concerned for a friend

my friend
Hi I think my friend has been scammed. She has forwarded me a couple of emails and I am going to post them here. Unfortunately she has sent to this "barrister" $800 already and I am hoping she does not send any more.


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: ADEBAYO SEYI <[email protected]>
To: (leaving this out)
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 2:56 AM
Subject: UPDATE TOWARDS YOUR REQUEST



DATE: 12th /AUG /2012.

Good day,

Greetings to you from my law office, I have been emphasizing on this issue since last night. I came to compromise by sending a citizen here to go and discuss with the militant on negotiation... i am not suppose to do this because its a risk, i just hope and pray the citizen i sent will return alive, because i gave him the mobile number you gave me and he has gone to discuss with them for negotiation... I just wish all will be okay... I am doing this service because you sound very responsible while talking to me on phone... Here is Nigeria and the government are very weak over here.. This is the more Reason why foreigners refuse to come here for contract, Though the country is corrupt but believe me, i am a proud christian, i believe in truth and sincerity... I have the fear of Christianity, so i want you to believe in me.. i am one of the lawyer here in Nigeria that fight against Bribe. immediately the person i sent for the negotiation return, i will furnish you with the necessary information he gave me, but an advise i will give to you, is to keep praying because Nigeria is a very wicked country. A Rich foreigner from Turkey was killed last week by this same Militant group because he failed to meet up with the Ransom.. How much did the militant demand for Ransom? Because i need to know all this... When last did you speak with Oscar because i want to be sure he is still alive..

YOURS SINCERELY IN SERVICE,
(BARRISTER SEYI ADEBAYO (ESQ)
(SENIOR ADVOCATE/PRINCIPAL PARTNER) POWER OF SERVICES/AGREEMENT

---- Forwarded Message -----
From: ADEBAYO SEYI <[email protected]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:55 PM
Subject: ATTENTION TOWARDS CONSULTATION AND SERVICES CHARGES





DATE: 11th /AUG /2012.

SERVICES/AGREEMENT

ATTENTION: MRS XXX,

SEQUEL TO YOUR MAIL WHICH I RECEIVED IN MY
NOBLE LAW FIRM
MY NOBLE LAW FIRM WISHES TO BRING TO YOUR
NOTICE THAT BEFORE I CAN PROCEED WITH THIS
SERVICES, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE CONSULTATION /
AND CHARGES FEE OF $823 (EIGHT HUNDRED
AND TWENTY THREE DOLLARS).
AFTER YOUR CONSULTATION FEES PAYMENT
THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MADE, I WILL GO TO THE
FEDERAL HIGH COURT HERE IN NIGERIA TO
ASCERTAIN THE PROCEDURE OF ASSISTING
HIM BEFORE IT BECOMES
TOO LATE.

Tel number : Phone....+2348107642585

Perhaps you should call me on phone or Email me
once you have made the payment for the SERVICES/AGREEMENT
CONSULTATION FEE.
I shall be awaiting for the CONSULTATION and
SERVICES/AGREEMENT FEES to enable me start now.

NOTE : I CALLED THE MOBILE NUMBER YOU GAVE ME BUT I THINK THE PERSON WHO PICKS THE CALL SOUND BRITISH NOT NIGERIA, HE HAVE A FAINT VOICE AND COULDN'T TALK LOUDLY... ITS A RISK TO FIGHT AGAINST THE NIGERIA MILITANT BECAUSE THEY OPERATE IN WATER AND LAND AND THEY EASILY KILL, THEY HAVE KILLED DIFFERENT FOREIGNERS HERE WHO COULDN'T PAY RANSOM, THE GOVERNMENT HAS TRIED A LOT TO ERASE THE MILITANT GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY BY INTRODUCING AN AMNESTY PROGRAMMED BUT SOME PROVE OBSTINATE TO WITHDRAW FROM THAT SINFUL ACT... I AM THINKING OF INFORMING THE POLICE BUT I AM SCARED THE POLICE CANT FIND THEM BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE IN THE WATER... AND IT MAY RESULT TO KILLING HIM IF THEY NOTICE POLICE IS AFTER THEM... I WILL DO ALL MY BEST I CAN BECAUSE I AM A VERY GOOD CITIZEN HERE THOUGH THE COUNTRY IS CORRUPT. BUT I CANT JUST DO THIS WITHOUT RECEIVING MY CONSULT ION FEE BECAUSE ITS AGAINST MY POLICY... YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NECESSARY PROCESS AND LEGAL STEP. SO THAT I CAN SERVE YOU BETTER...

You are advise to make the payment Via western with the details below:

NAME : Barrister ADEBAYO SEYI

ADDRESS : ADEBAYO LAW FIRM BUILDING, ABUJA NIGERIA

After payment is done you are expected to forward the information which i will use to confirm your payment immediately via my email...



YOURS SINCERELY IN SERVICE,
(BARRISTER SEYI ADEBAYO (ESQ)
(SENIOR ADVOCATE/PRINCIPAL PARTNER) POWER OF SERVICES/AGREEMENT


----- Forwarded Message -----
From: ADEBAYO SEYI <[email protected]>
To: XXXX
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 4:30 AM
Subject: RANSOM DISCLOSED .


Good day Madam,

Sorry i was unable to reply you since yesterday, yesterday was my free day and i don't work on Sunday. I was calling you this morning to give you information but you didn't pick up your call. With the report i receive from the man i sent for negotiation, He said the Militant are angry with him, according to him, he said their Reason is because OSCAR is very Rich, and they said he has Company in United-Kingdom and he came to Nigeria for a contract that worth millions of dollars but he refuse to employ the youth over here in Nigeria to make work, He also said they were complaining bitterly about Oscar, Another Information i received was that he went to U.S.A for a huge contract and visited Nigeria for processing of his salary that worth millions of dollars and the militant Realise that, so they attack him surprisingly.

Now they are demanding for a Ransom of $100,000 (ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) And they gave 3 days for the money to be provided or else they will Behead him and throw his head into the Ocean, because they recently Killed one Foreigner who couldnt meet up with his Ransom. from the way this was explain to me, i found out that Oscar is a very rich man who posses lot of wealth and it sound suprislingly how the Militant got hold of him, so i believe he was betray by maybe one of his Co Contractors here which i know must be Nigerian... He was betray because i am surprise how the Militant got some information Regarding his movement,

I will advise you to be careful and meet up with the Ransom before 3 days. because if he dies, i believe he will lost all those millions he posses and beside with the Information i receive is that he is about to be paid a Huge Amount before he was Kidnapped, so i believe when he is free he will have the money to repay for the Money spent on him, what you need to do now is to pray hard and meet up with the Ransom payment before 3 days, so that the Militant will not kill him like the Foreigner they cut off his Head last week... As soon as he is set free, i will try and make him secure till he leave because the man i sent to make negotiations with them told me that the Militant said Oscar suppose to flight to U.S.A by Monday (Today)... So as soon as he is free, i will make sure i inform the police to secure him to the airport so that he can flight to U.S.A freely. This are the information i receive and i am scared going further in this, because i am scared of my life, this militant are very wicked. I advise you to do all you can to free him so that i can get security to assist him to take his flight to U.S.A .


YOURS SINCERELY IN SERVICE,
(BARRISTER SEYI ADEBAYO (ESQ)
(SENIOR ADVOCATE/PRINCIPAL PARTNER) POWER OF SERVICES/AGREEMENT


UPON BEING QUESTIONED FOR BEING A SCAM:

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: ADEBAYO SEYI <[email protected]>
To: *Deleted
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 12:40 PM
Subject: UNGRATEFULNESS

Good evening,

I regret ever assisting you in this issue, Maybe you don't know the risk i attempted because of you. What you paid for was for my consultation and charges which i made to your understanding before you sent the money to me and i told you i wont ask any more money from you, which i actually did, did i ask money from you or am i the Militant ? you never show appreciation for my kind gestures.. i assisted you but your appreciation was an insult to my dignity..

An advise i have for you is to contact other lawyers on this, then see if they will show interest on it, i did this because you were directed to me from United-Kingdom and you are far from Nigeria. I wish you and your friend the best in Life. But remember, i will never forget this insult you pour on my personality because i am a respected Christian with truth and discipline...

YOURS SINCERELY IN SERVICE,
(BARRISTER SEYI ADEBAYO (ESQ)
(SENIOR ADVOCATE/PRINCIPAL PARTNER) POWER OF SERVICES/AGREEMENT


From: ADEBAYO SEYI <[email protected]>
To: *Deleted
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:12 PM
Subject: ATTENTION!

Its surprising you don't understand my situation here, check the message i sent to you regarding the money you sent me, the message says : Payment for consultation and charges, i want you to comprehend it and beside though the man i sent said he is a wealthy man but how do you expect me to raise $100,000 dollars ? You know here is Nigeria and i don't have such...

I will advise you send some money to them so that it will melt the anger in their heart because they are bitterly angry and anything stupid can be done... But if you want me to continue on this in a Vibrant action then you have to make other expenses of $1,562 dollars, but that's if you want me to take a drastic action by involving the police to fight against them because i need to make provision of necessary permit/prove to fight against them.. But remember doing this is Risky because it might hurt your friend who is been Kidnapped.. Feel free to tell me what you decide because you just have Two (2) days more.

YOURS SINCERELY IN SERVICE,
(BARRISTER SEYI ADEBAYO (ESQ)
(SENIOR ADVOCATE/PRINCIPAL PARTNER) POWER OF SERVICES/AGREEMENT




***the Oscar mentioned in the email was my friend's internet boyfriend, Drule Oscar who is supposed to be from the UK. He was supposedly on a business adventure in guess where? Nigeria when kidnapped by Nigerian Militants and then my friend was referred somehow to Barrister Creg Bello whom I have found on this website. I have attached his facebook page to a previous post about him but decided maybe I should do it here as well: https://www.facebook.com/creg.bello

Hello!

It is 100% a scam! Your friend is a victim of a Nigerian romance scammer. The story is very typical it's all a lie to steal your friends money. The Barister and "Oscar"are the same person. The same scammer playing differant charecters to steal her money. There is no "Oscar" being held for ransom and no Barister just a Nigerian scammer trying to steal money.

Justin

re: Hi I think my friend has been scammed.
Yes indeed predi, that is exactly what has happened I'm sad to say.
Am I correct in assuming payment was sent via wu or moneygram? If so, there is no recourse and your friends money has been lost forever.
Your best course of action is to advise said friend to simply cease all contact with the thieving trickster. Fraudster will quickly realise no more money can be fleeced out of the friend and it will run away and not make contact again. Please be wary of other scammers making contact in the coming days or weeks. Now the scammer has the email details, your friend may or may not be targeted again?

Yes it was western union I believe There is nothing better for her to do besides cut off all contant, block their emails/ usernames, etc, correct?

I am assuming your friend is American given the claim that he will be flying to USA. We do recommend reporting the crime. In the US, IC3 is responsible for this kind of crime. http://www.ic3.gov/complaint/default.aspx It is important that the authorities be aware of the scope and even the variants of this crime.

Unfortunately, though, as already stated, chances of getting the money back are only slightly higher than chances of winning the lottery. Because the criminals are in another country (and they are hiding behind fake names and bogus information), an international investigation would be required to locate and apprehend them. While $800 might be a lot of money to your friend, to the agency handling these crimes, it would be a trivial loss, and it is nowhere near the cost of initiating an international investigation. Unless they can easily tie this particular crime to an ongoing investigation of a specific scammer (keep in mind there are tens of thousands of these scammers in existence, many of whom use the same storyline and similar, if not the same, scripts) they will not initiate one. They will essentially document the crime without opening anything. Typically losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars are required before an investigation will be launched. So most likely the details will be recorded for tracking purposes, and that's the extent of the response.

I do know that the Barrister Creg Bello name has been used in many cases and yes "Drule Oscar" was to be coming to see her in a few weeks. We realize the chances of money recovery are very low. I hadn't thought of reporting it just to report it but yes we should do that. thanks!

Ah yes, thought that name had appeared previously. The scammer going by the name Barrister Creg Bello is involved in another fraudulant effort at viewtopic.php?f=13&t=44392

@ predi

***the Oscar mentioned in the email was my friend's internet boyfriend, Drule Oscar who is supposed to be from the UK. He was supposedly on a business adventure in guess where? Nigeria when kidnapped by Nigerian Militants

you are probably referring to this guy
wayn.com/profiles/druleoscar
Hi, my name is Drule Oscar. I'm a 47 year-old English male, currently in London, England. I last logged in on 24th Jul 2012 and I have 11 friends around the world.

I got him on the hook and will post when I've got more



also here
kissafro.com
same pic
druleoscar
Age: 47
Location: London, London, City of, United Kingdom
Relationship Type: Marriage
PLEASE LIERS, DONT CONTACT ME.... I AM ONLY INTERESTED WITH TRUTHFUL WOMEN

Am a man of discipline and truth, i seek a right woman that will love me and my kid daughter, a woman who is willing to relocate. the qualities i require from a woman is TRUST, LOVE AND RESPECT because i believe this are the key to a successful and everlasting relationship and the most of all the woman that will love my daughter as her own kid daughter. am simple and free. thats all about me and you can ask more information you want to know about me and i promise to be sincere with my answers.

divorced
carrier: Consumer retailwholesale
Age is not Important

booted off on
thaidate4u.com
id=25372
User name : druleoscar
Age : 46

Received: from [41.203.65.220] by web122506.mail.ne1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 17 Aug 2012 10:01:32 PDT


I do believe that I did this correctly and this is his IP address as of today. I noticed it is attached to other scams and from Nigeria.

I found it humorous today when the beheaded Drule Oscar has made another appearance . He has a facebook account too which he has given my friend the log on information to.

To [email protected]
Opened 2012/08/17
Location Gosport, England, United Kingdom (86% likelihood)
Opened on 22-66-73-109.rackcentre.redstation.net.uk (109.73.66.22:62775)

IP: 109.73.66.22
Hostname: 22-66-73-109.rackcentre.redstation.net.uk
ISP: Redstation Limited
Organization: IT Services
Country: United Kingdom

wrote

Drule Oscar has made another appearance . He has a facebook account too

can you post the link to this account, as his email address yields nothing on FB
please post the details on his profile too

http://www.facebook.com/drule.oscar.5

Senior Engineer Born February 14, 1965

the email associated with it is [email protected]

attached to the page (friends) are his barrister (Creg Bello) http://www.facebook.com/creg.bello (picture of CT senator Peter Schiff)

his daughter, Drule Crystal http://www.facebook.com/drule.crystal

his coworker, Jerry McDuff http://www.facebook.com/jerry.mcduff.16

and his nanny, Narumon Sanapbun, http://www.facebook.com/narumon.sanapbun.1

thanks, found him too, lol
I'm accustomed to generally search by email address only
as an email address is as unique as a finger print

here his FB profile pic


profile from Aug 3

Am I right in assuming that on the site, http://www.stopforumspam.com any email addresses are associated with the same spammer? there are so many pages for this ip address

I went back through my emails with drule and only 1 is from the UK the rest from Nigeria. How could it switch so fast?

Botnets (networks of computers that have been taken over after infection with a virus) are often rented or sold to spammers and scammers. A single IP could actually lead to a wide variety of different people and/or groups.

And, when it comes to scammers, they often use internet cafes that are used by a wide variety of people.

When you see one UK ip address in the midst of several Nigeria ip addresses, chances are good that the UK address is a proxy, used to disguise the true location.