but I just couldn't help myself. So I got this email today:



I had set up a generic gmail account several years ago to handle my craigslist item selling and not give away my identity to anyone out there. The address is anon.__.seller@gmail.com.

Running to this email account, I responded with:

"Your email intrigues me. How do we proceed?"

Here is what followed:

"Dear Anon __seller,

Thanks for your interest in this prevailing opportunity; I am happy that you are willing to assist me save the fund from being siphoned by corrupt bank officials here in Togo. I contacted you in this matter owing that you bear the same last name with my late client.I am Barrister Uscamayta Condori Wilfredo, A Peruan Citizen Resides in Lome the Capital City of Togo, and I want you to know that its destiny that brought us together.

My proposal came to you because my late client Engineer Robert __seller, who died with his supposed Next of Kin/Heiress Apparent (Daughter). I have searched for any other members of his relative without any fruitful result; it was until the bank sent me a notice of their resolution to confiscate the estate in line with their abandoned property decree since I was not able to locate any member of his relative that I decide to contact you for this claim as his only SURVIVING RELATIVE since you bear the same last name with him.

You see,next of Kinship is not limited to relations of the deceased,nor is it confided to the circuit of parental relationship,rather it is by choice of the benefactor as regards to whom he wish to WILL it to(Beneficiary) either formally by write up,or Informally by secret Information disclosure to Beneficiary be him/her, business partner,relation, kinsmen,or friends or well wishers,therefore by virtue of the above stated,you can claim to be the next of kin of the deceased.

Therefore, in a situation of this kind, it's not published and the respective financial institution only informs the customer's attorney as the case may be and then only waits for the real heir to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in his late "customer's will " which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitle to such estate but the real heir was also involved in the accident.

If this fund is not claimed,it will be re-deposited into the treasury of the finance firm as unclaimed bill which be shared among the board of directors due to high level of corruption here and that will become history. There is nothing to worry about as everything is legal with documentations,it is my duty to provide the next of kin and whosoever I approve as the next of kin will become the beneficiary and receive the fund.

The most important issue to be considered now is trust and confidence in this matter hence I plead this should be our watch word through out this transaction and I can fully assure you on my own part that as much as I work this with you,I will always remain the same.

More so, you shall admit with me that since my late client died intestate (without a written will) and the apparent heiress died with him, that his estate will be inherited by statute, and this statute according to the customary law of Togo accord any surviving member of his family "right to claim”. It is on this wise that I contacted you, since you bear the same surname with my late client; this will stand as a nexus to establish UN-doubtful kinship between you and my late client.

Having understood the process of this claim, here-under is what we stand to benefit in this claim, the fund in question is $7.6 Million (Seven Million, Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).

After the successful transfer of the fund into your designated account in your country, 50% of the total fund will be for you, 50% will be for me and my family.
If you have any question regarding this sharing ratio, feel free to contact me.

Claims prerequisites: As his personal Attorney, I am required to know the detail information of any The required information:

1. Your full names:
2. Male or Female:
3. Contact Address:
4. Phone/Fax number:
5. Date of Birth:
6. Place of Birth:
7. Occupation:
8. Marital Status:

Be it as it may, the information is needed to present you officially to the finance firm/Bank with a draft application letter of claim which will be backed by a sworn Affidavit of claim sworn in the High Court of Togo, Lome Jurisdiction.

This is preceded by an application for a grant of letters of Administration by the probate appointing you as the executor/administration of the said estate.

I want to assure that you have nothing to worry about as all proceedings will be legal and legitimate, at least as an intellectual you can ascertain actions that may be considered repugnance to the law. I want to also assure you that the bank where the fund was domiciled is only acting as caretaker of the estate, as his personal attorney; the bank will release the fund to whomever I present to them.

All you need do is to adhere to my instructions and all will be fine.

I also hereby attach the copy of my Legal Attorney License and copy of my Identification Passport for your Reference with copy of the SCENE.

Thanks for the understanding.

Best regards,
Barrister Uscamayta Condori Wilfredo Esq.
Tel: 011 228 96730647."

As indicated these two documents were attached:





And so I definitely have to keep this going. So out comes my sob story:

"Dear Esteemed Señor Wilfredo Esq.,

I am deeply grateful for this obvious providence of God. While I know that my last name of __seller is rare, I have always dreamt of the time that our family shame could be redeemed. You see, I was born in a polygamous commune with a tyrannical brute of a father. For years, I plotted my escape from the horrid conditions of our secluded compound. I was finally able to secure my freedom just three short years ago and provided the authorities with information necessary to bring my father to justice--I even sketched the compound so that they could raid it without bringing harm to my innocent brothers and sisters. To gain your trust, I have attached my family photograph where I am the little boy in the suspenders at the bottom left looking off to the side as well as the sketch I provided to the government authorities of the family compound. I have also included a current picture.

There is much that I have to learn about the world after my upbringing in total isolation. But thankfully, the man that was my father harbored a deep distrust of banks and kept his wealth in gold and cash in a special building on the compound. Because of this, I was able to accumulate, without his knowledge, a large sum of cash money and even two gold bullion during my years of planning. While not $7.6 Million, it is enough to provide the comfort of knowing that money will never be a concern as I detach myself from the horrors of my childhood and build a provident life moving forward.

I sincerely appreciate the inclusion of your passport and legal attorney license. It is comforting to know who I am actually hoping to deal with. As I have always been a stickler for details, however, I am curious as to why each document lists a different place of birth for you. Your attorney license says that you were born in Lome, Republic of Togo. Meanwhile, your passport says you were born in Arequipa, Peru. How could something so simple yet important be so obviously misaligned? I mean, isn't there an entire ocean between those two places? Before I book my flight to Togo, I would like to see this issue resolved. I appreciate your communication and forthrightness in our dealings and look forward to your reply.

Respectfully and gratefully yours,

Anon Amos __seller"







He quickly responded with:

"Dear Anon __seller,

Thanks for your update and concerns so far therefore to clarify myself from your questions, Yes My Dad is from Peru while my mum is from Togo that's why i have a Peruan passport but both my families reside in Togo and that's where i am licensed to with my Attorney License.

Therefore all the same, this should not be the perrior for now but our must target is to move this very fund out from the bank into your own bank account in your country because i don't even thing that you are going to fly down here to make this claims unless you prefer.

Therefore in this above regards, i advise you should forward to me the required details to enable us proceed and to enable me forward a skeleton application which you have to fill and forward to the bank to enable them effect and approve the fund in your favor.

My Regards to you and your Family.

Wilfredo ESQ.

Sent from Outlook"

Even before I could send a short response, he sent this:

"Dear Anon __seller,

any way trying to force you to go against your decision and stand but I only want to clear my conscience over issue in reconfirmation that my transaction has nothing to do with any scam. I am a lawyer and I stand on oath to the ethics of my profession to state once again that this is real and legal and I am happy to have such God fearing person like you to work with.

I advise that your should give me trust and wish you to revert your stand so that we can proceed in the accomplishment of this goal because I do not want to make this matter as an advert by jumping from one person to the other to risk success at the end of the day. I so heatedly solicited your co-operation with every good intentions for the benefit of both of us. It will be a mark of failure on my part if the said estate is lost to the bank for lack of claim and my deceased client wherever he is will not be happy with me for my laxity.

With due respect, I agree with you that there are a lot of dubious persons all over the world and if I am in your shoes,I will be cautious and reason same way like you are doing now because of bad experience but not to extent of qualifying every transaction as flue.
Facts, are not hidden and with a matured mind one can always feel it.
This transaction like I said is for real and would want you to give me the benefit of doubt and cooperate with me and I guarantee you that at the end of the day we will rejoice together.

At the completion of this transfer into your bank account in your Country, We shall share to the ration 50% for you and 50% for me for been the brain and Initiator Founder of this Our Mutual Benefit.

Finally, please do take note that I made this offer to you by virtue of synonimity, Again have it in mind that I can never involve myself in anything illegal no matter the benefit attached to it, So Urge you to kindly adhere to all my advice and instruction to see this transaction through. If you are done with the above clarification kindly send to me your data to enable us commence without further delay.

Feel free to call me on this number directly at +228 96730647 for more clarifications.

Thanks and God Bless,

Kind regards,
Barrister Uscamayta Condori Wilfredo Esq.,LLB.
Wilfredo & Advocate.



Sent from Outlook"

My response:

"Dear Señor Wilfredo,

Yes, but how did the official government documents get your city of birth wrong?

Anon Amos"

I then quickly followed with this:

"Dear Señor Wilfredo Esq.,

I agree. Trust and understanding are in short supply in the world. And I have quickly learned that, as you said, "there are a lot of dubious persons all over the world." As such, I think it may be possible for people in the corruption-laden country where you reside to know that your rich client has died. I'm sure that bank officials are anxious to see how you plan to keep them from acquiring the money that is not theirs to claim. My father was always hammering into us that the government, no matter the country, is always watching its citizens.

Because of this, I think we need to speak in code from here on out. That way, even though our communication will be obvious to you and me, neither the corrupted officials in Togo and Peru nor the greedy officials here in the U.S. will be able to understand our plan. Please resend your original email whilst strictly following this unique code:

Togo - District 13
Engineer - Crap Weasel
Bank - Banana Hammock
Account - DVD player
Estate - Buffalo Chips
SURVIVING RELATIVE - Sugar Momma
Circuit of Parental Relationship - Pentaverate
Benefactor - Ringworm
Transfer - Dawn
Fund(s) - Planet of the Apes
Corruption - Effeminate Attire
Attorney - B.J.
Probate - Circus Clown
Executor/Administration - Street Hustler

I think this will allow us to move forward without the worry of outside influence. I will delete all emails I have received from you to this point and will anxiously await your reply using the above code.

Respectfully and gratefully yours,

Anon Amos"

Well, he's starting to get testy about my simple inquisition:

"How are you confusing?

As a Peruan Born in Togo i have a 100% right to Obtain both Peruan Passport or Togo Passport Officially hope you knows that?.

So where is your concern and what has gone wrong?.

If you are interested in this claims let us proceed please as time is no more on our side.

After all you have not demanded for it before i sent it to you just to make things real for you.

All the same if you are interested lets proceed but whereby you are no more interested you can decline from this assistance let me proceed with my search as i can see you are not a serious person in this regards.

Wilfredo Esq.

Sent from Outlook"

Hopefully, I can keep him on the hook:

"Dear Wilfredo,

No, no. I am just trying to learn. Again, I have been kept in a compound in the wilderness of Montana until only three years ago. I never had a government ID before I escaped my wretched conditions, and I am trying to understand how different cities of birth can be listed on separate documents for the same person. I am not trying to offend. I'm only trying to learn.

Your email to me was like the hand of God reaching out and assuring me of his care of love. You are like an angel. Please know that I want to proceed, but I feel it imperative that we start over and follow the code that I sent to you in my last email. That way we can know that only we are aware of our plans and not any of the corrupted officials that would seek to thwart our efforts.

Sincerely and respectfully yours,

Anon Amos"

I'm really hoping he is now rewording and sending his original email utilizing the code as it will probably be the greatest email I will ever receive.