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Durian fruit

A friend of mine from work is from Indonesia, and his family grows
these. I'd never heard of them before. He said that when you get them here, they've been frozen and loose some of their flavor, but I may still hafta try one :)

Evil Jon

Quite awhile back, I had posted a link to an article on FARK that has a picture of one of my co-worker's doppleganger. Just scroll down the comments to the first post with a picture in it, and there he is! The evil version of Jon!

WWIV Bulletin Board System

WWIV is now open source! Even though I've paid a registration (three times. Once for my own BBS, and twice for friends) to gain access to the source, this is still exciting, as it means more developers!

Scambait

Since I did not receive exactly what I wanted as a reply, I thought I'd send "Ali" another response:

Dear Ali,

I am ready to send you the information you requested, but my friend Mike Oxmal says that I should not trust anyone who is not in my church. He says that I should give you two choices to prove that I can trust you. First, you can join our church. Alternatively, you can send me a picture to give to Mike. In it, you should be holding a sign which says "Hey! Mike Oxmal!" Once received, I will trust you and we can proceed with our business.


Betsy May

And to respond to Mariam:

Dear Mrs. Abacha,

I apologize for the delay, but as I explained to your family attorney, I was attacked by a stray cat and require rabies treatment. This causes me to be away for a few days at a time. Also, he must not have explained what I requested. My friends, Mike Oxmal and Les Bien, say that I should not trust anyone who is not in our church. They say that I should ask you to either convert to our religion, or ask that you get a picture taken of you holding up a sign with "Les Bien" on it so I can show it to Les. Once I receive it, I will send your attorney the information he requested.

Betsy May

We anxiously await their replies. }:-)

Scambait (again)

I received this email yesterday:

Dear Mr.(Mr?!)Betsy May,
I recieved your mail yesterday.I had all what you
said,i sent an email to Mrs Abacha,so she sent some
pictures to me yesterday to send to you.Her
pictures,her family picture and her late husband
picture.
i will be waiting to hear from you as soon as
possible

Barrister Ali baba.

Before I could respond to this email, I receive another email:

Dear Betsy May

Thanks for your mail and your effort to assist me and
my family In this regards.

Moreover, My family attorney have informed me of your
request concerning my identity and I've forwarded my
pictures to him two days ago for your perusal.

More so, I want you to confirm the receipt of this
pictures in order for me to be rest assured, that you
have them already.

However, I am nocing some fear's, although I am just
working with faith and destiny, these as regards of
what I have passed through before now, the trauma is
still lingering In my memories. But I have built trust
In you again because of the assurance and hope you
have given to me assist me conclude this transaction.
I believe our coming together to do this business is
the divine connection of Almighty Allah and as such
you will not betray the trust and confidence I have
built on you, bare In mind that this is the only hope
for me and my family. I pray that the almight Allah
will surely bless us together. Please cooperate with
our family attorney, I assure you that your family and
my family will celebtrate and dine with wine and
cognac at the successful complition of this business
when we meet face to face.

Thanks once again and Allah blesses you.

Mrs. Mariam Abacha.

I will post my replies as soon as I make them.

Scambait

Here is my response to the scambait:

Barrister Ali,

This all seems too good to be true! I'm not sure about sending you all the information you requested until I know it is not too good to be true. In good faith, I have attached a picture of myself with some friends. In the picture, from left to right, are Les Bien, Sue Emal, Jim Nasiem, Mike Oxmal, and myself (Betsy May). In return, could you send my a picture of yourself and Mrs Abacha. To show that this is really true, please hold a sign with Mike Oxmal's name on it. Also, please have Mrs Abacha hold a sign with Les Bien's sign on it. Once I receive this picture, I will send all the information you require. I just need to know this is truely happening.

Betsy May

The picture I attached is available here.

Before I responded, I have received two more messages:

DEAR MS. Betsy May,

PLEASE MY DEAR FRIEND KINDLY CONTACT MRS ABACHA, LET
HER KNOW ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THINGS,AS SHE IS
LONGING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

KIND REGARDS
BARRISTER ALI.

And from our Mrs. Mariam Abacha:

Dear Ms Betsy May,

I have receive your mail from my family attorney.
thank you very much. i am well but i tinking a lot
of my family . my attorney told me that he STILL
WAITING FOR YOU and he told her secretary to send you
some details last week, have you recieve it.what my
family attorney says is what is happening so please
kindly co-operate with the attorney, help me to see
that this fund move out immediately.May the almighty
allah bless you. Also i would like you to be updating
me on all what is hapening.

Sincerely yours
Mrs Mariam Abacha.

To which I replied,

Mrs Abacha,

Praise Jesus that you are well. I have sent an email to your family attorney this very morning, and I am awaiting his reply.

Sincerely,
Betsy May