Nigerian Scammer Baiting

For those unfamiliar with 419-baiting I have included a brief history. The scam it all stems from is nothing new, starting off in the eighties in the form of unsolicited letters, later faxes and now e-mails. The scammer contacts the unfortunate scamee with details of a strings-free deal that seems far too good to be true. Of course, it is. As the scamee gets more and more indoctrinated into the deal, the scammer begins adding financial stipulations. The theory is that the scamee is so blinded by greed that he sees the expense of a few thousand dollars as little compared to the huge financial windfall he will eventually be receiving. Of course, very few people actually fall for these scams now: baiting the scammers into wasting as much time as possible on wild goose chases has become an international pastime amongst techy types. These 419-scammers, named after the Nigerian legislation that makes such e-mail scams illegal, are increasingly becoming the bane of spam senders worldwide. Now, I’m keen for my bite at the cherry.

I have been getting these e-mails in my inbox for about three months before I decided to turn my hand to the noble art. Here are the results, beginning with the initial contact e-mail:

E-mail 1, Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:46:57 +0000 (GMT)

MR. JOSEPH MAKALE
DEPARTMENT OF MINERALS AND ENERGY
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
NOVEMBER 17TH., 2003

Sir,

It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of my colleagues. Your information was given to me by a member of the South African Export Promotion Council (SAEPC) who was with the Government delegation on a trip to your country for a United Nations bilateral conference talk on sustainable development to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it confidential because of the nature of the business.

Within the Department of Minerals and Energy where I work as an Assistant Director of Audit, with the co-operation of two other top officials, we have in our possession an overdue contractor payment in US Dollars funds.

The said funds represent certain percentage of the contract value Executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm, (Pearls Ltd)which we the officials over-invoiced to the amount of US$15,200,000 (Fifteen Million Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

Since the present elected Government is determined to pay foreign contractors all debts owed, so as to maintain good relations with foreign governments and non-governmental agencies, we included our bills for approvals with the Department of Finance and the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA). We are 100+% sure of funds approvals to anyone or company we(The Audit Committee) recommend as part of the sub-contractors who did jobs for the Department. We are seeking your assistance to front as the sub-contractor of the unclaimed funds, since we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts. Details and change of beneficiary information upon application for claim to reflect payment and approvals will be secured on behalf of You/your Company.

My colleagues and I are prepared to give you US$2.5m while we take US$7.4m and the balance of US$5.3m for taxes and miscellaneous expenses incurred.

This business is completely safe and secure, provided you treat it with utmost confidentiality. It does not matter whether You/your Company does contract projects, as a transfer of rights will be secured in favor of You/your Company through the Federal high Court of South Africa before we can proceed. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint us. Kindly notify me immediately for further details upon your acceptance of this proposal.
You can contact me by email.
josemake@mail2southafrica.com
Yours Faithfully,

Joseph Makale (Mr.) 

Am I interested? You betcha! Let’s dazzle him with my qualifications – a Bachelor of Arts, a Silver Swimming Certificate and a Gold Swimming Certificate*!

*Joke copyright Red Dwarf c.1995

E-mail 2, Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 21:51:17 +0000 (GMT)

Dear Mr. Makale,

Of course, it would be stupid of me to pass up on the opportunity of such a remarkable offer without requesting further details!

Regards,
Mr. Philip Saunders BA SSC GSC

Almost immediately I received the following response complete with a downloadable form requesting my bank details which I was to fax off ‘immediately’.

E-mail 3, Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:19:44 -0800

My dear friend,

Thank you for your response to my mail in which you indicated your positive disposition towards assisting us. I convey the approval of my colleague that I continue discussions with you on this mutually beneficial project. Yes you can help me, please read the details below and provide a confidential telephone and fax number so that I can speak to you and we proceed. Do complete the attached application and return to me via fax(office) 27-8343-18733 or as attachment to enable us file for claim and for use to legalize the business.
For the purpose of clarity, we are a three-man member of the Contracts Auditing Committee (CAC) of the Department of Minerals and Energy vested with the authority to appraise and approve contracts payments according to the priority of the South African government. By virtue of our official positions we have been able to, over time, through hindsight of mining contracts and careful manipulation of contract award documents secured for ourselves a contract amount of US$15.2m (Fifteen Million, Two hundred thousand United States Dollars) only.

The source of this funds is as follows: In the first quarter of 1999 this committee was mandated to review and award contracts to the tune of US$400 million US dollars to a group of foreign firms for the supply construction and installation of Power generation equipments and other construction equipments to boost production output from our numerous Mining Operations. During this process, my colleague and I decided and agreed among ourselves to deliberately over-invoice the total contract sum from US$400 million to US$415.2 million United States dollars with the intention of sharing the balance sum of US$15.2 Million amongst ourselves. The Federal Government of South Africa has since last year approved this over invoiced sum of US$415.2 Million for us as the payment for the contract done. The sum ofUS$400 million have been paid to the Foreign companies concerned as contract entitlements for the various contracts done, since the companies are entitled to US$400 million dollars only. We are now left with US$15.2 million dollars balance in the Contractors Payment account of the Government in a bank account in Europe under the control of Reserve Bank of South Africa. This is the fund we intend to disburse amongst ourselves.

We need your assistance, the fund is secured in this escrow account of the Government in a European Bank specifically set aside for the settlement of outstanding payments to foreign contractors. Due to the fact that we are highly placed civil servants, we cannot do this by ourselves, as we are prohibited by the South African Civil Service Laws from opening or operating foreign accounts in our names while still in active government service, making it impossible for us to acquire the money in our names right now. Therefore, I have been delegated as a matter of trust and urgency by my colleague in this department to look for an overseas partner into whose account we will transfer the sum of US$15.2 Million. Hence we wrote you this letter. My Colleagues and I have agreed that if you or your company can front as the beneficiary of these funds on our behalf, you or your Company will be given 15% of the US$15.2Million (US$2.28M). Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous.

In return we demand your complete honesty and trust. You must however NOTE that this transaction will be strictly based on the following terms and conditions as we have stated below; (a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence, (b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality; (c) That you will not ask for more money as your share or try to sit on the funds once it is under your custody, or any form of blackmail.

Please, note that this transaction is 100% legal and risk free as we will only proceed after we have gotten official papers from the federal high Court here in Pretoria, South Africa supporting our claim and we hope to conclude this transaction within Ten (10) working days. This is because all the modalities for the execution and completion of the transaction is already in place. We are looking forward to doing business with you and solicit your Total Confidentiality in this transaction. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the below telephone and fax numbers. You are to call me on my office confidential phone Tel: (Office) 27-8343-1804; fax(office) 27-8343-18733.

We also require you to keep this transaction confidential and to yourself only. We shall guide you on how to handle this transaction from your side so that we do not face any complications arising from mishandling or from too many people knowing about what we have in hand. I will like to speak to you personally to bring you into the complete picture of this business transaction if there is any part you do not understand fully. Your urgent response will be highly appreciated to enable us transfer this fund under this last quarter of the year 2003. We will procure and send to you immediately the appropriate documents (i.e. subsequent power of Attorney from the High court of South Africa transferring all rights to you/your company to receive the funds as contract payment) and draft letter to the Reserve Bank of South Africa (RBSA) through the supervising body- Department of Finance which you will fill and append your signature indicating you/your company name as the new beneficiary for prompt remittance of the funds (US$15.2m) into your nominated bank account from the Bank in Europe. With the appropriate documentation the ownership of the contract amount will be transferred to you after the validation and the authentication of the documents at the High Court in Pretoria. We will arrive at your place with the relevant original papers/documents within 48 hours as soon as you receive the notification of transfer of the money from the Bank in Europe to your bank account by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T.) Please complete the form right away and fax back to me immediately in order to facilitate quick approval of the subsequent power of attorney which I should process at the High Court of Pretoria.

Regards
Mr. Joseph Makale

Phil decides to dispense with the foreplay – and adds a dash of religion to the mix…

E-mail 4, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:54:31 +0000 (GMT)

Joseph,

I shall get to the point. Reading between the lines of your e-mail it becomes clear to me that a significant investment on my behalf will be necessary for our transaction to proceed. You call me a ‘dear friend’ and I would appreciate a friend’s honesty when I ask the question of exactly how much you will require.

By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ I am not a poor man and I will appreciate your honest reply.

Philip

So there may be some money involved after all!! The shock is all mine!

E-mail 5, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 01:57:19 +0000 (GMT)

Dear Philip,
I do sincerely appreciate your honest response to my mail, I am particularly glad to know that you are willing to assist us financially in this project. It is is true that this project will cost some money, but fortunately or unfortunately, my colleagues and I have already raised money required for this transaction, to finance it to the end, all we need right now is your consistency to follow up with us to claim this funds as soon as possible. I will will like you to fill the form I attached to the last mail and return to me via fax so I can apply on your behalf for the release of the funds in my department, I would also like for you to call me so I can brief you further on this transaction. I will expect the information via my fax and also your call latter today.
Yours sincerely,
Joseph Makale.

Doesn’t he realise I can’t receive e-mails on a Sunday?

E-mail 6, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 10:16:21 -0800

Dear Philip Saunders ,
I hope you received my last mail, I am still waiting for the form and your call, please fill it and fax back to me so we can begin this transaction in earnest.
Best regards,
Joseph Makale.

Let’s tug at Joseph’s heart-strings – would he really scam a man with a dangerously sick daughter?

E-mail 7, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:46:10 +0000 (GMT)

Dear Joseph,

Indeed I did receive your last e-mail.

I have some experience of banking and realise that such a transaction requires no little financial contribution on my part. As such, I am unwilling to provide the details requested until you let me have some idea of the monies you may require.

You must understand, my little daughter, Maria, is very sick. The money you are proffering will go some way towards ensuring she has suitable treatment throughout her last days on GOD’s Earth. However, I feel I cannot jeopardise her comfort by entering into business transactions in which I am being deliberately kept in the dark!

Are you a GOD-fearing man, Mr Makele? If so, I must implore you, both in HIS name and in the spirit of friendship, to be totally honest with me in all further transactions!

Warmest Regards,
Mr Philip Saunders BA SSC GSC

Now it begins to get weird – our scammer avoids all pretence at grammar and goes on a religious rant. My favourite part? ‘Back to our business”

E-mail 8, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 20:01:31 -0800(GMT)

Dear Philip,
I am very very sorry about your daughter Maria, but is the sickness that serious? that you should talk about death. But you are a christian, have you not heard about the word of God that says, a man shall live for seventy years and above, that is fulfilling your days on earth. Also the world that also says, that sickness and death has been swallowed up by jesus on the cross of calvary, all you have to do is to search your bible and look for the part where jesus destroyed sickness and death, then meditate on that scriptural verses, then with that you can minister healing to maria. It is said we shall not die but live to proclaim the day of the lord, maria shall not die but live, she shall live seventy years and above in jesus name, for by the stripes of jesus we where made whole, so I declare that maria is made completely whole in jesus name. You will see maria will not die, the devil has been defeated in jesus name.

My brother all you need to do is to beleive in this kind of situation, if we as christians die as not beleive s do, then of what use is our faith? where are unique people, a holy nation, we are special as christians, we are the hope of the world, so do not see yourself as ordinary person, cos the bible says as a man thinketh in his heart so he is, you are what you see yourself, please do not think like ordinary person, as a christian you have eternal life (everlasting life). Back to our business, I sincerely need your assistance to help me transfer this money out of my country, i told you that there truly a lot of bills to be paid, but my colleagues and i have been ble to raise moneythrough loans and mortgages to finance this project, you really have not much to worry about, I would like for you to call me today so I can brief you more on this, please call me(27-834318704) so we can talk about this and other issues, you are like my brother now. I will be expecting yourr call today.

Warmest regards,
Joseph

OK so it’s a bit sick to pretend to have a terminally ill daughter – but bear in mind that this guy is an international criminal who is just after my money and would, as has happened in the past, quite happily beat me up and take my money, or even kill me, if I was ever to travel out to conclude our transaction ‘for real’. Can anyone spot exactly where I screw this one up, just when it was getting interesting?

E-mail 9, Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 04:32:20 +0000 (GMT)

Joseph,

My friend, no, my brother: Your inspirational words have confirmed what I have always suspected! You are no less than an angel come to answer my most desperate prayers! Why else, I wondered, did your e-mail drop so unexpectedly into my Inbox? Alas, conventional medicine states that there is no hope for Little Maria – all I can hope is for her last few months on GOD’s earth can pass as comfortably as possible, as her poor little body is racked by the sobs and chokes of fever. I can only hope that with this joyous windfall of money passed on from GOD through you, his emissary on earth, she can fulfill her life-long dream of going to Disneyworld in the USA and swimming with dolphins.

So, to business! As you are no doubt aware a long-distance phone-call to Nigeria will cost a great deal of money on my behalf. Can we not, I wonder, conduct business through this medium seeing as it has gone so well thus far? This will allow, I feel, a more measured response from both parties. Besides, you know so much about me whereas I know so little of your good self! Have you been blessed with the joy of fatherhood? Are you married? My brother, I wish to be friends as well as business partners!

Please be aware that I am currently in the fair, green country of Australia and thus my replies will be somewhat sporadic! Rest assured that the full force of my brainpower is occupied by thoughts of our transaction and I will not hesitate to reply to e-mails whenever the pressure of business meetings and sleep is not overwhelming!

Phil
xx

That’s right, I say he’s from Nigeria. Obviously I haven’t been studying his spiel hard enough – now he’s onto me…

E-mail 10, Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:52:59 -0800

dear Phil,
For the records, I am not in Nigeria, I am in south Africa, if it is so hard for you to call me, peharps you could give me your telephone number for to call you. Also I will still you to send the information, fill the form and retun to me via fax, I need it to submit it in my department to apply on your behalf for contract payment. Please read the details of the of this business in the second letter I sent to you, so you will be able to follow the business. I will expect the form today.

Best regards,
Joseph

Hmmm… curt and to the point. I am rumbled. Perhaps Angry Phil needs to make an appearance:

E-mail 11, Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:27:53 +0000 (GMT)

Dearest Joesph,

I am sorry if I offended you with my mistake about your country of origin. I am dealing with some people in Nigeria at the moment and I must have had it one the brain for some reason!

The office fax machine is currently under repair, so I have taken the liberty of enclosing the details your requested in this email. I would be most grateful if you could pay the monies discussed into my account at your earliest possible convenience.

One more thing: I am in a very advanced position at the world’s second largest Insurance Company. I do not appreciate being told what to do. if this mutually beneficial transaction is to continue I expect to be addressed in the manner to which I am used.

As a gesture of your good faith I would be most interested in seeing some official ID.

Regards,
Philip James Saunders BA SSC GSC
My Bank details are as follows:
Bank Name:

Plunder & Flee Incorporated
331 Offmep Gardens
Motson St.
London W4
England
Fax: +44 171 889 24538

Account No: 10012133-194
Sort Code: 22-14-77

Beneficiary Name: Mr Philip Saunders

Its all going downhill now – my utter laziness in not reading the details he requested has really angered him!

E-mail 12, Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:06:33 -0800

Attn: Mr philip Saunders.

I sent you a form to fill and return back to me but instead you sent some incomplete information via mail. You said about not wanted to be ordered around to do something because you occupy a very big postion, but this is my business, I know how to handle it better just like nobody can handle your job better than you, I have to tell you what to do inorder for us to achieve our goal, I cannot be afraid of you because you want to assist me transfer money, you should have to do this business my way or I will have to look for someone else. Like I told you in my last mail to read the details of this transaction properly, but it seems you did not, because you would have followed my instructions by atleast filling the form with the complete informations and signing and faxing it back to me, because I will have to use that very document from you to apply in my department for the sum of USD$15.2M, this not a school boy game, if you know you are not ready for this transaction, please kindly tell me, I will not jeopardise my $15.2M for anything in the world.

If you are still interested in this transaction, I expect you to type that form into your company letterheaded paper with your telephone and fax numbers and sign it and return back to me via fax or as scan document via email attachment. I apologise if I am being too harsh but this is a serious matter.
Thank you and have a good day.
Joseph Makale.

How to retrieve this situation without resorting to sending him a fax or making a phonecall?

E-mail 13, Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 06:28:35 +0000 (GMT)

Well Joseph it seems that we cannot get on. This is a sad turn of events but in these days of computer fraud and male-on-male rape I find it best to not distribute my details willy-nilly to people who randomly e-mail me out of nowhere.

I appreciate that this is your business but, rest assured, I am no stranger to large cash transactions and in order to proceed any further I MUST INSIST ON SEEING SOME FORMAL IDENTIFICATION.

Philip

That’s right! Insult him some more! After a few days of silence from Joseph I try and resurrect the situation:

E-mail 14, Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 22:56:31 +0000 (GMT)

Dear Joseph,

It seems obvious that our business relationship is now over. I admit that I can sometimes be an overbearing, pompous old git and please understand that my regrettable family situation is a major cause of this. Can we at least still be friends? I have no doubt that I can recomend several friends that can pursue business in ways that you may find more fitting.

Your friend and brother,
Phil Saunders

By gum, it seems like he has a heart!

E-mail 15, Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 03:40:49 -0800

Dear Phil,
From your mail, it seems you where never interested in this business in the first place, for a moment I thought you where the man that will help me but I think I thought wrong, anyway at least something good came out of it, I beleive God has used me to heal your little daughter, I will like you to let me know when she is completely better.
I am a member of winner family, FAITH TERBANCLE WORLDWIDE our bishop is a great and a true man of God, we shall be having our annual event, SHILOH 2003 this year in Nigeria between 9th-13th december 2003, may be you will not be able to travel to Nigeria for that programme, but I will like to hook up through your internet to receive on the ground live coverage of the event, the website is; . There you will not only find the solution to your daughters problem, but to all problems you can ever think about in life. Like I said, when you receive your miracle, remember to let me know so I can thank God with you. Have a nice day.
From your brother,
Joseph Makale.

Anticipating religious hilarity and trying to keep our relationship going, I sent this e-mail:

E-mail 16, Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:33:52 +0000 (GMT)

Joseph,

In all honesty I was warned off of the deal by a very good friend of mine. I have no idea of the validity of your offer, personally I found it to be an incredible offer, but with my family life being in the Stegosaurus I decided that I could not take the risk of being ‘taken for a ride on the $2 New Jersey Express’. I do wish you all the best with your business ventures in the future.

Unfortunately Little Maria’s health took a turn for the worse over the weekend and I fear that she is not long for this world. Joseph, at this time I fear that I may even be losing my faith! Why would a loving God take one so young? And yet here I am, old and wrinkled and strong as a Bison’s forehead!

Phil

I thought that was the end of it until the following e-mail turned up a few days later:

E-mail 17, Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 02:43:29 +0000

Hi Philip Saunders ,
Joseph Makale stopped by my site, and created a Postcard just for you! To pick up your card, simply click on the link listed below or cut and Paste the web address into your browser. The card was created on November 27, 2003 at 2:43:28 and will remain on The server for the next 10 days – so check it out soon!

Which led to this piece of craziness:

(Update 6/4/04. Unfortunately the postcard did not come through the switch to the new site very well!)

I bring you good tidings my friend, he has the power of life and death with him, and he has given us this key, so we have the power to say to death, wait, I am not ready yet, so I say MARIA is not ready yet, I coommand death to leave her alone, i decree healing upon maria in jesus name.

Congratulations Philip Saunders !
Joseph Makale has chosen you to send you a Postcard!

It seems that our 419-scammer has something of a Jesus complex. I replied and await further developments!

E-mail 18, Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 06:18:47 +0000 (GMT)

Joseph,

I printed out your postcard and wedged it in Maria’s little hand. You know I may be imagining things but I swear she started to breathe easier in her coma. If this miracle you speak of can truly come to pass then my faith in God will be restored tenfold!

Philip

I was happy to let the matter drop there. However, our discourse was started anew at the behest of John who suggested the following tragic turn of events:

E-mail 19, Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 02:05:06 +0000 (GMT)

Joseph,

Despite your most sincere prayers I regret to inform you that Little Maria died of terminal spasticity late on Tuesday night. Her last words were of Disneyworld and the massive ball of string at Epcot. Her ashes will be scattered on unconsecrated ground at a ceremony on Tuesday 9th December near my home in Kent, England.

You asked me to let you know when the miracle you guaranteed was forthcoming and it is now my sad duty to inform you that it was not to be. I refuse to have my daughter lie in holy ground and declare henceforth that any GOD who allows such a young, sweet girl to go Brontosaurus is no GOD of mine. If, by my actions, Maria is now roasting in the eternal fires of HELL then so be it, this is my choice.

I am eager to hear my brother’s counsel,
Philip Saunders

Huh, I knew it would be my fault!

E-mail 20, Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 15:59:29 -0800

Dear brother, I am weeping where I am, you did not follow my instructions, although I do not blame you for Marias death, but you could have saved her if you have done what I ask you to do. It is the devil that took Maria away, and you ignorance have given the devil victory over Maria.

When Jesus christ died, he went to hell and seized the key of death from the devil, so he has the key of life and death with him, and we are joint heirs with christ, this makes us have access to same kind of life and power he has over life and death, you need to leave and think in this consciousness for it to answer to you. The bible say you can say when you want to die, leave this earth, and God will accept it.

You must work in this consciousness, there are things you do not need to pray about, you live in the consciousness.

it is so sad that Maria is gone, you have to retrace your steps back to God or else you will make your case even worse, the devil is around the corner waiting for you to pull out completely from God so he can destroy you, brother , you must not allow that, God is the reason why you have not lost everything, so give him thanks, that is the will of God, the bible says in everything, give him thanks.

Please you must know this, God did not kill you child, it is the devil that did it, God is the reason why the devil was only able to take maria amongs other things, so please do not turn your back on God, that will be self destroying. Please accept my sincere sympathy and if there is anything I can do to help, i will be very glad to help. Please write me often.

Your brother in the lord,
Joseph

And there she is! Poor, dead Maria. Isn’t she sweet? And full of worms?

(Update 6/4/04. Sadly the photograph of ‘Maria’ was also lost in the switch.)

E-mail 21, Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 03:45:33 +0000 (GMT)

My brother,

I followed your instructions to the letter, there was no saving Maria and obviously GOD hates me with a passion not seen since Lot’s wife was transformed into a pillar of salt outside Sodom.

The devil may have had victory over Maria and now I feel that if I am ever to see her again then he must gain victory over me as well. My friend, it is not that I no longer believe in GOD, only that I hate him and believe that SATAN is the only being that can re-unite me with my beloved daughter, and Terry my Stegosauras.

Maria will be buried on Tuesday. I have attatched a picture of her – she was quite the fox, I think you’ll agree.

Philip

E-mail 22, Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 02:43:36 +0000 (GMT)

Merry Christmas to my dear brother!

It excites me to tell you that my wife is now pregnant with a replacement for Maria. This new and improved version will be free of all spasticity and wordly woes and imbued with total and utter commitment to GOD so that DEATH and SATAN may never touch her!

Praise be to GOD!

Phil

And this, I imagine, will end it. Joseph dismisses me by wishing me an enjoyable end to my life, which was jolly kind of him. Well, what have we learned from this experience? Very little, sadly. But I’ve had fun and I hope you have to, gentle reader. Until such time as we have cause to meet again, look after yourselves…

E-mail 23, Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 03:09:05 -0800 (GMT)

My brother,
God bless you for remembering me this yuletide period, I am so glad that you still believe in God, because outside of God is nothing, I will always remeber you in my prayers, I am also glad that our good God has remembered you and blessed your wife with the fruit of the womb, it shall be well with you and your wife in JESUS NAME, your wife shall put to bed according to the specified time of delivery and safely in JESUS NAME.
Please take care and remain blessed.
The lord be with you the remaining days of your life, have a wonderfully blessed christmas.
Your brother,
Joseph Makale.

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