Dear Crystal,

I want to thank you for your quick response to my

mail,i will send you my passport later this

week,my scanner is bad and there is no way i can scan

my international passport in a business centre

but i must surely send it to you before the week

run out.

All i want you to do is to contact an attorney

who will prepare all the necessary document in your

name in Nigeria high court,i want you to send him

the following information.

1 names in full

2 telephone number

3 account detaill

4 date of birth

5 poster address

I have already breef him on the transaction,the

idea of you being the next of kin to Barry Kelly,

the truth is only know to you and me,in no case

that the attorney must know that you are not the

real next of kin Barry Kelly,immediately you send

down this information to him let me know so that

i can keep record of the procedure of the

transfer of the money into your account.please do keep

this transaction between you and me due to the

natuer of my job,you can send me you telephone

number so that will can discuss more.

i will be waiting to hear from you.this is the

contact of the attorney:

email address:kayemu@lawyer.com

name festus kayemo

Best regards

your partner

Abdullah Ali

sheesh, i thought he would be professing his love for me by now.

of course this is all about dragging the thing out, so here is what i sent back to him:

dear abdullah.

i'm glad you finally wrote, i was afraid something bad had happened to you.

i'm sorry that your scanner went bad. my computer is having some problems, too. i hope i am able to send this email because i have some questions.

my first question is why don't you just open numerous accounts for under a million dollars? that would seem like the easiest thing to do. but then, i don't work in a bank so i don't understand these things.

my second question is what is arabbanknig? that name confuzzles me greatly... hmm.

also the last half of your email was cut off i think. all i got is what is contained below.

(i attached the first half of his above email up to the point where the numbered instructions are)

i will contact a lawyer and tell him what im doing if you think that is a good idea.

it might be because this is alot of money.

i don't know too much about money. i have accountants that take care of everything.

i really look forward to seeing your picture so i can put a face to the name, abdullah ali. i would feel alot better about giving money upfront if i knew more about you.

do you have a wife? children? any pets?

i am single and i have no children. my carreer didn't allow it and now i don't think i want to have any in the world the way it is. with war and famine and george w bush in office.

for some reason the last half of your message was cut off.

below is all i got. i think there is some problem with my computer. i may have a virus.

please send me a copy of this email and i will contact my lawyer soon.

he is still on his winter vacation.

hope to hear from you soon.

love, Crystal

then he wrote back in a hurry!

and today i recieved these responses:

Dear Crystal,

Compliment of the season,let me first of all

thank you for co operation so far,you see i am a

civil servant under ARAB BANK in Nigeria but i based

in Egypt ,there is no need for you to contact

your lawyer becuase i want this transaction be very

confidential because of the nature of my job,the

truth of the matter will only be know to you and

me alone.

In my previous mail,i want you to send me this

information which i will use to prepare an

affidavit in your name which will empowered you to

proceed to security and finance company to retrieve the

consignment .

1 names in full

2 telephone number

3 date of birth

4 poster address

Immediately i recieve the information i will

prepare the document and every thing will be

okey,there is no way i can operate a forign account due

to the nature of my job,i hope you will send me

some your picture i really like the one you sent

me, i think i am inlove with that one,

(that's more like it!)

so there no

need for you to discuss this transaction with any

body.

i have attact my passport with this mail,i hope

you will like it,i will be waiting to hear from

you,i wish happy newyear.

Best regards

Your friend and partner

ABDULLAH ALI

he did 'attact' something but i am afraid to download it. i will send him some lame excuse about my computer not being able to download and we'll carry on from there.

you may notice that he didn't say anything about the first email where i practically accused him of being a scammer.

i also like the way he has started typing without caps the way i do.

is he trying to make me feel more comfortable?

manipulative fuck.

i think i'll make him wait til monday for a response.