(This is a screen cap of a spam message someone received on Facebook, which I decided to write to. Please note that the sender did NOT send it to me nor had any idea who I was.)
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 11:58:21 AM
To: kadaovii@gmail.com
Hi Kada,
I received a message on Facebook from you regarding over $6 million that you want me to help with. I just want to know if this is real or not. If it is I will definitely help in any way I can!
Regards,
Marlene
From: KADA OVII (kadaovii@gmail.com)
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 3:56:51 PM
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
Thank you for your response .
I contacted you in this matter (errrr…no you didn’t) base on the fact that you bear the same surname with my late client and of the same nationality since I had sought for the relatives without success and instead of this fund being confisticated by the bank as I did mentioned in my proposal or being claimed by some unscrupulous person.Note that all I want from you is to stand as a next of kin and beneficiary to the unclaimed estate of my deceased client.
I wish to notify you that the next of kinship as stated by the inheritance law, is not limited to relations of the deceased nor is it confided to the circuit of parental relationship, rather it is by choice of the benefactor as regards to whom he wish to will it to (beneficiary) either formally by write up ,or informally by secret information disclosure to beneficiary, be him/ her business partner, relation, kinsmen,friends or well wisher, therefore by virtue of the above stated,I seek consent to present you as the next of kin to my late client since the supposed next of kin also died along with him.You should note that all the original documents that will be needed in a transaction of this nature to ascertain you as the bonafide beneficary and next of kin to my late client will be duely and legally obtained and issued in your names and favour. I do not know you but I feel you will be human enough to be honest to me at least for bringing you into a deal capable of fetching something tangible.I have done everything possible to trace the relatives of my late client without any luck,most of his properties here were vandalized by hoodlums and some over grown by weeds as there is no one to look after them . It was until the finance firm with the said deposit invited me to their office and mandated me as his attorney here in Togo to locate and present to them his next of kin for the release of his outstanding fund with them,the total sum of six million , five hundred thousand united states dollars ($US6.5 M) Only. It’s upon this that I decided to contact you as bearing the same surname in order to assist me in putting claims to this fund for the release and transfer.Furnish me with the following: –
1. Your full names.
2. Your complete address.
3. Your age.
4. Your Profession/Job.
5. Marital status.
6. Your country of origin supported by an Identity card.
7. Your private phone.The above information will enable me go to the concerned Government authority to officially present you as the sole next of kin to my deceased client in order to expedite the proceedings for the immediate release of the said deposit into your account .
Please do not hesitate to ask any question you deemed fit as may concern this transaction
After the money is successfully transferred into your account , i propose that we share the fund as follows ; 40% for you and 40% for me while the balance of 20% will be used to help the orphanage and motherless children .Kada Ovii (attorney)
+228 9208-1326
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 4:42:41 PM
To: kadaovii@gmail.com
Dear Kada,
Thank you for clarifying the situation. My goodness, that was so sad to hear about the Hildebrandts. The dead ones in your e-mail, not my own family. They’re awesome. Reading your e-mail brought me to tears, and I cried for a whole two minutes. Under these circumstances I will definitely help out with this transaction. I’m not sure that what we’d be doing, with me posing as a next-of-kin, would be entirely legal, but for $2.6 million I’m absolutely willing to take my chances. There are actually a lot of things I’d do for that much money. Eating a live tarantula would be one of them. As would bathing in maple syrup. I feel that a 40/40 split is fair, although I don’t know if the remaining 20% will be spent wisely as there aren’t too many children born in this country without mothers. I don’t even know where we’d find those kind of laboratories.
Here are my details. I am most definitely human enough to handle this transaction. I do have a robot leg after an accident I had with an electric can opener when I was 4, but hopefully that won’t impede my eligibility for this money.
1. Your full names – Marlene Jamie Lee Curtis Hildebrandt
2. Your complete address – GPO box 2176, Canberra, ACT 2601
3. Your age – 32.6
4. Your Profession/Job – I make calendars with pictures of kittens in hats.
5. Marital status – Between boyfriends (I actually have 2 boyfriends and quite often find myself in this position).
6. Your country of origin supported by an Identity card – Australia (please find ID card attached).
7. Your private phone – (02) 6249 6299
I eagerly await the next step. Let me know if the Hildebrandts (the dead ones) had any particular traits or quirks. If, for instance, if they had German accents then I will brush up on my German in order to appear as a genuine relative. Or if they bore any kind of ethnicity I can always spend extra time at the tanning salon. I feel confident that we can do this!
Talk to you soon,
Marlene
ps. I hope the photo turns out okay. There’s a slight delay on my camera and half the time the subject is already moving out of shot. Let me know if it’s okay.
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:51:54 -0700
Subject: Response
From: kadaovii@gmail.com
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
Dear Marlene Hildebrand,
I want to thank you once again for your understanding and co-operation for us to accomplish this goal which is beneficial to both of us.
Be assured that the entire process of this inheritance claim will follow a laid down legal procedure . My proposal is that 20% will be donated to the motherless or charity organisation like (Red cross society, Salvation army and other non-Governmental organisations). This donation will be make in memory of the deceased .
Above all I thank you for the courage and your readiness to co-operate fully with me to the accomplishment of this project and I bet that you will not regret it. Of course our approach to proceedings of claim from start to finish shall be legally attended to protect your interest and any breach of law governing inheritance matters. Be rest assured that you will not be implicated in this case because this is legitimate and I will surely back you with every legal documents as may be required to justify you beneficiary status. I have strong confidence that with your co-operation and understanding , we will successfully claim this fund and start leaving a better life .
I want you to give me this word of Honor that you are not going to make this my last hope vanish by jeopardizing this transaction.
Please can you give me your word of Honor by the following points stated below. They are thus:-
1) That you will not cheat me during the course of this transaction.
2) That my own share of the money will be in your safe keep until I come over to your country (Ausralia) for sharing and further investment.
3) That you will keep this transaction very confidential even from your best friend for safety of both parties.
4) That you shall always contact me whenever you get information from the bank so that we will put heads together as one family and get this transaction consummated successfully.This transaction will only take about 11days or less for the money to be transferred into your account.
As soon as i hear from you, i will forward you an transfer application which you will complete and send to the bank to start the process of transferring the fund into your account as the beneficiary.
Regards ,
Kada Ovii
00228 9208-1326
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:05:28 PM
To: kadaovii@gmail.com
Dear Kada,
I’m totally with you on this one, and I have no doubt that I won’t regret anything. I’ll be too rich to have regrets. Well, I will always regret accidentally kicking my father in the nuts when I was 11, but that was due to an electrical surge in my robot leg that I had no control over. I’m wondering if I’ll be able to use this new money to buy a real leg off the black market. I’ve heard about kidneys and things like that going on sale, so surely I’ll be able to buy a leg. I don’t suppose you know of anyone selling one?
Kada, you have my word of honour that I will not cheat you on this matter. In response to your oath of allegiance:
1) The only thing I’ve ever cheated at was Monopoly and felt terribly guilty, so you’re perfectly safe there.
2) No problem. I can’t wait to meet you in person. Perhaps I can add you to my collection of boyfriends.
3) It’s going to be a tad difficult keeping this a secret from my best friend when all of a sudden I’m driving a Porsche, parading around in an expensive wardrobe and eating at the finest restaurants on what she’ll believe to be earnings from selling Kittens In Hats calendars. But maybe I’ll tell her that someone placed an order for 500,000 calendars to give to their extended family at Christmas.
4) Naturally it will take some slick co-ordination to pass me off as a relative of the dead Hildebrandts, so communication is key!
Ready for the next step, chief!
Marlene
From: KADA OVII (kadaovii@gmail.com)
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:09:14 PM
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
Dear Marlene ,
Thank you for your reassurance .
From today , i take you as my sister and family member .
I have development deep confidence in you .
Did you receive the transfer application i forwarded to you ?
Kindly complete it and submit to the bank .
Submit it through the bank official email address biatogocode001@revenue.com
Regards ,
Kada Ovii
From: KADA OVII (kadaovii@gmail.com)
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:10:47 PM
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
Dear Dear Marlene Hildebrand ,
Complete the transfer application below and submit to the Bank so that the bank can start the process of transferring the fund into your bank account as the beneficiary.
After completing the transfer application, submit it through the Bank official email address as follows;
Bank Email —- biatogocode001@revenue.com
Regards,
Barrister KADA OVII
00228 9208-1326
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TRANSFER APPLICATION
ATTN: DR. DAVID MARTINS
(DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN OPERATION)
SOCIETE INTER-AFRICAINE DE BANQUE (SIABTOGO)
NO.14 RUE DU COMMERCE, LOME-TOGO
TEL/: 00228 984-67-87-6, Fax +228 2226 4909
Email— biatogocode001@revenue.com
DATE : ——————-
ATTN : SIR,
LETTER OF CLAIM / APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF $6,500,000 USD (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) WITH REFERRENCE TO
THE ACCOUNT OF LATE MR RON HILDEBRAND , WITH THE ACCOUNT NUMBER EBID4670927 WITH YOUR BANK (SOCIETE INTER-AFRICAINE DE BANQUE )
I HEREBY DECLARE THAT I——————————————————————————————— IS THE NEXT OF KIN AND BENEFICIARY OF THE INHERITANCE AND WISH TO STATE THAT I WOULD WANT THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT TO BE TRANSFERRED TO MY BANK ACCOUNT, DETAILS AS FOLLOW :
BENEFICIARY’S BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS ———–
BENEFICIARY’S NAME————————————
BENEFICIARY’S EMAIL ———————————-
BENEFICIARY’S AGE ————————————
BENEFICIARY’S PROFESSION ————————-
BENEFICIARY’S ADDRESS ——————————
BENEFICIARY’S COUNTRY OF ORIGIN —————
MARITAL STATUS —————————————
BENEFICIARY’S TELEPHONE NUMBER————————
I WOULD BE GLAD IF THIS FUND IS TRANSFERRED INTO MY ABOVE STATED ACCOUNT. AND IN NO CONDITION SHOULD THE BANK INFORMATION BE CHANGED OR
ALTERED WITHOUT MY FULL CONSENT.
THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
———————-
Signature
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Monday, 22 October 2012 8:16:19 PM
To: kadaovii@gmail.com; biatogocode001@revenue.com
Dear Kada,
I did what you asked and filled that claim form out. I’m just wondering how I’m supposed to send it to you now. Should I just mail you my laptop? Also, once you’ve gotten all the information what should I use to wash the ink off the screen?
Regards,
Marlene
From: KADA OVII (kadaovii@gmail.com)
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 4:55:48 PM
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
(At this point I actually did try calling the number to see what would happen. The following is true…)
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 5:11:54 PM
To: kadaovii@gmail.com
Dear Kada,
No, the bank hasn’t been in touch with me yet. I managed to clean the writing off my screen so at least I can read your e-mails better now. I tried calling that number but as soon as I dial 0022 some woman’s voice tells me in a condescending tone that the call could not be connected. I find this a bit inappropriate as I hadn’t even finished pressing the rest of the numbers! How could she possibly know that the call couldn’t be connected? It almost seems as though whoever she is has it in for me. I shall await further instructions from you.
Regards,
Marlene
From: KADA OVII (kadaovii@gmail.com)
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 5:46:08 PM
To: Marlene Hildebrandt
From: Marlene Hildebrandt
Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2012 5:59:11 PM
To: biatogocode001@revenue.com
Mr Kada Ovii instructed me to write to you with regards to a fund of $6.5 million which belonged to my now dead father…no, wait…uncle, Mr Ron Hildebrandt. He sent me a form to fill out, but due to my printer no longer functioning after my cat peed on it I opted to fill the form out on my computer screen and asked if I could mail my laptop to Kada. This seemed to confuse poor Kada and I had to spend 2 hours trying to remove marker pen stains from my screen. Thankfully it’s back to normal now.
I would like to know what the next step is to claim my poor uncle’s fortune. Renegade Ron, they used to call him. We’ll never forget his last words, “Of course I’m okay to drive! Wait, this isn’t my car, it’s a pony.” I guess we’ll never know what spooked that poor horse that galloped off into the night and didn’t make it over the electric fence.
Please let me know what you need me to do.
Regards,
Marlene Hildebrandt
(Niece of the late “Renegade” Ron Hildebrandt.)
(Honest.)
