as a middleman. We have successfully completed many large transactions with him. I know him personally and he can absolutely be trusted. Here is the bank information you requested: acc: 334158190004 name acc: IVAN BELAN bank AS Sampo Pank S.W.I.F.T. FORE EE 2X Address bank: Narva mnt 11, 15015 Tallinn, Estonia I will coordinate the transactions, so there's no need to contact Mr. Belan directly. Please provide the copy of your driver's license or passport at you earliest convenience, so we can proceed without further delay. Sincerely, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Ivan Belan actually tried to scam me some time ago with an eBay middleman scheme. I was supposed to wire the proceeds of his obviously fake auctions to him and keep a commission. One guy actually sent me a money order, which I returned to him immediately. See http://www.macintouch.com/fraudreports9.html#mar04 and http://www.macintouch.com/fraudreports9.html#mar17 for more details. ======================================================================== The phone number appears to be a land line in Lagos, but there's no way I'm going to call him to find out. In the mean time he can play with Photoshop over the weekend to put his passport copy together. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 21, 2004 12:17:49 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Dr. Jon, I received your mail with thanks and theaccount information. I you sure that you can have total control when the money is been transferred into your friends account, I am very concern about that, but I will give it a trial. I will send to you my passport copy on monday morning as I do not have a scanner at home and I also want you to send me your's too so that I will know who I am dealing with as well. I want to know the name I will use for the registration, do you want me to use your name or you will provide a company's name, please let me know uegently. As regards our commnunication on the phone I want you to do something about that, Or you can be calling me on my direct telephone number: +23417598077. But there is need for you to provide a phone and fax number because during the process of issuing the Payment Approval by the Federal Ministry Of Finance they will contact you either by phone or Fax, they do not communicate via e-mail. I await your reply. Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot ======================================================================== We don't want to wake him up in the middle of his sweet dreams, do we? ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 23, 2004 10:56:00 AM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, I tried calling you several times, but there is no answer. Then I realized that there is a 12 hour time difference between Hawaii, where I am currently for business, and Nigeria. So when it is daytime here, it is night for you. We will have to communicate by e-mail for now. Best regards, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Well, it's Wednesday now, and still no passport copy. Did he give up? ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 25, 2004 9:37:04 AM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, I'm still in Hawaii and I don't have a scanner for my laptop computer, so I won't be able to send you a copy of my ID until I get back home. But you promised me a copy of your passport by Monday. It's now Wednesday and I still don't have it. Are you serious about moving forward with this transaction? Best regards, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== No, he's still there, but I never got a copy of his passport. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: RE: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 24, 2004 2:27:15 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Dr. Jon, I received ytour mail with so much suprise, there is no way you will call my phone several times that I will not pick it. My phone is specially connected to both my office and my home due to the nature of my Job, so if I am not at home I will be in the office. Please you need to put in some seriousness into this roject, you don't just send me an account for me to transfer money into it wiithout talking with that, that is not business like and considering the nature of the project we need to talk before anything can be done. You did not confirm the receipt of my international passport and you did not send me your's as agreed. I am waiting for your caal I will be awake to trake your call. Regards, Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot ======================================================================== When it rains it pours. And finally we get all caps, a new phone number and e-mail address, and obviously a different lad. Looks like something that came with his "419 for Dummies" book. Resources must be hard to get, a quick Google search reveals that he shares a cell phone and fax machine with several other folks: Dr. Demola Bello, Chairman contract awarding committee NNPC (Nigeria national Petroleum Corporation) Dr. Tony Dada, Chairman of the contract award committee, federal ministry of petroleum resources, Nigeria We'll have to bring that up some time... ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 2 From: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Subject: FROM. ENG. UKOT THOMAS ( I WAIT YOUR URGENT CALL) Date: August 25, 2004 5:46:57 AM PDT To: xxxxxx DEAR DR. JON B. GOOD, I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR E-MAIL AND ALSO WISH TO SAY A BIG THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN AND URGENT RESPOND TO MY PROPOSAL. I HAVE CONFIRMED YOU SERIOUSNESS AND SINCERE INTEREST ON THE TRANSACTION WE PROPOSED. THE REALITY OF THE TRANSACTION IS ASSURED, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, BUT THE ONLY THING I WILL SAY IS SEEING IS BELIEVING ALSO ENGLISH SAYS THAT ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN VOICE. THE MONEY IN QUESTION WAS AN OVER INVOICED CONTRACT SUM AWARDED BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTORS DULY PAID THEIR CONTRACT SUM, SO WE ARE LEFT WITH THE OVER INVOICED CONTRACT PAYMENT OF US$30M WAITING FOR CLAIM PROPER DOCUMENTATION FOR THE CLAIM OF IT. I WAS THE PERSON THAT SIGNED AND APPROVED THE SAID CONTRACT TO THE FOREIGN CONTRACTORS, WITH THAT OPPORTUNITY I HAVE AS A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (NDDC), I NOW INFLATED THE CONTRACT SUM, AS I STATED ABOVE, THE ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAS BEEN DULY PAID OFF. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO PRESENT YOU/YOUR COMPANY TO THE (NDDC) ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA WHERE THESE MONEY IS PRESENTLY, AS A SUB-CONTRACTOR THAT EXECUTED CONTRACT WITH THE (NDDC)NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, UNDER THAT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE APPROVED TO YOU AND HAVE IT TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY, WITH OUR POSITION AND CONTACT IN THE GOVERNMENT, WE WILL CAREFULLY OBTAIN ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTATIONS THAT WILL LEGALISE THIS BUSINESS FOR THE PAYMENT IN YOUR FAVOUR. THESE DOCUMENTS WILL LEGALISE THE TRANSACTION BEFORE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT OFFICES INVOLVED, FOR SAFETY PROCESSING OF THE TRANSACTION. FURTHERMORE, DR. GOOD JON, I AND MY OTHER COLLEAGUES HAS DELIBERATED ON YOUR PERCENTAGE IN THIS REGARD, WE ALL AGREED TO OFFER YOU 25% FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE, YOU HAVE TO ASSURE US THAT YOU WILL NEVER SIT ON OUR SHARE WHEN THE MONEY IS BEING TRANSFERED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT/CUSTODY. HOWEVER, REGARDING THE SECURITY OF THE DEAL I AM ASSURING YOU THAT WE HAVE FORTIFIED IT WITH 100% SECURITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE SHALL HAVE FREE AND FAIR TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, AS SOON AS THE MONEY GET TO YOUR ACCOUNT, WE SHALL TRAVEL DAWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR OUR OWN SHARE OF THE MONEY, ALSO TO DISCUSS HOW WE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS THAT WILL BE PROFITABLE TO US. MORE SO, PLEASE FORWARD TO ME ALL THE INFORMATION STATED BELOW, WITH ALL THESE INFORMATIONS, I SHALL WRITE A LETTER OF CLAIM TO THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT OF (NDDC), WHERE I WORK AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC), SO THAT THEY WILL START THE PROCESSING OF ALL APPROVAL PAPERS BACKING THESE FUNDS UP ON YOUR BEHALF, FOR SAFETY TRANSFER OF THE SAID FUND. 1. YOUR FULL NAME AND RESIDENT ADDRESS 2. YOUR COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS 3. FULL BANKING PARTICULARS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO INDICATE WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO, INCLUDING THE SWIFT CODE IF ANY. 4. YOUR MOBILE {CELL} PHONE NUMBER FOR EASIER COMMUNICATION AND YOUR PRIVATE FAX NUMBER WHERE I WILL BE TRANSMITTING YOU THE DOCUMENTS AS SOON WE MAKE PROGRESS IN OBTAINING THEM. 5. YOUR SELF PROVE IDENTITY, TO ENABLE US KNOW WHO WE ARE DEALING WITH, WHICH I WILL ALSO ATTACH MINE TO YOU. FINALLY, DR.JON GOOD, WE WILL APPRECIATE YOU SEND THE ITEMS REQUESTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE US START WITH THIS TRANSACTION AND THE SECURING OF THE PAYMENT APPROVALS FOR THE REMITTANCE OF THE MONEY, YOU HAVE TO BEAR IN MIND THAT THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES HIGH LEVEL OF SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY TO ENABLE US ACHIEVE OUR GOAL. REMEMBER AS THE SAYING GOES: "TOGETHERNESS, HONESTY AND UNDERSTANDING MAKES A GOOD TEAM". THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, PLEASE CALL ME A SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL, FOR MORE CLARIFICATIONS. I WAIT TO RECEIVE YOUR URGENT CALL. RESPECTFULLY, DR. UKOT THOMAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH THE NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC) MOBILE PHONE: 234-80231-72894 PRIVATE FAX: 234-1-759-2967v LAGOS-NIGERIA ======================================================================== First let's straighten out this caps thing. Obviously the new lad hasn't been briefed very well by the old one, and he's only offering 25% commission. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: FROM. ENG. UKOT THOMAS ( I WAIT YOUR URGENT CALL) Date: August 25, 2004 9:52:07 AM PDT To: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Dear Mr. Ukot, First of all, it's very impolite to write in all upper case letters. This is like shouting to someone, instead of speaking normally. Try finding the key labeled "caps lock" on your keyboard and press it. Make sure that the little light is off, then proceed typing. Secondly, I noticed that you're using a different e-mail address now, and somehow you're unaware that I already supplied the banking information you asked for. Are you the same person I was in contact with before, or are you acting in Mr. Ukot's behalf? Thirdly, in a previous message you agreed on the following terms: A) 65% will be for us( Which we will use to invest in your country). B) 5% will be set aside to offset all the expenses that will be incured by both parties, ie . cost of telephone calls, cost of sending faxes and the cost of obtaining the documents e.t.c. c) 30% will be for you, as the account owner. Now you're only offering 25%. What's happening? If you can't get your act together, stop wasting my time and find someone else for this transaction. Regards, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Smart lad, he's already figured out the caps stuff, and his English and typing are better too... Looks like we have to start all over again though, apparently he's not in touch with the first guy. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 2 From: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Subject: FROM. ENG. UKOT THOMAS ( I WAIT YOUR URGENT CALL)v Date: August 25, 2004 5:46:57 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dr. Jon B. Good, Good evening to you, how are you doing my friend? I have received your mail this evening; all the contents are well noted. First of all, I will like to make an apology for my write up to you, I was preparing to a board meeting this afternoon, before I saw your mail, and I just need to reply you before I leave to the meeting. I was replying to your mail, thinking that I was typing with a small letter, not knowing that I was typing with a CAPITAL letter. Secondly, Mr. Good, Yes I have changed my email address, I decided to do that just because of security reason, so you don't need to be worried concerning that, I was the person that sent you the business proposal, I am not acting as any body, am Mr. Ukot Thomas. Thirdly, Mr. Jon, in the first letter I sent to you, I never indicated to you any percentage, please you just have to go through the proposal again, to be sure of what I'm talking about. Furthermore, you made mentioned that you have already sent your banking information to the previous, I have checked the box I found nothing,please what ever you are sending to me, make sure you use this mail box. Finally, if this transaction still interest you, kindly furnish me with the requested information's, so that we can proceed immediately. Thanks and God bless you and your family. I wait to hear from you soonest. Respectfully, Eng. Ukot Thomas. Mobile Phone: 234-80231-72894 Private Fax: 234-1-759-2967 ======================================================================== I forwarded the letter I got from the other guy with the agreed percentages. But not Ivan's bank account. Let's see if he's in touch with the old lad at all. The company is real, but I don't have anything to do with them. We may need them later. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 25, 2004 2:34:06 PM PDT To: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Dear Mr. Ukot, I have copied the letter I received from you below. You did indeed indicate the percentages, I'm not making this up. I also sent you the information of the bank account to be used for this transaction. Please check the messages in your other mail box. I am used to deal with professionals, and if you're already confused and cannot keep track of your e-mail messages, I hesitate to get involved in a transaction of this magnitude with you. I have also included my company information as requested. You promised to e-mail me a copy of your personal identification (driver's license or passport) by Monday. It is now Wednesday, and I still don't have this. As I mentioned earlier, I am currently for business in Hawaii, my company just sold a couple of helicopters to the operators who use them to fly tourists over the waterfalls and volcanos. But there is a 12 hour time difference with Nigeria, so I cannot call you from here, and I don't have a scanner for my laptop computer, so you have to wait for the copy of my identification papers until I get back home. Kind regards, Dr. Jon B. Good Corporate Concepts International, Inc. 1521 Green Oak Place Suite 103 Kingwood, TX 77339 USA ======================================================================== Back to lad # 1. Obviously they don't exchange notes, since he doesn't know I sent the company address to the other guy yesterday ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: RE: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 26, 2004 2:16:27 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Mr. Jon, I am very sorry for the delay in sendin to you my passport, I though I have done this since on monday, I the meantime I have asked my secretary to do that Immediately you will get it soon. You have not also sent to me the name of the company you want me to uuse for the registration. Regards, Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot. ======================================================================== And sure enough, there he is, pulled right from the NDDC web site (see link at the beginning). Bad Photoshop job. ======================================================================== ======================================================================== There we go again, better repeat the helicopter part too. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 26, 2004 10:30:41 AM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, Thanks for the copy of your passport. I will send you mine when I get back from Hawaii. Business is going very well, I sold two helicopters to the tour operators who use them to fly tourists over the waterfalls and volcanos. I sent my company address to you yesterday, when you were using your yahoo e-mail account, I see that you went back to your original mail box now. This is very confusing, but here's my company info again. Best regards, Dr. Jon B. Good Corporate Concepts International, Inc. 1521 Green Oak Place Suite 103 Kingwood, TX 77339 USA ======================================================================== Back to lad # 2 ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 2 From: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Subject: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 26, 2004 11:45:17 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear friend, Good evening to you, how are you doing? I have received your mail with thanks; all the contents are well noted. However, please forward me with your private telephone number, so that we can discuss more concerning this transaction. Thanks and God bless you and your family. I wait to hear from you soon. Respectfully, Engr. Ukot Thomas ======================================================================== I never gave the other guy my phone number, but he doesn't know that. The hotel also has a toll free number, but I'm just giving him the local one, could be an expensive call if they don't find out right away that they don't know Johnny B. Good. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 26, 2004 12:33:58 PM PDT To: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Dear Mr. Ukot, You already have my phone number. I sent it last week to your other e-mail address. This is all very confusing, I just received a message and a copy of your passport from your other e-mail account. And I've told you multiple times that I am in Hawaii selling helicopters. You told me that you personally handle all communications with me regarding this transaction, but I keep getting messages from 2 different e-mail addresses, and what I send to the one doesn't seem to get to the other. How can you possibly handle such a complicated operation if you can not even keep track of your own e-mail? Here is my hotel information, keep in mind that there is a 12 hour difference between Hawaii and Nigeria. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel 62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive Kohala Coast, Hawaii 96743 Phone: (808) 882-7222 ======================================================================== Let's try to confuse him a bit more and introduce one of his other personalities. ======================================================================== From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 26, 2004 1:29:25 PM PDT To: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Dear Mr. Ukot, I just spoke with my personal secretary. I had asked her to call your mobile phone with the number you gave me: 234-80231-72894, since she is in Texas, which only has a 6 hour time difference with Nigeria, but instead of you, she got Dr. Demola Bello from the NNPC. She assured me that she had the right number. This is very confusing. Are you sure you gave me the right number? Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Back to # 1 again. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: RE: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 26, 2004 1:35:03 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Jon, I received your mail, I did not send to you any yahoo e-mail id at any time, what is actually happening. and you have not send to me your company's details before. Well I will want to commence with the documentation process of the project but I need to talk with you before I will commence with the process. if you cannot call me from where you are or cannot give me a number to call you i will suggest that I wait for you to go back to your country before I will commence with the project. I think this is the best way to do this because I cannot see myself carrying out a project of this nature with someone I have not talked to before on the phone nor seen his identification. Waiting to hear from you. Engr. Thomas ======================================================================== Alright, enough of this, let's put them in touch with each other and see what happens. ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 26, 2004 3:14:42 PM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Engr. Thomas, This is very confusing to me. A few days ago I started getting messages that appeared to come from you, but with a different e-mail address and phone number. I have copied the last message for you, please take a look and let me know if this came from you. If not, there may be someone else who is acting in your name. Since you just sent me a copy of your passport, I know that you are the real Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot, so the other person must be an impostor, trying to use your good name and reputation. You may want to contact him at his yahoo e-mail address below to see what's going on. Please keep me informed. Dr. Jon B. Good ------------------ Copy of your(?) last message ------------------- From: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Subject: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 26, 2004 11:45:17 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear friend, Good evening to you, how are you doing? I have received your mail with thanks; all the contents are well noted. However, please forward me with your private telephone number, so that we can discuss more concerning this transaction. Thanks and God bless you and your family. I wait to hear from you soon. Respectfully, Engr. Ukot Thomas Mobile Phone: 234-80231-72894 Private Fax: 234-1-759-2967 ------------------------ end of copy ------------------------- ======================================================================== And vice versa ======================================================================== From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: From Engr. Ukot Thomas. Date: August 26, 2004 3:47:29 PM PDT To: ukotthomas2004@yahoo.co.uk Dear Engr. Thomas, As I mentioned earlier, this is very confusing to me. Two weeks ago I started getting messages that appeared to come from you, but with a different e-mail address and phone number. I am still getting messages in your name from two different mail accounts. I have copied the last message below, please take a look and let me know if this came from you. If not, there may be someone else who is acting in your name. From the other email address I received a copy of your passport, which looks like the real Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot, but I did not get any proof of identity from this yahoo mail box. Please send me a copy of your passport as soon as possible. You may want to contact the other party to see what's going on. Please keep me informed. Dr. Jon B. Good ------------------ Copy of your(?) last message ------------------- From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: RE: Re: Dr. Jon B. Good Date: August 26, 2004 1:35:03 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Jon, I received your mail, I did not send to you any yahoo e-mail id at any time, what is actually happening. and you have not send to me your company's details before. Well I will want to commence with the documentation process of the project but I need to talk with you before I will commence with the process. if you cannot call me from where you are or cannot give me a number to call you i will suggest that I wait for you to go back to your country before I will commence with the project. I think this is the best way to do this because I cannot see myself carrying out a project of this nature with someone I have not talked to before on the phone nor seen his identification. Waiting to hear from you. Engr. Thomas Direct telephone number: +23417598077. ------------------ end of copy -------------------- ======================================================================== The response from # 1, the "real" Thomas Ukot of course, playing the good mugu, bad mugu game ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: Passport Number : A0148088 Date: August 26, 2004 4:34:19 PM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Mr. Jon B Good, I received your mail with so much suprise that I cannot understand, I did not send that mail to you, as a matter of fact this is giving me so much concern now that people are using my name to communicate with you. Well I do not know how to explain this, all I will have to say at this point in time is that I want you to disregards all the mail from that mail ID, do not respond to any mail from that mail ID, AS a matter of fact I will report the matter to the EFCC, If you receive any mail from this person again all you need to do is to tell th eperson that he should not contact you again as regards his mail to you and that you are not interested in his correspondence that you have reported him to the EFCC in Nigeria, that he is claiming who he is not. From now hence forth I am giving to you a password for us to use in all our correspondence corresponde, the password number: A0148088,it will be used as the subject of our mails, so if you get any mail that do not contain this subject you shouild know that it is not from me, so all you need to do is to tell the person to stop disturbing you, that you have sent his information's to the EFCC as an Imposter , this is all you need to write to him. As regards the contenty of your last mail, I need your comment, we really need to talk. Waiting for your urgent reply. Engr. Ukot Thomas Ukot ======================================================================== Time for a new approach... This is not exactly what they had in mind, but the prospect of getting their filthy little hands on a $30M plane for the mere inconvenience of having to dispose of two white guys must be very appealing... ======================================================================== JOHNNY B. GOOD From: xxxxxx Subject: Re: Passport Number : A0148088 Date: August 26, 2004 5:21:07 PM PDT To: u_thomas@k.ro Dear Mr. Ukot, Thank you for explaining this to me and reporting the impostor to the EFCC. I will only respond to messages from this e-mail account in the future. As you understand, This is all very confusing and somewhat suspicious to me. So I asked my personal secretary to investigate your organization. I hope you don't mind, but it is our policy to perform a background check on our customers when there is a large sum of money involved. The good news is, that we have confirmation that your company has the money, but the bad news is that we are unable to proceed with this transaction the way you suggested. As you know, the NDDC is largely funded by the Federal Government and the Oil Companies. They keep a close watch on how their money is spent, and I'm sure that a transfer of $30 million will not go unnoticed, no matter how you try to make it look like it's legal. You are probably aware that the dead penalty is still in effect in your country. On the other hand, if the amount is used to actually buy goods or services, there would not be a problem. So I came up with a different proposal, which is even more profitable for you. As you know, my company buys and sells aircraft. We currently have many planes for sale, see the following listing: http://www.controller.com/listings/forsale/list.asp? pcid=1207761&etid=1&dlr=1 Take a look at the Gulfstream V. We recently purchased this plane, and we are now offering it for sale for $29,995,000. Since we paid substantially less for the aircraft, I can sell it to you for that price, and make a decent profit, so you don't have to pay me back the 30% we agreed on earlier. You are then free to either keep the jet for your personal use, or sell it for the $30 million it is worth on the market. Here's how it works: 1) You show me proof that you actually have the amount in question under your control, that you are authorized to spend it, and send me a purchase order for a Gulfstream V jet airplane for the sum of $29,995,000. 2) We will fly the plane from our headquarters in Texas to Lagos - Murtala Muhammed (LOS) international airport. You are free to inspect the plane, and even make a test flight with our pilots. 3) You will hand the pilots a certified check for the amount of US $29,995,000. They will deposit it at the Oceanic Bank International in Lagos, which is also an official Western Union office, and wire the funds to our bank in Texas. 4) After we receive the payment, our pilots will hand you the ownership papers, keys, etc. for the plane and return to the USA on a commercial flight. In case there is a problem with your payment, our pilots will leave Lagos with the plane. We have another potential buyer in Johannesburg, South Africa, so it's worthwhile for us to fly the aircraft to Africa anyway. We may even find some passengers and cargo to help us pay for the fuel. Let me know if this works for you. You don't have to prepare any fake documents, bribe officials, etc. All we need is proof of your identity and possession of the funds by September 1st. This may appear unusual, but if we had to ask everyone how they got the money to pay for our aircraft, and what they are planning to do with it, we wouldn't be able to sell that many off them. Our business is simple, we get the money, you get the plane. No questions asked. As I mentioned earlier, this is the only way we can proceed with this transaction. We cannot get involved in illegal activities and risk ending up in prison, or worse. I'm sure you won't either. Our proposal is completely safe and legal, we sell you the aircraft, you hand us the money, and after completion of the transaction you are free to keep or sell the plane at your discretion. Here is my hotel information, keep in mind that there is a 12 hour difference between Hawaii and Nigeria. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel 62-100 Mauna Kea Beach Drive Kohala Coast, Hawaii 96743 Phone: (808) 882-7222 Best regards, Dr. Jon B. Good ======================================================================== Doesn't look like he's going for it. Too bad, I was planning to turn the scam around and have him pay for fuel in advance. ======================================================================== UKOT THOMAS UKOT 1 From: u_thomas@k.ro Subject: Passport Number : A0148088 Date: August 27, 2004 4:49:19 AM PDT To: xxxxxx Dear Jon, I received your mail. I will like to inform you that the proposal you sent to me cannot work with the project IO have at hand with you. If you cannot do it the way I have stated in my mail to you, Iwill suggest that we do not bother ourselves any longer, there is only one way for the project to be carried out and it is the way I have explained to you. Regards, Engr. THomas. ======================================================================== No more replies from either one. It would be interesting to find out what they had to say to each other... If U'll be Kot, we'll be Frank. |