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>>> Ibrahim Musa 06/24/02 06:17AM >>>
Dear Brad,
Good day to you.
Thank you for the Picture.
Your mail and willingness to assist me is received
with thanks.
However, you will be expected to send your banking
details to me immdiately you receive my mail.
Your banking details will be used to file in
official application of claim to the Tender Board of the Federal
Ministry of Youth and Sports for the fund approval notice.
The overdue contract payment will also be approved
by the Accountant General of the Federation. Once the fund is
approved for payment, copy will be faxed to you for confirmation.
Furthermore, I am using this opportunity to
re-assure you oncemore that this project is risk-free, but the
confidentiality must be maintained at all time because of the
high level government functionaries involved in this transaction.
I will be contacting you immdiately I receives
your banking details for telephone discussions.
Bye for now.
Best regards,
Musa
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My Dear Musa:
I have expanded my peanut-vending efforts from a simple distraction
at my child's T-Ball games into a worldwide enterprise that has
amassed a great fortune. My logo, which you may be familiar with,
is attached. I owe all of my success to the simple fact that I
deal personally with business associates instead of over the telephone
or fax. I do not want to waste any time, so I suggest we schedule
a meeting immediately. Might I recommend the Holiday Inn in Goobersville,
Ala.?
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 06/24/02 01:07PM
>>>
Dear Brad,
Your mail is well received and ideas noted with
interest.
Your suggestion on meeting face-face before
proceeding on this project is a welcome idea. However, we can
arrange and meet in a nearby West Africa Countries. It is a notorious
fact that top government officials in Nigeria can only travel
abroad on official duties signed by the Federal Government of
Nigeria.
I thereby suggest for you to arrange for your
trip to nearby Country such as Accra in Ghana to enable us meet
for a meeting. I can arrange and meet you in Ghana without hitch.
It will be an opportunity for myself and colleagues to meet you
and discuss on areas of investment.
Myself and colleagues will be expecting your
urgent mail response and consideration as soon as possible to
enable us proceed with this arrangement.
We need to transfer the fund to offshore accounts
as soon as possible.
Your urgent mail reply will be appreciated.
Musa
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My Dear Musa:
So sorry to hear you can't make it to Goobersville. Unfortunately
my company is not allowed to travel to Africa because one of my
employees once was involved with an elephant tusk smuggling ring.
Seems it has become extremely popular in the USA to use tusks
as automobile hood ornaments. I fired the silly twit last year,
but the authorities are unrelenting and still will not allow any
travel to Africa. Are you agreeable to meet anywhere in Europe,
Asia, Australia, South America or Antarctica? Name any continent
and I'll be there.
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 06/27/02 03:57AM
>>>
Dear Brad,
I apologise for my late reply to your mail.
I was actually holding meetings with the concerned group to decide
the next line of action as regards your request for a face to
face meeting outside Nigeria.
We are all excited at the idea of a meeting.It
is the proper thing to do, but it was unanimously agreed that
formal processing of approvals should commence first, while arrangements
are being made for one or two members of the group to meet with
you in Europe.
As you may well know, it has to be under a special
arrangement for any of us to travel out at such a short notice.
To avoid raising of eyebrows, we have to work on this and execute
it perfectly.
You are therefore advised to forward the relevant
details to me as soon as possible.
Bye for now.
Musa
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Dear Senator Musa:
I am glad you're excited. I'm excited, too! We're all excited!
These are exciting times because we are all thinking about rolling
around in piles of money! For big time excitement in Europe we
might think about holding the meeting at a beach in southern France
where we could all be naked. If we do this we'd all have to agree
no pointing and laughing would be allowed. What are the "relevant
details" you speak of? If your reference is to a flight schedule,
I will contact my travel agent and book a flight immediately!
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 06/29/02 01:12PM>>>
Dear Brad,
Thanks for your mail.
The relevant requirement is your banking details.
An official application of claim will be submitted to the Tender
Board of the various Ministries concerned for the approvals of
the fund.
Once we obtain the approval document, copy will
also be faxed to you for confirmation.
Based on this , we need to commence actions
for the approvals of the fund while arranging for a meeting.
Have a nice weekend.
Musa
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Dear Senator Musa:
As I have stated before, I only deal face-to-face on business
matters. This is how I have built a small peanut- vending business
into a worldwide enterprise. I have never met you so why would
I trust you with my bank information? We first must meet, discuss
this project, and seal our partnership with a handshake. I have
suggested Nice, France or any other communities along the French
Mediterranean for that meeting. If you are agreeable to the meeting
I will schedule my flight immediately.
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/02/02 09:33AM >>>
Dear Brad,
Thanks for your mail.
My meeting you at this period is totally impossible.
However, I am making arrangement for one of our members who is
also part of the transaction to meet you for discussions.
As soon as he's ready I will keep you informed.
My sincere regards to your family.
Musa
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Dear Senator Musa:
Your plan sounds agreeable to me. Hopefully he will get ready
quickly because I'm all set to discuss and seal this marvelous
business opportunity on the nude beaches of southern France. I
have learned in my business dealings it is impossible to be deceitful
when you are buck naked. As you may have guessed, I am elderly
and a bit shriveled, so I must be assured there will be absolutely
no pointing and laughing during our meeting.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/08/02 05:47AM
>>>
Dear Brad,
Good day to you.
It has been unanimously agreed that one Senator
will fly out midweek to Holland in order to meet you. It was also
agreed that the money should be moved to Holland before your meeting
with one of the official by name Senator Ali Sharmarih.
However, we have already commenced actions on
the approval process of the fund.
I will keep you informed immediately the fund
is released by the paying bank.
Bye for now while expecting your mail response.
Best regards,
Musa
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Dear Senator Musa:
I would have preferred southern France, but thankfully I have
discovered through a revealing Internet search that there are
nude beaches in Amsterdam, at Vondel Park. As you know, it is
of critical importance to me that all matters are handled without
deceit. Therefore Senator Ali Sharmarih and I must conduct our
meeting in complete openness, without clothes except for my lucky
orange socks. The soonest I can fly to Amsterdam is Friday, July
12. Is this acceptable to Senator Sharmarih? Also, would the senator
be willing to sign the attached affidavit in order to greatly
increase my comfort level? Please ask Senator Sharmarih to fax
the signed document to me at (XXX) XXX-XXXX. Thank you for fulfilling
this small request.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
Beach Conduct Pledge
I, Senator Ali Sharmarih, vow to conduct business in a gracious,
polite and considerate manner at all times
while naked.
In this regard I pledge the following:
-
To refrain from pointing and laughing at my business partner,
no matter how shriveled he may appear.
(Pointing and laughing at others, however, is understood as
unavoidable in certain cases.)
-
To offer frequent compliments about my business partner’s
virility.
-
To refrain from scratching at all times during the meeting.
Sign here: __________________
Date: ______________________
Senator Ali Sharmarih
Please fax signed form to (XXX) XXX-XXXX
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July 10, 2002
Dear Senator Musa:
It is midweek today, and I have not heard from you or Senator
Ali Sharmarih. I also have not yet received a copy of the signed
affidavit, which I have reattached with this e-mail. Please respond
promptly because I would like to book my flight to Amsterdam as
soon as possible. This is a golden opportunity for all of us and
I do not want to waste any time.
Respectfully,
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/10/02 01:55PM >>>
Dear Bred Chris,
I tried to speak with you earlier yestarday
but the operator refused to put me on to you. I guess you were
not expecting my call. Could you please send me your direct handy
for easy communication.
Meanwhile, I wish you could explain yourself
better concerning your " No LAUGHING and SCRATCHING"
stance in this business. It is worrisome to note that somebody
to whom we intend to entrust our life efforts, would not want
to chat with us or laugh. As far as this relationship is concerned,
you are (by proxy) our brother. Can brothers stay togetherr without
exchanging jokes?
However, if you are implying seriousness in
business, I think you can ever guess how serious people like us
can be. To win a Senatorial Election in Nigeria is no mean feat,
and this can intimate you how serious we can be.
Furthermore, having programmed and executed
the present deal for which we contacted you peak volumes of our
businessmindedness. Therefore, you should consider this a profitable
business opportunity of beneficial interest. It is we, who should
be apprehensive of your ability. We have done wonderfully well
to get this transaction thus far.
There is nothing to worry about, Mr. Ali will
soon make his trip to Holland as soon as the fund is approved.
Regards,
Musa
____________________________
Dear Senator Musa:
I am an extremely busy man and callers first must state a password
to reach me over the phone. The password this week is "grouper."
Say the password when you call and you'll get right through.
Regarding what you call my "no laughing and scratching"
stance, I have no problem laughing and joking with a business
associate on a nude beach or anywhere else. In fact I look forward
to good times and much laughter with you and Senator Ali Sharmarih.
However, I would have a huge problem if Senator Sharmarih were
to point at my shriveled 73-year-old wiener and burst out in a
thunderous belly laugh. I also don't want to be seen on a public
beach with somebody who is constantly scratching his private parts.
It is for these reasons I must insist on Senator Sharmarih's signature
or your signature on the attached affidavit and the signed affidavit's
faxed return to me at (XXX) XXX-XXXX.
I am looking forward to what I believe to be a fabulous business
opportunity with your group of senators, whom I already consider
to be my brothers. Very profitable times are ahead for all of
us.
All the best,
Brad Christensen
____________________________
July 12, 2002
Dear Senator Musa:
It is Friday and I still have not received the signed Beach Conduct
Pledge. Please fax it to me immediately at 602-272-7239. I also
have not received information on exactly when I should fly to
Holland. I have been packed and ready to go for two days now.
What is the reason for these delays? I am eager to get started
on our business partnership. Please respond promptly. Thanks so
much. For your convenience, I have reattached the Beach Conduct
Pledge.
Brad Christensen
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/13/02 09:39AM >>>
Dear Bred Chris,
Your photograph which you sent to me does not
show a man who is so flapped up that he will ignite laughter among
his business associates at a meeting. We are highly bussinessminded,
disciplined and civilzed,so there is no reason anybody would laugh
at you.
I do not expect my representatives to leave
business conversation to start making a jest of you. Honestly,
from your looks, you are blessed to look so good at your age.
However, in the course of your meeting, if there
is any comment with a good sense of humour, definitely you will
all laugh it off.
As regards the Beach conduct pledge, I hope
to fax it to you on Monday. I and only I will sign it while Ali
will meet with you to finalise discussion.
As a matter of fact, the fund has been approved
and moved to Holland. I was waiting to get the final acknowledgement
before I contact you. Ali will definitely move out on Monday.
As soon as he arrives and gets a phone, he will send the number
to me and I will forward it to you.
Meanwhile, you should arrange to be in Holland
as early as possible next week to meet him. You should also give
me your telephone password for next week so that we can talk before
you travel out.
My sincere regards to your family.
Musa
____________________________
Dear Senator Musa:
Thank you for signing and faxing the Beach Conduct Pledge to
me. I received it this morning and it made my day.
Also, thank you so much for your compliments about my appearance.
Some people say I look a lot like former U.S. President Richard
Nixon, but that may not be so good because he is dead now.
I am looking forward to finalizing our business relationship
without fear that an associate might create an embarrassing scene
on the nude beach by laughing loudly and saying, as wife Pat once
did, that my nose is longer than my wiener. I will schedule my
flight for the end of this week and will let you know immediately
of the exact flight schedule.
Brad
____________________________
July 17, 2002
Dear Senator Musa:
I forgot to disclose this week's password in my e-mail yesterday.
It is "scrod." If you are unfamiliar with this word,
it is a young cod or haddock that has been split and boned for
cooking. Please excuse my oversight in not supplying the password
yesterday. Prior to scheduling my flight, I would like to discuss
matters with you. I await your call. All the best,
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/18/02 12:07PM >>>
Dear Brad,
Good day to you.
I will be contacting you tomorrow for discussions
between 3 to 4 pm Nigeria time.
I could not call you today because I received
your mail late.
Bye for now.
Musa
____________________________
Dear Senator Musa:
You may call now if you wish. It is 12:30 p.m. and I am at work,
having just returned from lunch. I am not sure what 3-4 p.m. Nigeria
time is in the western United States. Hopefully it will not be
when I am at home asleep in bed.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
E-mail dated 7-19-02
Dear Senator Musa:
It was a tremendous pleasure and an absolute honor speaking with
you today on the phone. After your call, I immediately contacted
my travel agent, who had some very good news! There is a flight
that leaves Phoenix tomorrow morning and arrives in Amsterdam
on Sunday. I booked it right away, and at only $2,128 it seems
to be quite a bargain. I am scheduled to fly back to Phoenix on
Wednesday, July 24, just in time to celebrate my 73rd birthday
with friends and family on July 26. This schedule will give Senator
Sharmarih and I plenty of time to discuss business openly and
with nothing to hide on the nude beach at Vondel Park.
Here are the details: It is flight 110/42 on Northwest Airlines,
leaving Phoenix at 9:25 a.m. on Saturday, July 20, with one connection
in Minneapolis and a scheduled arrival in Amsterdam at 6:40 a.m.
on Sunday, July 21. Senator Sharmarih has not called me yet, but
I trust you will make sure he is aware of this schedule and will
be at the airport to meet me and help me obtain a hotel room.
Tell him I will be wearing my lucky orange socks and a broad grin.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/20/02 03:19AM
>>>
Dear Chris,
Thanks for your mail. It was also a pleasure
speaking with you on phone. I know we are going to speak more
often on phone.
I spoke to Ali Sharmarih this morning, and
forwarded your flight schedule to him,and he has promised to contact
you as soon as possible.
Endeavour to keep me informed of the every arrangements
you are making with Ali.
He and the payment officer in Holland are in
a better position to finalise operational modalities with you
before your trip back to U.S.A.
In the course of your trip, you can contact
me 24hrs on my handy in case you need to ask questions 234-80-33020133.
Happy Birthday in Advance
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>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/21/02 04:33AM>>>
Dear Chris,
Ali Sharmarih has been trying to contact you
on phone for discussions before your trip but all to no avail.
You can contact him on 31-623624388.
You can also call me directly on 234-8033020133
for further instructions.
You can contact him while in Holland to enable
him pick you up from your Hotel.
Good luck and God bless.
Musa
____________________________
This e-mail was sent July 22 from a Hot
Mail address I invented…
Dear Senator Mucous:
My name is Joe MacAurthur. You don't know me, but my friend Brad
Christensen called me and asked me to send you this e-mail. He
said he arrived on schedule in Amsterdam on Sunday, but a Senator
Ale Sharparinsky or whatever his name is failed to meet him at
the airport. Brad obviously is very upset about this. He said
he had great difficulty finding a hotel the first night and out
of necessity slept on a park bench behind a dumpster. He does
not have a computer with him and does not remember your phone
number. He has been spending his time wandering the nude beach
at Vondel Park, but so far Senator Shumparia has not identified
himself. He says he will be there on the beach a final time on
Tuesday before returning home in disgust. He says to look out
for the bright orange socks. I asked him why he was in Amsterdam
in the first place, but the slimy old creep refused to tell me.
Joe MacArthur
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E-mail dated July 25, 2002
Dear Senator Musa:
I'm back in the office today after a miserable time of it in
Amsterdam. Nowhere was Senator Ali Sharmarih to be found. Not
at the airport and not dangling around on the beach. I am greeted
today by two old voicemails from some clown who identifies himself
as "Mr. Phillip from Amsterdam," and by the two e-mails
you sent me. Mr. Phillip is a retarded moron. After I've already
left the office for my flight, he leaves voicemails that ask me
to contact him before my flight!!! If Mr. Phillip is working for
Senator Sharmarih he should be fired immediately! And what about
this Senator Sharmarih, anyway? He has never called or e-mailed
me and I have never seen him, despite my wandering Vondel Beach
for three days, getting terribly sunburned in the most painful
areas. When I travelled to Holland, I didn't think roasted weenies
would be on the menu! And I'm standing as I write this because
I cannot sit without intense pain emanating from my poor posterior,
which has become bloated and bulbous due to all the blistering.
You can only imagine the agony I endured during the long flight
home. Only my feet are pain-free.
I also was depending on Senator Sharmarih to carry my bags and
find a suitable hotel. Unfortunately you left a 73-year-old man
to fend for himself, no easy task considering that every hotel
I checked already was booked that first night, forcing my aging
bones to suffer on a park bench behind a dumpster. The following
day I obtained a room at Victoria Hotel Amsterdam, which is right
across from the Central Railway Station. I actually enjoyed a
very good meal there at the Seasons Garden Restaurant. Then I
had the very odd experience of stopping at what they call a "coffee
shop." When I said, "Give me the best thing on your
Menu," they handed me a huge bong with loaded with hashish!
Whatever happened to the tulips and wooden shoes you read about
all the time???
I am sincerely hoping you will be able to explain this all was
a sad mistake and you were not trying to deceive me, Senator Musa.
I remain somewhat interested in our business relationship, but
I need to be convinced that you are as serious as I am about it.
I am hoping our partnership can be salvaged, but I must first
receive a promise from you that you will follow up on your future
commitments and not leave a partner (your brother, you said) stranded
in a strange land.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
E-mail dated July 26, 2002
Senator Musa:
I am wondering why you have not replied to my e-mail. I think
I deserve an explanation after what I went through. If you can
provide one that is heartfelt and acceptable perhaps we can get
our business deal back on track. I cannot call because I have
imposed a ban on cross-Atlantic phone calls for my employees and
I certainly cannot violate my own rules.
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 07/29/02 08:31AM
>>>
Dear Chris,
You are welcome back.I received a phoney and embarrassing mail
from someone who claimed to be Joe McArthur,on your behalf.
What are you playing at?I do not know what to
believe.How can you claim that you could not find a hotel to stay
in the whole of Amsterdam?How can you say you could not find a
place to access your mail in the whole of Holland?Who is this
Phillips you are talking about?From the outset you refused to
give me your banking details,which made me organise to send out
the fund to Holland;now you are telling cock and bull stories.
To crown it all,you want me to beleive that
you cannot call me on phone,because of your so-called embargo
on phone calls.Its either your firm is so poor or you are a clown
of some sort.I do not do business with unserious people.
For you to still be part of this transaction,you
must play according to our rules.I could quickly arrange for someone
else to fly out to meet you in Holland,but not before you arrive
Amsterdam,lodge in a hotel,and call me from there.Then my representative
can fly out same day to arrive next morning to meet with you.
Meanwhile,you should break that embargo of yours
and call me as soon as you receive this mail.If you are unable
to call me in a transaction of thia magnitude,then for what else
is the telephone in your office?
Yours Without Rancour
Musa
____________________________
Dear Senator Musa:
This was not MY botched trip, dear sir. It was either you or
Senator Shamarih who botched the trip by failing to follow through
with a commitment to meet me at the airport.
And what is this nonsense whereby you level an outrageous accusation
about me telling a cock and bull story??? Dear sir, I was exhausted
after my long flight and unable to search "the whole of Amsterdam"
for a hotel. There were no hotels with vacancies nearby so I opted
for the park bench. Let's see how energetic you feel when you're
73! And there was no way I could access my e-mail because it is
not a Yahoo, or AOL or Hotmail account; it is all run through
my company's server and I did not have my laptop with me. By the
way, that was not a phony e-mail you received from Joe MacArthur.
Joe is my friend, whom I telephoned from Amsterdam, asking that
he contact you via e-mail since I couldn't. The intent of Joe's
e-mail was to schedule a rendezvous for Senator Sharmarih and
I at Vondel Beach, but this fictitious senator of yours never
showed up. I also asked Joe to let you know I was staying at the
Victoria Hotel, but I see now that Joe, who is a little older
than I and a bit forgetful, did not do that.
I think at the very least I deserve an apology for the travails
you have put me through. I shall not travel to Amsterdam or anywhere
else for you without such an apology and a renewed commitment
to honor your promises and conduct business in a professional
manner.
Regarding my telephone policy, I will not explain that again.
If you cannot understand my fervent desire not to be viewed as
a hypocrite by my own employees, well then, all hope is lost for
you. However, if you still possess a scintilla of good business
sense and a true desire to rectify your mistakes of the past,
you may contact me at the number below. This week's password is
"Carp." Finally, if you doubt the size of my holdings,
go to my web site at www...........
Good day sir,
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 08/01/02 04:03AM
>>>
Dear Chris,
Good day.
Our inabilty to follow through with you on that trip was due to
your sudden schedule emailed to me.
Mr. Shamarih could not contact you before you
left. We were all anticipating your trip early the next week and
all of a sudden you booked for Saturday.
Ali is not a fictitious Senator. He is back
here furious too. My understanding now is that it was all due
to communication lapses.
However, just as I did to Senator Shamarih,
I hereby tender my unreserved apology to you for whatever inconviniences
you may have encountered in that circumstance at Amsterdam.
To proceed with this transaction, I am working
out a better arrangement to ensure that no unpleasant situation
arises at Holland the next time it is scheduled.
Yesterday I took time off to visit www...........
I was impressed at what I saw. It all went further to strenghten
my convinction that you are capable of making calls to me, even
if you have to do that from home. Or don't you have telephones
at home?
Let me try to explain to you why I prefer to
get calls from you than making them. Considering that my telephone
numbers are presidential liason telephones, directly controlled
and serviced by the presidency and Senate, it is only the handy
which I gave to you I feel comfortable with in this business,
because it is with me 24hrs. All the same I shall give you a call
Friday 4-5pm Nigeria time since I now have the password for the
week.
I hope to get you informed as soon as I make
alternative arrangements for this trip.
Bye for now.
Musa
____________________________
Senator Musa:
The reason I scheduled the flight for Saturday was because YOU
told me on the phone that Senator Sharmarih already was in Amsterdam
and that I should go there as soon as possible. I was eager to
begin our business relationship, obviously way too eager for my
own good. I no longer will not let greed get the best of me, and
I intend to be much more circumspect in my future dealings with
you. There is an old saying in the U.S.A.: "Fool me once,
shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."
Regards and hopefully better days ahead,
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 08/02/02 05:22AM
>>>
Hello Chris,
I was amazed that in your mail, you did not
even acknowledged my apology. Well, so be it.
I never fooled you. What do I stand to gain
by asking you to go to Holland for nothing. Do not forget that
my original arrangement was not to transfer this money through
Europe. You are the one who insisted on a meeting in Europe.
However, from the tone of your mail, I feel
you are still upset. Let me ask you this; I want you to contact
the payment officer in whose care the money is in Holland, schedule
a meeting with him, fix date and time, then my representative
will arrive to be a part of the meeting.
After the meeting, you will submit your details
and witness the transfer of the fund into your account.
What do you say?
Regards,
Musa
____________________________
Dear Sen. Musa:
Yes, I will accept your apology, but I remain apprehensive because
I have lived a long and successful life and am knowledgeable about
business affairs.
I am convinced that written communication is much less prone
to misinterpretation than telephone communication. Also, with
written communication, it is impossible to forget what each party
said and agreed to. It was telephone communication, or should
I say miscommunication, that was the root of our difficulties
last month. In this regard, please provide the payment officer's
e-mail address and I will write him.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> Ibrahim Musa 08/06/02 12:53PM
>>>
Dear Chris,
Good day.
I am very sorry for the delay. Honestly, I was out of my office
for an official duty in the southern State.
I hope to speak with you within the week. kindly,
send your password for this week to me.
However, the contact of the payment officer
is below to enable you contact him for arrangements.
Name of Director: Mr. Tony Brown Email Addresses:
asdiplomatic@hotmail.com
Send him an email and finalize every arrangements
so that there won't be any hitch when next we schedule to meet
in Holland.
Keep me informed of the outcome of your arrangements
with him.
My sincere regards to your family.
Musa
____________________________
Dear Mr. Brown:
Please review the correspondence between Senator Musa and myself
below. As the payment officer, I would like to schedule a meeting
with you as soon as possible at Vondel Park in Amsterdam. A previous
meeting with Senator Sharmarih fell through when the Senator failed
to travel to Amsterdam, leaving a 73-year-old American stranded
in a foreign land. This was a very painful experience for me that
I do not want repeated.
Therefore I am sincerely urging you to coordinate absolute iron-clad
travel arrangements involving myself, the Senator and yourself.
I shall be gone attending a cousin's wedding in Colorado the rest
of this week but will return on Monday, August 12. I make my own
schedule at my company so by Monday please let me know the earliest
date we can meet and I will schedule a flight right away. Thanks
for your interest in assisting the Senators and myself.
Senator Musa: The password for this week and next week is "Smelt,"
but take note that I will be away from the office from Wednesday
until Monday, Aug. 12.
All the best to both of you.
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> "ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO"
08/08/02 01:43AM >>>
Dear Mr. CHRISTENSEN,
I thank you for your mail, your request and
the forwarded correspondence between the Senator and you.
Your request for a meeting which I believe the
need is to discuss modalities of payment, settling the cost of
the charges for this transaction etc; is hereby, granted.
Due to the nature of this transaction and the
prople involved, I would like us to meet in Brussels-BELGIUM for
security reasons. For this kind of transaction, it is better in
Brussels. You can choose any 4/5* hotel and we will meet there.
I am going to arrance everything that the payment be made in Brussels.
Sir, you urged me to coordindate an absolute
iron-clad arrangement and that is what I am doing. The meeting
is being scheduled to hold on Thursday, the 15 of August, 2002
in Brussels, preferably in Sheraton Hotels, Hilton Hotel or Conrad
Hotels. It will take a two(2) working days for this transaction
to be completed. Thursday and Friday will be enough. As the beneficiary
of this funds, you are advised to come with the following:
1. A copy of your passport as a form of identification.
2. Certificate of ownership of this funds or
any document that shows you as the beneficiary.
3. The PIN CODE of this transaction.
4. The sum of forty-two thousand United States
dollars or its equivalent in Euros ($42,000) being the cost of
the charges for this transaction. This amount has to be paid at
our meeting and a receipt issued to you.
I look forward to hearing from you as quickly
as possible.
Regards,
Tony BROWN
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Dear Mr. Brown and Senator Musa:
Thank you, Mr. Brown, for your efforts in scheduling our meeting.
Brussels is fine with me, and in fact I prefer it. I vacationed
in Brussels a year ago at the wonderful Le Meridien Bruxelles
hotel, which I enjoy greatly. The Le Meridien Bruxelles is where
I will be staying on this trip since it is conveniently located
in the center of Brussels. The phone number there is 322-548-4211
and the web site is www.meridien.be.
I have scheduled my flight. It is British Airways flight 8185,
which leaves Phoenix at 6:35 p.m. tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug. 13)
and arrives in Brussels at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
I will bring all of the requested materials/information/money
with me.
Obviously this is an extremely important business relationship
that I am contemplating. It is one in which absolute and unwavering
trust must be established among all parties. It is my belief that
prior to proceeding to seal this business deal we must reveal
our entire selves. While I personally have much to lose ($42,000),
it is impossible to deceive another individual when you literally
have nothing to hide. Therefore it is imperative that we conduct
our initial meeting at the nude beach at Bredene. Senator Musa
already is aware of the need to discuss our intentions and responsibilities
openly so that trust may be established. I suggest we begin our
day on Thursday with such a meeting at Bredene.
I await your response,
Brad Christensen
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>>> "ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO"
08/13/02
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:05:33 GMT
Subject: Clarifications
ATTN: Mr. CHRISTENSEN & Senator MUSA:
Gentlemen,
Allow me to make some points clearer to you before our scheduled
meeting on Thursday, 15 August, 2002.
Our primary objective of meeting is to discuss
modalities of payment, settling of transaction charges etc. All
other things apart from this is secondary.
In the meantime, it is absolutely out of question
to meet in any nude beach for the purpose of discussing this transaction.
If you gentlemen have any thing at all to hide or a different
agenda why we should meet in a "nude beach" for any
reason whatsoever, please let me know!!
Gentlemen, are you serious about this "nude
beach" thing or is that a joke? Are you joking about losing
the $42,000 Mr. CHRISTENSEN? There is something that I have not
understood here!!! Could you clarify me please?
Mr. CHRISTENSEN, you mentioned in your mail
that you will be taking, ""British Airways flight 8185,
which leaves Phoenix at 6:35 p.m. tomorrow(Tuesday, Aug. 13) and
arrives in Brussels at 5:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14" How
many hours flight is this???
Finally, I would like to reiterrate the fact
that there would not be any kind of meeting at the Bredene nude
beach. Meeting will take place at Le Meridien on thursday at your
convenience. I will be in Brussels tomorrow. I would like you
to send me a mail as to inform me of your arrival and your contact
telephone number.
I look forward to meeting you gentlemen in Brussels
this week.
Regards,
Tony BROWN
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Dear Mr. Brown:
Before I address the critical nude beach topic, let me answer
your other questions:
The travel time of the flight is 13 hours and 45 minutes. I am
puzzled by your inquiry but suspect you may not realize Phoenix,
Arizona is on the western side of the United States, approximately
2,500 miles from New York on the east coast. My British Airways
flight has one connection, in London, so technically it is flight
2288 from Phoenix to London and flight 8185 from London to Brussels.
Regarding the request to clarify whether I am joking about losing
$42,000, sir, I assure you I am deadly serious. That is your stated
cost of charges in this transaction that I am to pay. I have met
neither you nor Senator Musa and do not know your business records,
your ethical backgrounds, or much of anything else about either
of you. If this transaction does not pan out due to sleight of
hand or trickery on the part of Senator Musa or yourself, I lose
$42,000. Is that clear enough for you?
Finally the point about the nude beach, a subject I cannot and
will not compromise on. My dear wife, who is much more cautious
and suspicious than I, strongly believes I am being taken for
a ride in a scam. She even has suggested that my newfound Nigerian
friends may have weapons and may attempt to rob or kill me. I
am sure she is wrong, but as a precaution I have assured her we
will conduct our initial meeting on a public nude beach, where
it is impossible to hide a knife or a gun on one's person. I can
hold this meeting solely with Senator Musa, if you prefer.
Mr. Brown or Senator Musa: You must let me know immediately that
at least one of you has agreed to hold our first meeting on the
beach at Bredene. Otherwise I shall be required to cancel my flight
today.
Warm regards,
Brad Christensen
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Senator Musa wrote:
Dear Chris,
Thanks for your mails.I am pleased that you
were able to put your feelings across to Mr Brown.I am sure that
you will finally strike an accord and finetune your travell plans.Let
me explain here that you should have nothing to fear concerning
robberies,knife,gun etc;We are not touts who will appear at such
a crucial meeting with dangerous weepons.
Similarly,i believe that Mr Brown has so much
work to do than to start thinking of where he will attend meeting
with weapons.I strongly advise you to relax your mind and make
this trip in consonance with what the payment officer instructs.Remember
he is presently in possesion of the fund so we must do everything
possible to co-operate with him and collect our money.
Best Wishes
Musa
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"ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO" 08/13/02
09:05AM
Subject: Re: Clarifications
Gentlemen:
The idea of someone mudering you in Le Meridien
which you have chosen is ridiculous. Meetings shall be held at
the hotel lobby, so the idea that someone will rob or kill you
or anybody else is out of question.
I cannot say for the senator, but I would not
be meeting you in any beach! Better still, do not come to the
meeting with any money. The hotel security can keep your money
until you are convinced of the transaction. In that way, everybody
makes sure that all of us are safe.
I am an European citizen of African descent,
but could not comprehend the idea of someone robbing/killing you!!
We are in Europe and not in Africa where it might be possible
to lose your money or life. We are absolutely, not praying for
that, sir.
Finally, whether you are having the meeting
with the Senator at the nude beach or not, meeting between us
will be at Le Meridien hotel, Brussels. We can hold the meeting
at the hotel lobby where there are lots of people for your security.
Please do not come with the $42,000 to the meeting. This amount
will be paid after our meeting.
I look forward to hearing from you. In the meantime,
stay blessed.
Regards,
Tony BROWN
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Dear Mr. Brown and Senator Musa:
I have attached both of your responses so that we are all on
one page, so to speak. Mr. Brown, your points are very well made
and do make me feel much better about the trip. However, I have
pledged to my wife Bertha that my first contact with the Nigerian
senators will be conducted in the nude in full view of the world
for my own protection. I must keep my pledge to my wife. Therefore,
while we certainly can conduct the bulk of our business in the
lobby of Le Meridien Bruxelles, I must insist that my first meeting
with at least Senator Musa be conducted on the beach at Bredene.
Please let me know via e-mail as soon as possible if this is
acceptable since I am at home already packing and not at the office
today.
Warm regards,
Brad
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>>> "ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO"
08/13/02 10:49AM >>>
To: bradchristensen@cox.net
Cc: Ibrahim_musa60@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Clarifications
Gentlemen:
Thank you for your mail, Mr. CHRISTENSEN. I
cannot speak for the Senator, but do not see the need for your
meeting with the Senator at the nude beach! Your promises to your
wife should not comprise of this meeting at the nude beach!! What
if the Senator does not want to be seen nude? Is this a reasonable
business arrangement? Since when did promises to wife's become
part of business arrangements? This is new to me mr. CHRISTENSEN.
Let us be realistic and meet at the lobby of
Le Meridien. I can arrange a bodyguard for you should you not
trust this meeting. I can as well guarantee your safety in Brussels!
Do not be afraid of anything.
I am assuring you and your wife that nothing
at all will go wrong in Brussels. I am advising you to take your
flight tonight and I expect to meet you in Brussels, Thursday,
the 15. I will show you my passport as a guarantee.
Thank you for your understanding and God bless
you. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Tony BROWN
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Dear Mr. Brown and Senator Musa:
Thanks for your timely response, Mr. Brown, and I do appreciate
your comments. However, I offer two personal observations:
First, it is obvious to me that you have never been married because
you seem to lack a thorough understanding of the other sex, which
is "weaker" in name only.
Secondly, you have never met my Bertha, who is larger and younger
than I and quite imposing and headstrong. In fact, Bertha qualified
for the 1964 Olympic games in Tokyo as a weightlifter and nearly
medaled.
Bertha requires me to honor my promises to her, and rightfully
so. In fact my promises to my wife are on equal footing as my
promises to God, and as such they must take precedence over all
other considerations.
I now await word from Senator Musa on his intentions regarding
the proposed introductory meeting at Bredene beach.
With respect,
Brad Christensen
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Dear Mr. Brown and Senator Musa:
I am due to leave for the airport two hours from right now. If
I do not hear that an initial brief meeting at Bredene beach with
Senator Musa is possible I shall have no other recourse but to
cancel our meeting. I have compromised a great deal on this point,
for the original idea was to have the entire meeting at Bredene
and to have all of us present. I have acted in good faith and
was hoping the Senator would reciprocate.
All the best,
Brad Christensen
____________________________
>>> "ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO"
08/14/02 02:04AM >>>
Subject: Re: Clarifications
Dear Mr. CHRISTENSEN,
You were dead-wrong when you said that I am
not married. Well for your information, I am married with two
kids and I live happily with my family!
Also you are a selfish human being in the sense
that you wanted to force the Senator and I to accept your purported
promise to your wife!! So if your wife tells you to jump unto
an incoming train and you promised to do just that, would you
do it? I do not think so except if you are a joker.
wonder if this is an age crisis hence you are
in your 70s. Your promises to your wife is your personal problem.
You should not impose this on other parties. My beloved wife,
who happens to be a white woman disagrees with you!! She said
that your reasons are unethical!!! She said that you are a joker.
That you are not serious about the transaction and I agree with
her. No descent human being would refuse my offer of meeting at
the hotel lobby because he promised his wife that he will meet
the other parties in a "nude beach" How indescent!!!
You can inform the Senator that you cannot handle the operation
at your age, and not to purport that the Senator and/or I will
kill or rob you in Brussels!? This is ridiculous!! Are you sure
that you are from this planet???
With all due respect, there was no time that
our plan was to have part or all the meetings at the "nude
beach" If you are psycologically disturbed because of your
age, you can call your son or grandson to help you make some serious
decisions!!!!
Tell your wife that I am sorry to disappoint
her, but she is not seeing me naked if that is what turns both
of you on at your age!! My body is only for my wife.
I thank you for your understanding.
Regards,
Tony BROWN
____________________________
From: "Brad Christensen"
Subject: I have arrived in Brussels
Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:46:18 -0700
Dear Mr. Brown and Senator Musa:
I have arrived with my wife at Le Meridien and we have turned
our trip into a vacation because, good to my word, I have cancelled
our meeting. We will be staying at Le Meridien for a full week
and have registered under Bertha's maiden name so you scalawags
cannot harass us.
Mr. Brown, a few points in your latest missive cry out for a
response. First, Bertha would never ask me to jump in front of
an oncoming train. She has assured me of this. Secondly, I am
offended to the marrow by your remarks about my age and mental
capabilities. I will have you know that despite my advanced years,
you would be no match for me in any game of checkers or shuffleboard.
I am amazed by your unreasonable stance about the nude beach
and believe it could be attributed to your own severe shortcomings.
If what you say about having two children is true, it is my belief
that artificial insemination was required. Finally, rest assured
that neither my wife nor I is interested in examining your stub.
I still retain a faint glimmer of hope that the good Senator
Musa will see the light and agree to a brief meeting at Bredene
beach. There remains a remote possibility that we can get this
transaction back on track.
All the best,
Brad
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>>> "ASDIPLOSERV AIRSEADIPLO"
08/14/02 03:41PM >>>
Subject: "LIES! LIES!! & MORE LIES!!!
Hi Brad,
Did you come with your private jet because you
and your Berta did not cross through ZAVENTEM Airport? It must
be that you came with your private jet! LIAR.
Also, nobody, single or couple who is more than
60 years old is lodging in Le Meridien Hotel, Brussels. You are
a liar, and a bad one too. What have you got to say again? Mr.
PIG? What other lies would you tell me again ?????????????????????????????????????
Get real because you are still dreaming88
Did you check the time that you sent me this
mail and the time that you were supposed to arrive in Belgium?
I caught you in your game and you should be ashamed of yourself?
I think that you are a "very sick old man" who wants
to play with peoples intelligence.
By the way, my children was not born through
artificial insemination. I do not think that you have any children.
I think that you are a homosexual who just married to cover your
shortcomings, your inadequaties. Your penis cannot rise again
and you derive joy and happines from paying people to see them
nude. You need to meet a schrink. You filthy old man; "nude
beach" my ass.
You are a racist bastard and the likes of you
will go to hell fire!!!
Bye for now,
Tony
____________________________
Dear Mr. Brown:
You seem a tad upset. Sit down, take a deep breath and simply
accept the bitter, cold fact that I am a better liar than you
and the good senator are. I figured you liars out weeks ago, and
even convinced clueless Musa to fax me a signed "Beach Conduct
Pledge" promising to conduct business "in a gracious,
polite and considerate manner at all times while naked" and
to "refrain from pointing and laughing at my business partner,
no matter how shriveled he may appear."
The other major difference between our lies, in addition to effectiveness,
is quite obvious: Your lies seek to rob people and cause great
misery, while mine attempt to prevent crime and suffering while
stirring laughter. At this point, you may reconsider which one
of us "will go to hell fire."
I take offense with only one statement in your outburst. You
can call me a bastard, if you want, but never call me a racist.
It seems that most of my heroes in politics, music and sports
are African Americans, from Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King
to Hank Aaron, Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus.
Might I suggest that your activities do not represent the highest
calling of any race? Might I also suggest that your efforts work
to poison the international view of Africans, especially those
in Nigeria? It is my opinion that you are the new George Wallace
and Strom Thurmond because it is you who is promoting racism,
and doing it on a worldwide stage.
May God have mercy on you.
Brad
