A Letter from Mr. Abdul Jabbar

To: Mr. Abdul Jabbar
Re: money for tsunami victims

Hello Mr. Abdul Jabbar,

I’m not sure how you got my contact information, but I’m interested in what you’re discussing. It sounds like a slam-dunk offer to me. I would just like to get some more details from you. First of all, I sent an email to your lawyer but he hasn’t replied yet, maybe you spelled it wrong when you first emailed me? I just wanted to make sure that you are who you say you are, I’m sorry to doubt you but you can never be too careful to stay out of the key these days!

Secondly, I wanted to see if I could negotiate a better fee with you, I know that 15% is generous but as you stated, you do have a lot of money and you really need my help. Perhaps I could get 18 or even 20% instead? I ask this only because I am a very busy person and my time is valuable.

I am very sorry to hear about the medical conditions you are suffering from and I pray that a miracle occurs and you are able to recover completely. If God is willing you will be doing business in Saudi and/or shooting three-pointers again before you know it. ;)

Blessed regards,

-Adrian Duyzer

— Abdul Jabbar is on the hook. What’s the next play?

Give him your phone number, so he can be communicating with you quite easy. I think an audio post is in order after he calls, or doesn’t.

My Dear Adrian,

Well your percentage is not too bad after all I am no long in the mood to spend money so it is OK by me so long as you will distribute the rest as I instructed you. Thank you for your encouragements and prayers, in the UN issue if you don’t like them, you can skip them when you share the money amount the poor OK.

Please let me know when it will be OK for you to travel to Thailand, so that i will arrange with my Lawyer as he is in Bangkok now for a legal training that will take him about one week from now that is why he have not replied your mail, He has been saying about traveling to Bangkok but never know that he has already gone. He just called me now and requested for your number as he have less time to check mail.

The Tsunami story is a long story and also bad and will make me remember all that i have forgotten please talk about that later, I hope you understand.

I am waiting to hear from you soonest, send your number so that my Lawyer will call you.

Abdul Jabbar

This is called the “Nigerian” or “419” scam. It’s an oldie but a goodie, responsible for parting people with hundreds of millions of their dollars. Check out this article.

In its earliest incarnation — which dates to the 1920s — it was known as ‘The Spanish Prisoner’ con. In that long-ago version, businessmen were contacted by someone trying to smuggle the scion of a wealthy family out of a prison in Spain. But of course the wealthy family would shower with riches those who helped secure the release of the boy. Those who were suckered into this paid for one failed rescue attempt after another, with the fictitious prisoner continuing to languish in his non-existent dungeon, always just one more bribe, one more scheme, one more try, away from being released.

Even without that information it’s clear that this is straight-up fraud. His story doesn’t even make any sense: he can’t talk, but his lawyer just called him. He’s a wealthy Indonesian businessman, but he has no friends that could help him even when he’s going to pay them thousands, maybe even millions, of dollars to do so. Instead, he has to rely on a Canadian stranger to handle his money.

Probably millions of dollars that honest people thought were going to go to Tsunami victims ended up in the pockets of con artists. So screw him. I’m going to waste as much of his time as possible just for entertainment value.

I’m gonna see if Abdul Jabbar will send me some plane tickets.

My Dear,

Greetings, I have not heard from you is every thnig ok?

Abdul Jabbar

My Dear Adrian,

I really enjoy your mail and it gave me a relive from my pains, Well I am also sorry for your leg too as you know that If one tells of his own problems it seems to be the worst.

Well as you have said that you have given somebody money I don’t know if you can give another person money as you cannot come go to Thailand very soon. My Lawyer has been asking me about you but I keep on telling him that i am still waiting to hear from you. My Dear I would suggest that you open an Account and send the Account in formations to my Lawyer and send the money to him $7,500 for the taxes and dumorrage of the Deposit since he is in Thailand now and He will do every thing on your behalf and send the money to the account you will open new and send to him.

The total Sum I have in Thailand is $11,550 Dollars so you can check the %18 out of it and please I must tell you this that after the clear My lawyer will send some money to my account for my bills from the money before sending it to your Account but that will not affect your 18%. Please for goodness sake use the money as I instructed please so that my heart will have peace even if I will die.

I am waiting to hear from you soonest, My Lawyer said he would prefer calling you but I see reasons with you so i will tell him to try and write you back as he has been waiting for your number to call you.

Regards
Abdul Jabar.

Abdul Jabbar,

I don’t understand. You only have $11,550? Eighteen percent of that is only $2079.

Why would I send you $7500 for just $2079?

I thought you were a millionaire. Is this all the money you have left? What about your championship rings, are they gone too? Trophies? Autographed basketballs? Lakers jerseys? Bruce Lee memorabilia? Anything else left of value?

I remain,

Your very disappointed correspondent,

-Adrian

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Sweet merciful crap.
I mean really… wow.

You realise that the guy on the other end of this line is -that guy-… you’ve met him before, on the street…on the bus… {the guy you started talking to who was very, very interested in some likely incorrect details of some complete arcana that was never taken seriously by anyone. THAT guy… who, when he finally understands something clings to it like a life-line, ’cause those moments of illumination come few and infrequent in the dark, dark recesses behind his beady, blinking eyes. } You know the one… the moron. It wasn’t that he was particularly dull or anything, more just absolutely credulous. Being a credulous moron he’s actually talked himself into believing that he’s got a fish on the line with this con… which was probabbly the most suckcess (sic) he’ll ever have in his chosen line of work (other than that moment when he chose it).

Let’s just hope for his sake that he stops for a coffee the next time he’s answering two messages to two different characters… if he rams them together that hard he’ll start signing Abdul Campbell… and the gig’d be up.

Your hope that this deficient s.o.b will catch sight of the fifteen-foot tall flaming font basketball references is, I fear, in vain. A scammer this unsoph. is either 12 or waaay to recently out of the ‘home’ to recognise that you’re using a fairly repetitious allusion.

The funny thing is… well, the only scam -artist- involved is… Ade. I wonder what Mr Campbell would say if you told him that Canadian banks require a mere $100.00 to open new, internationally accessible accounts… say requiring him to mail you a cheque. (You know, ’cause Case’d see the 100$ if it came from your personal account… but transfers to the new account once set up could be disguised… or somesuch.)
hehe…

Well, Abdul’ll be appopleptic by the time the EuroTrip’s complete… but I bet he’s still on the other end of that string.
-=J
Sorry for the typographic diarrhea.

From: Barr Francis Cambell
Re: FROM BARRISTER FRANCIS

ATTN SIR,

YOU KEPT ME IN BANGKOK FOR TOO LOND AND I WAS ALMOST STRANDED IN BANGKOK.
WHAT IS THE MATTER, I EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT MY CLIENT MADE A MISTAKE BY SAYING HE HAVE 11.55O$ I TOLD YOU THAT THE MONEY HE HAVE IS 11,550,000.OO$.

IF YOU STILL WANT TO HELP WRITE ME, I WILL BE WAITING FOR YOUR RESPONSE ASAP.

REGARDS
BARR FRANCIS CAMBELL.

Adrian,

I am a Nigerian and found this interesting and pathetic. I can bet that the mail source is from a street in Lagos. If you continue further, you will realise that the character is a ‘deluded’ Nigerian that believe he can get money without working for it.

Next time, do not bother to be replying them or create conversation. What they want is conversation and create familiarity (or cordiality) and through that start demanding.

Knowing their mechanism, they can never get tired sending you mail. They send thousands of mails daily. And they are not just small group. They have all facilities to communicate with you and pretends to be somebody else.

This type of letter comes to us by post and fax. Most of the time, your mail boxes are full of these letters. They sometime call on phone with various tricks and stories.

The solution is never to part with any personal information. And do not get greedy by expecting to reap from where you did not sow.

This is hilarios, the email xchange and the e-cards. It’s absolutely appalling what pple do these days and correction it’s not only Nigerians who do this a few pple from d African continent also take part in this.