This bait resulted in my first real trophy!
Date: Mon, 29 Dec
2003 18:23:52 +0100
Subject: PLEASE
HELP US
From: Leonald
Benson
Dear
Permit me to inform
you of our desire of going into business relationship with you. I know
you might be surprised on recieving this mail due to we have not met before.
By brief introduction
, I am Leonald Benson, with me is my younger brother. We are citizens of
Cote
d'Ivoire and the
children of late Dr. and Mrs.Benson My late parents were killed by the
military rebels
in my home town
BOUAKE the second Economic Capital of Cote d'Ivoire during the recent
political Crisis
of 19th september 2002.
My parents were
wealthy Cocoa Merchants before they were brutally assasinated by the rebels.
Before
their death in a
private specialist hospital , my father secretly confided to me of the
total sum of
US$9 million dollars
he deposited in one of the well known commercial banks in Abidjan, capital
of Cote d'Ivoire to be transferred to the account of his foreign business
partner for investment abroad in his proposed business which he wanted
to established abroad with the assistance of a foreigner as co-beneficiary
to the fund. My father also told me his intension to invest this money
in any lucrative business with companies in countries with stable economy.
Dear, we are honestly
seeking your assistance to stand as a business foreign partner to our
late father and
to act as guardian to this money and provide a bank account for the transfer
of this
money into your
bank account on our behalf for our our future management.
The amount is US$9
million dollars.We have agreed that you will assist us invest the money
in any profitable business with low income tax in your country or where
ever you felt is politically
condusive for investment
opportunities. I will also like you to make arrangement for me and my brother
to further our Education in your country.
We also have agreed
to offer you 20% of the total sum as your compensation after the transfer
is made into your account and you will serve as guardian to the company
that you will establish for us until we are capable of managing it ourselves.
Please contact us
through the above email on acceptance to this our request.
Thanks
Yours in need
Leonald and brother
Its a sad and sorry tale as usual. We'll send out Father Wayne Kerr to see if he can help.
Dear Leonald and Brother
I am very touched by your story and would love to help you and your brother.
I am Father Wayne Kerr of the Church of Fishermen in California, USA. I have told your story to the Church and my family here and we all feel sorry for you and your brother.
We believe it may be possible for us to help you, and in doing some it would be mutually beneficial to ourselves as well.
What is your brother's name Leonald, and can you please send us a photo of the two of you?
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Please we are waiting for your urgent call and reply
Date:
Tue 12/30/03 02:14 AM
Dear Father Wayne Kerr.
I thank you for your
response and your interest to assist me and my
brother Henry. We
are very happy after reading your mails. We are also
glad to establish
a life time relationship with you and your entire
family.
We strongly believe
that you will never betray the trust we are going to
impose in
you no matter what happen.
We don't have a ready
picture, we are going to send you our picture by
tomorrow because
we need to go to a photo grapher right away for a snap
of a together picture.
Meanwhlie, we need
your assurance to take care of me and my brother as
your own relation
because as we arrived U.S.A, your people will be our
family.
Please we need your
private phone and fax numbers so that we can be able
to send you
directly the relevant documents concerning this funds and
also your Banking
details is very important to enable us submit it to
the Bank for them
to commence the transfer procedures.
Meanwhile, you can
reach us with this number any time any day so that we
can discuss
briefly on the important matters in this transaction.
Here is our telephone number +22507 990 110.
Please do call us immediately you received this message.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours obedient children,
Leonald and Henry
Benson
Obedient children? Yes, perhaps we should see if they'd like to be adopted.
Dear Leonald and Henry
I am so touched by your desire to join in me as family. I have been talking to the other members of our church and they want to help you.
Leonald and Henry, I would like you to join my family and my church. How do you feel about this? As it happens the Church requires you to be a member of my family before it can help you anyway.
Please say yes!
If you are happy do this you will need to fill in a couple of simple documents, but it is nothing too hard. Then the Chuch and I can help you with your fund and bring you over here if you like.
It would be very nice to meet you.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
Church of Fishermen.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Please see attachment my photo /send yours too.
Date:
Wed 12/31/03 03:34 AM
Father Wayne Kerr,
Good morning sir
and happy new year in advance. We are very happy for
your mutual concern
and interest to assist me and my younger brother
Henry.
We will be glad to
join your family and as well be a member of your
church so far you
people will help us as you promised.
This picture we took
together is not yet out but as you can see is my
personal picture
so please give me yours too for our viewing pleasure.
We awaits to sign
the contract documents as you said so that we can
proceed immdiately,
my younger brother is worried he wants to hear your
voice so that he
will be more happy.
Please send us your
phone contacts and also your fax so that we can be
able to forward
to you necessary papers regards to the deposit of this
funds.
Please we want you
to accept us as your own children so that we will
have someone to
call DADDY we promised to be obedient to you people.
Thanks and God bless for your concern and mutual understanding.
Yours obedient children,
Leonald and Henry
Nice suit! Who
wouldn't want a charming man like this as their adopted?
Dear Leonald
I am so happy you wish to go ahead this way. Please be patient, I have to arrange provisional adoption papers with the state welfare service. This will not take long and I hope to be able to talk to you again on Monday and send a copy of the papers through to you.
I will do this by scanning the documents and you can print them out, scan again, and send back to me - the office says this will be ok.
I will talk to you again on Monday.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
God bless you Daddy.
Date:
Fri 01/02/04 03:30 AM
Dear Daddy, [Dear Daddy? Well he's not the first of them to address me like that...]
We wish you a happy
and prosperious New Year and we thank you very much
for your message
and we are very glad to have you as our Dad and your
wife as our mother,
please bear with us for this emotional proposal this
is because
we don't have any other choice for you are sounding
couragiously as
our father and also you promised to take good care of us
as your own
children.
We will be waiting
for your message and the scanned doc by monday as
you promised. Please
extend our greetings to other members of your
church and families.
My younger brother
realy want to see your picture so that he can feel
more better.
We always thank yopu
for your help and we are very glad to be yours and
obedient children.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Children,
Leonald and
Henry.
I've been lazy getting my forms scanned
so Leonald gets impatient...
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
please dad write to us
Date:
Tue 01/06/04 05:15 AM
DADY
we was surpose to here from you on monday according to your
last mail but we
did not,please dad try to write us so that we will know
what next
to do
thanks and God bless you and the familly.
from leonald and henry
Dear Leonald and Henry
I am so sorry I have no been back to you.
The forms are taking longer than I thought but as soon as I have them I will scan and send to you as promised.
I can warn you beforehand though that you will need passport size photos of both you and Henry for the forms that I am sending you, so you might want to get these ready.
To be more clear you will need one passport size photo each - one of you - one of henry.
These will need to be glued to the forms.
I will be in touch very very soon.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
Church of Fishermen.
Dear Leonald & Henry
The big day has arrived, I have your provisional adoption papers in this email.
Please print them out, fill them in, then scan them again and send back to me.
I look forward to hearing from you again.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
I attach the "adoption papers" for them to sign.
And presto, I have new additions to
my family.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
See attachment for the filled form !!
Date:
Fri 01/09/04 03:31 AM
Father Wayne Kerr.
Good morning Daddy
and how are you today. we received the Provision
Certificate of Adoptation
which you send to us and we have placed our
photo in the provided
space accordingly with our signatures endosed in
the approperiate
space.
Please you are to
check your attachment files for the filled forms and
please we want you
to forward to us immediately your banking details
which we are going
to use for the transfer of this funds because we do
not intend to stay
long here for our life sake because of the on going
political problems
here, moreover we are running out of cash here and we
need this
transfer to be urgently done so that we will Join you over
there in USA for
a better life.
We also need your
phone numbers for more effective communications,
because my younger
brother Henry realy wants to hear your voice.
Thanks and God bless
you, your entire family and our church members.
Yours sincerely,
Leonald and Henry
Benson
Click image to view form.
Click image to view form.
The picture of "Wayne Kerr" is randomly chosen from a travel brochure without too much thought.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
DAD PLEASE TALK TO US
Date:
Mon 01/12/04 05:14 AM
daddy
How are you today and where are you been to since all this days
,we sent you the
things you ask us to but we have not here from you,
please DAD try to
reach us so that we will know what we are doing and
when
Thanks and GOD bless you and all our people
I've been on holiday for a week and
haven't checked my email so he's getting a bit worried probably.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Re:Documents
Date:
Thu 01/15/04 03:05 AM
helow daddy
where are you since all this days,i and my brothre are verry
verry worried over
your faliour to write to us,we are afried if anything
is the cause,we
realy want to here from you today by all means.
please try
to write to us so that we will know what is hapening
thanks and GOD bless
you and all our familly
from leonald and henry
Dear Son
I'm so sorry I have not been in touch. I have had urgent church business to attend to and have not been at home.
I am home now and see you have sent me the documents. Thank you so much for doing so. I will go to the welfare office first thing tomorrow and hand them in.
I will be back to you very soon to tell you how it went.
Love you very much
my new sons.
Father Wayne Kerr.
Good News!
Hello my New Sons
Good news! The welfare agency has approved your application. This means Leonald and Henry you are provisionally my adopted sons for the next 90 days.
We can move to make this more permanent later but this will do for now and for the sake of the Church regulations.
Now I need you to join the Church of Fishermen, the church I preach with. When you join we can help you to move your funds around - and not to mention sponsor you to come to America - or if is your preference we can provide a donation to you if you don't wish to come here yet.
I will talk to the Church commitee and see what they require of you to join. I will talk to you soon.
I hope you boys are very happy with the good news.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr
Church of Fishermen.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
DADDY pl make fast
Date:
Tue 01/20/04 02:43 AM
hellow DAD
we receive your mail bering the good news and we are very
hapy to here this,and
we thank GOD for everything.
DAD
i and henry is very waried over the delay of this fund and wish
that you will make
everything to be as fast as possible i maen meeting
with the church,please
do this so that we will leave this war zone as
soon as possible,we
will join the church provided it will please you and
for the sake
of you being our father which we have not been thinking
about since we lost
all hope,
DAD please
try to make everything to be over this week thanks and GOD
bless you
From your sons leonald and henry
Now I want my first photo trophy.
Hello my good son Leonald
I took wake up every day and am thankful to have such a loving family.
I am so sorry I made my new sons worried about the delay of the fund but I assure you things will move along very quick now.
I do need you boys to join the Church. I do not have the capacity to help you alone, but with the backing of the Church of Fishermen we can accomplish everything.
Joining the Church is quite simple - there are no forms to fill in, but the Church does require two things from you.
Firstly you must be a member of a family of the Church - and this has been done by you filling in the documents I sent you.
The second thing is we require an act of faith or gift of your soul. The easiest way for you to do this is to send a photo of yourselves promoting the Church of Fishermen.
I can suggest a way for you to do this.
Both you and Henry will need to appear in the photo. One of you must be holding a fish to represent the Church of Fishermen.
The other must hold a large sign with the following written on it -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE 3 ACT PLAY
This might sound odd - but the 3 Act Play is our interpretation of the Holy Trinity. [Actually it is the name of my band's ep and I'm trying to get a cool cover photo.]
When you scan the photo to send to me please make sure it is large and clear.
Please abide by this and the Church will forward you a USD$1000 donation by Western Union (or any other preference you have) while we wait for your funds to clear.
Love,
Your Father
Father Wayne Kerr
Church of Fishermen.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
DADDY is this okay for you?
Date:
Thu 01/22/04 08:50 AM
Dear FATHER
I have
hard all the things you said that we should do for the church
to help me and my
brother but since i read that i was still very
surprise for hering
that type of thing, though i promise you that i will
do anything
that will please you provided it will,
I discus this
with my junior brother and since i did that he did not
buy the idear of
doing such a funny joke,you need to know that what you
say that we should
do is verry dificult and verry funy.
DAD i even
go up to taking the risk of doing the things all alone but
idicided that i
should contact you before doing it so that it will not
be a waste of money,if
this is okay for me alone doing it i will do that
afterall henrys
picture is still with you or if there is any other way
we will do it so
that the people will be happy apart from the other way
we can do it together
but if there is no way than that then let me do
it alone, and i
need your urgent reply in this thanks from your son
leonald
REMAIN BLESS BY GOD
He's wavering but I'll dangle a carrot,
or rather offer him half of it.
Dear Son
The Church must get this photo or it will not help us out in this situation. It is ok for Henry not to be in the photo, however if he isn't then the Church won't help him directly. However you can of course pass money onto him as you see fit.
The donation of US$1000 will also be halved, as really it is $500 for each of you. But thats beside the point - we aren't doing this for the donation but to ultimately arrange the safekeeping of your fund.
So please arrange this photo as soon as you can.
Remember the photo must contain you holding a sign -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE 3 ACT PLAY
and a fish to represent
the Chuch of Fishermen.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
DADDY PLEASE GO TO THE ATTACHMENT FOR THE PICTURE.
Date:
Sat 01/24/04 11:22 AM
Hello Daddy,
i have made up my mind and took the picture afterall, i will now
look forward to
hear from you and i hope that everything will be okay
by now?
we are very happy that we got you as our father whom will now take
care of us, this
is why we all believe in what you said, so please go
ahead and contact
the church over the banking details so that we can
forward it to the
bank by next week to enable them transfer the money
into the account
of which you will provide.
Please go to
the attachment to receive the picture that you requested,
thanks and God bless
you.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Best Regards,
leonald and henry
Hello my new son. Click image for full
view.
Leonald was a good boy and tried hard,
but it wasn't quite what I asked for (I really do want that ep cover) so
he'll have to try again.
Dear Leonald
I am so happy that
you went ahead and took the photo. I'm sorry though
but the Church has
rejected it because the sign doesn't say what I asked
you to write on
it.
However, I must say I was very touched by the "We Love You" sentiment.
Please, you will need to take the photo again.
The sign must say -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE 3 ACT PLAY
Just the words written above in capitals - nothing else.
Also if you could
scan the image larger this time as well I think they
will be happier.
Please - we are preparing to forward the account details to you, but the Church treasury won't give me authority until this photo is done correctly and you are a member of the Church.
Please don't despair, we will sort this out shortly.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
Hmmmm, he's not happy..
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
daddy this is insult
Date:
Tue 01/27/04 08:22 AM
DADDY
it is my wish
to write you today again after your last mail which says
i will take
the picture back,i want you to know that we are not fools
by taking a picture
with fish and writting weeds [?]
on a paper, beside you
need to know that
the cost of living hrer is very bad and you keep
saying that i will
take the thing again now take this option,we ask you
to give us your
telephone number so that we will call you and you didnt,and
we also ask
you to call us so that we will hear from you still you
didnt,we have no
money to be taking this picture try to give us the
things we ask you
so that we will start this transaction you can leave
the money you say
the church will give us when we come over there we can
still get
it
thanks and God bless you from your sons leonald and henry
I want that ep cover dammit - lets see
what I can do..
Dear Leonald and Henry
I'm sorry you feel insulted but let me explain how the Church works.
The reason they want the photo is so they can put it in the Church magazine so that all of the parish will know that you are true of heart and will accept the rights of passage of the Church of Fishermen.
Because you got the sign wrong the photo cannot be printed and therefore the Church commitee can't accept you into the Church.
If you are not accepted into the Church I CANNOT give you our bank account details - the Church will not accept your money if you are not a member.
So my son the only way I can help you is for you to take the photo correctly.
The correct text is -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE 3 ACT PLAY
I will explain its meaning - 'the 3 act play' is our way of explaining the holy trinity - 3 mysteries played out before us - each intertwined but each also standing on its own. I hope you understand this.
We say (you must see) to display the urgency of the understanding and being with the 3 act play.
Holding the fish is a symbol of christianity of course, and all members of the Church are 'Fishers of Men' - we bring Men to the Faith.
I hope this clarifies the situation from my point of view. The Church will not help you if you are not a member - and I will be praying for you that you will be.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr
Church of Fishermen.
A week goes by
with no response. I'll see if I can provoke anything.
Dear Leonald & Henry
I have not heard from you my sons?
Is everything ok?
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
Finally a week later..
From: Leonald
Benson
Subject:
we are here daddy
Date:
Thu 02/05/04 08:43 AM
dear daddy
how are you
today?dad everything is alright only that we could not have
asses to this
box because of the viruss problem so please try to use
this email contact
to send me massage today so that i will tell you how
we will do this,
the adress is (leonaldbenson@xxx) thanks and God
bless you and the
members of both family and the church
yours
sons leonal and henry . please try to give us your telephone
number this time
buy
Dear Leonald and Henry
The Church is urging you to complete the photo so we can pass on the account details necessary to complete this business.
We so much want to help you, please do as we ask and we can meet you in America.
My sons, I long to meet you face to face and introduce you to the rest of my family.
Please write again soon.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks and God bless
Date:
Fri 02/06/04 04:31 AM
Dear Daddy
Thanks for your mail and your good understanding and concern to us.honestly we are longing to be with you over there as soon as we conclude this business.
As for your request of sending another photos to you as our church requires we are willing to do that provided that it is the only thing holding us now but the problem is that my younger brother Henry is very sick and is being hospitalised.Honestly we have no money to pay for his hospital bill and also the money to use and take another photo that is what is holding us now.Please daddy we are therefore begging you for any financial assistance so that l take the photo and send to you hence it is what is the problem now.You send any amount that you are willing to assist us with through western union money transfer in my name and send your payment informations for my confirmation.As soon as l confirm your payment l will take the photo and send to you immediately.
Please daddy do bear with us as we are helpless here and things are very difficult for us here.More so do send your phone numbers for us to use and call you when necessary and the phone we gave you before,we sold it for the treatment of henry but still the money is not enough to take care of every thing.So please do not call us on that phone again as any time we have another phone we will let you know for you to call us.
Once again we thank you daddy but please daddy do help us so that we conclude this business at the shortest period of time.
We await to hear from you.
Thanks
Your children
Leonald and Henry
Well he's just getting difficult now..
Dear Leonald
I am so sorry to hear about Henry - what is wrong with him? Will he be alright? I will pray for him.
Leonald, I am not a rich man - for me the richness of life comes from preaching in the Church. And I do not have access to Church money as I have told you before.
The Church itself is quite rich which is why I need to help you through them, and why you need to take that photo.
I am sorry to hear everything that is wrong, so sorry I must look after my children first. So what I have done is stolen money from the collection plate and this is all I can give to you. It is only US$10 but it will be enough for you to take the photo. [They'll take anything won't they..]
Please tell me how I can send this money to you.
Love,
Your Father.
PS Please send my best wishes to Henry.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks and God bless
Date:
Mon 02/09/04 03:47 AM
Dear Daddy
Thanks for your mail and for your concern and efforts to help us out.
Also l thank you so much for your concern over my younger brother's sickness as he is still in the hospital.Please do pray for his quick recovery as l am furious over his condition of health.
As per the money you will send to me to take the photo,quite well l know that you are not all that rich as you said and also you have family to take care of,but please l beg you to try your best and complete it to $50 so that on reciept of it l will use it to take the photo and also take care of Henry who is sick now.Please do not be bothered on this as you know that we took you as our parents since you know our condition here.So you send this $50 through western union money transfer with the below informations for our confirmation.
Name:Leonald Benson
Adress:Abidjan Cote D'lvoire.
l beg you to send this money today so that on receipt of it l will take the photo immediately and send it to you first thing tomorrow morning.Please Daddy do understand us as we are helpless but hence God has given you to us we believe that all will be okay for us very soon.
Please daddy what about that form you submitted?Are you through with it as we are longing to come over there at the shortest period of time as soon as we conclude this business.
Once again we thank you so much Daddy and God will continue to bless you and all your endeavours.
We await to hear from you.
Thanks and remain blessed in the Lord.
Your children
Leonald and Henry
Dear Leonald
OK, I have arranged US$50 to be wired over to you. I borrowed some money off my very good friend Father Ted so it is ok now.
You should be able to collect your money at Western Union as requested.
The control number is 2663835931.
For safety and security I have also put in a question and answer.
The question they will ask you is -
Where is the fist?
The answer is -
In the Pig.
I and the whole Church will be praying for Henry - and yes you are my real sons - I lodged that form days ago. As far as USA is concerned you are under my care.
The only thing holding back your money is that you must join the Church first or they will not help you.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks as we are not happy
Date:
Tue 02/10/04 03:33 AM
Dear Daddy
Thanks for your mail
with your payment informations.
l went to the bank
to confrim your payment but l was very surprised and disappointed that
you did not make any payment.The bank officials could not confirm your
payment which is an indication that you did not make any payment.Please
daddy why do you treat us this way.ls it the way you propose to help us.
Honestly l am very
disappointed because all we took you for has been put into suspense hence
you cannot send the $50 which is very crucial at this stage of our business.
Please why do you
want to put us in this way knowing fully well our condition here and Henry
my brother who is still in the hospital.Please do reconfirm your payment
informations to us if really you made the payment and send it to us for
our confirmation.As soon as we confirm your payment l will take the photo
and send to you as promised.
l await to hear
from you.
thanks and remain
blessed.
Your children
Leonald and Henry
Time to put a twist in the tale...
Dear Leonald Benson
We are to understand that you have recently had dealings with Father Wayne Kerr from our church - The Church of Fishermen.
It is my sorry duty to inform you that we have been forced to end Father Kerr's association with our organisation.
We recently discovered Father Kerr has been using Church funds to lure young children from overseas to our country and use them as sex slaves and put them into sweat shops making shoes and wallets.
Leonald, we are unsure as to your age but we suspect Father Kerr may have had similar intentions for yourself and your brother Henry.
Whatever dealings you had with Father Kerr please do not undertake to continue them if he contacts you again. And if he does contact you again please let us know immediately!
Father Kerr must have understood we were onto him because yesterday he stole all the collection money and fled the Church.
I am sorry to have to report this sad story to you and I sincerely hope he has not troubled you in any way.
If we can be of further service to you please let us know.
Regards,
Brother Joe Sass.
Church of Fishermen.
Well he seems to have bought it..
Date:
Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:29:29 +0100 (CET)
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks as we are very much surprised
Dear brother Joe Sass
Thanks for your mail
and your revealations on the activities of Father Wayne kerr.lt is really
a pity that father kerr could use your church money in such a way which
is against your church directives and operation.
Quite well he has
not sent any money to us as you may think rather he agreed to assist us
because of our condition here.ln respect to this we are very amazed on
this development as we are very much worried and confused over the whole
issue.But hence you are interested and willing to assist us conclude this
business we will be extremely happy if you contact us on receipt of this
mail for the way forward provided that you will not betray the trust and
confidence we reposed in you people based on your church inclination.So
you contact us on receipt of this mail as you know that we should not be
blamed because we are ignorant of the activities of father Wayne.As soon
as we hear from you more details will be given to you.
Once again we thank
you for this information and God will bless you people.
We await to hear
from you.
best regards
Leonald and Henry
Dear Leonald and
Henry
Thank you for your
kind understanding in this matter. We don't
suspect for a moment
that you really knew what Father Kerr was
doing.
I have been reviewing
your case and I see Father Kerr was
facilitating the
transfer of a fund of yours, an inheritance it
seems, and was going
to bring you to our country.
The good news is
that the Church would have allowed this transfer
to take place once
you have joined the Church.
The bad news is
Father Kerr had bad intentions for you once you
came here.
Anyway we can conclude
this business soon if you are ready.
We need you to join
the Church and the usual way we do that is for
an act of faith.
I'm sure Father
Kerr would have explained this to you, and indeed
I have seen the
photo that was rejected by the committee.
Leonald, if you
can hurry with the photo that Father Kerr described
to you, because
that was the correct way about this, then we can
facilitate you right
away.
In case you have
forgotten we need a photo of you holding a sign
saying -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE
3 ACT PLAY
and holding a fish.
We would prefer if Henry was in the photo too, but I understand
he was reluctant
to join the Church himself.
I look forward to
hearing from you.
Brother Joe Sass.
Date:
Fri, 13 Feb 2004 12:08:58 +0100 (CET)
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks and understand us
Dear Brother Sass
thanks for your mail
and your courage and interest to continue to do this business with us after
the evil deeds of Fatther kerr.
Well your request
and directives are noted but do understand that Henry is not relunctant
to join your churuch rather he is lying critical ill in the hospital.Had
it been that he is okay now he would have taken the picture like me.Also
do note that l have no money with me now to retake the photo as you requested
because l am soliciting for some money to take care of Henry that is still
in the hospital.l advise that you use the photo that l have sent to you
people for the purpose or if possible for you do send some money down here
so that l will use it to take the photo and send to you if really you are
serious and you want to assist us.l assure you that as soon as l confirm
your payment l with henry will take the photo and send to you as soon as
he is out from the hospital.So if you agree to this do use my name and
make the payment.As soon as you make the payment do send your payment informations
for my confirmation.
But please do not
decieve me like your member Father Kerr who is not trust worthy and sincere
as it is against the teachings of our Lord Jesus Christ.l will not be happy
if you send a fake payment informations like your member Father Kerr who
is decieving himself not us.So if you meant what you said do send the money
to us as we will do as you requested.
We await to hear
from you.
Thanks
Yours
Leonald and Henry
Dear Leonald
I am so sorry to hear that Henry is not well. You can be assured that I will pray for his speedy recovery.
I am sorry I cannot bring good news to you, however as I explained before although the Church would surely agree to you joining the Church, the photo you sent before was rejected by the commitee.
There were two reasons for this.
1 - The scanned image was too small.
2 - The text on your sign was incorrect. It should say -
(YOU MUST SEE) THE
3 ACT PLAY
I wish that I could send you some money, but Father Kerr's actions have unfortunately seen a sieze on all petty cash in our offices. In a nutshell I don't have access to any money to send to you.
I do sincerely hope you can find a way to get the photo taken, otherwise I'm afraid the only help I can give you is spiritual.
With Love,
Brother Joe Sass.
Date:
Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:47:50 +0100 (CET)
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks and bear with us
Dear Brother Sass
Thanks for your
mail and your spiritual thoughts of us and your wish to pray for the quick
recovery of my brother.God will bless you for your concern and efforts.
As per the photo
please do note that l am not in position now to take any photo because
ofd my fianancial position.l am trying to raise some money for the hospital
bill of Henry and l cannot ee the reason why you can not assist me with
only $50 which is nothing compared to what we will beenfit at the end of
this business.hence it is like this l doubt your possibility to take care
of any expenses that may be involved in the cause of this business.lt is
really a pity that $50 is too much for you to send down here but you are
desperate to have any photo of me which l do not know your intention of
having it again afterl have sent you some.
lf you are serious
and you want my photo again as your church requested do contact the officials
of your church and discuss over the issue and send the $50 to prove your
seriousness and having good intentions for us here.As soon as l confirm
your $50 l will send the photo to you but please do not fake me with another
payment which is not real and could not be confirmed like the one Father
Kerr did to us.
l await to hear
from you.
Thanks and remain
blessed.
Best regards
Leonald and Henry
He won't budge.
Dear Leonald
I'm afraid I cannot obtain the money - if I take even one cent I will be blacklisted like Father Kerr - whose name I dare not utter any more for fear of receiving 10 lashes of the cat o'nine tails.
I do not understand your fear with the photo - the intentions are quite clear - we need to see you displaying your faith to the Church if you are to join.
I am afraid I cannot help you further but to pray for you it seems.
Love,
Brother Joe Sass.
Brother Sass has outlived his usefulness
for now then it seems...
Date:
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:15:47 +0100 (CET)
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Thanks and good buy
sir
that is okay,if you cannot do anything it is fine
thanks and
good buy
leonald
...so its time for Father Wayne Kerr
to come out of hiding..
Dear Leonald & Henry my sons
I'm sorry I've been out of touch.
I have been very busy and was wondering if you still require my help.
I decided to leave the Church of Fishermen and have started my own Church with financial backing from the Felch Club.
Do you still require help, because the Felch Club are very well connected.
I await your reply.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
From Leonald/Henry
Date:
Thu 02/19/04 09:28 AM
Dear Daddy
Thanks for your mail and we are very happy that you have opened your own church.Thanks be to God Almighty that you are not the overseer of your church. [tee hee]
Well according to your mail we still need your assistance provided that you will not tell us lies and decieve us as you did before when you gave us a fake payment information which is a betrayal of trust and confidence.lf you are really willing to help us as we have been contacted by one of your former church members which was a surprise to us because we doubt how he got our contacts which we alerted you but you did not say any thing on it.We are still here as Henry is in the hospital because l have not gotten any money to pay for his hospital bills and more over he has not recovered fully.So if you are sincere and honest with us based on this your mail do contact us on receipt of this mail as your fake $50 payment is very bad which the $50 is nothing compared to what is at stake and what we will benefit at the end of this business.
As soon as we hear from you based on your sincerity and honesty then we will know that you are out to help us.
We await to hear from you.
Thanks and remain blessed.
Best regards
Leonald and Henry
Dear Leonald
I expect that bastard Brother Sass has been in touch with you. I stole money so that I could help you but he alerted the Church to this and they are very angry with me and kicked me out.
Because you never sent the photo I had no right to take their money but I felt sorry for you and did it anyway.
Now I am banned from the Church and my way of life - but with the Felch Club I will start again.
You are still my sons and I love you very much.
I will arrange some money to be sent next week.
Take Care,
Father Wayne Kerr.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
let us hope that you are now telling us the truth
Date:
Sat 02/21/04 08:23 AM
Dear Daddy
thanks you for your mail,you said that you will bring us the money that you promise,that is verry good of you but i want you to bring along the requied things that we asks you that is most important,so that the bank will start processing the fund to be transfared into your account as soon as possible and we are waiting to hear from you base on your promise
thanks and God bless you
from yours son Leonald
Dear Leonald
I am still poor but the Felch Club can give you a donation immediately if you still require it.
They have one requirement however which you might find odd but I'll pass on the details anyway.
They will donate $2000 to you and Henry but they want a photo of you for their advertising campaign. They also need proof they are helping people or they will lose their charity status and the government will make them pay tax.
The photo they want is of you holding a sign saying -
FELCHING MADE ME WHAT I AM
They need the image to be large and clear or the print quality is lost.
I know this is asking for a lot but they don't give away money without expecting some kind of help in return.
I love you my sons,
Father Wayne Kerr.
I'm pushing it to get anothe photo but whatever annoys him is fine.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
we may not need that type of help again
Date:
Mon 02/23/04 03:08 AM
Dear Daddy
We have told you that we cannot send anything again untill we comfirm your promised payment which you fake us on
thanks and God bless
from leonald and henry
No photo? Oh well, its another wasted
trip to Western Union for you matey!
Dear Leonald
OK, I will be sending you that US$50 I promised you later today. I'll be back tomorrow to give you the control number.
Love,
Your Father.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
Daddy thank you for your mail
Date:
Tue 02/24/04 12:24 AM
Dear Daddy,
We thank you for your mail and we are waiting to hear from you as you have promised.
Thanks and God bless
From leonald and henry
Dear Leonald
OK my sons, I have prepared the transfer for you.
The Western Union control number is 2691435998.
There's a check question and answer as well.
The question is -
Who's Your Daddy?
And the answer is -
Wayne Kerr.
I love you both very much and I hope this money helps you provide the photo so the Felch Club can help us all out.
Love,
Your Father Wayne
Kerr.
He is not happy.
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
WE ARE NOT HAPPY/EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY SIR
Date:
Wed 02/25/04 06:42 AM
Dear Daddy,
What is really happening
to you that you decideds to treat us like this each time and know too well
that you are doing this from your inner heart and we are no forcing you
to do it rather it is out of your own willingness.
We went to collect
the money at the western union and we was meant to understand that it was
fake and they nearly locked us at the police station but we pleaded to
them that it was a mistake and you did not do it intentionly. [I
can only hope this is true.]
Daddy, why are you
doing these to us or do you want them to take us to prison because this
is the second time you are doing this to us just because of 50$ that you
wants us to die because of it and if really that you don't want to assist
us then you better tell us so that we will know what to do now or we starts
looking for another person because all this you are doing are making us
to be afraid so all i wants to know from you is your plan towards this
issue but frankly speaking we are not happy at all because you are maltreating
us alot simply because we are orphans and that was your reason for doing
all these to us.
You continue to
ask us about the pictures and we told you that as soon as we collect this
money which you said that you have sent that we will go and take the picture
and send it to you and meanwhile Henry is still laying critical ill at
the hospital and we have resign our fate to God so if really you are not
joking with us please recomfirm the money again so that we will go and
collect it and do as you instructed us.
We hope to hear
from you soonest sir and we are not happy with the way you treats us.
Best regards,
Leonald
Dear Leonald
I am shocked that you would acccuse me of deliberately trying to harm you. I have given my last $50 to Western Union, the same money I took from the collection plate especially for you. I have been holding this money to look after you - my family - and this is the thanks I get.
Western Union had computer errors and the money was not transferred in time.
The Felch Club treat me like a slave - I have eaten nothing the last week because I dare not spend your money. The money I stole to look after you, and as a result of stealing this money I have been cast out from my colleagues and friends.
However because I am the man I am, I forgive you Leonald.
I have asked Western Union to redirect the money to the US Embassy in Abidjan where I have contacts.
If you go there and use the following password -
I HAVE ANTHRAX
they will give you the money.
I love you and Henry very much. Stay healthy and I talk to you soon.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
I doubt he'll buy it, but we'll see...
From:
Leonald Benson
Subject:
thanks you verry much
Date:
Fri 02/27/04 07:09 AM
my father my father
good buy and do not come again thanks from leonald
Hmmm, oh well.
I think I went too far but let's keep
trying.
Dear Leonald & Henry
What is the problem? Did you get the money ok? My contact at the embassy says it has been collected.
Love,
Father Wayne Kerr.
After a few days of no reply I try to
rattle him by bringing Brother Joe Sass back into action...
Dear Leonald
We were wondering if you had any further news on the whereabouts of that scoundrel Father Wayne Kerr.
We have heard rumours he is still trying to bring children to America to use as sex slaves. If you have any news of where his is, or have heard from him, please let us know. There is reward available for useful information leading to his capture.
Regards,
Brother Joe Sass.
The Church of Fishermen.
Sadly there was no reply.
End.