He thought he was onto a winner!

Emailing started 20th January so it didn't take him long to get down to business. I knew there was something to this because he was on about winning a contract for road and construction and that if he gets it WE will be rich!! He was going to have to take his 14 yr old daughter with him .... well, what a good reason to say something happened to her and he needed money! Then I emailed him to ask where he was going and then received the hotel details and put it into Google to check on scams. Sure enough there it was. This is the last email he sent because I sent him a message THIS ENDS NOW - YOU ARE A SCAMMER AND I HAVE REPORTED YOU. Worst of it is he initially contacted me at Christianet, where it seems a lot of scammers are waiting to pounce. So others be warned, you can tell a scammer the way they write - as if you have met each other and they can't wait to see you again. The picture he or she sent seemed authentic, just a middle aged man sitting on some steps in a dark suit together with a couple of pictures of his supposedly 14 yr old daughter!!!!!!! Probably stolen from somewhere.

From: Brad Hilliard ([email protected])

Sent: 25 January 2010 00:04:59


Hello My Precious xxxxx
Thanks for the mail.How are u doing and am so happy.Concerning your previous mail...we are going to build company roads and Bridge ..About the Contract i will be leaving to west africa in Nigerian for the Contract and i will used at least within three weeks and One month to finish the Contract...after that am coming back to home and stay together..Hope you like it..i will be leaving by Tuesday Morning....I'm very sorry for the short notice but i called you and told you about this but i didnt brief you with these full details.We'll be checking into the St.Luke Watch Tower Hotels & Accomodations and we wont loose communication a bit because i just got a laptop with a multi connection server,so i would be on through out the whole time and we wont loose communication a bit.I also have planned my return trip to be destinated towards your place so i can just meet you before i head back home.I love you so much and i want you to know that i'm doing this to build up my career and making sure we have a wonderful future.how's work?I miss u so much and i wish i was already there with you.To hold u kiss u,touch you,care for you & Hug you tight and close,go on vacations with only you just like been on our honey moon.In life, we receive a wonderful opportunity, and that is to love. Love comes in many forms. You love people in different ways and for different reasons, depending upon how they have touched your life. Love is a very powerful word and can describe a multitude of feelings, but its main context carries the same meaning
I want to tell you that the love I have for you is undying. It is a love that is strong and enduring and will stand the test of time. I truly feel blessed that you have become a part of my life and I cannot wait for the day that we can join our lives together. I want to lie next to you at night and fall asleep in your arms, only to wake to your beautiful smile. I want to share in your joys and sorrows. I want to be your everything. You are everything to me.You are everything I do. You see and bring out the best in me. You are the one I want to share everything with - my thoughts, hopes and dreams. Thinking of you makes my heart feel full. You are such a source of inspiration for me. I will forever be indebted to you for all you have brought to my life. So, to repay you, I promise you my heart and all the love in it for the rest of my life.I love you so much! To say this a million times is not enough to express how much I do. I love you dearly ... beyond the stars.Talk to you soon.
Thanks
Brad

Quotes added - Michelle


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The first email I received, to which I replied with my details:
Hello xxxxx 21.1.10.
Thanks for your quick response you offered to my mail ...How are you doing? ..Hope everything is going on well in your side . Am so happy to read your message ...this is a little more about me and my pictures..
24 December 1949
Zodiac: Capricorn
Height: 175 cm 5' 8.9"
Weight: 74 kg 163 lbs
Country: United state
States: Los Angelos
Eyes: brown
Hair: White
Occupation: Construction Engineering
Religion: Christian
Marital Status: Widower
Kids: I have one which her name is susan she is 14 years old
Languages spoken: English Irish
My personality traits are: strong, romantic, serious
My favourite of music: classic, opera, gut modern music
I usually read: , professional, poems and magazine
I like to go out and to the restaurant, cinema,
My favorite cuisine: italian, some russian and good international
I like these physical activities:joging, see activity and more
More about me: I like children, animals, nature
My perception of an ideal relationship: I like a romantic, woman, that love me and our children I own 2 Houses and I live in Long Beach in California, I was once married to a loving,caring,honest and sincere woman until death came and took her away from me...My Believe is that there's 1 woman out there that can help me find that Love and affection again.Someone who is Understanding, Kind, good sense of Humuor ,Loving, caring ,honest, sincere, passionate and affectionate "Am a Widower with one daughter which her name is susan she is 14 years old..i love both indoor and outdoor..Well that is a Little About me and i will like you to tell me more about yourself and send me your picture .
Looking forward to hear from you soon
Love in Christ...
Thanks
Brad


Hello My Dearest xxxxxxx
Thanks for the mail..How are you doing.....Concerning Your previous mail.i do understand you.. I don't know how to approach this with you in person, every day I fight a battle with myself my heart says I should tell you how I feel, but my head tells me not to be stupid that it would just cause damage to our friendship and that you wouldn't be interested.I know that there is probably very little I can say to change your mind either way; I am not totally discounting the possibility that the way I feel about you could be reciprocated, but as I have very little luck in this area in the past my hopes are fairly small.I wanted to put into words my feelings in the hopes that although you may never see the words in writing or even hear them from my lips that you would still know that I care deeply for you, I feel that given the chance this could turn into more, but I guess that will depend on you and how you feel about me.I can't pinpoint what exactly it is that makes me feel that you do have some feelings towards me. Maybe it's due to the way that when I talk to you, how you nearly always look me in the eyes; so few people do that.I wish I could vocalize my feelings to you but my fear prohibits me so much I think that by the time I finally gain the courage, that you will be with someone else. My biggest fear is that I would tell you and I would see a look of fear or horror on your face that would break me.I wish I could tell you how every time you don't turn up online I fear that I will never see you again or that you will get into trouble with people; I just want to protect you so much.I see you sometimes and you look down even though you may pretend otherwise. I wish you would open up to me and let me in to your life. I know it wouldn't be easy but I still believe that I could be good for you, if only you could return my feelings. I know I may not be the best looking man, you know, all I could offer you is my heart and soul.I fear that this will not turn out the way I hope but I pray that it does. As I said before, you may never know the true extent of my feelings although I would imagine you have some suspicions.This may be a crush or infatuation but I swear to you that it does not feel like it, as I have had crushes before but never really felt the kinds of emotions I do for you.I hope that if I can muster the courage to tell you how I feel, that whatever your feelings, it will turn out okay and that at the very least we can be good friends, but I long for so much more.Hope to hear from you soonest.
Thanks
Always Love
Brad

Welcome here chainfree! I'm glad you noticed there was something fishy going on and started to do a google search. And thank you for posting one of the scammer's emails here. Do you still have the first email you got from him? Could you post that one aswell as it will warn others who get it.

Stolen photograph being used by this scammer - Brad Hilliard - [email protected]

well, I caught a scammer who's grammar suddenly wasn't crap anymore googled a phrase or two and got this page. first contact was made on a public information sight (such as facebook or myspace)

"Subject: hi
Hello How're you doing today? How's life up there, well i hope you had a very nice and wonderful xmas and new year too? Well am just signing up right now to ***** and i really like your profile and decided to hit you up, Well i don't know how to use this site really maybe you should give me your email address or better still email direct to my private email address... [email protected].... Hope to read from you soon... Beckley's my name... ttyl

Hugs
Beckley B.

p.s Hmmmmmmmm, Well i need to tell you that am not on here for head games or pranks, all i ever wanted and needed all my life is HONESTY,LOVE,TRUST,ATTENTION,HAPPINESS AND COMMITMENT! nothing more Hun"

first e-mail, note the location:

"Well about me my name is Beckley B Hoggs and i am 30 this year April 22nd, i'm single and Looking for true Love ... i was born and brought up in the states Minnesota Elk River... well i am currently here in Nigeria with my lovely sick Grandma she had Internal Bleeding when she fell off the stairs, but am glad she's getting better by the day ... for fun i Like reading and writing and singing and watching scary Movies and cartoons and cooking and cleaning and i Like Going to the beach and relaxing, playing cricket tennis sometimes and like kissing too... (smiles) Like listening to slow jamz and R&B and hip Hop..i don,t have brothers or sisters and my Dad is dead and i haven't layed my eyes on my Mum since then ... have been alone since i was 15 years old.

And i am looking for someone that believes in true Love , someone who is willing to share ..someone sweet,someone that would appreciate a nice kiss early in the morning ,that would appreciate being dressed up for work in the morning and breakfast in the morning ,someone that would respect me and understand me ...be there for me, I WANT ALOT OF SEX BCOS IT'S BEEN A WHILE NOW, 2 YEARS TO BE SPECIFIC ..someone that would appreciate a nice phone call at work when you tell him you were thinking about him and missing him so much ...just wanted to hear his sweet voice ...someone who would never raise his hands up to hit me .. nor cheat me as well ..thats be kind of person Someone in my heart beyond all my pride,Holds a secret desire so intense deep inside.Imprisoned with all my passion and love,Unknown to anyone but the lord up above.

A desire for someone to cherish and hold,The need for love to call my own.Someone who keeps me shining day and night,Someone to kiss and make up with after a fight.Someone who appreciates and respects all I can be,Someone who?s strong enough to commit and love only me.Someone who will be there to kiss away my tears,Secure my doubts and release my tears.Someone who can restore my faith in love once again. i am looking for a very Caring,Loving,Passionate,Understanding,Faithful,Honest,Serious and Open Minded,Providing,cool,kind,God fearing and trust worthy man who don't cheat,lie and nag...........
hope this tell You alot about me .....
Have a nice and yummy day

Cheers and Take Care,
Beckley B.
xoxoxoxo

P.S... Add or Buzz me on yahoo messenger if you care to chat... b_hoggs@yahoo"

response to questions gave special ed type answers, but some e-mails seemed pre-generated, with good grammar, complete sentences (including use of punctuation), and different fonts. when I questioned her reality I was met with a phone number (also in Nigeria). I called using skype, and the phone worked (to my initial surprise)

You have quite an inexperienced and amusing scammer there Sano.

An American born female living in Nigeria who plays cricket ? That's a rare individual. Does she have a googly I wonder ? (Cricket terminology: for when a spin bowler bowls a ball out of the back of his hand which spins the opposite way to the way it normally spins).

It's very common for scammers to start out with a death count of their family members, which is their way of establishing early that there is no one else they can contact for the money they'll be asking you for later.