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MULTI – G (Swindler's Code)

MULTI – G
Swindler's Code Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! The rooster ringing tone of my cell phoneHeralded a scam to greet my joblessnessI am Engineer Wale BalogunI worked with you beforeI am now with Mobil Producing Unlimited Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! The rooster ringing tone, a wake up callHinted irony on Mobil and of an hungry manI am calling from our office in AbujaMy phone has network problemYet, my hand phone flashed ‘private’.I know you to be an honest manThat is why I ask you to assistGet this information and call me backMy number is 08033759194Four one nine lurks in guise as a supplier. Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! And so the call was returned‘Mark you; it is my credit burning now, not his’.Please get a pen and paper, and write as I speak:Alhaji Usman Bello is coming to LagosTo collect a sample of Multi – GBeing parts ordered by Mobil ProducingThe actual price is Ninety-five Thousand NairaCharged for each carton of Multi – GThe order is for a hundred cartons containing ten cartons eachHe pays you at hundred and fifteen thousand Naira a carton Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! Our gain shall be twenty thousand eachIf you can see what I meanMy deal with you is on sixty/fortyWhat, two million for a sixty/forty?O! Help has come in my moment of lack’.Your contact is Mr. BrightMarketing Manager, Esteed Oil Services9 Amusan Street, AgbaraAlong Badagry Express WayCell phone number 0803343559 Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! ‘What lengthy request wasted my phone bill?In contacts and return calls, delivered as directedEven Mr. Bright also had a middle man arranged for meTo buy from someone who had already bought from himThe stealing rats planned escape routes and outlets’Please Albert, can you pay for this sample?Or just make some deposit, a sort of assuranceDeduct all expenses from the money, I mean,The one Alhaji Usman Bello will payAnd thank you very much for your assistance. Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! The rooster circled around the henWho gives it all to the fighting cock?The back-side and the back of the headYou want my money, time and sweatBy contriving to extort where you did not sowI don’t have a dime, how can I pay?Was my sharp response, in bewildermentAh! What do I do now…?Engineer Wale Balogun exclaimed and pausedOkay, I will call you back Koo-koo – ri – koo-koo Kooo! The call never came backAnd I wondered what he wanted from me…Aha! Our national product is on sales againFour one nine on wireless, it roamed to my phoneTo defraud and to steal, ‘I beg you, try again. 
 
— t. reflexion, Sep 01, 2008

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Country/Region: NGA

Favorite Poets: Inspired by an article in an old manuscript , It reads:, AXIOMS OF PERFECTION, In the physical order – In the realization of the dream of beauty, In the moral order – In the realization of the dream of love, In the intellectual order – In the realization of dream of poetry, In the spiritual order – In the realization of the dream of the mystics

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Rett

Rett

17 years 9 months ago

Oh, this is priceless

We get all kinds of calls like that from Nigeria and E-mails. I immediately hang up and I trash the e-mails. Anytime we get one it is like the old circus code for help which is "Hey Rube". Bunch of BS. Good write T. and I really enjoyed it. Forgive me for being behind, but it may take several days to catch up since I am only allowed up a little while at a time right now. Take care. Respectfully, Rett: "The only thing observable with the naked eye to exceed the speed of light is rumor" Unknown
t. reflexion

t. reflexion

17 years 9 months ago

Thanks

Rett This was written as a poem to warn unsuspected victims, the phone numbers are real and many may have fallen for this scam. The Government of Nigeria enacted a decree number 419 for economic and financial crime offences. since then we brand this type of swindlers as 419ers. They feed on unsuspected greedy people. I post it as short story because of its length. It should be circulated for those who intend to do business in Nigeria. These people wear the best clothes and appear clean. It is also happening elsewhere. The world should be on alert. Beware! Thank you for the reading and for the comment. Best wishes. Iboro