Finally, this exchange brings the hook: Barclay’s Bank wants my vital information and Miss Angela wants $700 to fly to Ethiopia to scan her daddy’s will so I can forward it to the bank.
Attn: Richard Williams Esq.
(Manager)Sir,
DEPOSIT A/C NO. 401/9557240776
I have been asked by the director of Foreign operations/Wire Transfer to write you in respect of your mail dated the 23rd day of May, 2007.
Dr. Edwin C. Kennedy is one of our customers with some huge amount of money deposited with us and his daughter Miss. Angela Kennedy is the next of kin to his account.
However before our bank will transfer the fund into your bank account, you are requested to scan and forward the following requirement Without exception:
(1) A copy of the last Will document of the late Dr. Edwin C. Kennedy.
(2) A copy of your international passport booklet or National Identity card.
(3) Your bank particulars where the fund will be transferred – including Swift Code, your Legal full names, private street mailing address, telephone/fax number.These shall also ensure that a smooth, quick and successful transfer of the fund is made.
We promise to give our customers the best of our services.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Felix McCauley (Fund Release Officer)
International Remittance Department
BARCLAYS BANK PLC.Tel: +44-703-1943-550
But I have questions for the bank and for Dr. Felix:
Dear Dr. McCauley,
Can you answer the following for me:
1. Why would you give the full account number to a person in email claiming
to be the fund manager with no further proof?
2. Why do you have a icqmail.com address if you really work for Barclay’s
bank?I demand that someone who is more security-minded be put in charge of this
account.Richard Williams, Esq.
Fund Manager and Fiance of Miss Angela Kennedy
So I reply to Miss Angela:
Dear Angela,
Your bank wants a scanned copy of the will. Do you have that? another problem: I don’t have a passport, and the U.S. doesn’t use a national identity card. Do you think Barclay’s bank will accept my library card as i.d.?
In reply, Miss Angela also cuts to the chase:
My dear Richard, i have read the bank letter that you sent to me and I am the most happy girl on earth. Honey, I dont know if the bank will accept your library card as id, i think the solution is that you will have to ask them if they will accept your library card as id, by sending them email and explain to them that you dont have an international passport, and also to explain to them that usa dont use national identity card, that it is your library id card that you have, and with that explanation they will know and understand why you dont have national identity card. it think it should work out.
The second problem is that i did not come to this dakar with my daddy’s WILL DOCUMENTS, my daddy’s WILL DOCUMENTS is in my daddy’s bedroom drawer in addis ababa and my name is written in the WILL. Honey, i have the house keys here with me and the solution is that i must have to travel back to addis ababa to go and bring the WILL DOCUMENTS, but the highest problem is that i have no money to pay for air ticket to addis ababa, ethiopian airline charges 680$ and i will need at least extra 100$ pucket money.Honey, you have to send me 780$ or 800$ through western union money transfer today or tomorrow so that i will buy the air ticket and travel to addis ababa to bring the WILL DOCUMENTS and send it to you. there is a daily flight to addis ababa honey. the address to use is:
Miss Angela Kennedy
Catholic Mission
Block 38 Mayo Avenue,
Grand yoff,
Dakar, Senegal.
Honey, you have to remember to send me the information that i will use to receive it from the western union office over here.Take good care of yourself honey.
I remain yours ever,
Miss Angela Kennedywith all my love and kisses
But I want some clarification first:
Dear Angela,
You said: ” i will like to know the meaning of the word British redtaping.
in this letter you mentioned that you have to talk tough with these Brits,
do you mean British? ok is it because they drink tea and sit around saying
“jolly good” is the reason why you talk about them like that? ” and is jolly
good a good words or bad words and why do they use the words when they sit
arround?”Yes, I talked tough to them like that because they’re British. Redtaping
means all of their silly rules and stuff that they won’t change for you.
“Jolly Good” is good words, and I don’t know why they say that all the time,
but you can’t trust them.Which leads me to another question: I just emailed your bank because there’s
something strange about it. First, I didn’t give them your account number,
they gave it to me. That’s very strange. And they have a different email
address than the one I sent it to. I told them they need to appoint a
different manager because I don’t trust the guy in charge. I’m not going to
send them my library card identification until they get a new person to work
with me. If he’s a crook, he could borrow all kinds of books on my account!I can’t send money to you today or tomorrow because my bank is closed for a
Jewish holiday (it’s a Jewish-owned bank). We have never discussed the
matter of my payment. Do you plan to pay me a salary for managing your fund?And about our marriage. I don’t know how to put this delicately…are we to
live together? And will we be husband and wife in bed as well as on paper?-rW
ROTFLMAO at Library card ID. That seriously made my day!