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Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 03:26:33 -0700 (PDT)
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Sofiyah Shamer <[email protected]>
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Am so happy to hear back from you,

I want to get to know you better and also for you to get to know me better...My full name are Sofiyah Fazila Z james, I am mixed Asia ,my father is from malaysia and my mother is from england...I speak very very little Malay...lol i was born here and lived in london all my life...lol...i am so looking forward to visit malaysia very soon ..omg..

I have never been there...i feel so happy am coming to my father's land...haaaa...i want to know me better....am single...28 years old....I live in regent street

I am a professional system analyst...that I studied in college....but you see....my parents are ok with what they have...they are company shareholdershere...living in old trafford....they bought so many bank shares for me that pays me now so much well.

Hope to hear from you
Sofiyah.



In the next mail the scammer forgets which fake name he's using:

Hi Dear,

please tell me more about your palce and where exactly are you from?
cellina


Hi Dear,

Wow............. you are good looking,OMG you are such a handsome man i look forward to be with you for real and i dont discriminate people because dont know what tomorrow have for every one.I know you must have alot of girl friends rigjht? dont lie to me ok?

I really want you to be of help to me, tell me things about your place, about the environment ,the way of living, and if the place is good for investment.I have ask you before
I really love to know, I think right now you are the only one i know and trust, I have gone through your kind of person and i see you are a good person i can trust you, please get back to me as soon as possible for me to know the next step to take. I want to be with you in your place in few weeks time baby.

Hope to hear from you soon.I really want us to be close’s really need your help when i get to your place. I am going to be in your place as soon as possible.

Take care, love you
Cellina


Hi Dear,

Nothing is wrong with your place though i never been there but dont talk about your country like that ok?

I really want you to be of help to me, tell me things about your place, about the environment ,the way of living, and if the place is good for investment.I am gonna call you when i am less busy today.

I really love to know, I think right now you are the only one i know and trust, I have gone through your kind of person and i see you are a good person i can trust you, please get back to me as soon as possible for me to know the next step to take. I want to be with you in few weeks time baby.My number +447031844934 [Redirect number -- transfers to another phone anywhere in the world.] please call me any time you want to.

Hope to hear from you soon.I really want us to be close’s really need your help when i get to your place. I am going to be in your place as soon as possible because my vacation is already close.

Take care, love you
Sofiyah.[Back to using his original fake name.]


Hi Dear,

You are such a passionate man my dear am luck to have some like you.Please tell me how we can carry on with this and what you think about us? this is a bold step for the both us and we have to give it a try and see what tomorrow have for us.I like watching sport,football,movies and adventures films and alot more and for music and musice that sound nice to me i just move to it.................hehehehe...i hate liars and cheaters tell the truth and it will halp alot.

Please i will be witing for your pictures ok? i dont care what you look like what i really do care and want in life is just love,caring and understanding above all respect.Lets respect each other and never cheat.

Muahhh!!!!!!!

Take good care of your self for now.
Sofiyah.


Already the scammer is getting down to business:

Hi Dear,

Thanks for your mail and all the imformationa nd advise and plans.I will have my bank contact you and make swift bank to bank wire tramsfer regarding my invesment .

I have my account officer contac t you or you will contact him so that they make the transfer.Right noiw it is weeked and we can not do this now we have to wait till next week.Because i cant travel with such an amount of money with me on flight the authorities will caLL it money lundry and all we have to do now is first transfer my money and i will fly the follow week after my money has been transfered to your bank accounht . [There will be fees involved...]

When i come we shall discuse and talk about the investment if its the land for plantationlike you ahve said or other kind of invesment but first i have to come first and see for my self and i hope you understand what i am trying to explain to you.

I will sed you my bank account offoicer details so that everything can be done and i be with you before you know it i will be with you and please again i wanmt to say to you my love.I have so much trust in you and please dont let me down and all i need is really a true love and i can decided to relocate from london if the invesment is very lucrative then i can buy a house over there and live happy without no complicationa and problems of any type.

Thanks my dear please take good care of your self untill i meet with you .
I love you.
cellina.[Back again to his other fake name.]


Hi Dear,

How are you doing today? hoe everything is ok with you? Please find below the details off my bank.Contact my account offcer Mr.John Hall with the below details.

Account Officer
Mr. John Hall
Bank: Capital One Bank
Tel: +44 703 182 1964 [Redirect number transfers to any phone in the world]
Fax: +44 705 349 2391 [Redirect number transfers to any phone in the world]
Email: [email protected]
Bank Head Office address:121 Manor Road,Nottingham A24F89 United Kingdom.

Baby contact the account officer and have them transfer the money indian and plz notify me as soon as you have contacted the bank incase they call me or they need anything.

Thanks my dear.Untill i b e with you in indian keep leaving in good.

Sofiyah. [Now "she's" Sofiyah again.]


After corresponding with the "bank" the real scam finally appears: transfer fees.

Hi baby,

I have been so busy and please make sure you look for the money and pay the bank tghe COT code charges and let them transfer the money to your bank account.

Please contact me via e-mail after you pay the money to the bank.Because right now i am so so busy here in scottland because of my job assignment and i cant do anything from here in scottland.You have to try your best and let me know the situation of this and when the money transfered to your account.

I will be with you very soon.Untill then my love keep leaving in good health.
Muahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!! i love you.

Sofiyah.


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by Heartbroken35 Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:28 pm
His/Her story seems almost the same like wat I've encountered with Dani Yusup. He said he'll be in M'sia to invest in some business and he cant carry that much of money so he had to transfers this "money" to a financial security in M'sia. Once he's there he made up a story of "cant get his money out as there r fees to be made in order to get his money out".

This is definitely a scam. I believe this just might be the same ppl.
by Samantha Wed Sep 29, 2010 11:32 pm
I'm sorry if you were taken in by this scammer. Romance scammers are very patient and also very cruel. They prey on good peoples' emotions to steal not only money but trust.

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