(The initial letter from the scammer)

FROM :Dr Patrick G. NGOZI
E_MAIL : patrick_ngozi2@hotmail.com
TEL : ( 00229 ) 952 137
COTONOU-REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN

Dear sir,

You'll certainly wonder who I am? and how I got your adress?
In fact I'm Patrick Guilley NGOZI,son of a General of Centrafrican Republic
Army who was dead during the push which lead the fall of the Regime of
president Ange-Felix PATASSE.So it is through CCIB ( Chamber of Commerce and
Industry of Benin ) that your adress came to my knowlegde.I then decide to
be in contact with you.

Sir,I am in Cotonou, Benin Republic with my younger brother and our mother
since then,we are naw looking for a foreign partener who can help us to gain
Europe,with the fortune left behind by our dead father.This fortune which
has been safety kept in a reputable security company here ( in cotonou ) is
physical cash of about seventy million US dollars ( 70.000.000.00 USD ) and
some quantity of gold, enhoused in two iron boxes.Be informed that the
boxes were declared as personal effects.

Our wish is to settle definitely in an european country and to invest into a
viable busuness. The authorities of our country have recently decided to
pursue and juge the ex regime leaders, we can not officially undertake what
ever it is in our name.That 's why we need your entier collaboration.

We sure have in mind to compensate you by a percentage of the total amount
which will be agreed on between us for your assistance.
Due to the fact that our situation since a time ago is no longer secured, we
urgently invite you for a quick assistance.

With the hope that we'll meet your acceptance and assistance,we warmly send
to you our best greetings.
Best regards.

Dr Patrick Guilley NGOZI.

(Patricia is interested)

Dear Dr. Ngozi

I have now read your letter throughly and can tell you that I am in a position to help you. Please contact me as soon as possible so we may start the process. I must ask for your 100% discretion in this matter, you should tell nobody! Not even your granny.

Kindest regards

Patricia Kearney

Dear Patricia Kearney,

I thank you very much for your quick reply to me.

As mentioned by you, the discretion is too much important regarding this transaction and I am happy to note that you have understood it as well as possible.

It has been so long time that I am looking for a very sincere and honnest man to co-operate with me because the founds must be released entierely for him in his foreign bank account for investment because of the political situation that I am facing.

Upon the founds transfered into your bank account, I will endevour to come down to you to face with you any other necessary arrangements. You will be the one to direct the founds into any viable sector of investment for our mutual profit.

As the matter is very urgent right now, I will like you to despatch for me your passport copies to enable me to prepare all documents which will be sent to you for your signature after any amendement too. The documents are as follows:

- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

- CONTRACT OF INVESTMENT

-POWER OF ANTORNEY ECT.....

Also feel your full details for confirmation of your passport copies and forward them to me to enable me to forward all the relevent documents to you to start doing the transaction.

Your quick reaction will be very appreciated.

NAME:............................................

SURNAME: ......................................

NATIONALITY: ................................

DATE OF BIRTH: ..............................

FULL CONTACT:................................

TELEPHONE :....................................

MOBILE:.............................................

FAX : ................................................

PROFESSION : ...................................

Your quick reply will be very appreciated.

Best regards

Patrick NGOZI.

(I hope he likes my middle name and I wonder if he will notice how I spelt the word 'Langwidge')

Dear Patrick

It is very good that you have been looking for a sincere and honest man, but I am sorry to inform you that I am an honest and sincere woman! My full name is Patricia Heliotrope Kearney and I am a 33 year old female.

I work as an English langwidge teacher at a local university. I have been having a bit of a rough time recently, however, after receiving your email I feel that my fortune is on the rise again. I would ask that you do me the honor of sending a picture of yourself to me so I know who I am dealing with; it is so much nicer that way. Tell me a little about yourself, do you have a wife? do you have children? How old are you? I really want to help you and you can rely on me 100% as I am a good Christian and member of the Jehovah witnesses. I was also a prefect at my school and a milk monitor so you can trust me.

I feel very strongly that we can make this work together and both live happy lives.
Look forward to your reply.

Patricia Kearney

P.S. I am single and have no boyfriend yet!

P.S.S I have attached a photograph of myself. I took it with my cell phone :-)

(I send him a picture I found on the net)

I thanks you for your e-mail to me which content have been noted with particular attention.

It also nice to know that you are a woman. In Africa where I am let tell you that women are alway more sincere, confidentiality honnest and discrete. Hope if may be the same in your country?
This is no doubt because talking about a man without a awoman is something wrong.

I can therefore assure you that my fortume will be yours and I beg you not worry about the bit you have got recently. As you may know well to go streigh a way of life is not easy. Be again assured that we will finalize this transaction for our mutual profits.

It is not here the time for me to talk to you about all the sade situations I was facing in my life. But as the matter I still continue to find the best way till to come to you now. I hope everything will be ok shortly.

I am right now political refuge and leaving without family. I have my mother and junior brother, we are leaving together in the camp. I am 35 year old and have not yet married, no children too.

I will forward my passport copies to you earlier.

I appreciated that you a christian like me but I am ASSEMBLY OF GOD. May God be helfull to us to finalize the transaction so that we will meet face to face to conclude everything between me and you.

Be assured that me and you can make this work together and both live happy lives.

As a sigle too hope every arrangement will taking place between me AND YOU as quick as possible.

Hoping to hearing from you as quick as poissible.

With my best regards

Dr Patrick NGOZI.

(He responds to my picture)

Dear Patricia Kearney,

Thanks again for your mail.

It is my big pleasure to have you picture which have been appreciated too much by me. You a very nice and prety woman.

I will prepare to forward to you pictures too for your appreciation.

Best wishes to you my dear Patricia.

Dr Patrick NGOZI

(This takes the biscuit, the scammer is not telling me not to deal with Nigerians as they are all scammers, it is a good job that he is in Benin!)

Dear Patricia Kearney,

I thank you again for your confidence in me.

According to my own experinece as African leaving near this biggest country Nigeria, I have to mentioned to you that you should leave down any proposals from there. Note 99% of business from there are fake. I have a bit things from there too and can only thank God if not I must loose my fortunes. Do not hesitated to ask him to go his way from you.

Hope you will follow what I need you.

In this regards have my consideration.

Best regards

Dr Patrick NGOZI

It was so wonderful to hear from you, so you are only 35 years old. That is only two years older than me. They say that two years difference between a man and a woman is ideal :-)

I also have no children and am thinking about starting a family with the right person in the next couple of years. I must tell you a secret, I have always found coloured gentleman very handsome and appealing.
I will not communicate with Mr. Amzah any more. I did not feel right about this gentleman! Patrick, what sort of Doctor are you? are you a lawyer or a medical man?

My father snuffed it recently and left me o.k. financially so I do not have to worry too much about paying the bills. Because he left me quite a good sum of money I only work part time at a local University.

My sister Gwendoline is 3 years older than me and works for the government. Where do you work?
I have to go now as I will be late for my basket weaving class. Maybe I could make you one as a gift for when we finally meet. Please write to me again soon and please, please, please send me your picture as promised.

Best wishes

Patricia

It was wonderful to have this mail from you again, and I thank for your effort to do the same. I make sure right now that we will leave together.

Could I mentioned to you that from the time that I have got your picture I can not stay without looking for as I have print it out. Would you please forward other proper one to me for my consideration?

As promised to you attached is my passport copies and I will be happy to get back your own to enable me to prepare all documents in your name and address. But I need therefore to know if you are interested on the two offers "GOLD and FOUNDS" Be informed that the AU METAL has 300kg. You will see that it is a very big fortune to be directed together with me and you as we are planning to become a couple in the nearest future. Be also informed that at the time I came down here in cotonou Benin Republic I just decided to leave the two cases with a genuine SECURITY COMPANY. It was declared as "personal effects" that means that at nobody knows the contains of the two cases by this time in the security company a part from my mother and my brother with me.

I have explained everything to my brother who agree with me to proceed and he his too happy to know that you will became in the nearest future my ..........................to leave together with the family.

I subject that you will arrange to forward to me two mobile like the one you have used to take your own picture to me one for my brother to make him happy and one for me too as I like it. I will let you have the contact that you will used to forward them to me next week by express courier DHL or any well express courier well known.

I have already contacted the security volt company to prepare all the bills for me geand just waiting for your passport copies to arran the diplomatic channel to forward the consignments from Cotonou via AMSTERDAM. You will be at that time contacted with the full contact there where you will go to arrange all the procedures to transfer the founds into your foreign bank account and take the metal with you.

I am obliged to go from you but with regret, but hoping to hear from you very soon.

Let me know where you will be this week-end and what will be your distractions?

Has a very good week-end.

I lo...........YOU

Dr Patrick NGOZI

Patrick sends his very authentic Benin passport :-) He has chosen a very artistic font to fake it with! and the first sign that he is falling in 'Lo........' with me. Could that mean love?