The final phone call (I think)

I got so sick of Dr Paul and Interpol that I decided to bring things to a head.

I haven’t heard back from the Dr Paul character since my last insulting email. But I moved things along with mr Kofi from Interpol. And then he called me. Here’s the (in my opinion) hilarious phone call. He trips up a number of times. It goes for seven minutes. But it’s the best seven minutes of phone call ever. The email he talks about in the phone call is included below. The best bit is that Mr Kofi – the chief of Interpol/Director of Ghana’s Criminal Investigators Department – asked me to send money to the guy who Dr Paul told me was his staff member who "wouldn’t eat my money"…

Dear.

Thank you very much for this money you send but the problem now that i did not give you the information you will use to send it, please i want to advice you now to go western union now change it now will this nams and address onbelow:

1. NAME: PAUL MOUGOR

2. ADDRESS: ACCRA GHANA

my friend go back now change it in western union and get back to me very fast so you fund will deliver to you very fast now. my friend you have to do this very fast because of problem.Am looking forward to hear from you today.

After the phone call – where I’m sure he didn’t get my message – I decided to let him know that the game was up. If he doesn’t get this message he truly is the dumbest scammer ever.

Mr Kofi/Dr Paul/Emmanuel Onyekwere
The game is over. You are too stupid for words.
I am sorry. You have just made too many mistakes. Let me list them.
1. If you’re scamming somebody and they ask for an easy piece of proof – just send it to them. Don’t make stupid excuses like "I haven’t done that before"
2. If you can forge ID and use a fake email address – anybody else can too.
3. Claiming to be a Christian while trying to steal somebody’s money is just wrong. Obviously you don’t actually believe in God. You’ve got hell to look forward to and all the money you’re stealing off innocent people is not going to get you  out of that.
4. If you’re going to bring another character into the picture get someone else to make the phone call – especially if the person hasn’t given your new character their phone number.
5. When you make a phone call actually listen to what the person is saying.
6. When someone tells you they know you’re a thief and then two weeks later writes back to you – you must wonder whether or not they’re just toying with you.
7. When you receive an email – actually read it. Sticking to a script won’t fool anybody.
8. If you’re going to try to steal somebody’s money at least get some real looking ID – photoshop jobs are easy to see through.
9. When someone sends you a Western Union receipt after not having contacted you for weeks – perhaps assume it’s not real. I hope you went into Western Union and looked like an absolute idiot.
And lastly, and this is the big one…
If you’re playing the role of Interpol – don’t send tell me to send money to somebody who "works as Dr Paul’s assistant and won’t eat my money" – which is what Dr Paul Acquah said about Paul Mougour – the guy Mr Kofi is now asking me to send money to.
In conclusion. You are the worst scammer ever. You’ve wasted so much time talking to me. I feel good that you’re not talking to some gullible fool and taking their money. But I suggest that because you are so bad at this you change your ways. Go to church this weekend and tell them that you’re a reformed criminal and ask them to give you some real jobs to do. Get a job washing dishes in a restaurant. You’d be better at every other job in the world than this one. You are THE WORST Nigerian scammer in history.
Regards,
N

Links from August 10, 2009

A sermon from a scammer

Friend Zima’s pastor – Reverend Williams has entered the fray. I told him I was worried about Zima’s doctrine. He sent me this sermon in response. Urging me to help smuggle this money out of the country.

The capitalisation is all his.

I BRING YOU GOOD NEWS MESSAGE TODAY FROM THE BOOK OF HEBREW IT tells us, “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.”

SERVANT OF GOD I LOVE THIS TEACHINGS OF GOD IT UP HOLDS MY SPIRIT WHEN THE DEVIL IS TRING TO DUPLICATE GOD’S PROMISES TO US.THOUGH I MADE SISTER ZIMA ALSO TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE TEACHINGS OF THE SCRIPTURE WHICH SAYS We may find grace by looking at what Jesus performed at Mount Sinai, and how He had quenched those fiery darts of the law on our behalf! By faith He obeyed, by faith He stepped into death on our behalf. He was the Captain of our salvation, and went on before us – the Shepherd and Bishop of our souls.SERVANT OF GOD I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE ACCORDING TO MY SISTER IN THE LORD BUT PLEASE TRY YOUR VERY BEST TO SEE TO THE SOLUTIONS OF THIS TRANSFER BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEEK SO THAT YOU WILL HELP TO SAFE THE LIFE AND INHERITANCE FUND OF SISTER ZIMA.SERVANT OF GOD I REMEMBER THE SPEECH OF POP JOHN PAUL 11 IN AUSTRIA JUNE 23 1988 IN HIS PASTORIAL VISIST HE SAID

Let us renew our “Yes to faith”, a “Yes to life” in all its aspects.SERVANT OF GOD THIS TEACHING IS DEEP TO MY OWN UNDERSTANDING IN ASPECT OF MAKING PROMISES,PLEASE SINCE YOU HAVE ABSECPTED SISTER ZIMA AS YOUR SISTER PLEASE TRY YOUR POSSIBLE BEST WITH YOUR POSITION AND LOVE TO SEE TO HER HAPPINESS FOR THE GLORY OF GOD THAT HAVE MADE YOU WHOM YOU ARE.I KNOW GOD IN HIS OWN WAY WILL PERFECT HIS PURPOSE IN THIS UNION BETWEEN YOU AND SISTER ZIMA.IN MATT 25:31_40 . TEACHES US REWARD ON OUR DAY TO DAY HELP TO THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS 31

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, ‘Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’
37 Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink?
38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing?
39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’
40 And the king will answer them, ‘Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’

2,000

This is the 2000th post on this blog. That’s impressive by any measure.

217 of these have been about Christianity.
98 have been about coffee.
291 have been about communication.
337 have been about culture.
90 have been about sport.
619 have been curious things from around the internet.
648 have been about life in the Campbell household.
35 have been links from my Google Reader (since I changed the category they went in to)
And 30 have been me trying to get a photo out of Nigerian scammers.

You might notice that doesn’t add up to 2,000. That’s because some categories overlap.

118 of these posts were made in 2006
90 were made in 2007
258 were made in 2008
1534 were made this year.

So humble reader – have you got a favourite? Have you never commented before? Use this as an opportunity to tell me what it is you’d like to see more of around these parts.

Oh, and check out my very first ever post in its original context

Oh yeah, and I’ve used 4,010 tags and received 3,879 comments.

57 comments came from Simone.
252 from Stuss.
359 from Leah.
310 from Amy.
61 from Ben.
39 from Mark.

I’ve made 512.

If you want to know how many you’ve made – let me know.

This kid’ll go far…

I’m not a big fan of guitar hero – but solving a Rubiks Cube and playing while watching the TV in the mirror is pretty impressive.

One point post

If you have two unrelated points and you can’t think of a way to link them then you don’t have a segue, right? There goes your career on current affairs television…

If you have a one wheeled gyroscope you also don’t have a segway – you’ve got half a Segway, or an Orbis.

Seeds of knowledge

If you’ve got a bunch of old books lying around taking up space why not turn them into academically themed pots.

Or you could just buy these (if you can read Japanese)…

When old ads go bad

Hindsight can make some ads incredibly inappropriate. Actually, it’s probably not so much hindsight as the passing of time. But the Consumerist collected a bunch of such ads – made wronger by the passing of time.

Heresy from a scammer

Miss Zima Peters is in hospital dying of cancer. She urgently needs help getting her money out of the country and away from a corrupt government. She wants a Christian helper. That’s important to her.

I asked what her favourite bible verse was. She sent me the following heresy riddled statement of belief… I’m not sure I can deal with somebody who believes these things…

How to be saved?

Let’s go to first things first. (Acts 16:30 & 3 1). (And brought them out , and said, "Sir what must I do to be saved?") There is a jailer here and Paul & Silas is locked up in jail and after a miraculous thing has taken place the jailer came out and said "Sir, what must I do to be saved? (Acts 16:31) they said, ("Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved and thy house") Your whole house will be saved all of your children and all of your family will be saved. If you happen to be a one family head, if you are a mother or father and you have no husband or wife you are the head of your house. With your salvation, your family is also saved, that’s number one.

What MUST I Believe?

Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, that’s what he must believe, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shall be saved. One of the most critical points here is that the Apostle Paul did not tell this jailer to believe on God to be saved. Where salvation is concerned God is not a part,he does not play a part in your salvation. God played his part when he gave his only begotten son. (John 3: 1 6).

Clearly her understanding of the trinity is all wrong. I’ll fix that.

Zima,
I have received your email.
I am worried about your doctrinal statement. I fear for your soul my sister. The father, son and holy spirit are one are they not? Your doctrine of salvation is wrong.
I will do my best to bring you to the country – but first I need another photo of you holding a sign with your favourite bible verse written on it.
I can not afford, in my position, to be caught up in a scam.
I will pray for you in the meantime. I am a renowned faith healer, perhaps you will be healed through the power of prayer.

Because this is ethically murky (and the person at the other end of the emails is no doubt lying about everything). I have prayed for whomever it may be. That they might truly understand the words they twist and use for the purposes of their crimes.

Quiztastic

Just so you know – Ben writes awesome quizzes.

I’m not going to try to steal his thunder with a quiz of my own. But they seem to turn readers into commenters in an effective manner. You should check them out. Even if it’s just for the cool cartoon he draws for each one – and the chance to learn about other people from the blogosphere.

Links from August 9, 2009

Working Families

So, K-Rudd isn’t actually to blame for coming up with the phrase… because the West Wing did it. Back in season 2. I wonder if politicians feel the pressure to outdo the West Wing. Like South Park and the Simpsons…

SAM
[reading] “We want a real tax cut for working families to help them pay for higher
education and housing, while our opponents want to help the rich pay for bigger swimming
pools and faster private jets. [pause] No, I don’t think so.

Pouch potato

In space nobody can hear you scream. Which is lucky. Because it’s pretty difficult to get down to the pub for a beer and imagine astronaut after astronaut has wrestled with that problem. Until now. Because now, they can just pack their beer into a sealed pouch to ship off to space with all the other sealed stuff… I bet you could even seal up that delicious bacon vodka.

For those of us not going to space this is just a handy way to transport your beers in a less rigid container that can then be used as a mini pillow to go with your leftover cask wine bags.

From Russia… with bacon

You know what stops me drinking Vodka… other than the fact that I don’t live in a region with Siberian temperatures and the need for an internal warming agent… it’s the flavours. I’m just not that into them. Well, I wasn’t… until now… I give you “Bacon Flavoured Vodka“… and a series of bacon cocktail recipes.

On the question of Worship

I read this somewhere the other day. I thought it was prescient and worth recording for posterity…

The problem with the modern church’s understanding of worship is they see it as a noun not a verb.

Brilliant.