Dear friend
i THINK THE BANK HAVE CONTACTED YOU AND YOU SAW IT AND KEPT QUIET WHY WHY WHY?????
HOW THEN CAN I TRUST YOU FURTHER IN THIS TRANSFER SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE TO RECEIVE THIS FUND TRANSFER IN YOUR COUNTRY.
YOU DID NOT EVEN INFORM ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY BOA BANK OF AFRICA FOR THE TRANSFER
- Mr. Umar Bello
Over the past few months, I have been getting a number of E-Mails from the so-called "Umar Bello", he is a "Manager Audit and Account Department of BOA Bank, BANK OF AFRICA", and while in his department, he "discovered an abandoned sum of US D $17.5 Million (Seventeen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of [the BANK OF AFRICA's] late foreign customer in the bank". He then says that "because the bank management cannot release [the money] unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in [the] banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately [they] learnt that all [the dead man's] supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with [the dead man] at the accident leaving nobody behind for the claims. He went for vacation with his family, his wife and kids, they all died in the plane crash", so because of this, I now get to have his money. Why me and not say, someone who isn't a random stranger from the Web, I don't know.
In one of his first E-Mails to me, he said that "Please, you are advised to keep this top secret as I am still in service working with the bank for security reason until we conclude this deal successfully", so in other words he wants his victim - me - to tell this to no-one else, so that no eyebrows will be raised. I have seen this a few times, while not directly related, some 419 scammers will get their victims to go to an Apple store and buy them a number of Apple gift cards, telling them to not talk to anyone, so no-one will inform them that they are being scammed out of their money.
In this same E-Mail he sent me, he also sent me a copy of his passport, this document is quite clearly a fake, and has seemly been made in MS Paint. It is sloppy, uses a number of fonts that don't match the rest of the ID at all. This is just the sanded, copy 'n' pasted template they send to everyone. For some reason, he also sent me a TXT file called PERSONAL DATA UMAR BELLO.txt, here are the highlights of this document; he tells me that his hight is 1.99, if this is in centimetres, feet, miles or anything else, I'll never know. His date of birth was the 8ST of April 1959, like everything in life, he says his weight is "Not Permanent", blood type is "Ax", for some reason he felt the need to tell me he is HIV free, his life policies are (now keep this in mind) "Always Sober & Calm", he also said that his "WORK IN A KITTY" is "Don’t Take It Personal", what this means, I have no clue at all.
While not all that relevant, I am playing as a "Michel Hunt", a pun no doubt lost over the scammer's head, I am also the CEO of Bad Dragon Inc, a real company that sells fantasy-themed sex toys, you would be forgiven if you don't know about this company, as it's really only known in the furry fandom. Of cause, if the scammer did even a simple Google search for "Bad Dragon", then they would have found out that I was making fun of them in seconds, and would not have wasted all of his time with me.
Clearly not expecting this to last very long, I replied with this;
Hello,
Do you want to role play UwU? If not, do you have any other photos of yourself?
Mr Bello got back with his national ID card. This card is an embarrassment, his hight is 26CM tall, this made me so confused that I had to look that up in feet just to be sure he didn't make an error, and as it turns out, he is 0.8530184 feet tall. Again, I was guessing that he meant 260CM tall, but that would mean he would be just over eight and a half feet tall. Not only did he mess that up, but he didn't even change his signature from the template ID he stole as it still says "My Signature". What a joke.
Also, the photo in the ID is the exact same photo, and I may be incorrect here, but I am sure that you are not allowed to have glasses on in real ID photos.
I knew that it was unlikely that this scammer would have anything else to show off, so I took a chance and asked for some other form of photos;
Subject: More Details with proofs
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Saturday, 15 June 2019 00:42
Size: 461 bytes
Do you have no other photos of yourself?
Subject: More Details with proofs
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Saturday, 15 June 2019 11:14
Size: 321 bytes
so after giving you two of my identities still you are not satisfied but you have not even given any of yours???
are you really serious to do business with me???
Subject: More Details with proofs
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Saturday, 15 June 2019 12:46
Size: 823 bytes
I am very serious here, in fact, I will help you out with this business deal with no more questions asked once you send me a different photo of yourself.
Subject: my photo again
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2019 12:10
Size: 39.3 KB
Sir
As for your request again I hereby attach my photo
open the attached file
then reply and send yours to me
Then check on the next on how to proceed by applying to the bank
regards
umar
My photo again umar.jpg
Honestly, when I saw this photo, I laughed so hard it hurt. Somehow this scammer was thinking to himself "yeah, this will fool him". I would just like to say, for full disclaimer, that I did not, in anyway, edit this photo, this was how it was sent to me. Doing a simple reverse image search on Google will come up with the Wikipedia article for Bennet Omalu, an Nigerian-American physician, forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist. I don't know much about Mr. Omalu, but I suspect that he is a jolly nice man, so this makes the scammer even more of a rotten bastard.
As a way to move along from the horrendous image he just sent me, the scammer sent me an E-Mail two minuets later, talking about "THE NEXT STEP". I'll save you the details, so here is the basics "what next to do is application to the bank [...] Here below is the Bank Director's email address where to send the application and forward a copy to me for record purpose which I will use in monitoring the process before the BANK. www.boagb@mail.com Lastly lets keep this a top secret until we achieve success in transferring this fund into your account Get back to me asap". Attached to this E-Mail was this form.
Now, I must have shocked the scammer in some way, as I didn't know my bank number, so I went to my bank, I wrote back to the scammer with "After I got your E-Mail, I drove straight to my bank so they could help me fill out your application as I did not know my bank account number, they told me that this seems to be suspicious, however, they are willing to except this offer if you first fill out a short application. I was very upset at this, as I know that you are not lying, as you sent me proof", after this, we pinged ponged a few E-Mails back and forth, despite the fact that I said "they are willing to except this offer if you first fill out a short application", the scammer seemed to think that had to fill out a document. The end result was that I sent the scammer a ZIP of a number of pages he had to fill out. The fake document can be found here, it's very much worth the read.
After this, the scammer replayed by telling me "The document you sent can not download in my system but what is the interest of your bank with my personal transaction with you. I have no business with your bank rather is you I am dealing with". This made be believe that the scammer is - for some reason - using a tablet or even a mobile phone, or it could just be a case of him not wanting to fill out the document. He also wanted me to fill out the document he sent to me before, I did intend to fill it out, but not before he gave me a filled out copy of the document I asked for. I gave the answer that "My bank won't allow me to see my bank account number unless you fill out the document I sent", making it seem as if I was annoyed as he was.
The scammer sent the following E-Mail that had this in it "You may not understand why your bank wants me to fill the form because they are interested in the transfer so that they will impose heavy taxation. so skip off your bank and send me the following information of yours so lets apply for online transfer here". So it would seem to me that he wants me to lie to my bank, committing tax fraud by not declaring my new money.
Still not understanding that I wanted him to fill-out the document, he sent me a number of E-Mails;
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2019 22:11
Size: 93 bytes
Ok go ahead and fill it
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2019 22:14
Size: 167 bytes
I think you have all the information needed in my profile that I sent to you because I can not open the document format in my system
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 16 June 2019 22:17
Size: 651 bytes
You misunderstand, my bank wants you to fill it out
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 04:04
Size: 448 bytes
Okay send me the information in a plain text because my system did not open your attached file
hope you understand me now
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 12:12
Size: 1.4 KB
Can your system open image files?
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 12:39
Size: 570 bytes
SEND BY MICROSOFT OR JEPG
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 13:26
Size: 957 bytes
The files are in PNG, can you open PNG?
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 14:33
Size: 907 bytes
No my system can not but why are we wasting much time on this while by now we would have gone far with this fund claim
process
please send me the following information of yours let me start this process today Monday than procastination
Your full names
Address and Telephone
age
and occupation
we are wasting time this is $17.5 Million US Dollars transaction which I have agreed to offer you %40 of the total fund for your assistance which you will render to me in getting the fund transferred.
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 14:47
Size: 1.3 KB
What about zip files? Can your system open them up? Also, what system is it?
Subject: Lets proceed through online
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 16:29
Size: 1.0 KB
am filing it now for I have opened it with another PC
JUST WAIT
will get back to you soonest
Subject: Dear friend
From: umar bello <umarbello046@gmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 16:04
Size: 338 bytes
--
Dear friend
I am contacting you on a business deal of $17.5 Million US Dollars, ready for
transfer into your account
if we make this claim, we will share it 60%/40%.
100% risk free and it will be legally backed up with government approved
If you are interested reply for more details.
Waiting for your reply
Best regards,
Umar Bello
+226 68874958
What he meant by sending the documents "BY MICROSOFT" means, I do not know, perhaps he meant to send it in a Word document, also, note that he said to send them in JEPG, well, they already were in the JEPG file type. Oh, and yes, he did send the first E-Mail again, he does this twice.
The scammer got back to me, sending only one of the six pages to myself;
Subject: THE FORM FILLED
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 17:14
Size: 721.1 KB
Sir
open the attached file for I have completed the filling
an order demand from me is not granted rather send me your full identities
For I am connecting you to a business that you will benefit millions of dollars benefit, just check %40 of $17.5 million USD
regards
umar
You can see what he sent me by clicking here. Let's break it down.
Firs off, the document says in black and white to "fill out all sections of this form in black ink", the scammer write it in MS Paint. He wrote that the person getting the money was "owlman", I hate to break it to you, but "owlman" is not a legal name, he should have wrote "Michel Hunt". He wrote his signature, not in black ink, but still in MS Paint, for some reason he changed the font colour to baby blue. What a mugu.
Subject: THE FORM FILLED
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 17:17
Size: 752 bytes
Thnak you for filling out the form, but there was more than one page
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 21:04
Size: 955 bytes
Sir
The information on the form I filled is enough so go ahead and do your part.
This is to prove to you that I am genuine and what we are doing is genuine that will be legally backed up here by authentic government approved documents that will stand for your sure defence and protection.
I think I have clarified you. Be assured that there shall be legal backups so that your country security like the Homeland security etc will not go after you because of the huge amount.
Being a banker I know the local and international fiscal laws to be applied for the safe transfer of this fund into your account.
I am aware that your government USA is very strict in huge amount coming into their country so the huge amount will be splited into smaller unit figures and be gradually transferred under a smooth and slow transfer.
So do not bother yourself on how the transfer will be done only follow up my advice and do what I ask you to do.
Thank you for your cooperation
My regards to you and your family
Umar
Subject: THE FORM FILLED
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 17 June 2019 21:33
Size: 2.7 KB
Are you sure you're not going to fill the rest out? My bank seemed very passionate about it being filled, why else would they give me it?
Now, remember when he told me that he is "Always Sober & Calm". Well this is where he starts to get pissed 😊.
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 03:28
Size: 366 bytes
Sir
Do you really want to do this business with me??? if so kindly send me the information I have requested.
I am dealing with you not your Bank?
Just like I told you last time any further request from you is not welcome
This may be my last mail to you, this is a business that will you massively benefit from and you are telling your bank your bank.
Be informed that we are going to spend money on this transaction which may be of minimal cost.
Hope you will be ready for the expenses???
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 03:31
Size: 828 bytes
Okay, tell me what to do
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 09:31
Size: 631 bytes
FILL THE APPLICATION FORM i SENT TO YOU AND RSEND BACK TO ME AND TO THE BANK EMAIL LETS START
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 12:47
Size: 1.1 KB
I want too, but if I fill it out now, there will be missing information, as my bank will only hand me my bank account number once you fill out the document I sent you.
I'm sorry that I am like this, but I want your document to be as correct as possible.
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 14:10
Size: 863 bytes
go ahead and miss the columu but other you cam mark it............. to present later
See that? I just broke a man.
On the document he sent me, he asked for my phone number, now I don't intend on buying a new phone, nor do I want to give him my real phone number, so I made up some rubbish about having my phone being cut (also if I gave him my real home phone number, he would see that it was a UK number, and not US). He got back by saying "no problem just fill in the number no one will be calling you", and that makes me ask myself, why even ask for it? Prehaps he wanted to sell my number to other scammers, or even talk to me.
After this, I said "I am unable to get to a printer until Thursday so I can print out the document you sent me so that I can sign in ink, would it be possible for you to fill out the rest of the document I sent you in the meantime?", the scammer said "Ok I will do that just go ahead and do your part and consider mine done too in due time".
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019 15:54
Size: 655 bytes
Hello,
I have now filled out the document you wanted me to do, have you filled out the one my bank wanted you to do?
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:53
Size: 441 bytes
Then send to me let me cross check and forward to the bak for I will complete my soonest
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019 17:57
Size: 475 bytes
How far done are you completing the document I sent you?
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 20 June 2019 18:05
Size: 304 bytes
yes but taking me time because of printer but since you have done yours then send to me lets me compare and contrast
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Friday, 21 June 2019 11:36
Size: 467 bytes
Sir
the remaining documents I can not understand what to fill in
send me the form which you have filled
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Friday, 21 June 2019 13:04
Size: 871 bytes
You can not workout what to fill in? It looks very easy to me
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Friday, 21 June 2019 13:20
Size: 589 bytes
ok am trying doing but send me the one you have filled in yet let me go through
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019 03:26
Size: 505 bytes
It has just been over two days, have you filled out the document my bank wanted you to fill-out?
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 23 June 2019 23:05
Size: 303 bytes
Tomorrow you will get it please send me yours which you have filled
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 24 June 2019 15:54
Size: 254 bytes
Sir
am finding it difficult filling the remaining documents because I can not download it well in my system please which other information you need so I can give you
we are wasting much time on this process otherwise I will file in your name to be officially contacted
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 24 June 2019 16:32
Size: 595 bytes
I am concerned as you said that I would have the completed documents sent to me today, my bank seemed very wanting of the documents. I do not understand what is wrong, the files I sent you are JPG, shouldn't all systems be able to open them?
Subject: Assurance
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 24 June 2019 20:28
Size: 421 bytes
I tried but not opening but does it we can not go ahead these documents because today I have filed in your name to our bank here for the claim
Subject: Assurance
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Monday, 24 June 2019 21:53
Size: 726 bytes
I do not understand, first you say that I would have the documents today, now you say that you cannot open the documents despite being able to open up one of the pages and filling them out a few days ago, plus you have had over a week to tell me that you cannot open the documents. Mr Bello, it would be very useful if you filled out the documents already so we can move on to the next process.
Please do keep in mind that I will be more helpful and more willing once the bank documents are filled out, after all, I know that I have $17.5 million on the line.
Just so there is no misunderstanding here, I sent the scammer a ZIP (that he could open), full of JPG files, a JPG or JPEG file is just an image file, if you took a photo with a digital camera, you likely took it in the JPEG file format without knowing. The JPEG file type has been around since 1992, while the ZIP file has been around since 1989, so unless he is using a computer that is nearly 30-years-old at this point, then he is straight-up lying that he cannot open the files. He only doesn't want to fill out the document because he finds it hard and awkward to do so.
As I said at the start of this chain, "I have now filled out the document you wanted me to do", this was true, I really had filled it out, I don't think there is much to talk about with the document I never sent, but here it is anyway. If I had sent it to the scammer, it would have not been helpful in anyway. My name was already known, my bank name/address, phone number, fax number, and bank account number were all unknown. My profession was "CEO", while my age was 65.
A day later I got an E-Mail from "BANK OF AFRICA BOA", I doubt it's really worth going over, the only noticeable bit was this;
View attached file/ below for your questions pertaining the deceased Customer and answer immediately.
1. HOW OLD WAS THE DECEASED BEFORE HIS DEATH ?………………
2. WHEN EXACTLY DID HE DIE AND WHAT LED TO HIS DEATH? ……………………….
3. WHAT WAS THE DECEASED CUSTOMER’S PROFESSION? ..............................
4. WHAT KIND OF ACCOUNT WAS HE OPERATING WITH THIS BANK ?………………………..
5 WHAT WAS HIS ACCOUNT NUMBER?...................
I do not know of a time where any bank has ever asked for such questions. In the E-Mail, they also write "You are hereby issued this Bank questionnaire to be answered within the next 72 hours in order to prove your claim", just to piss them off, I would wait more than two days.
A few days later, I got back to Umar;
Subject: Bank Documents
From: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
To: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 19:08
Size: 508 bytes
Have you finished the documents my bank wanted you to finish?
- Michel Hunt
Subject: Bank Documents
From: umar bello <umar.bello123@hotmail.com>
To: OwlMan <owlman@protonmail.com>
Date: Monday, 1 July 2019 10:16
Size: 425 bytes
i THINK THE BANK HAVE CONTACTED YOU AND YOU SAW IT AND KEPT QUIET WHY WHY WHY?????
HOW THEN CAN I TRUST YOU FURTHER IN THIS TRANSFER SINCE YOU ARE THE ONE TO RECEIVE THIS FUND TRANSFER IN YOUR COUNTRY.
YOU DID NOT EVEN INFORM ME THAT YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY BOA BANK OF AFRICA FOR THE TRANSFER
Mr. Bello showed me his full power, by tYPING IN FULL CAPSLOCK, a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Sadly for all of us, this is where the fun ends, I sent Mr. Bellow one last E-Mail, but, he would never get back 😢😢😢😓😟😢😔😢😢🍆😲👌
Overall, I enjoyed annoying this scammer, it was quite fun, really seeing how far I could push his buttons was great. I might even go back to him some day, using a new E-Mail.
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