In a refreshing change from Nigerian scam artists, I am inexplicably approached by a Chinese man who wants to sell me some wheelbarrows.
Off we go then.....
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 08:04:20 +0800
From: tyre0815@126.com
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Subject: wheelbarrow tire businees
Dear Sir:
How are you.
We are one biggest manufacture factory of wheelbarrow industry in qingdao China . Production as following:
(1)all kinds of wheel barrow,mixer, and garden tools.
(2)all kinds of Rubber wheels.
(3)tyre and innertubes
We had export wheelbarrow to east-south asian,middle east,russian,african, south american market fo many years.
Good quality and best price had earned many clients.
Hope we can do businees and welcome you visit our factory.
Your any reply will be highly appreciated
Thanks and Best Regard
Yours faithfully
John
QINGDAO YEJIN HAND TRUCK CO.,LTD
KINGSTONE CORPORATION LIMITED
Web:www.yejinwheelbarrow.com
Web: http://qdyejin.en.alibaba.com
Email:tyre0815@126.com
qingdaoyejin@yahoo.com.cn
Msn:wenzhengdai@hotmail.com
Mobile :86-15610564916
86-13793274488
Tel :86-532-86616399
Fax :86-532-86616399
From :andyprendergast@hotmail.com
To: 写道：
Dear John,
Thank you for your email. I like your direct approach - offering random strangers a visit to your wheelbarrow factory.
Tell me - are your wheelbarrows suitable for carrying dead cats through abandoned mental hospitals?
Thanks
Andy
Subject: Re: wheelbarrow tire businees
From: tyre0815@126.com
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 06:55:02 +0800
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear Andy.
Tks your reply.
Ok. Welcome you visit our factory.
Yes. Suitable carry cats
Tks
John
发自我的 iPhone
在 2013-8-10，7:54，Andy Prendergast <andyprendergast@hotmail.com> 写道：
Dear John,
Thank you for your prompt reply. I would be very interested in visiting your factory.
Tell me - Is it possible for you to manufacture magnetic wheelbarrows? The reason I ask is that I often have to transport small windmills through mining communities. Is this feasible?
Regards
Andy
Subject: Re: wheelbarrow tire businees
From: tyre0815@126.com
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2013 08:04:08 +0800
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear Andy.
Tks your reply and welcome you visit our factory.
Sorry.before we never make magnetic barrow.
Our barrow is steel material
Tks
John
发自我的 iPhone
2013-08-10 08:34:08 From: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear John,
I admire your honesty. Not many men would just come right out with it and admit they don't make magnetic wheelbarrows. You got balls my friend. Send me the address of your non-magnetic wheelbarrow manufacturing facility, I think we can do business.
Best Regards
Andy
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 11:30:30 +0800
From: tyre0815@126.com
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Subject: Re:RE: wheelbarrow tire businees
DEAR ANDY:
TKS YOUR REPLY.
SORRY LATE REPLY YOU FOR WEEKEND.
PLS CHECK OUR BARROW CATELOGUE ATTACHED.
ANY NEWS PLS ASK ME.
TKS
JOHN
在 2013-8-11，20:07，Andy Prendergast <andyprendergast@hotmail.com> 写道：
Hi John,
Thanks for sending me your catalogue. In your expert opinion, which wheelbarrow would you recommend for transporting orangutans to bingo halls? As you can see from the attached picture my current barrow is somewhat shabby and nearing the end of its lifespan. Some of the orangutans are complaining of excessive vibration which has led to monkeychafe.
Regards
Andy
Subject: Re: wheelbarrow tire businees
From: tyre0815@126.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 20:41:31 +0800
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear Andy.
Tks your reply my friend.
I see your attached the monkey barrow
It is like our model 5 barrow
Don't you think ?
Or you can choose one model
Any question pls email me.
Tks
John
在 2013-8-11，21:06，Andy Prendergast <andyprendergast@hotmail.com> 写道：
Dear John,
I agree - model 5 is very similar. Tell me - is this available in yellow? I am considering a fleet of these with the logo "Monkey Wheelbarrow Bingo Tours" in red on both sides. I am a big believer in the power of advertising. Please let me know.
Regards
Andy
Subject: Re: wheelbarrow tire businees
From: tyre0815@126.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 21:14:23 +0800
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear Andy.
Tks your reply.
The barrow yellow is no problem.
And print logo "Monkey Wheelbarrow Bingo Tours" in red on both sides is no problem too.
Any question pls email me.
Tks
John
At 2013-08-13 03:33:53,"Andy Prendergast" <andyprendergast@hotmail.com> wrote:
Dear John,
Thanks for your reply, I'm really glad you can offer the print logo on the wheelbarrows. I have had my design agency people throw a few ideas around the table and they have come up with the attached which I think is pretty swish and looks very corporate without being too flashy. What do you think. I have had them add the word 'Luxury' as I think it enhances the brand, a bit like the word 'Imperial' enhances Imperial Leather soap. If they just called it 'Leather' people would probably wonder what the hell they are buying.
Best Regards
Andy
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:52:35 +0800
From: tyre0815@126.com
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Subject: Re:RE: wheelbarrow tire businees
Dear Andy:
How are you.
How about barrow businees progress ?
Hope can businees with you.
Tks
John
在 2013-8-28，2:27，Andy Prendergast <andyprendergast@hotmail.com> 写道：
Dear John,
I must confess I have doubts about conducting wheelbarrow business after reading this article about slipper trading in China:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23840434
I would probably need some guarantee that I wouldn't be beaten during negotiations. It doesn't say that the women were beaten with slippers but that would be ironic.
Regards
Andy
From: tyre0815@126.com (tyre0815@126.com) 27/08/2013
To: Andy Prendergast
Sent: 27 August 2013
Dear Andy.
I understand you worry our quality.
BBC's repot China news .do you believe ? It is no true. BBC all along slander China.
Welcome you visit China. Now China is
Very good.
Tks
John
发自我的 iPhone
Well it appears my Hotmail account seems to be attracting the cream of the African scam fraternity so I hereby introduce to you Mr Basham 'Basher' Marliza.....
From : mr bashammarliza (bashammarliza@voila.fr)
FROM MR.BASHAM MARLIZA (B.O.A) BANK
BILL AND EXCHANCE MANAGER
FOREING NITERNATIONALE DEPT
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
WEST AFRICA.
Dear Friend,
Let me start by introducing myself, I am Mr BASHAM MARLIZA.Manager of Bank Of Africa Burkina Faso.
I am writing you this letter based on the latest development at my Department which I will like to bring to your personal edification.( 18.5million Euro ) transfer claims, please it is only known between me and you keep it secret.
This is a legitimate transaction and I agreed to offer you 40% of this money as my foreign partner after confirmation of the fund in your bank account I will come down to your country for sharing of the fund with you and also to have investment in your country, If you are interested, do get back to me with the following data’s below. And let it be a top secret, not interested kingly delete it out.
(1)Your full Name…………………..
(2)Your full residential address.......
(3)Your occupation.....
(4)Your re City........
(5)Country of origin……………..
(6)Your Mobile phone.........
(7)Your age........
(8)Your marital status.....
(9) Sex…….
As soon as I receive these data's, I will forward to you the application form which you will send to the bank. You can contact us through this Mobile +226 79109071.
Thanks,
Yours,
Faithfully,
Mr BASHAM MARLIZA.
From : Andy Prendergast
To: bashammarliza@voila.fr
Dear Mr Marliza,
Thank you for your email, I am indeed interested in a share of your bank's 18.5 Million Euro's. That's a lot of money? Why do you want to share it with me? I'm interested to know more before I give you some details.
First of all, may I call you Basher? I like the name Basher and it's easier to say than Basham Marliza. In return you can call me Andy. I am already a reasonably wealthy man, my great grandfather Arthur Greebling-Prendergast invented Cling Film and my family still own the patent for its manufacture. In fact you can't even say Cling Film without paying us so DON'T SAY IT!
There are a lot of dubious scams in email so I want to know you are legitimate. How about a picture of you at your desk at the Bank? As a sign of good faith I attach a recent picture of myself.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards
Andy
Basham Marliza (bashammarliza@yahoo.com)
To: andyprendergast@hotmail.com
Dear Mr. Andy,
How are you and your family? Hope fine, Sir I received your mail thank you, this is not a scam, rather guinea business with official document, but the only thing is can I trust you? The issue of contacting you is that I cannot carry the project alone without a foreign partner who will assist me handle the over there. If you know that you will not betray me you fill the information below and get back to me immediately.
FILL THE INFORMATION`S BELOW---------
(1)Your full Name…………………..
(2)Your full residential address.......
(3)Your occupation.....
(4)Your re City........
(5)Country of origin……………..
(6)Your Mobile phone.........
(7)Your age........
(8)Your marital status.....
(9) Sex…….
(10)Bank Account information...................
Because it is one of the requirement from our bank, where the fund was deposited, if you know that I can trust you and also you are ready to handle the fund with me out of this country or anywhere you like as far as you can help me to assist the fund. You can call me through my phone number +226 79109071 as soon as you receive this mail, I am waiting to hear from you,
Thanks
Yours
Faithful
Mr. Basham Marliza.
Andy Prendergast
04/07/2013
Dear Basher,
I am well thank you and so is the family. I hope you and yours are well too. I can assure you I am a trustworthy sort of chap - I used to be in the Boy Scouts where I achieved the rank of Field Marshall.
One thing that worries me is this 'guinea business' thing. If it involves smuggling Guinea Pigs from one country to another you can forget it my friend, I've tried this kind of thing before and believe me it can go wrong. Once I tried to smuggle a container full of Marmosets into Dover. The container broke open in transit and the subsequent ferry trip had to be seen to be believed. I still have flashbacks.
Anyway, here's the info you are looking for :
(1)Your full Name…………………..Andrew Fletcher Christian Prendergast
(2)Your full residential address.......15 Lyme Grove, Dukinfield, Manchester
(3)Your occupation......... Cabaret Singer / Carpet Fitter
(4)Your re City........ WTF ? - see number 2 already.
(5)Country of origin……………..England
(6)Your Mobile phone.........0762513144
(7)Your age........45
(8)Your marital status.....Divorced (it was her fault and she fleeced me)
(9) Sex……. Every now and again, nothing regular.
(10)Bank Account information...................Not just yet my friend. I want more details.
Best Regards
Andy
Basham Marliza (bashammarliza@yahoo.com) 05/07/2013
To: Andy Prendergast
Dear Andy,
I received your mail with your filled information `s, thanks for your response, now you have to contact our bank where the fund was deposited, because that is the next thing to do if you’re ready to protect/ handle the fund through the bank email address below:
boa_bfa@yahoo.com
boaafrica_bfa@in.com
Please immediately you send the application to the bank please call them to inform them there is a message for bank, so that they can be able to process the transfer into your bank account. And also I will be there monitor the application and other files. So Contact the bank and get back to me immediately.
Thanks
Yours Faithful
Mr. Basham Marliza.
Andy Prendergast
05/07/2013
To: Basham Marliza
Dear Basher,
You need to give me some more information here - what am I supposed to say to the bank? - I can't just go asking them for 18 million Euros, they'll think I'm some sort of fraudster or scam artist.
I've been thinking about what I can spend the money on and I've come up with a few ideas. I want a Lava lamp - one of those that moves all the time in a bewildering perpetual motion type deal. I also want a chair with my name on the back, like a movie director. I would also like some posh cheese - the type with blue mould in it. Maybe I could come visit you in Burkina Faso, we could hang out together and party. I know how to have a good time, I've attached a picture of me on a recent Hoseason's holiday in Norfolk, we hired a narrowboat and got drunk on Gaymer's Olde English Cider EVERY night, it was ROCKTASTIC!!
Best Regards
Andy
Basham Marliza (bashammarliza@yahoo.com)
05/07/2013
To: Andy Prendergast
Copy the letter and send it to the bank immediately
Dear Directors/ Board member
Staff of bank of Africa Burkina Faso,
I hereby writen this message to aply to claim my fund in bank of AFRICA as the next of kin to Mr. Allen Williams who deposited the sum of 18.500million euros in the bank of Africa, so please sir/ Directors, kindly help me to transfer the fund into my bank, i am willing/ready to receive the fund with due respect.
Thanks,
Here is my information, please treat with care:
(1)Your full Name…………………..Andrew Fletcher Christian Prendergast
(2)Your full residential address.......15 Lyme Grove, Dukinfield, Manchester
(3)Your occupation......... Cabaret Singer / Carpet Fitter
(4)Your re City........ WTF ? - see number 2 already.
(5)Country of origin……………..England
(6)Your Mobile phone.........0762513144
(7)Your age........45
(8)Your marital status.....Divorced (it was her fault and she fleeced me)
(9) Sex……. Every now and again, nothing regular.
(10)Bank Account information...................Not just yet my friend. I want more details.
Okay.
Andy Prendergast 11:33
To: Basham Marliza
Dear Basher,
Okay, I'll send the letter to the bank but one more thing - WHO THE HELL IS ALLEN WILLIAMS!!!!!
I don't have any next of kin by that name. Does this man know were trying to get our hands on his 18.5 million euros?
I don't want this man coming over here looking for me. These rich people have hitmen and shit like that. I've seen it in the movies.
I need to know that this is all above board. Guinea pig smuggling would be better than this 'taking money out of strangers bank acccounts' business.
The question is how many Guinea pigs can you get hold of and how quickly?
Let me know
Andy
Basham Marliza (bashammarliza@yahoo.com)
06/07/2013
To: Andy Prendergast
The nema mentioned is a mistake remove the name and write your name and send the information to bank immediately for bank to Proceed the transfer into your bank account okay I`m waiting for the good news.
thanks
Mr. Basham Marliza.
Andy Prendergast
07/07/2013
To: bashammarliza@yahoo.com
Dear Basher,
I've come up with an action plan. Read this very carefully then destroy the email - we have to keep this TOP SECRET.
1.We hire a large container - the big metal type that goes on a ship
2. In Burkina Faso you obtain the wild Guinea Pigs that undoubtedly roam the streets will nilly, possibly crapping small pellets everywhere.
Fill the container with the Guinea pigs, maybe a 1000 or so. Whilst in transit they may procreate and create more little Guinea pigs which will be a bonus.
Despatch the container to England via ship.
When the container arrives at Dover I will collect the container and drive it by truck to my hometown.
I will sell the guinea pigs for approximately £30 each which should net us at least £30,000 per container.
If you send me your bank account details I wil make sure you get paid your share of the money. Just fill in the details below :
Name.............................................................................
Address..........................................................................
Telephone Number........................................................
Bank Account Number....................................................
Name of Bank..................................................................
Cheers!
Andy
Andy Prendergast
08/07/2013
To: bashammarliza@yahoo.com
Dear Basher,
As I have not heard from you I presume you are mulling over my Guinea Pig smuggling business proposal. I hope you have not copied my idea and are carrying out the venture on your own......
Anyway, I have obtained 15,000 pirate DVD copies of Disney's 2003 hit movie 'Finding Nemo'. They are top quality but unfortunately they have been printed with the title 'Finding Nema'. I can let you have these for 50p a DVD.
Let me know if you are interested.
All the Best
Andy
I never heard from Basher again......anybody want to buy any Guinea Pig feed?........cheap?....
http://thermotech-fireprotection.co.uk/
