* * * * * Nigeria Central Man, it's Nigeria Central here. No sooner do I get yet another Nigerian Special Offer [1] than I receive the following about Mr. Woo Chong [2]: > **From:** XXXXXX > **To:** > **Subject:** FW: PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY > **Date:** Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:26:30 +0800 > > > Dear “Captain” Conner, > > Perhaps you would enjoy some further comedy from Mr. Woo. I received the > same “scam” letter … But, having no previous experience with such types of > “unusual offer,” and being as I actually bank with China Trust, I replied > with some remarks roughly equivalent to what is contained in your posted > commentary (minus the stuff about the Nigerian offers and the request for > 50%). I was just curious as to how this letter found my email address, etc. > Also I was hoping that whoever “Mr. Woo” is … He is someone completely > unrelated to China Trust Bank that is just finding ways to amuse himself. > > In his reply, his command of English appears to be slipping; he claims to > have tried a phone number I didn't give him and has misspelled my name. If > he indeed is a member of China Trust and has access to my files, indeed my > phone number would not have worked as I have moved; however, I find this > unlikely. See below: > > > **From:** “woo chong” [3] > > **Date:** Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:28:26 +0800 > > **To:** > > > > > > Subject: PLEASE CONTACT ATTORNEY > > > > PLEASE CALL MY ATTORNEY! DEAR XXXXXX, I MUST THANK YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE > > TO MY MAILS, PATAINING THIS TRANSACTION,AND FOR SENDING YOUR TELEPHONE > > NUMBER.I TRIED THE NUMBER, I HAD NO RESPONSE. I HAVE TO ALSO BRING TO > > YOUR NOTICE THAT BECAUSE OF THE LOAD OF WORK HERE IN MY BANK, I HAVE > > GIVEN MY ATTORNEY WHO IS IN LONDON, THE RIGHT TO CARRY ON WITH THE > > TRANSACTION. HE HAS ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND INFOMATION REGARDS THIS > > TRANSACTION. HERE IS HIS DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:(447753262320), HIS NAME > > IS MR WATTS. PLEASE TIME IS NO LONGER ON OUR SIDE, ENDEAVOUR TO CALL HIM > > AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS MAIL. I WANT TO ALSO REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN THAT > > ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS UTMOST TRUST AND MAXIMUM SECRECY IN THE COURSE OF > > CARRING OUT THIS TRANSACTION.I WANT TO BELEIVE THAT YOU ARE A GOD SENT, > > AND WE WILL MEET WHEN THIS TRANSACTION IS OVER TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT > > MODALITIES. ALWAYS GET BACK TO ME AFTER EACH CONVERSATION WITH MR > > WATTS,MY ATTORNEY. LOOKING FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL AND PROSPEROUS > > BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. REGARDS, CHONG. – Get your free email > > from www.amrer.net Powered by Outblaze > > > (and it's not helping matters that I'm the second result [4] for a Google [5] search on “Woo Chong”) If this keeps up, I'm going to have to write more about blogging … [6] [1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/12/15.1 [2] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/12/05.1 [3] mailto:woo_chong123@amrer.net [4] http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Woo+Chong&btnG=Google+Search [5] http://www.google.com/ [6] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2002/10/09.3 Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org .