Mr. James Goes to Nigeria [part one]

Subject: Reply to Online Classified Ad: Playstation 2

Good Day,
I hereby to inform you that am interested in your Playstation 2 for sale.
Do let me know if you still have it for sale. Tell me your last offer also
send me the pictures if you have them with you and let me know the present
condition ok? Looking forward to hearing from you and take care. Do write
me back through my personal address below jamessmith1960jss@yahoo.co.uk

Sincerely, Mr James.

Scam. Scam. Scam.

A quick reverse-DNS lookup confirms the email has originated from Nigeria.

Time for some fun.

Subject: RE: Reply to Online Classified Ad: Playstation 2

Hello Mr James,
I am very interesting in the dealing of business with you.
Please know that the item Playstation 2 is for sale.
The pictures are attached in the email below for your viewing.
I am willing to provide bank information to do international wiring of moneys.
I look forward to your reply.
Sincerly,
Mr Derek

Subject: Send Payment Details……………Playstation 2

Thanks so much for your response also for sending me the pictures of the item, am so sorry to inform you that payment can’t be made through Bank transfer as am very busy here. You are so free to call me on my mobile number below, am interested in the purchase from you and am purchasing it for my cousin who is studying in Africa. Am located in UK London and you will also help me in sending it to him trough Resgistered and Express mail ? +447031855350
What is your last selling price also do let me know how much it will cost you by postting out the Ps2 to my cousin through REGISTERED AND EXPRESS MAIL POST. I will like to know if payment by International Money Order will be fine with you or Payment by USA Check will be fine as wlel. Do write me back let me know which one you will prefer and do send me your full payment details below.

Your Full Name That Will Be On The Payment…..
Your Your Address For The Delivery Of The Payment..
Your State…
Your City….
Your Zipe Code…
Your Phone Number So I Can Get Intouch With You.

Looking for to hearing from you And God Bless You Amen.
Your’s Sincerely,
Mr James.

Subject: RE: Send Payment Details……………Playstation 2

Hello Mr James
Your quick replies bring much pleasures and to me are very apprecated.

Please do send me the informations of where to send the item to your brother who is studying in Africa. What is his email addresses I wish to contact him. This pleases me. I too have a brother studying in Africa who is of great importance to me. Please what university does your brother study at? Perhaps these brothers are friends. I will call to find out to how much REGISTERED AND EXPRESS MAIL POST will be the cost and I will sent to you how much cost.

There is a well-known man in my city who has offered me 100 US dollars for the item. You Mr James have shown much loyalty and I wish to continue to do your the business. Please send me quickly a cost you are of willing to pay more than this mans offer.
I see you are a busy man Mr James and also I thank you for youre replys. I am a poor man as my wife has left also I must work to feed my many children. The money I will have from selling my youngest sons Playstation I will use for the food.
Please to do your reply as quick as you can.
Thank you and may jesus smile on you and your family.

Sinceryly,
Mr Derek

Subject: RE: Send Payment Details……………Playstation 2

Below is the name and address where you will send the PS to through registered mail also do help me package it very well before sending it to him and do send it to him this week.

NAME AFOLABI WILLIAMS….

ADDRESS. 23, BAIELY STREET OFF OGUNTOLU STREET

SHOMOLU, ONIPANU. LAGOS-STATE

NIGERIA, 23401.

He’s studying in Unilag, i will payment 120 Dollars for the game and hope this will be fine ?

Do get back to me with you name and full address where the payment will be sent to immediately, so how much is the registered mail ? So i can add that to your money immediately. Do send out the game to him thsi week.

Sincerely, Mr James.

Subject: Hello to you Mr James

Hello Mr James.

This is of great surprise, Mr James. Your brother Afolabi Williams he attends same university as my brother Yemi. What studys your brother at UniLag? My brother, he wants to teach the children the computers. I tell him, you are a smart man my brother, I envy you and your dreams. I am the janiter at school and have no money for to study like my brother. I have the 7 childsren to feed and mine wife has left because I have no moneys for her. She is sleeps with the landlord. Also I hear them during nights between the walls during the sex. I am sorry to tell you these bad things.

What is it that you are as a job Mr James? Is your wife beutiful and how many childrens you have?

I call the post mail building and I ask them what is the cost to mail the game station to Mr Jamess brother Afolabi Williams in Nigeria. They say to me it will cost 102.50 dollars US in REGISTERED EXPRESS MAIL POST and that it will send on the express ways through the aeroplane and heliocopters. I tell them to wait to I can talk to Mr James and tell him the costs of the express post mailing. You agree yes to express cost yes? Also then we have the deal and you will send the cash paper moneys to me and I send game station to your brother Afolabi Williams.

Also Mr James I tell you how pleases it me that you will do the business with me and my children they thank you for the moneys. Please to send me your photograph for to show my children mine new friend. They want to see who is to give them the moneys, and I tell them Mr James will send me photograph of him. Many thanks and appreciates to you and your family Mr James. Please to write me soon.

Mr Derek

For the record, I actually do have a good Nigerian friend named Yemi.

Subject: Re: Hello to you Mr James

Am ok with you do send me your full payment details.

You full name.
Your full address… State… City….Zip Code also phone number so i can get intouch with you.

Sincerely,
Mr james.

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Subject: Playstation for Mr James ready for to go!!!

Mr James,
You are my friend and I will to make sure I to send your brother Afolabi Williams the game machine through the REGISTERED AND EXPRESS MAIL POST by end of the week. Please to know also I never to send to Nigeria before. I think the game machine will break in box, and Mr James will yell at me and say I cheat him. I want to make Mr James happy, so I try to make the sure game machine to be safe with the duct tape and to be not scratched.
Please Mr James you to see pictures below and to tell me ok to send to your brother Afolabi Williams.

Love, Mr Derek.