Dearest Rose

This is part of an ongoing dialogue between myself and a persistent scammer

The Approach:

My Dearest one,

how are you today?. I believe that you are doing well. I am more than happy to read your mail.

My dear like i told you in my first mail, My name is Rose Koneh from Ivory Coast in Africa.

recently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the civil war going on in my country.

I am 23 years old girl 5'8" tall. My father Dr (Oliver Koneh) was the personal adviser to the former head of state(Late Dr Robert Guei) before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed him alongside with my mother. It is only me that is alive now and i managed to make my way to a near by country Senegal where i am living now. Please I will like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail. I hope you understand, Attached here is my picture.

Waiting for your reply.

Your Love Rose.

My Response:

Dear Rose,

Thank you for writing me back. I believe it's wonderful that a young woman such as yourself is so open minded about things like age and race. I have so much to tell you about myself.

I'm 79 years old

5'2" tall

400 lbs.

I'm presently married, but will gladly kick the old girl to the curb should you agree to come and live here in the senior center with me. Hell it beats a refugee camp any day... am I right?

Sorry to hear about your daddy and momma but all things considered I'm sure it's for the best. They might not have been on board with our blossoming love and that would be a dadgum shame.

My likes are TV turned way up so I can hear it, hot cereal, a good laxative on a warm night, potato chips, chocolate, hamburgers, fries, milkshakes, money, and ferrets.

I dislike banks (I keep all my money at home) and those little electric scooters that the damn kids ride up and down the street on... why can't the lazy bastards push them like the bible says? No wonder they all look like pasty faced little butter balls. Some days I just want to put razor wire across the sidewalk, but then I'd be the bad guy right?

Write back soon precious

Jimmy Skunkbait Motes

His/Her Reply:

Hello my dearest one,

How is your day?.

I believe is fine. Mine here is very cold and like you know i am living in the refugee camp here in Dakar. In this camp we are only allowed to go out only on Mondays and Fridays of the weeks. Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon,

I don't have any relatives now whom i can go to as all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war. The only person i have now is Rev.Emmanuel George who is the pastor of the (Living Spring Christian Church) here in the camp, he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i live in the female's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.

The Pastors Tel number is (+221-76-483 0658) if you call, please tell him that you want to speak with me so that he will send for me in the hostel. call 1pm GMT today please. As a refugee here i don't have any right or privileged to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to the death of my parents took place.

Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank in Europe which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $2.3m usd (two Million three Hundred Thousand Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.

I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it. Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you. I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a person that have vision, truth and hardworking. My favorite language is also English..Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have a lot to tell you. Call around 1pm GMT time.

i have a lot to tell you.

yours Rose.