DIG THIS, or HOMAGE TO CAIXO CATALUNYA

Scamorama is honored by the presence of Captain Fernando Santa Cruz and excited to post the first example of scam-baiting in Catalan (it's there, just read on).

Greetings to all at Scamorama. I have enjoyed your work for quite some time now so I thought it was high time I contributed. Allow me to introduce myself...I am Captain Fernando Santa Cruz, international archaeologist and part-time scam baiter. I hope my adventures are worthy of your excellent website. My occasional commentary is in brackets between messages. Without further ado, I present the saga of WK Mok (and his lovely daughter Tracy):


The CAST OF CHARACTERS:

WK Mok as "THE SCAMMER"
Tracy Mok as "THE SCAMMER'S DAUGHTER"
International Archaeologist Captain Fernando Santa Cruz as "OUR HERO"
Samson Santa Cruz as "FERNANDO'S SON, ASSISTANT, AND LADIES' MAN"

CO-STARRING:

A Dizzying Array of International Banks and Account Representatives
Including:
Hans Van Pluge, Roney Willson, Thomas Khabalo, Banco Pueyo, Caixa Catalunya, HSBC Bank, Lux Finance...etc, etc, etc.

AND A CAMEO APPEARANCE BY:

Sr. Don Montana de Frijoles as "FERNANDO'S FAMILY FRIEND
AND BY AMAZING COINCIDENCE, VICE PRESIDENT OF BANCO PUEYO"


[ Paragraph markings, apparently unknown to Mr Mok, supplied by Scamorama.]

W K Mok

To: Fernando Santa Cruz
From: "wk1000mok@yahoo.com.hk"
Subject: Can you be trusted?
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006

Hang Seng Bank
Fu Shan Mansion 25
Taikoo Shing Road,
Taikoo Shing Branch
Hong Kong.

Dear Friend,

May I be granted the opportunity to introduce myself, I am Mr. Mok Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Foreign operations dept of the Hang Seng Bank ltd,Taikoo Shing Branch.I have a obscured business suggestion for you. Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Aadel Akgaal Bastaan who was with the Iraqi Military forces,and also a business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 12 calendar months, with a value of Eighteen Million Euros only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, during the Iraq war. Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the General Aadel Akgaal Bastaan and his family had been killed during the war in a bomb blast. You can read more about the bombings on visiting these sites below:

1.http://www.ccmep.org/usbombingwatch/2003.htm#3/19/03
2.http://civilians.info/iraq/deaths_data.php

After further investigation it was also discovered that GeneralAadel Akgaal Bastaan did not declare any next of kin in his, official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Eighteen Million Euros is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 2 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my Suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to General Aadel Akgaal Bastaan so that you will be able to receive his funds.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE:

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney thatwill prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to General Aadel Akgaal Bastaan, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a legalized method and the Attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account the sharing ratio is open for negotiation for you.The percentage sharing will be 70%-30%,70% for me and 30% for your assistance.
Should you be interested please send me the following:
1.Full Names
2.Contact Address
3.phone number
4.Scanned copy of Identification

I shall provide you with more details of this operation. Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,

W K Mok.


[Jaded Scamoramans will recognize this as the sort of thing found on the IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE and MUGU GAI PAN pages.]


Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Mr. Mok,
I am in receipt of your e-mail. While I am always eager to accept a obscured business suggestion, I am not sure I can be of assistance to you. I am certainly sorry to hear about the misfortune of your client and his family. However, I'm afraid I am of no relation to General Bastaan and am not even of Iraqi descent. As such, I don't know how it would be possible for me to present myself as his next of kin. If you feel I can still be of assistance to you, please provide more details of my role in this transaction and I can forward my information to you. Otherwise, I wish you all the best with your pursuits.

Always,
Cpt. Fernando Santa Cruz



W K Mok

Dear Friend,

Thank you very much for your response, and your interest in this transaction, I am also glad to note that you are noble and trustworthy person whom I can rely on for your capabilities to handle this transaction. I dont need you to send me any money, i only need your assistance. Like I said before, due to this issue on my hands now, it became necessary for me to seek your assistance, I appreciate the fact that you are ready to assist me in executing this project. You should not have anything to worry about, I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly, it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking, you have my word. Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that, it needs your commitment and diligent follow up. If you work seriously, the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days and you would have the eighteen million euros transfered to the online bank account you will open with my affiliate bank.The fact that you are not a relative of the deceased does not make it impossible for you to lay claims to the money.All documents will be prepared to back you up as the legal owner of the funds and as soon as I get your details I will instruct the lawyer to prepare the WILL PAPER.

READ THE FOLLOWING AND GET BACK TO ME:
Firstly, I will want to know precisely the type of occupation that you do and how old you are, you should note that this project is highly capital intensive, this is why I have to be very careful, I need your total devotion and trust to see this through. I know we have not met before,but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project. I am now in contact with a foreign online bank, I now intend that you open an account in your name in this foreign bank.The money would be transfered to your account which you will open in the bank for both of us, this is the best way, I have found, it will protect us from my bank. I want us to enjoy this money in peace when we conclude. So you should listen to my instructions and follow them religiously.

Also You have to know that I cannot transfer this money in my name as my bank will be aware that it is from me, this is where I need you.As result of this, you will have to open an account in the corresponding bank. I will obtain a certificate of deposit from my bank, it will be issued in your name, this will make you the bonafide owner of the funds. After this,the money will be banked online for both of us. We can then instruct the bank to transfer our various shares into our respective home bank accounts. I will also perfect the documentations with the assistance of the lawyer to give the transaction the legal right. Before I commence,I will need you to send me a copy of any form your identification (Driver's licence Work ID or International passport) and your current address. I want to be sure that I am transacting with the correct person. As soon as I get these from you, I will commence the paper work. I hope you will understand why I need all these, the money in question is big and I want to ensure that I know you well before I proceed to give you all the details to commence the project, I will also send you my Work ID upon receipt of your identification. I will send the name and contact details of the bank to you so that you can commence communication with them.

Ensure that you keep this project confidential, do not discuss it with anybody, because of the confidential nature of this transaction and my work.
Please reply soonest.

Regards,
W K Mok



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Thu, 13 Jul 2006

Mr. Mok,

Thank you for the clarification of the details of this transaction. I understand your instructions. I have all of the information you need and will comply with your request. First however, I must be assured of your good intentions. As a fellow businessman, I'm sure you can understand why I would be hesitant to send my personal information over the internet without first being comfortable that the business venture is legitimate. As such, I will first request a few simple items from you:

1. a photo ID including your full name and/or title
2. documentation that this account/money actually exists and can be transferrable to me
3. information including phone, fax, and address of the bank at which I am to open an account

Please send these as e-mail attachments as I am currently on a mining expedition in Parador and will not immediately have access to fax or reliable phone service. As soon as I have these details from you, I will not hesitate to send you any information you need to help you complete this transaction.
Thank you sincerely.

Always,
Captain Fernando Santa Cruz


W K Mok

Dear brother,
Thank you for your quick response to my mail and your willingness to complete this transaction with me.I can understand your reasons for not providing me with your identification yet in that in any business venture you have to make proper verifications to know if the transaction is legitimate.For this reason I have attached to this mail a copy of my work ID and a clear picture of me and my family for your reference.And also a certificate of deposit of the said amount(18million euros)made in my bank by the late General is also attached to this mail which I have obtained to make you know the reality of this transaction.
Firstly talking about risks I should be the one to worry about that, my services in this bank for many years must be accounted for, I am not a fool, hence I have to be very careful and the most important factor is that you must maintain strict confidentiality of this transaction, keep it to yourself. I have sent your details to the lawyer who will put together the perfected paper work to be sent to the bank for the release and transfer of the funds, this should take not longer than a day or two.
In this light, I am sending you the details of the bank so that you can make enquiries on offshore/on-line account opening. The lawyer whom will perfect all the required documents for the filing in for the release of the funds to its beneficiary (next of kin). I want you to go ahead and contact the online bank that we are going to you use in this transaction and make enquiries on opening an online account with them. Tell them at the bank that you are expecting a large transfer of money from Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong, Below are the contact details of the bank:

Contact Person: Hans Van Pluge
Name of fiduciary: Deluxe Finance And Security Company
Contact Email: luxfinancebv@netscape.net
Contact Tele/Fax: +3161-2177-117
+31 847 474 087(fax)

I advice you like I said earlier that you open an online account with the bank so that once the funds are released and I have transferred it successfully, they will be moved straight into your account that you open and the transfer will not attract the monetary bodies, as the transfer be will seen as in-house bank to bank transfer (because the online bank has the same telex type with my Bank).You can then transfer the funds in safe bits to your main account for both of us or transfer in bits to our individual accounts.
I will await an update. Please do make contact with the bank so that the account opening can be fast, email them preferably, and inform them you are expecting a transfer from Hong Kong and you will need to get an account opened ASAP.I call you brother so that we both understand that our trust in each other is that of blood brothers. God Bless you for your positive resolve to affect our lives.

Regards,
W K Mok.


[ WK KINDLY SENDS PHOTOS OF HIS PERFECTLY LOVELY FAMILY SITTING ON THE COUCH AND PROVIDES CONTACT INFO FOR BANK NUMBER ONE (WELL...TWO IF YOU COUNT THE BANK WK IS WORKING FOR) ]


Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Brother Mok,

Thank you for your response and photos. You have a truly lovely family. I am assuming that is your daughter seated on the left. I have a son about her age. In fact, I had to show this photo to him (don't worry...I didn't share any confidential details of our business...I only told him that you were an old friend and associate). He was quite taken by the poise and beauty of your daughter. Please brother, don't think this too forward...but may I ask if she is single? I do not see a wedding ring on her finger in the photo. I know this is a great favor to request, but does she have an e-mail address at which my son may write to her just to say hello? He is being quite persistent that I ask you for this. You know how children can be! Don't worry, he is very polite and well-mannered and I can assure you that he will treat your daughter with the utmost respect.

Anyway, on to the details of our business transaction. All of the paperwork seems to be in order. I shall contact the bank as you instructed. Hopefully my application for account will be approved quickly and we can conclude this transaction and share in the bounty of our newly found wealth and friendship. Until then, take care my friend.

Always,
Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

To: luxfinancebv.-.netscape.net
Mr. Hans Van Pluge,
Good day sir. My name is Captain Fernando Santa Cruz IV. I would like to open an offshore/online account in anticipation of a large sum transfer of money from Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong. Please provide a link to your website so that as soon as possible I may begin the process of opening this online account. Thank you and kind regards.

Always,
Cpt. Fernando Santa Cruz IV



Van H. Pluge (banker du jour)

From: "luxfinancebv@netscape.net"
Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006

Attn: Fernando Santa Cruz IV,

This is to inform you that we have received your mail and your enquiry on how to open an offshore account.

Since you do not have any existing account with us before, you are advised to fill the off shore application form attached that will facilitate your account set up in less than 72 hours, of when your filled form and payment confirmation of your choice of account listed below

We have (5) different off shore accounts types, and each with different minimum deposit depending on which of the account you will like us to set up for you.

ACCOUNTS & THEIR MINIMUM DEPOSIT

1) PLATINUM ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of $3,850
2) CURRENT ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of $2,800
3) SAVING ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of $1,680
4) PREMIUM ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit of $3,550
5) TIME DEPOSIT ACCOUNT: This has a minimum deposit $4,450

Be informed that all account has full option banking amenities which involves Having a Master Card, credit/debit balance print out and overdraft.

NOTE that the mandatory minimum deposit Belongs to you as this will be in your account before crediting any funds you wish to transfer, this is to enable our KTT data base encrypt and recognized your account for onward transfer as you may wish to transfer swiftly to your nominated local account round the globe without delay.

Mode of payment is through our accredited western union or money gram, but if you find it very difficult locating any close agent of the payment centre, please indicate that on your next email to enable me forward account details that will enable effect wire through bank to bank for swift and easy transfer, we advise western union or money gram because the money can be pick up the same day, and it make your process very fast because with bank wire it will take maximum of three working day.

If you are transferring through western union or money gram, please take note of the officer details you will take along when filling the form that will be required of you in the agent office of the western union or money gram:

NAME: RONEY WILLSON.

ADDRESS: DIEMEN-ZUID
1102AA AMSTERDAM THE NETHERLANDS.

Ensure to fax or email the receipt that will be issued to you by the western union or money gram for our record and enable the officer pick up the funds.

Please fill out the attached offshore account opening form and send by fax (+31 847 474 087) or email scanned copy as an attachment with a copy of your valid identification.

If you require any further clarification on the above, please contact me directly on telephone number (+3161 2177 117) between the hours of 9am-5pm Netherlands time (Mondays-Saturday) Please note that our Saturday banking is half day, we close 12 noon on Saturdays, you can email us directly on both email and your request will be attended as soon as possible.
Email: luxfinancebv@excite.com
luxfinancebv@netscape.net

Please note that the DELUX FINANCE & SECURITY BV Netherlands, reserves the right to decline payments/transfers if any irregularities are noticed.
We Remain,
Yours Truly,
Van .H. Pluge



W K Mok

Dear brother,

Thanks for the quick response to my mail and it is also good to hear that you have started to make contact with the online bank.I am very amused about your son desire for my daugther it is not surprising because I know she is a beauty.My girl is still single and she is schooling.At this moment she is in school,she is going to be home soon for her holidays.She is studying LAW can you imagine my own daugther becoming a lawyer?She is good at it though, that why nobody in the house or around cannot agrue issue with her because we all know she has a way to drive home her point of view.She is a matured girl and I would like her to be around and I seek her permission to give her email address out so do not worry when the time come we will let the both of them decide for themselves.

Now that you have made contact with the bank and we are progressing in this transaction I think is time you send me your ID so i know who am going to trust with such volume of money.I thought maybe you will send yours to me as soon as you got mine but I got nothing.Please do this in time so that the process of this transaction will not be delayed.And also let me use this opportunity to find out from you if you have gotten a reply yet from the bank after the mail you sent.Try to communicate back to me on your finding in the bank and make all arrangement to get the account opened in time so that I can make the transfer from my bank immediately.When this transaction is conclude I hope to meet with you and then both families will come together.So you see your son`s desire for my daugther might be a blessing to all.Reply my mail as soon as you get this it in order to update me properly concerning your contact with the bank.NOTE:please make sure you semd me a copr of your ID.

Regards,

W K Mok.



[ LOVE IS IN THE AIR, MY FRIENDS ]

Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Brother Mok,
What a wonderful and amazing coincidence! My son is also studying law back home in the US. You cannot imagine how excited he became when I gave him the news that your daughter is single and also a fellow student of the law. He is currently between school semesters and is with me now in Parador to help with my expedition. We are steadily progressing and feel we are near to uncovering the lost mine of Quetzaltananga. Very exciting to me!! I am an archaeologist by trade, in case you were wondering. I truly feel this partnership was meant to happen between us! You must tell me more about your daughter. What is her name? Where is she attending school? When will she be home to check her e-mail? Please forgive all my questions but, as I stated, my son is being very persistent. You know how those lawyers can be!!! I think he is concentrating more on your daughter than the important work at hand with our expedition. He is a good boy though, albeit very headstrong.

Anyway, on to our other business. Yes, I mentioned that I did e-mail the bank and they have responded to me and provided an account application form. I replied with a few additional questions so hopefully they will contact me again soon. Everything appears to be progressing very nicely.

I must apologize for the delay in sending my photo ID. I am in a very remote area at the moment and do not have access to a wireless scanner. Furthermore, it is monsoon season so on the rare occasion when electrical power is available, it is frequently short-lived. Thank goodness for my trusty wireless lithium hybrid laptop and satellite internet link! Otherwise, I would have no contact with the civilized world at all right now. In any event, we should be arriving in Bola del Babuino within the next couple of days and I will finally have access to a reliable electrical outlet (and a hot shower) so I will be able to send you a scan of my ID at that time. Until then, I shall say "swingbattabatta" which, in the local tongue, means "God Bless and may good fortune smile upon us".

Always,
Brother Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

To: luxfinancebv.-.netscape.net
Mr. Pluge,
Thank you for your quick reply and the plethora of information contained therein. I appreciate the many account options available and will discuss these with my business partner to see which option best suits our needs. We plan to make a very substantial deposit with your bank in the near future so your utmost professionalism and attention to detail will be greatly appreciated. That being said, one very crucial bit of information appears to be missing from your message...the website of your bank! As this is to be an online offshore account, my partner and I will be accessing our account almost exclusively via the internet, it would be very beneficial to us to familiarize ourselves with your website and the particulars of using our account online. As such, please send me the weblink to your bank and I will forge ahead with the opening of my account.

Thanks and kind regards,
Cpt. Santa Cruz



Van Pluge

From: "luxfinancebv@netscape.net"
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006

Attn: Fernando Santa Cruz IV,
With reference to your request, since our previous attack with hacker that made us loss over $120,000.000.00.our management as change the rules and regulation of such repeating it self again.The issue is still under serious investigation on the lost.
Please be informed that will must be sure of your transaction with us before all information in your favor can be send to you.Firstly.fill out the off shore account opening form out carefully and send back through our fax or email attachment.Include the payment instruction of the account you intend to set up.
As soon as the vital process is meet by you,documentation of your account will immediately commence,and relevant information like your full account details that contain your person access code and our web site will be send to you.then you and your partner can use the access code to view and effect transfer on line as you my wish.
If you find it difficult locating western union in your location,ensure to forward your full address to me,and i will help you locate the close agent to your location for easy transfer of the account opening fee of your account.
Await your prompt response soon.
Yours Faithfully,
an Pluge.


[ WOW!!! THAT'S ONE MIGHTY AMBITIOUS HACK JOB! ]


W K Mok

Subject: Good day
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and a blissful day to you and your son too.My daugther schools in Singapore and she will be home hopefully next week and I hope to get her permission to give you are email address so the two children can start communicating.

I want you to forward to me all the mails the bank has sent to you.Why I want this is that as a banker I should be able to give you advice on the choice of account we are to open if they gave you some options.This is necessary for the fact that we need a good account to be able to make the transfer of this large sum of money.Please write back to me soon so I can be well informed and please say me well to your son.He seems responsible for deciding to be with you at his spare time and I love him for that.Also do not forget to send me your ID as soon as you can.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: Reply me
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I have sent a mail to you since requesting for the informations given to you by the bank and you have not responded.Please try to forward them to me soon so that I can be in the light of the things happening with this transaction.

Regards,
W K Mok.
[ FERNANDO SENDS HIS PHOTO ID...HIS FRIENDS TELL HIM HE IS A DEAD RINGER FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN BUT PLEASE DO NOT SUGGEST THAT TO HIM AS IT MAKES HIM SAD AND ANGRY ]

Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006

W K,
Easy there friend, I have other business to attend to than just this so I cannot promise you a reply within minutes but I try to check my e-mail at least once every day or two if conditions allow. I'm sure you are already familiar with the details of this bank as you are yourself a banker and this is, after all, the bank that YOU personally chose and recommended.
I will be honest with you brother...I am more than a little concerned about the security and professionalism of this bank. In my correspondence with them (see forwarded message below) their representative told me that a hacker recently stole $120,000,000.00 from them! I have never in my life heard of a bank with such poor security and, frankly, I really don't want to take that kind of risk with our money. Furthermore, they will not even give me their website link so that I can make myself familiar with the online account options! Their customer service is truly lacking so I think you will agree that we should choose a more reliable and secure bank. Let me know what you think. By the way, I was finally able to scan my photo ID. Hopefully you should receive that as an e-mail attachment with this message.

Always,
Brother Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2006
To: luxfinancebv.-.netscape.net.

Dear Mr. Spluge,
Upon reviewing the information contained in your reply, I shall inform you that my partner and I will likely choose another bank with whom to make our deposit. Frankly, your security record is of great concern to us. As I stated, we have a large sum of money to deposit and we will not want to take a chance by depositing that with a bank that has recently lost $120,000,000.00 to a hacker. Furthermore, you did not fulfill the simple and very reasonable request to provide me with a link to your website so that I may familiarize myself with your services. In fact, I did an internet search for your bank and wasn't able to find any information about it at all! As such, we will choose another more reputable bank that can securely and professionally meet our needs. Thank you for your time and best wishes on your future banking endeavours.

Regards,
Cpt. Santa Cruz



Van Pluge

To: Fernando Santa Cruz
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

Please get the content of my email well,the reason that such happen before doesn't mean that it will repeat it self.we are using the latest banking system which is the encrypted of all date and account information,You have choice of choosing and bank you like,it personal to you.In Respect to web site,i have explain to you that all this will content in the information that will be send to you as soon as your account is activated and ready for your transaction.

Be informed that even the lost and extract profit as been paid directly to the beneficiary through insurance,I will assure you optimum satisfaction of our on line banking,Feel free to call me on my office number Netherlands Time from 9am to 4:30 pm.

Await your res pose elder by call or email,but i will appreciate verbal conversation through my direct office telephone no: (+3161 2177 117)
Yours Faithfully,
Van Pluge.



W K Mok

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Top of the day to you and you and I hope all is well with your works.I spoke to my daugther on phone yesterday and she will be back home from school this week by Thursday.I told her about your son and that you were a long time friend of mine.She ask me to give your son her mail and I hope I will be able to rest now on your son`s request to have her mail.Her email is tracyislegal@rediffmail.com and her name is Tracy.

I will gladlyay you are a real man with the content of your mail,but be rest assured that i will not for no reason allow negligent from my side spoil this transaction for me.
I have had sleepless night and deep research before this transaction as come this far,and i will assure you 100 % that i have all plans to bring this funds successfully to the new account information am requesting you to set up with the bank.
Many bank suffer internal or external attack of the past which i can confess to you as a banker,but all bank as improved in there information and of the recent and modern banking sector are free with hacker like that.I am recommending this bank because we use the same telex number,so the transfer will be easy for me and you .
Please feel free and don't say insultive words to your account officer,there is need for you to have good customer relationship with your account officer,and he will be happy to always attend to your request and files.
Await next response with the account information to enable me apply and effect the transfer to hit your account,so that you can transfer bit by bit to your account swiftly.Please take all instruction very careful,ask me questions if you need guard lines. Greeting from my family,as we look forward for a great dinner with you as soon as the transaction if concluded.Please make sure that you do all things possible to get the account opened so that we can conclude this transaction in time.You should be informed that %5 of the total amount of the transaction will ne set aside to cover every charges we might have Incured in the process of the transction.I too am in several debt because the services of the lawyer backing this transaction was paid for and sereval document which I am avilable.I am hoping on the success of this transaction so that I can pay up all this debt on me now.Am hoping and trusting you to complete this transaction with me and please always keep on touch.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

Mr. Van Plug,
I'm not sure how you do business there in the Netherlands but apparently it is very different from how we do things in the United States. For example, when I am shopping an automobile, I test drive it FIRST before I buy it. When I buy a pair of pants, I try them on to see if they fit BEFORE I buy them. The same is true in this case. When I am looking for a bank in which to invest a large sum of money, I look at the options available (including the WEBSITE I will be using for my online transactions) BEFORE I open the account. This is really quite simple logic. If you cannot understand this basic concept and provide this information to me, your bank is clearly inadequate to professionally handle the high dollar transactions my partner and I will have. So I ask you one final time...send me the website link to your bank so that I may browse over it to see if it meets my needs. If it does, I will proceed with opening an account. If not, I will move on to another bank that can assist me. Please do not waste any more of my partner's time and mine if you are unable or unwilling to provide this simple information.

Always,
Cpt. Santa Cruz



[ BANK NUMBER TWO GETS A BIT SNIPPY AND ISSUES A DEVASTATING ULTIMATUM]

To: Fernando
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

In respect to your mail,we are not wasting your time rather you are not following instruction,the example you have you to qualify the issue are just parallel.I have table your issue on the recent meeting and we have concluded, please note that we cannot go against of rules and regulations. I will advise you follow instruction or look for another bank for your transaction. we are sorry we cannot meet up your demand.our web site will content in the information that will be send to you. We must be sure of who you are because of our past experience. Thanks, Van Pluge.



W K Mok

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I have not heard from you yet after the mail I sent you. I hope all is well with you and you expendition.Like I said earlier on you have no reason to be skeptic about the bank because I have made my equires.Moreso I would want you to forward to me the first mail you received from the bank so that I can be updated on the recent situations.Have it in mind that we have little or no time to conclude this transaction so please be up and doing just the way I am over here.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

I understand. My partner and I will find another bank that can handle our large transaction more professionally. Thank you for your time.

Cpt. Santa Cruz



[ KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED FOR SAMSON! ]

Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006
From: "Samson Santa Cruz"
Subject: Hello Tracy
To: tracyislegal.-.rediffmail.com

Hello Tracy,
My name is Samson Santa Cruz. My father tells me that he and your father are old friends. That does not surprise me as father has many friends around the world.

However, I have never seen a picture of you and your family until a few days ago. I must say that I find you absolutely beautiful. When my father told me that you were also studying law like myself, I knew that I had to get in touch with you. I'm not sure what kind of business my father has with your father but it sounds like they are both very excited about their transaction. Anyway, we are currently on expedition here in Parador. The weather is very hot and rainy and honestly I wish I was back home. It is difficult to sleep at night because of the conditions and because I have been thinking of you. Please tell me more about yourself...where are you attending school? What type of law are you studying? Tell me about your interests outside of school. I can't wait to hear from you soon.

Dreaming of you,
Samson



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006

W K,
Can't talk long as the weather conditions here are miserable. Not sure what "first mail I received from the bank" you are referring to. I already forwarded you their response to my e-mail. I really don't think this bank can meet our needs. I admit I don't have the banking experience that you do but I have done more than my share of international banking and I am pretty familiar with how the process works. This bank was very unprofessional and would not even provide me a link to their website.
Also, I was unable to find any information about them when I did an online search. So I must insist that we look for a more reputable bank. I just don't want for us to take that kind of risk with our hard earned money. I have an international online account at Natwest Bank, one of the Big Four banks in the UK. I can send you the account details and we can hopefully complete our transaction quickly.
Let me know what you think.

Always,
Brother Fernando

P.S. Many thanks for the e-mail information for your daughter. My son was quite excited when I gave it to him.



[Enter the scammer's "daughter"!]

Tracy Mok

From: tracyislegal@rediffmail.com
To: Samson Santa Cruz

Dear Samson,

I was expecting
your mail because my dad told me on phone when i called the house that there was some friend of his whose son wants my mail cuz he saw my pics.Its quite exciting that you are studing law too.I really want to know how old are you and get to see your pics cuz you have seen mine.I think all this will do for a start.Am studing civil law in singapore (National University of Singapore).I will be home on thursday am really excited because I enjoy being with my folks.I will also like to know more about you so give me all the deatils about yourself my dear.Although things are rough with you now as in where you are with your dad I hope you guys get to find whatever that took you there.I wish you well and i yearn to hear from you soon.

With love,

Tracy.



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006
To: tracyislegal.-.rediffmail.com

Dearest Tracy,

How honored I am that you took time from your busy schedule to respond to me. Your words brighten my dark night like a giant firefly buzzing above me. It is lonely out here but my thoughts of you have kept me warm. I will tell you more about myself. I am 24 years old, studying law at the University of Illinois. Between semesters, I help my father with his expeditions. They are often very exciting and I get to travel the world.
And the financial aspect is very appealing also. Not to sound boastful, but I have made quite a lot of money with some of the items we have uncovered. Just last month, we found the lost treasure room of King Poonman of the Yucatan Alps. Although this discovery has not been widely publicized, my father and I made a small fortune because of it.
But I will be honest with you...at this point, I think I would trade all of the fortune and glory just to be with you for one evening. Maybe it's just my lonliness or the early stages of malaria, but my mind is concentrating on one thing now...and that is my dear Tracy. Unfortunately, I didn't think that I would need any photos of myself on this expedition so I didn't bring any with me to scan and send to you. I will look through my father's belongings to see if he has a photo of me that I can send to you. Otherwise, I promise you some photos as soon as I return home next week.
In the meantime, please write again soon. Please also send more photos...something to make me think of you even more. Tell me everything about yourself.
Darling,
you are my shining star. Until we speak again...

Your Samson


[ NAME DROPPING KING POONMAN! SAMSON KNOWS HIS STUFF ]


Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006

WK,
It has been a few days since I last heard from you. Did you get my last message about the bank? Do you have any ideas for a different bank or maybe somebody more experienced I could talk with at the bank you suggested? I am eager to complete this transaction but it seems like things have been stalled for some reason. Please get back to me as soon as possible.

Fernando



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2006
Subject: Hello?
To: tracyislegal.-.rediffmail.com

Hello again,
It has been several days since I last heard from you. Hopefully you received my last message. I hope I was not too forward in sharing my feelings for you. I must apologize if I offended you in any way. I will be back home in a few days so I can send you some photos and write to you more often. Please let me know you are receiving my messages and still wish to communicate with me.

Thinking of you,
Samson



W K Mok

Subject: WHY THE SILENCE?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Top of the day to you and your family and I hope all is well with your business.I have not heard from you since and I wonder what is going on,on your end.Please write me back as soon as you get this mail so that I can be properly updated.
Since I gave you the new contact of bank you have not made any move to open the account.You should know that this transaction is running out of time and we must conclude it before the end of this present week we have entered.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006

WK,
Hello. Good to hear from you again. Did you not receive the replies to my messages? I responded on 17 July and again on 20 July and have not heard anything from you since. I am hoping you received these messages as there was much important information to consider. If you did not, let me know and I can attempt to send them again. Also, I have not received any messages from you during this time so if you wrote to me since last Monday, please send those messages again so that I can review them.

Fernando



W K Mok

Subject: NICE TO HAVE YOU BACK
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I am glad to hear from you after you have not replyed several mails I sent to you.Am very surprised to know that you did not get my mails since and I wonder what went wrong because it is unheard of.Anyway I have not received any mail which you claim you sent to me and it seems you are not really serious with me the way I am with this transaction. I sent you the contact of another bank you are to make the activation of account since you had problems with the first. I want you to acknowledge the receipt of this mail before I send you the contact again as that was the most important mail I sent to you last week.Once again let me tell you that I did not receive any mail from you and please update me proper on the recent happening on your end.I hope all is well with you and your family?Have a blissful day.

Regards,

W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006

WK,
It hurts me for you to say that you do not think I am serious about our transaction. I guarantee that I always respond to any messages I receive. No, I did not receive any e-mail with details for another bank. Please send that to me again. Also, my son has sent two e-mails to Tracy and has not heard anything back from her so I wonder if maybe our internet link has been failing. That is very possible with the extreme heat and storms of the summer in Parador. We are making great progress on our expedition and have made profits of nearly half a million dollars. The natives never knew what hit them! Actually, I am growing very fond of the local women and am considering purchasing a summer home here. Of course you and your family will welcome to visit anytime.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear that you have decided to go with a different bank. I'm sure you agree that your first option could not adequately meet our needs. Please send me those details again and I can get this process back on track. Also, please ask Tracy to send again any messages that she had for Samson. Thank you brother for your patience.

Fernando



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006
Subject: Please respond To: tracyislegal.-.rediffmail.com

Dearest Tracy,

My father said that we have been having trouble with our internet service. I am desperately hoping that this is the reason I have not received any messages from you lately. I am thinking about you constantly...how I cannot wait to meet you and share with you the fortune I am making. I wish to travel with you around the world... Paris, Monte Carlo, Cleveland...only the finest locations. Forgive me if this seems too forward. It's just that I feel a connection with you that I have never felt before and want to experience with you the best the world has to offer. Please tell me I am not alone in these feelings. I will be home this week and would love to talk to you more. Please let me know you are receiving my messages.

Yours always,
Samson



[ AND LET US WELCOME BANK NUMBER THREE ]

W K Mok

Subject: THE MAIL I SENT YOU LAST WEEK
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and then I decided to go sort for another bank which has better services and which we are free to check out their site before opening an account with them.I was able to get the site to the bank and it is given below:

BANK NAME: Banco Caixa Catalunya
WEBSITE:http://www.caixacata.com/home2.htm

I want you to apply for an online account so that we can make this transfer possible this present week.As soon as the account is opened I will make the transfer from my bank as soon as possible.Do not worry about what you will spend to get this account opened because we are going to set aside %5 of the total money to settle all the debt we incured in the process of this transaction.I on my own part have incured the debt of about $15,000 to hire the services of the lawyer who is giving this project the legal backing and am hoping also on the %5 to pay back this money.All you have to do is to keep a proper record of all the money you spent because it will be reimbursed.Keep in touch with me on your findings from the bank soon.

Regards,
W K Mok.


[That web site appears to be down. The real Caixo Catalunya has a different URL, and content in Catalan, Spanish and English.]


W K Mok

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I can quiet understand your reasons for not getting those mails I sent you and am sorry if I meant harm by saying you were not serious with this transaction I guess I was being selfish think about this transaction alone and not your situation at the moment.But now that we are back let us stay focused on this tasked placed before us.

I have sent to you the contact of the bank in my previous mail so please make contact with them soon and get back to me. Moreso let me know you received this mail by reply as soon as possible brother.Remember we have lost out in this transaction for a couple of weeks now and we cannot afford to keep wasting time.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Tracy Mok

Subject: Re: Please respond
Date: 25 Jul 2006

Dear samson,

A lovely day to you my dear and I hope the bugs didnt bite(lol). I thought you got the mails i sent you well I now know why you kept slient all this while.I almost thought i said something wrong or something.Well am glad I could hear from you again.I came back from school last week friday and it has being a wonderful time with my family. I share the same feeling with you and you should know that you are not alone over there, am there with you.You are such a nice person judging by the way you talk on mails and I feel I owe you that same feeling.I cant wait to see you and share my dreams with you.Until then you occupy a very special place in my heart.

With love

Tracy



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006

WK,
Yes, now we are making progress. This bank appears to be much more professional. I will contact them this evening to get our account set up. I think we should probably opt for the domiciliary account which is their best option. Do you agree? Let me know and I will opent the account immediately.

Fernando



[ CUE THE CANDLELIGHT AND SOFT MUSIC ]

Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006

Dearest Tracy,

Thank you so much for your quick reply. Your words make me feel as if the sunlight is again piercing through the smog and clouds of the city. I am overwhelmed with joy that you are experiencing the same feelings for me as I have for you. I cannot wait to send you my photos later this week. In the meantime, do you have more photos of yourself that you could send me? Perhaps, some that are of you alone. Not that you don't have a lovely family, but I want to focus entirely upon you.
Yes, I cannot wait to hear the dreams that you will share with me. I had a dream about you last night. We were frolicking like happy little elves under a beautiful waterfall. Suddenly I realized that I could not swim but you reached under the water to lift me out. Then you hoisted me onto your back and I rode you like a dolphin to the shoreline. It was truly magical and it made me angry to wake up. Anyway, thank you again for your message. I am thinking of you always.

Forever yours,
Sam



W K Mok

Subject: The right choice
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I am in receipt of your mail and am also glad that the bank will suit our needs for this transaction according to your observation.It is a wise choice you made by chosing a domiciliary account because of the volume of money involved in this transaction.As soon as this account is in full effect send me the account number and the swift code i.e all the full details of the account so that I can make the transfer of the 18million euros possible immediately.Like I told you in my last mail that we have little or no time to conclude this transaction judging by its nature.So that is why I want us to make the transfer out of my bank this week so that the other part of the transaction will be how to make the sharing and the uninon of our both families.The transfer of this funds from my bank will take between 24-48hrs so you need to act fast to get the account opened.
Let me use this opportunity to thank your son for being such a wonderful friend to my little girl like he promised. I guess they will find a good friend in each other.Reply this mail as soon as you get it so I know you where in receipt of it.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Tracy Mok

Date: 26 Jul 2006

Dear sam,

Thanks for the nice things you said about me.I am excited that I could be able to share your dreams with you my Dear.You should send me your pics first before I can send you more from me.At least you have seen me already but I have not seen a single pics of yours.I would like to get your pics before I send you more pics from me because my Dear you cannot just eat your cake and have it all the time.You are such a darling and I wish all that you saw was not a dream cuz it has such a beatiful secenero.

So my dear lets just wait till you get home then because I will love to see your pics first before i send you more ok?And have a very lovely day thinking about me only ok?

With love

Tracy.



W K Mok

Subject: The account
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Good day to you and your son.I hope by now you would have made contact with the bank and make your application for the account.Please speed up things on your end because all am waiting for now is just your cofirmation that you have opened the account and I will proceed with the transfer of funds from my bank.I will be waiting for your notification because I can still effect the transfer today before closing hours here in hong kong.Get back to me soon so I know the situation on your end.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006

WK,
Sorry, I have had an extremely busy and eventful couple of days. I will try to get those details finalized within the next day. Rest assured that I will send you any details as I receive them.

Always,
Fernando



W K Mok

Subject: No too much time
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Compliments of the day to you and your son.I can quiet understand that you are every busy with your work and all that,but you should also realise that you are suffering this transaction with delay.This is the beginging of another working day in Hong Kong and we ought to make this transfer out of my bank this week.You keep saying that you will make contact with the bank please move into action and stop giving me promises.You are toying with time which we do not have in abundance by so doing anyone can find out about this transaction and still begin to lay claims to the money just the way we are doing now because the deceased left no NEXT OF KIN.We have to at least make this transfer out of my bank first and this will not be possible without the account you are to open with the bank in spain.Please try to contact the bank and make arrngements on the opening of a domicilary account like we agreed.
Have a blissful day and always keep in touch.

Regards,

W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: Be informed
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I just want to remind you that as soon as you make the application for the bank to open the account.Try to let them know that you need them to speed up the account process that your partner is transfering into that account a huge sum of money from Hong kong.Let them know this fact so that we can make this transfer possible this week.I am here waiting for your confirmation that the account is active and with the account details,I will file for the release of the funds (18million euros)from my bank.Please do not forget to send me the account information when it is ready it is very important. God bless you as you make the move to uplift the living standard of both families and my profound regards to your son.

Your Brother,

W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006

WK,
I have contacted the bank and submitted my account application to them. I am just waiting on their response now. I have already informed them that we expect to be transferring a large sum of money. Hopefully, I will hear back from them soon. Of course, I will let you know immediately when I do. Until then.

Fernando



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006

Hello again dear Tracy,

I just remembered that I had a small photo of myself packed away in my belongings that I brought with me. It is not a great photo as I have always considered myself very unphotogenic. Anyway, I was able to attach it to an e-mail. It is a picture of me and my younger sister Raquel. I hope you enjoy it...and PLEASE now send more pictures of yourself. Don't worry...I am thinking ONLY about you. I am surrounded by beautiful native women here in the city. Many of them wish to join me at my campsite but I turn them all away. I tell them that there is only one girl I would unzip my tent for and she is many miles away now. Write again soon my darling.

Yours forever,
Sam


[ SAMSON BEARS AN UNCANNY RESEMBLANCE TO ITALIAN SOCCER STAR LUCA TONI ]


W K Mok

Subject: Anticipating your respones
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and be sure that I trust you 100% to complete this transaction with me.It is good news to hear that the bank already have your application for the account and this spells out that we are making huge progress.Like I told you am waiting for you to confirm the opening of the account and the transfer will take full effect as quickly as possible.Above all my brother let us devote all time and commitment to this transaction so that we can have a successful end.Always keep me abreast about your findings like you have always maintained.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Mrs.Sharon Raul

To: Fernando
From: "customerservice@caixac.com"
Subject: Account Application Successful
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

Attn:Fernando Santa Cruz,
Dear Sir,
Your account application was succesful and has been approved for activation.
In order to activate your account, please contact your Personal Banker for more details on account activation.
Your Personal Banker is:

Mr. Thomas Khabalo
E-Mail: tkhabalo@caixac.com
Tel: +34-66015-7711
Fax:+34-9176-16292

Once your account is activated, your Account Details will be sent to you by secure e-mail. Please note that your Personal Banker would be managing your account from now and all correspondence between yourself and the bank should be th rough your Personal Banker directly. (He will supervise and look after all your affairs and transactions). Please contact your Personal Banker for details on how to activate your account immediately. Please note that there is a time limit for which your account can be held inactive after which we will have to delete your application from our databases in line with Data Protection and Security Procedures. Thank You for your custom and we look forward to serving you.
PLEASE NOTE YOU HAVE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE (5) DAYS TO ACTIVATE YOUR ACCOUNT FROM THE DATE OF APPLICATION.

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs.Sharon Raul
Customer Services Department


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Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

Subject: Re: Account Application Successful
To: tkhabalo.-.caixac.com

Dear Mr. Khabalo,
I received the following message with instructions to contact you for details on my account activation. Apparently my account application was approved but I have not been given an account number or anything like that necessary to make my first deposit. Please contact me as soon as possible with these details.

Sincerely,
Cpt. Fernando Santa Cruz



W K Mok

Subject: ACT FAST
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

I was expecting to hear from you during the working hours of yesterday to know if I will be able to make the transfer to the account you are to open with the bank.I was taken aback when I did not get a response from you.Is about 3:42am in the morning and am still up because am worried my brother.You should understand how I feel and need to get this money out of my bank in time.Please I know you have alot of things doing as you are a very busy man but consider the matters of this transaction as very paramount for this week so that when it is concluded we all can plan ahead on the way forward for the life.If mailing the bank seems to slow things down call them as soon as possible to get things speed up.Go to a location where you know you can get services for calling and call the bank so that this transaction process will not be delayed.Moreso as soon as you get this mail get back to me to keep my mind at rest because am very worried about the progress of this transaction.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006

WK,
There is nothing more I can do at this point. I have contacted the banker for details of my account and am simply waiting for him to reply. Rest assured that I will inform you as soon as possible when I hear back from him. You are certainly welcome to contact him yourself if you would like. As a fellow banker, perhaps you could get him to speed up the process of finalizing my account details. Beyond that, I don't know what more I can do but wait for him to finish my application. I have no doubt we will complete this transaction very soon.

Sincerely,
Fernando



Tracy Mok

Date: 28 Jul 2006

Hello,
My samson how are you doing today?Is it leagl to ask you for your heart because you look so handsome,I never could have imagined you were this good looking.And your sister too is looks wonderful.Am ok with the pics you sent I was just eager to see you and now am satisfied.I do not have pics on the internet and my scanner is bad it will take me sometime to do this because I spend most of my time in my mums resturant.She needs all my help that she can get when am always on holidays.But I could only find a family picture of ours on the system and I just hope is not the same one you saw from my dad.
Anyway I just want you to have it and have a vision of me always because even if we are far away you and I know that very soon we will feel the touch of each others warm. Till then always keep me in your memory like I do over here.

With Love

Tracy.



W K Mok

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Of course there is something you can do here to make this transaction speed up.You should call the bank as soon as possible to find out what the delay is in the process of getting the account opened.The application do not take a long process normally when opening an online account all that poses as a problem now is the communication gap your are experincing now.You do not have to rely totally on mails to reach the bank call them to make final arrangement to open the account for the transfer.And please always try to check your mail at intervals to response to my mails in time.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

WK,
I really don't think there has been that much of a delay. It has only been since yesterday morning that I contacted my personal banker by e-mail (which is what he instructed me to do). I'm sure he is a very busy man and will be back in touch with me very soon. As I have said many times, I do not have reliable phone service here in Parador. It would be quite embarrassing to be talking on the phone discussing a multi-million dollar transaction with my new bank only to have my phone service be disconnected in the middle of a sentence. As I said, you are certainly welcome to contact the bank. I'm sure that you as an experienced banker would be much more familiar with the details of our transaction than I would anyway. Don't worry brother, we are making fast progress. I have no doubt we will complete this transaction very soon.

Always,
Fernando



[ GREETINGS TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN "THE SPAIN" AND A WARM WELCOME TO BANK NUMBER FOUR ]

Thomas Khabalo

To: Fernando
From: "tkhabalo@caixac.com"
Subject: Account Activation Advise
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

Dear Sir,

Further to your request that your account be activated as a Domicilary Account,it is important that you know that the activation process is carried out by the monetary authorities here in the SPAIN which entails carrying out a due diligence process to ascertain that the account is fully functional in the SPAIN and that is why we request for a setup fee/activation Deposit which will be used as a security deposit with the monetary authorities which will be fully refundable after termination of your account. Sir,please be CAUTIONED that activating your account is very IMPORTANT and at this stage,if you intend to transfer any funds into your dormant account,it will be automatically returned back due to its inactive state.and we will not be liable for that because you are been cautioned and advised on what to do.On this note you will have to make the payment ($16,500)for activation of your account directly to the agents of the monetary authorities here in Spain.please find below the wire instruction of the agent of the monitory authority responsible for receiving funds from your regoinal location.

HSBC BANK USA
452 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
ABA NO:021001088
CREDIT TO FINANCIAL BANK
SWIFT CODE:FIBBBJBJ
A/C NO:13518139640
BENEFICIARY:INTERNATIONAL ECHANGE

Please make sure that the particulars above should be used for telegraphic transfers only.Also,after payment please be advised to send the payment slip to our fax line +34 917 616 292 and also a copy sent as an attachment to the accounts department email address (tkhabalo@caixac.com)Please note that payment through the account stated above will take about three days to receive and activate your,but should you decide to send it through more faster means please let us know so that we can advise you on that.

Finally, please be informed that payment of the activation fee is prerequisite to the opening of your account. So once we receive the evidence of payment,we will supply you with an account details to enable any future transactions you may desire Please feel free to call me on +34660157711

Thomas Khabalo
Account Department
Tel:+34660157711



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

Good news my man!

The banker has replied with our account details which are as follows:

HSBC BANK USA
452 FIFTH AVENUE
NEW YORK
ABA NO:021001088
CREDIT TO FINANCIAL BANK
SWIFT CODE:FIBBBJBJ
A/C NO:13518139640
BENEFICIARY:INTERNATIONAL ECHANGE

I'm not sure why this appears to be a different bank than the one we are using but I assume you are familiar with these procedures. He did say that it could take up to three days for a deposit to show up in the account but it should be ready for you to act. We are almost there partner!

Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006

Mr. Khablammo,

Thank you for your quick reply. My partner and I will wire the full amount of our deposit into the account you have specified below. From that amount, please deduct the $16,500 fee and provide us with a balance receipt. I have instructed my partner to initiate the wire transfer so the money should be there very soon.

Sincerely,
Cpt. Santa Cruz



Thomas Khabalo

To: Fernando
From: "tkhabalo@caixac.com"
Subject: Account Activation Clarification
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006

Dear Sir,
We have received your email and the content well understood,please be CAUTIONED that activating your account is very IMPORTANT and at this stage,if you intend to transfer any funds into your dormant account without paying the activation first,it will be automatically returned back due to its inactive state.and we will not be liable for that because you are been cautioned and advised on what to do.Sir for further clarification on this issue

please call us at +34-660157711

Thomas Khabalo



W K Mok

Subject: Effect the account
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Compliments of the day to you and your son and I hope all is well with your work.I got your mail and I know you do not understand properly the details supplied to you my brother.According to the informations you were given by the bank you are to make the payment for the activation of the account through this account details. After receiving your mail I made contact with the bank and I was told that the account informations given to you was the one you are to effect the payment for the account.You are to make this payment for the account according to the account fee for opening a domiciliary account.You need to do this because the account has to be active to make the transfer possible.I can decide to start the transfer right this moment but if it not an account which do not have active use it will bounce back and this will cause more problem for us.The only way to make thing easy is to pay the fees for the activation of account so that the account can be in full effect before I make the transfer from my end.

My brother do not worry about the money it will cost you to open the account because like I said before we are going to set aside 5% of the total money made in this transaction to settle any money spent during the course of this project.All you should do is to keep record and receipt of all the expenses you made on your end to make this transfer a success.I am also counting on the samething to pay back the $15,000 debt I have incured in this transaction and the lawyer is still asking me for more payment.I do not want to bother you with it because am taking care of the legal part of this transaction and I expect you to take proper care of the banking aspect. Please my brother act fast to get this account opened no matter what it takes because as soon as you do the transfer will be made immediately and this transaction will be successfully concluded.Always keep me updated on your recent dealings with the bank like you have maintain and my best regards to your son sam.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: Reply needed ASAP
Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Good day to you and it is my prayer that you are in good condition.I have not heard from you since the last mail I sent you telling you that the details you received from the bank is the details you are to make payment to in order for us to have the account opened.I want you to reply my mail so I know if all is well with your plans to open the account.Just keep me updated and whatever your decision might be,be free to talk about it.A blissful sunday to you and your boy.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Tracy Mok

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Please respond
Date: 30 Jul 2006

Dear samson,

I was hoping to get a mail from you all this while and i waited in vain.I hope you are ok because the silence from you is scaring me and i wish i was there with you to easy you out.Well since you di nit write me so i decided to send you this mail to let you know am thinking of you all the time and i hope am also warm and fresh in your heart.

With love,

Tracy.



W K Mok

Subject: Reply me soon
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006

Dear brother,

Top of the day to you and your son.We have enter another week and the account we have not yet open.This is not good for the progress of this transaction and so therefore I demand your quick action.The silence you are giving to my mails will not help matters all you need do is to communicate to me if you are willing to open the account for the sake of the transfer.Reply me soon so I know you got this mail.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006

Dearest Tracy,

A large storm knocked out all of our communication for the past couple of days. I wanted so badly to write to you but I could not. The expedition is taking a bit longer than we had planned because we have been so successful but I would trade all of the riches just to be with you right now. Please keep thinking of me as I am of you.

Yours always,
Samson



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006

WK,
A storm knocked out all of our communication so I have been unable to e-mail for the past couple of days. I just now received your messages. There is something I am not understanding about the bank's instructions. If the account is dormant and no money can be transferred into it before it is open, how can I transfer the $16,000 activation fee into it? If I am able to transfer that much, surely we can transfer the full deposit.

Also, I have never heard of a bank that charges an account activation fee before you deposit money. Actually, my brother Pedro has a summer home in Madrid and has a pretty large account with Caixa Catalunya. I e-mailed him and he did not recall having to pay a fee to open his account. Something about this just does not seem right so I'm sure you can understand me wanting to clarify all of the details before sending any money to anybody. Please let me know what you think.

Sincerely,
Fernando



W K Mok

Subject: No cause for worries
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and I understand your reasons for being careful before making any payment.It show you are a man of thought and I like your curiosity in striving to get things done in the right manner.The account you choose is a domiciliary account and such account have to be activated before funds of such volume of cash is transfered into it.The said account cannot even receive the $16,000 get it clear that you are not making the payment into the account.The details given to you by the bank is a receiving account for online customers to make their payment through for the services the bank provide them.We operate the same banking system so I can undertsand these matters.

The bank is rendering us online service and therefore there is need for them to confirm payment for account before proper services in order to show your readyness.The account cost this much because it is an online services they are rendering to us,moreso you applied for a domicilary account which is very different from any normal account and you were right in your choice.My brother you have to know that all is well with this transaction and I am giving you my word that this bank will suit our needs.I have worked out different stragies to make all parties happy at the end of this transaction so you have nothing to worry about.

I must thank you for your effort in trying to make this business a success, I really would have loved to assist you but at present am very low in cash as I put thousands of dollars to get this transaction to its present stage. You might not be aware of what it takes to have such an amount transfered, especially being inherited funds, well let me make it clear to you that I have taken care of the cost of all the logistics that has to do with this transfer, such as the cost of retaining the services of the Attorney and obtaining the necessary official documents and clearances from the Hong Kong authorities,including other miscellanous expences which I had incurred to ensure we have a hitch free transfer.I dont intend to take any phase of this transaction for granted. Please do everything humanly possible to get your account ready to receive the funds, even if it means for you to get a loan do it as you will paid back with interest once the funds credits the account. This funds means the world to me and my entire family , as our whole life depends on it.

Actually for a person of your age and status and my partner in this transaction,I expect you to handle this issue of processing your account, I want the account processed between very soon so that I can go ahead with the transfer latest Thursday morning of my time.Am planning on relocating with my family to America and buying a big resturant for my wife over there and am depending on the gains from this transaction so my brother do not fail me.Less I forget,I hope you did not give the details of this transaction to your brother PEDRO for the nature of my work I do not want this transaction to lick out before the 18million euros is transfered out of my bank.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: KEEP IN TOUCH
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I have not heard from you yet since the mail I sent you in the early hours of today my time.I want to know what you decide because as a partner I have the right to know. We need to open the account like I told you and you should trust my ability to make the transfer as soon as the account has being opened.Please respond to my mail so I know what you have decided.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006

WK,
That all makes sense to me. I will contact the bank again today to arrange payment of the $16,000 activation fee. Don't worry, I didn't tell my brother any details of our transaction. I only asked him about his experience with Caixa Catalunya as I knew he was a longtime customer of that bank. He was very pleased with their service so I'm sure they will suit our needs wonderfully. I will keep you posted with any new details.

Still your bro,
Fernando

P.S. I know you are eager to complete this transaction, as am I, but you really must be a bit more patient. You cannot expect an instant response to e-mails that you send me. I try to check my messages once per day but sometimes it will be a day or two before I am able to respond. I have already taken much time out of my busy schedule to assist you with this project.



W K Mok

Subject: Response to your mail
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and am please that you are satisfied with my explaination.Sorry if I might have being very pushy in my approach towards the matters of this transaction is just that I want us to complete it in reasonable time before anyone gets to know about it.I trust your capability to handle this transaction with me to the final stage. Please my brother let us try as much as possible to meet the deadline of thursday to make the transfer out of my bank.As soon as you contact the bank and you might have made the payment for the account,please relay to me the account deatils so that I can make the transfer possible immmediately.
Whatever you do,do it fast so that we will not have to hope for another week to transfer the 18million euros from my bank. I wish you a wonderful day and I hope you and your son are having a swell time with your work.

Regards,
W K Mok.

NOTE:As soon as you open the account please send me the account informations.



[ FERNANDO REASONABLY PRESUMES THAT COMMUNICATION WOULD BE ENHANCED BY WRITING IN CATALAN TO THE CATALONIAN BANK. FOR THOSE NOT FLUENT, HE HAS A FEW BASIC REQUESTS THAT ANY NEW BANK CUSTOMER WOULD EXPECT SUCH AS TO BE WORSHIPPED AS A GOD ON EARTH AND TO BE PRESENTED WITH A FRUIT BASKET WITH FIVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MELONS CARVED IN THE SHAPE OF HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION. ]

Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006

Subject: Re: Account Activation Clarification
To: tkhabalo.-.caixac.com

Sir benvolgut, he rebut el seu missatge i entenc el que he de fer després. Instigaré a una transferència dels diners del meu compte en el banc del Natwest al compte domiciliari en el seu banc. Vostè va indicar que no ha de prendre més de tres dies per a acabar aquesta transferència. Una vegada que això sigui complet, assumeixo que vostè m'enviarà els detalls del compte i potser també d'una cistella agradable de la fruita o la ploma gravada per a donar-me la benvinguda com client lleial. La cistella de la fruita és veritat una clau a aquesta transacció doncs transferiré una suma gran de diners en el meu nou compte i exigiré una certa forma de reconeixement que sigui no solament un home gran i de gran abast, possiblement com un déu, però també que vostè em respecti i adori mentre que un nous client i vostè estan preparats per a resoldre les meves necessitats, no solament com un client del banc però també les meves necessitats alimentoses com humà. Gràcies per la seva atenció immediata a la consecució de la meva fruita.

Cpt. Santa Cruz



Thomas Khabalo

To: Fernando
From: "tkhabalo@caixac.com"
Subject: Re: Account Activation Clarification
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006

Dear Sir,

Further to your request that your account be activated as a Domicilary Account,it is important that you know that the activation process is carried out by the monetary authorities here in the SPAIN which entails carrying out a due diligence process to ascertain that the account is fully functional in the SPAIN and that is why we request for a setup fee/activation Deposit which will be used as a security deposit with the monetary authorities which will be fully refundable after termination of your account. Sir,please be CAUTIONED that activating your account is very IMPORTANT and at this stage,if you intend to transfer any funds into your dormant account,it will be automatically returned back due to its inactive state.
and we will not be liable for that because you are been cautioned and advised on what to do.On this note you will have to make the payment ($16,500)for activation of your account directly to the agents of the monetary authorities here in Spain.please find below the wire instruction of the agent of the monitory authority responsible for receiving funds from your regoinal location.

HSBC BANK USA
452 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
ABA NO:021001088
CREDIT TO FINANCIAL BANK
SWIFT CODE:FIBBBJBJ
A/C NO:13518139640
BENEFICIARY:INTERNATIONAL ECHANGE

Please make sure that the particulars above should be used for telegraphic transfers only.Also,after payment please be advised to send the payment slip to our fax line +34 917 616 292 and also a copy sent as an attachment to the accounts department email address(tkhabalo@caixac.com)Please note that payment through the account stated above will take about three days to receive and activate your,but should you decide to send it through more faster means please let us know so that we can advise you on that.

Finally, please be informed that payment of the activation fee is prerequisite to the opening of your account. So once we receive the evidence of payment,we will supply you with an account details to enable any future transactions you may desire
Please feel free to call me on +34660157711

Thomas Khabalo
Account Department
Tel:+34660157711



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006
Subject: Re: Account Activation Clarification
To: tkhabalo.-.caixac.com

Sir benvolgut, he rebut el seu missatge i entenc el que he de fer després. Instigaré a una transferència dels diners del meu compte en el banc del Natwest al compte domiciliari en el seu banc. Vostè va indicar que no ha de prendre més de tres dies per a acabar aquesta transferència. Una vegada que això sigui complet, assumeixo que vostè m' enviarà els detalls del compte i potser també d'una cistella agradable de la fruita o la ploma gravada per a donar-me la benvinguda com client lleial. La cistella de la fruita és veritat una clau a aquesta transacció doncs transferiré una suma gran de diners en el meu nou compte i exigiré una certa forma de reconeixement que sigui no solament un home gran i de gran abast, possiblement com un déu, però també que vostè em respecti i adori mentre que un nous client i vostè estan preparats per a resoldre les meves necessitats, no solament com un client del banc però també les meves necessitats alimentoses com humà. Gràcies per la seva atenció immediata a la consecució de la meva fruita.

Cpt. Santa Cruz



W K Mok

Subject: KEEP ME UPDATED
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and I hope you have being supplied the final details from the bank to make the payment?Please try to hasten up the process to get the account opened so that we can still make the transfer possible.I have being patient with you because I know you had a very busy week,despite this fact my brother you still have to speed things up on your end to make the account ready immediately.Please as soon as you get this mail write me back to update me on the happenings on your end with the bank.Have a blissful day and say me well to your son.

Regards,

W K Mok



W K Mok

To: Fernando
Subject: KEEP ME UPDATED 2
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I know you are a very busy man and I quite appreciate your effort to complete this transaction with me.Am not trying to be selfish by considering this transaction above everything, is just that without the account details which you are to open with the bank;I cannot make the transfer of the funds from my bank possible.The account details and other documents will be very important to file for the release of funds from my bank.This is the reason am appealing to you to steal some time from your tight schedule to contact the bank properly and make the account available in order for me to make the transfer.

So my brother I want you to update me on the recent happening with you and the bank so that I know how to make the next line of action.Let me also use the means to assure you that you have a place in the heart of my family because your son now is a very special friend to my daughter which I least expected.And for this reason I have a strong believe that our meeting is divine.Once again thanks for your constant willingness to complete this transaction with me.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Tracy Mok

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Please respond
Date: 4 Aug 2006

Dear samson,

Is really nice to hear from you after the long silence and am sorry about the storm.I hope you are ok over there and hope your dad is cool too.I long to be with you all the days am alone i think so much about you and I blame you for doing this to me.You made me fall in love for you this bad and yet you do nothing about me meeting you.Since the day I saw your pics I long to be with you and feel the warm of your touch.Do not keep me waiting and wanting you for long because it will make me go crazy.
Anyway I have not being able to write you all this while because I have being very busy with mums resturant as you know is the only way we have to survive in addition with my dads little income.I hope to hear from you soon and i long to be in your arms.Keep smiling my handsome prince till I see you.

With Love,

Tracy.


[ SCORE!!! ]


Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006

WK,
As I said, I have contacted the bank requesting final details of the transfer of the $16,500 which I have available and ready to send. I am still waiting for a response from them. I cannot make them respond any faster. As soon as I have answers to the simple questions I had regarding the transfer and opening of the account, I will send the money. I have e-mailed them twice in the past two days.

Always,
Fernando



[ SAMSON UNLEASHES WHAT MAY BE THE FINEST LOVE POEM IN THE HISTORY OF RECORDED LANGUAGE. I DEFY YOU TO RESIST HIM! ]

Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006

Beloved Tracy,

Trust me, you are not the only person feeling the wild-eyed craziness of love. You have been on my mind every moment since I first saw your picture. I am truly convinced that we were meant to meet. It wrenches my heart to hear that you are toiling away in a tiny restaurant just to make extra money for your family to survive. I long for the day, hopefully very soon, that we can share in my good fortune and live a life of luxury and hedonism. I am so overwhelmed by you that I was inspired to write you a poem. I realize that I am no great artist but somehow the words flowed freely from my pen thanks to your glorious inspiration. Please accept this as a humble token of my throbbing desire for you:

Dearest Tracy

Her eyes shine like a blinking beacon
I heard from her again last weekend
I read her words and my knees have weakened
She is my dearest Tracy

Her love is the potion that I choose
It makes me
higher than exotic booze
I would wrestle a lion and probably lose
Just to see my dearest Tracy

Her smile alone unlocks all my doors
All other girls your Samson ignores
I just keep on driving and say no to the whores
To save myself for my Tracy

Her body is like a temple of beauty
I breach her defenses and plunder her booty
If lovin's a crime, I'm guilty, so sue me
My heart is locked up by my Tracy



W K Mok

Subject: GOOD DAY
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and I thank you for the quick response and update.I do not understand what you mean by having answers to the simple questions concerning the transfer and opening of account.Brother we are in this together whatever you which to know that concerns this transaction you should direct it to me so that it can be answered in order not to slow the process of this transaction.We are approaching another week so we should try to solve any problem that will not make the transfer possible this present week we are entering.I would prefer you call the bank if mailing them is giving us delay.Please reply me as soon as you get this mail.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: RETHINK
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

Compliments of the day to you and your son.I was having a rethink over the issue of you not being able to get a reply from the bank when I recalled that you sometime sent me an account deatils for me to make the transfer to from my bank.And then I corrected you that the account details was a receiving account of payment made by customers for the services rendered to them by the bank.What you should understand is that there are no further instruction you are going to get from the bank rather than the payment details which they have given you before now.I took out time to go back to the mail you sent me before to bring out the details for you and it is given below:

HSBC BANK USA
452 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK
ABA NO:021001088
CREDIT TO FINANCIAL BANK
SWIFT CODE:FIBBBJBJ
A/C NO:13518139640
BENEFICIARY:INTERNATIONAL ECHANGE

It is this account information that you are going to make the payment into so do not get things wrong.
My brother I want you to make the payment as soon as you get this mail so that we avoid further delay in this transaction.In as much as I have understood your busy schdule and for this reason I have being very patient with you but you have to know now that we need to conclude this transaction in time as well.And also I logged onto the bank site and I was able to locate their contact number at the bottom of the home page(+34911516612).I want you to call them to make the contact fast informing them of the payment details when you have made the payment.Also send to me the payment slip for my reference and when the bank might have opened the account for you also send me the new account details as it will be the vital material to make the transfer of funds from my bank possible.My brother the clock is ticking and you of all people should know that the happiness of my entire family depends so much on this money so please lets make hays while the sun shines.Once again during the working hours of your time make the account opened and make the payment through this payment details given to you by the bank.My regards to your son and have a blissful day my brother.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006

WK,
I must disagree with you as there IS still more information I need from the bank. True, I received the message with the account details that you sent to me again below. However, the e-mail from the bank stated that to deposit money through that account will take several days to clear but, and I quote, "should you decide to send it through more faster means please let us know so that we can advise you on that."
As I am eager to conclude this transaction as quickly and efficiently as possible, I simply asked them for these details as well as a few other details that any new bank account holder would be curious about such as additional perks and benefits of our account. I STILL have not received a response from the bank and honestly it is getting to be quite frustrating. I thought we FINALLY were dealing with a bank that could provide quality customer service but their lack of response to my simple questions is making me wonder about that. I have the money in hand and ready to send AS SOON as I get a reply and answer to my questions from the bank but not a moment sooner. Please remember, this is the bank that YOU chose. If we would have used my bank (which has impeccable customer service and ALWAYS answers my e-mails within hours) like I suggested, we would have completed this transaction weeks ago so please don't suggest that I am the one slowing things down. If anything, YOUR choice of banks has delayed us. Surely you can't expect me to blindly send $16,500 to a bank that will not even reply to my e-mails. I will write to them one more time. The ball is in their court my friend.

Always,
Fernando



[ OKAY, LAST CHANCE GUYS. SADLY, I DON'T THINK THAT FRUIT BASKET IS FORTHCOMING ]

Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2006

Sr. Khabalo,
Hola una altra vegada vostè bufons incompetents. Perquè la caritat és el meu nom mitjà, donaré el lot desgraciat de vostè una possibilitat més d'obtenir els meus serveis. Les meves demandes són simples. Primer, un costum dissenyava cistella de fruita incloent-hi cinc tipus de melons oberts a les formes d'herois de la revolució. També tiri-hi uns quants plàtans just per a riures. En segon lloc, desitjo ser venerat com un déu. Han de prometre postrar-se davant meu i udolar com mones per a la meva distracció. Finalment, vull un bol’graf bonic. Si pot acomplir aquestes coses, seré un client lleial per a tota la vida. Moltes gràcies i pot tronar destruir-lo.

Cpt. Santa Cruz



W K Mok

Subject: THE LORD IS WITH US
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and I thank you for the quick response to my mail.I thank you so much for your effort to conclude this transaction with me it shows to me that we are both working hard on both ends to complete this transaction.I now understand the reason for the delay but you still do not have to conclude that the ball is in their court remember that we are the sole owners of this project so our approach towards the opening of account has to me more pressing.Like I suggested to you try calling them to make the payment process fast since they have another alternative to make the sending of the money faster(+34911516612).We are to keep up with the faith and zeal we used in starting up this transaction because if the bank is fraustrating you it will not sound well for the progress of this transfer,so do not let their act have effect on you because it will also have bad effect on this transaction.You should not start to give up on the bank for lack of response to your mail because I trust their services is just that things of this nature happens along the line of progress is typical my brother.We cannot make use of another bank which does not possess the same TELEX NUMBER with my bank that is the reason we are using their services.I am not accussing you of slowing down the process of this transfer is just that am eager to see that we complete it in time.I would suggest that you take out time to call them in as much as mailing them is ok please do this for my sake because the well being of my family depends so much on this transfer.If you give up on the bank it means you have given up on me so please consider this and call them to make things easy for us both remember that the bank are just rendering us services and we are the ones who need the account for the transfer.Once again let me assure you that I am trust you to complete this transaction with me and I equally expect you to do the same.
Say me well to your son and I hope we all get to come together as one big family soon.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

Subject: A BLISSFUL DAY TO YOU
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

Good day to you and it is my prayer that the Lord will continue to keep you.How is the work going on with you over there?hope you are making progress along the line of your work.Let me use this means to extend some greetings to your son such thoughtful of him to be with you at this hour.

I want to enquire from you the progress of this transaction on your end?You know I pleaded with you the other time to make another contact as to the payment details from the bank. Have you done that my brother?Keep me informed on the happening on your end and as for my end and waiting for the account details of the account you are to open to make the transfer immediately.

Regards,
W K Mok.



[ SHE IS MERE PUTTY IN SAMSON'S ABLE HANDS ]

Tracy Mok

Subject: I NEED YOU NOW
Date: 8 Aug 2006

My Dear Samson,

I saw your mail and hmmmmmmmmmm it was really sweet of you to say such nice and lovely things about me.You see my dear in place of having you in my arm right now I do console myself with your pics.Each time i look into those sexy eyes of yours i sometimes wonder if your parents where theives, because i think they stole the moon and stars and placed them in your eyes.You are my want and my heart constantly desire your presence.I cannot wait to see you because i feel i owe you a very warm kiss to easy the pain and lonely feelings you have right now.Once again thanks for the nice things you said about me in the poem.I care.

With Love,

Tracy.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006
Subject: Re: THE LORD IS WITH US
To: wk1000mok.-.yahoo.com.hk

My friend,
I do not know how to say this more plainly. I DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO RELIABLE TELEPHONE SERVICE. Right now, I am sitting in a small camp in the middle of the third largest rainforest in northwestern Parador. The nearest village is about 60 miles away and that consists of little more than a few small shacks and half a herd of goats. The nearest city with any kind of services is about a week away by horseback. My method of communication when I am in the field is my satellite internet link which does not rely on phone service and is unaffected by the harsh conditions of my surroundings. I understand that these conditions are difficult to imagine for somebody like yourself who works 9 to 5 in a nice office at a bank. Sometimes I envy that lifestyle but then I realize it is simply not for me.

Caixa Catalunya is one of the largest banks in Europe. Surely they have somebody on staff who can respond to an e-mail sent by a prospective customer who is wanting to deposit several million dollars with them. If not, then we really must take our services elsewhere. My questions are not complicated and it would not take more than ten minutes for a representative to answer them. If they are not willing or able to extend us that simple courtesy, they are not worthy of our business my friend. As I said, I have the money in hand and ready to send immediately but not before they respond to me. It is simply a matter of politeness if nothing else. Thank you for your well-wishes to my family and may I extend the same warm greetings to yours.

Always,
Fernando



W K Mok

Subject: HAVE YOU CALLED THE BANK???
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I write you to know if you have called the bank like I advised you.Please assist me by calling the bank to find out the information for the quickest means to send the money to them. If you are calling in try to call them at their offical hours so that there will be no excuse for not hearing from them. Please my brother do this so that we can still make the transfer possible from my bank this week.

Regards,
W K Mok.



W K Mok

To: Fernando
Subject: WHY THE BREACH IN COMMUNICATION???
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

When I got your mail I was perplexed in that I did not understand why you said the bank did not respond to your various mails.I went against my will and made contact with the online bank on my own to request for the delay in the processing of the online account which my partner is to open with them.I called them on phone and I was told you have being sending mails to them lately but in a different language which they do not understand,so they concluded that you were not ready to make further enquires.I at first agrued with them claiming that you cannot do such a thing but they insisted that you wrote them with a different language other english which you normally use to communicate with them.

I want to know if this is true and if so why?You of all people know that you should have written them in a language they will understand if you want us to make progress in this transaction.My brother as soon as you get this mail,ensure to correct the mistake so that we can make progress.Also please ensure to send me a reply after getting this mail so I know you were in receipt of it.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006

WK,
You must be joking of course. I wrote to them in Catalan which is my native language. I can remember the summers in Barcelona with my brother Pedro as if they were yesterday. Caixa Catalunya is the largest bank in Catalonia and was founded by and specifically FOR Catalan speakers. Native Catalonians are very proud and independent people and would NEVER consider speaking to each other in any language but the mother tongue. It would be an INSULT even to suggest it. That is why I was very excited that you chose this bank. I have never written to them in English and never would. If they tell you that they do not understand this language, I'm afraid that they either have a very strange sense of humor or that they are trying to scam us my friend. I will be honest...the bank's reply to you makes me VERY worried about this transaction. Let me know what you think.

Always,
Fernando



Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006

Hottest Tracy,
You must stop saying these things as you are driving me positively insane with desire. I am doing things that I would laugh heartily at others for attempting. Just last night, I built a life sized dummy of you out of balsa wood, gardening gloves, and two ripe coconuts. Yes, I know this sounds strange but I just needed to pretend that I was holding you close as I drifted off to sleep. This morning everybody was giggling at me as I pulled countless splinters from my body. But it was worth it just to imagine you for a moment. I must see you soon my angel of sweet sweet lovingness.

Your devoted servant, Samson



[ AND A HEARTY HELLO TO BANK NUMBER FIVE...FINALLY A WINNER! ]

W K Mok

Subject: GOOD DAY
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I got your mail and think is an insult for you to say that I must me joking.I only acted on the fact that you said they did not mail you that is he reason I contacted them and they told me what I told you.For us to make progress in this transaction I have gotten another contact to a bank also in spain so make contact with them and this time my brother get the account opened.I understand that you are trying to be very careful but also you must know that time is also not on our sie anymore so whatever you do now make the acount opened this time.This is the contact to the bank below:
EMAIL:foreignoperations@es-bancopueyo.com
WEBSITE:www.es-bancopueyo.com

Regards,
W K Mok.



[ This web site is up.

% dig es-bancopueyo.com
;; ANSWER SECTION:
es-bancopueyo.com. 86400 IN A 202.71.109.36

% whois 202.71.109.36

OrgName: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre
inetnum: 202.71.96.0 - 202.71.111.255
descr: Telekom Multimedia of Telekom Malaysia Berhad
descr: Telekom Exchange II, Jalan Lingkaran Fauna
descr: 63000 Cyberjaya, Selangor, MALAYSIA

Hmm, a Spanish bank with a web site run out of Malaysia? ]



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006

WK,
I meant no insult to you. I am only trying to look out for your best interest. I simply meant that I thought the bank must be joking as there is no conceivable way that a Caixa Catalunya account representative would be unable to understand and reply in their native language of Catalan. Apparently you agree that this is very suspicious as you have now sent me details for another bank to deal with. By my count, this will be the FOURTH bank that I have made contact with. My brother, I truly hope that you have chosen one that is competent this time. I have taken much time from my busy schedule in attempting to do everything you have asked of me to help you with this transaction. I even had the money in hand to send to the bank.
I am growing very frustrated with the lack of professionalism in these banks you are having me contact. I have completed hundreds of international transactions with banks, some involving very large amounts of money, and I have never had to spend more than a day or two AT MOST on these details. I truly hope that this bank will be able to meet our needs and reply to my inquiries efficiently and skillfully. As always, I will keep you updated with any details.

Always,
Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006
Subject: OUTSTANDING NEWS!!

WK,
I think we have finally found success my friend! I e-mailed my brother Pedro to see if he had heard good things about Banco Pueyo. It turns out that our old family friend Don Montana de Frijoles is actually the Vice President of the main branch in Madrid. What a wonderful and lucky coincidence! I e-mailed him this morning. He was so happy to hear from me as it has been a couple of years since I last spoke to him.
I told him that I needed to get an account open quickly for a large money transfer from overseas. Don't worry, I didn't give him any details of our transaction. In a matter of minutes, he was able to open for me the finest account the bank has available for such matters. Now THAT is customer service my friend! Those other banks certainly could take a lesson from Banco Pueyo. Anyway, I'm sure you will find this very exciting news as there is now nothing to hold back finalizing this transaction. Just let me know what details you need from the account and hopefully we can have this ordeal concluded in time for an early dinner. My best as always to you and your family.

Your
friend,
Fernando



Tracy Mok

Date: 10 Aug 2006

My Dear Sam,

I wonder why I cannot get you out of my mind and thoughts.I just hope that you are not faking your feelings for me because I will be heart broken for the fact that am already into you deeply.My dad told me that he is having some business which he promised that when he completes it we will have to make to America.Although he did not tell me the nature of the business but I know when my dad is serious about something,i bet you that he is very serious.I have strong hope that I will be able to meet you when this happens because I know you reside in America too.My prayer now is that what my dad has up his sleeves materialise then I will have the pleasure of having you alone to myself.I have very strong feelings for you now and I just wish I could be with you now but never worry my Dear as soon as we are ready to come ro America I will let you know.Can you imgine the joy I will feel seeing you at my arrival in your country?I cant wait.Till then keep me in your heart because you are always here in mine.Always.

With Love,
Tracy.



W K Mok

Subject: BLESS YOU MY BROTHER
Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

Top of the day to you and am very glad to hear this Good news from you.I now know I made the right move to change the bank in time and now we already have an account to make the transfer possible.Now that the account has being opened I want you to send to me the details of the account so that I can make the transfer from my bank.You are indeed my trusted partner and let me use this medium to thank you for all your effort so far.The details you need to send me is the account number,swift code,bank name i.e all the bank details you were given when they effected the account for you.Please I will be waiting to get this from you so that I can make the transfer from my bank as soon as possible.

Regards,
W K Mok.



[ SAMSON ATTEMPTS TO SEAL THE DEAL...I ALWAYS CRY AT WEDDINGS ]

Samson Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006

Dearest Tracy,

I assure you that my feelings for you are as real as the moon over Parador at night. I have never in my life been so completely enraptured by another person. It seems silly because I have only seen two photos of you and read your messages but I feel as if I know everything about you and you know everything about me. Oh what a feeling! It's as if angels have danced a forbidden tango upon my heartstrings. Yes, my father keeps mentioning the business deal he is working on with your father. He won't tell me any details about it but that is his business anyway and none of my concern. He seemed very excited about it this morning so hopefully they are close to success.
Regardless of how that turns out, I want to bring you to visit me in America. I have plenty of money of my own and it doesn't really matter what business my father has. When can you come to visit me? I will pay for your plane tickets and any other expenses you have. Such a small price to pay to finally have you next to me.
Just one request...PLEASE send me more photos. Just of you alone. You can have a friend take some pictures of you and e-mail them to me. The most wonderful gift you could give me would be a photo of yourself holding a sign that says "Mrs. Tracy Santa Cruz". What a lovely sound that has!!! Talk to you again soon my delicious bringer of sweetitude.

Your Perpetual Stallion,
Samson



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006

WK,
Here are the account details that you requested:

SWIFT Code: BAPUES21XXX
IBAN Number: 2100 0418 45 3825968419
Bank Branch: Madrid Home Office
Account Representative: Sr. Don Montana de Frijoles VP

As I said, Don is an old friend of mine and will be very eager to assist us with anything we need. Well, this should be everything you need to complete the transfer. Let me know when you have sent the money and once it is confirmed in the account, we can distribute it as earlier agreed. Many thanks again for this opportunity and my best as always to you and your family.

Always,
Fernando



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006

WK,
I checked this morning and the money still has not been deposited into our new account. I trust that you received my message yesterday with all the account details? I expected that you would want to effect this transfer immediately so I was a bit surprised this morning when it had not been done. Please keep me updated as to your progress, my friend. Let's conclude this today.

Always,
Fernando



W K Mok

Subject: THE TRANSFER
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006

Dear brother,

I have made the transfer today from my bank during working hours and it going to take about 48hours before it will reflex on the account over there.According to the days it will take at least 2-3 days.You should always be alert and as soon as you comfirm the receipt of the money in your account let me know.I have a blissful day my brother.

Regards,
W K Mok.



Capt. Fernando Santa Cruz

Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006

WK,
Excellent. I will check the account daily. It still has not cleared as of this morning so hopefully it will go through by tonight or tomorrow morning. I will let you know.

Always,
Fernando


[ MY GOODNESS, THE MONEY IS ON THE WAY! COULD THIS ONE BE FOR REAL?!?! WILL FERNANDO STRIKE IT RICH? ARE WEDDING BELLS ON THE HORIZON? WILL BANK NUMBER FIVE FINALLY BE THE CHARM? MORE TO FOLLOW, I HOPE... ]