The colloquy of Crystal Arias

Someone forwarded a spammer's email to Spamnesty, which replied to the email, pretending to be a person called Crystal Arias and starting a conversation.

This is that conversation.


Spammer

  • Subject: FINALLY NOTICE FROM UNITED NATION SECRETARY DR. BAN KI-MOON
  • On: Jan. 6, 2017, 9:55 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES,
INTERNAL AUDIT, MONITORING, CONSULTING AND INVESTIGATIONS DIVISION.

FROM THE DESK OF MR. MOGENS LYKKETOFT
UNITED NATIONS PRESIDENT.

DEAR BENEFICIARY

NOTE THAT IF YOU LOSE THIS LAST CHANCE THEN YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE PAYMENT ANYMORE.

I AM MR. BAN KI-MOON UN SECRETARY GENERAL, YOUR TOTAL $5.5M PAYMENT FILE FROM BENIN REPUBLIC UNDER THE CARE OF THE PRESIDENT OF BENIN REPUBLIC (DR. PATRIC TARLON) AND THE AMBASSADOR OF YOUR COUNTRY.

WE ARE NOW CHARGED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF FINDING, RECONCILING AND RELEASING OF ALL DUE PAYMENTS THAT ORIGINATED IN AFRICA (LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE FUNDS) BELONGING TO FOREIGN/LOCAL BENEFICIARIES.

I CAME TO BENIN FROM MY COUNTRY AFTER SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE WORLD BANK PRESIDENT DR. JIM YONG KIM IMF PRESIDENT TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINS FROM THE FBI AND OTHER SECURITY AGENCIES AGAINST THE AFRICA GOVERNMENT ON THE RATE OF SCAM/FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN AFRICA.

I HAVE MET WITH THE BENIN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WHO CLAIMED IGNORANT OF THE DELAY IN RELEASING FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES FUNDS IN AFRICA BUT PROMISED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL FUND BENEFICIARIES RECEIVE THEIR FUNDS WITHIN THE NEXT 24HRS. DURING OUR RECONCILIATION REVIEW IN AFRICA , ALL UNPAID LOTTERY WINNING, CONTRACT PAYMENTS AND INHERITANCE PAYMENT FILES BELONGING TO YOU AND OTHER FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES WAS TRACED AND APPROVED SUCCESSFULLY.

THE ATM CARD IS NOT A CREDIT CARD, IT IS AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE CARD (ATM CARD) WHICH WORK IN ALL BANKS WITH DULY INTER-SWITCH AND THE FUNDS CAN THEN BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE CARD IF YOU WISH TO. THE UNITED NATIONS UNDER THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE WITH THE WORLD BANK GROUPS AND IMF (INTERNATIONAL MONITORY FUND) HAS ADOPTED THIS ADMINISTRATIVE MEASURE OWNING TO VARIOUS COMPLAINS/PETITIONS RECEIVED FROM BENEFICIARIES DUE TO THE DELAYS IN RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE/WINING FUNDS AS EXPECTED, IT WAS ALSO ADOPTED TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROTOCOLS AS WELL AS FRAUD PERPETRATION.

YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW USD10,000.00 PER DAY FROM THE ATM CARD ACCOUNT IN ANY ATM MACHINE CENTER OF YOUR CHOICE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD OR OPTIONAL AS SOON AS YOU GET THE ATM CARD, YOU CAN DEPOSIT THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE ATM CARD INTO YOUR BANKING ACCOUNT WITH YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION OR PASSPORT ID.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE COST OF YOUR ATM CARD COURIER FEE AS STIPULATED BY THE AUDITORS, THIS IS BECAUSE YOUR $5.5M PROGRAMMED ATM CARD IS LABELED AS A "NON FRAGMENTED BOND" AND IS PROTECTED BY A HARDCOVER BOND POLICY BY THE AUDITORS WHICH MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEDUCT THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR ATM CARD FROM THE APPROVED $5.5M ATM CARD BEFORE IT HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO YOU.

FURTHERMORE, THE AUDITORS DECLINED REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT, (NO MORE C.O.D FOR INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS) THAT IF A REVERSE DELIVERY PAYMENT IS MADE AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THAT WE/YOU CANNOT SUE THE DELIVERY COMPANY TO RECOVER THE FULL VALUE OF THE FUND AS STIPULATED IN THE ATM CARD SINCE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY WAS NOT MADE AT POINT OF MAILING, SO FOR THIS REASONS, WE HAD COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE AUDITORS THAT YOU SHALL BE THE ONE TO TAKE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DELIVERY FEE OF YOUR$5.5M ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS AS REVERSE PAYMENT IS RULED OUT.

YOUR $5.5M ATM CARD WILL ONLY COST YOU $250 (24HRS DELIVERY).

BASED ON THE ABOVE REASONS, WE HAVE CONCLUDED DELIVERY ARRANGEMENT WITH THE ARIK DELIVERY AGENT, IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE DEVELOPMENT; YOU ARE REQUESTED TO IMMEDIATELY PAY THE DELIVERY COST THROUGH THE ARIK AGENT GIVEN PAYMENT INSTRUCTION BELOW:

DELIVERY COST: $250 (24HRS/OVERNIGHT DELIVERY)

URGENTLY SEND THE ABOVE PAYMENT VIA WESTERN UNION/Money gram/ RIA MONEY SERVICE AS DIRECTED BELOW, ALSO FORWARD YOUR CORRECT DELIVERY ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THE ATM CARD TO BE DELIVERED AS THE UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY MISTAKE IN DELIVERING YOUR $5.5M ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.

I HAVE A VERY LIMITED TIME HERE IN AFRICA, SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO URGENTLY SEND THE $250 COURIER FEE TODAY SO THAT THE COURIER COMPANY WILL PROCEED ON THE DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD BEFORE I LEAVE AFRICA. IF YOUR DELIVERY FEE IS RECEIVED TODAY, YOUR $5.5M ATM CARD WILL LEAVE TO YOUR DESTINATION FIRST THING TOMORROW MORNING AND WILL GET TO YOU WITHIN 24HRS, THIS MEANS THAT IF YOU SEND THE $250 DELIVERY FEE TODAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR $5.5M ATM CARD TOMORROW SINCE IT IS AN OVERNIGHT / 24HRS DELIVERY.

HERE IS THE WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM/RIA MONEY SERVICE INFORMATION TO SEND THE $250 COURIER FEE, MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE THE COMPLETE NAMES TO SEND THE MONEY TO AVOID DELAY:

RECEIVER NAME: JOHN OSO
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION: FINALLY
TEST ANSWER: ENDORSEMENT
AMOUNT: / $250
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:
MTCN NUMBER:

AFTER PAYING THE FEE, SEND THE FOLLOWING PAYMENT INFORMATION'S TO ME.

1. SENDER'S NAME AND ADDRESS
2. MTCN NUMBER
3. TEXT QUESTION & ANSWER

I WAIT FOR THE REFERENCE MTCN PAYMENT CONFIRMATION OF THE COURIER FEE.
I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.

SINCERELY YOURS,
DR.BAN KI-MOON
UNITED NATION SECRETARY

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: FINALLY NOTICE FROM UNITED NATION SECRETARY DR. BAN KI-MOON
  • On: Jan. 6, 2017, 1:59 p.m.

Hello,
Thank you for your email! However, I don't know if this will fit in our budget. Is there anything better you could do?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 23, 2017, 12:19 p.m.

Hello Chad I am Anna of Exposit D.S. Please find a short presentation about our company below. We are an IT outsourcing company. At the moment we have more than 50 developers working on a permanent basis in our company. Exposit Digital Services provides full-cycle professional software development services. The company is established in 2012, successfully completed dozens of software projects for customers in EU and USA, has a strong expertise in Enterprise software, Mobile software, polished production and communication processes. Key employees have 18+ years job history in IT branch. All our resources are available in Belarus and we successfully working remotely all over the globe. Our core competencies are in JAVA and Mobile, besides we have Frontend, Full-stack and QA departments. You can be confident about Intellectual property issue mentioned – we fully respect international laws and our trust for our brand is important for us; the company is legal and transparent, working under jurisdiction Belarus – well-known and trusted worldwide outsourcing destination; many companies on a globe outsource software services here and many famous software projects (like Viber, World Of Tanks, Juno, MSQRD) are being developed in Belarus. Our model of the cooperation: As we get your request – we submit you CVs of our developers. While getting Draft Specification and project details, we will send you back the Draft Estimation. In case you will be satisfied with provided candidates or the evaluation, we can sign the contract and the NDA. Depending on your preferences and specifics of the project, Exposit DS provide various cooperation models such as: - Fixed Price - for guaranteed predictability of costs and schedule; The Supplier implements the exact list of tasks, based on the precise specification. The price is fixed. - Time&Material - for Agile development and effective responses to changes in requirements; The Supplier provides the customer with Service Desk service, executing separate software engineering tasks (consulting, development, installation etc.), specified by the customer, in the scope of the project Basing on approximate information from the Customer about tasks specifics and density, The Supplier creates and supports infrastructure, reserves specialists with certain skills and takes other necessary measures to timely analyze, give feedback and implement them by its employees. The Customer pays these services basing on reported Time efforts of Supplier and other assets used for executing the tasks. - Dedicated Team The Supplier provides the Customer with Services for staff augmentation by providing a named list of specialists at the Customer's service available within a specified period and work schedule. Pricing Our price ranges from 20 to 35 $/hr. The range depends on the level of the devs, order specifications, conditions of the contract, and the client's personal requirements.
Let us know if our services can be useful for you?
Regards, Anna Gerish, Business Development Manager Exposit Digital Services, LLC 2b Popovicha Street, 230024 Grodno, Belarus Tel: +375 15 2607687, +49 71 121 843 182, +1 617 933 1740 e-mail: [email protected] www: www.exposit.com

---- On 21.02.2017 22:43<[email protected]> wrote ----

Hello,
Can you give me some more info about what you're offering? Specifically, how does it apply to our business? How can we use this?

Chad Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 23, 2017, 7:29 p.m.

Hello,
That is very helpful, thank you. Do you perhaps have some literature I could look at, or could you send me some more information about what exactly makes you unique?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 7:09 a.m.

Hello Crystal,

The info about us you can find on our site www.exposit.com, please check our portfolio and general info about the company.

Let me know if you have another questions).

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 7:37 a.m.

Hello,
Can you give me some more info about what you're offering? Specifically, how does it apply to our business? How can we use this?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: RE: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 8:09 a.m.

Hi,
We are IT outsourcing company, we develop the web sites, the web portals, the mobile apps and so on for different companies (media, fintech, education, e-commerce, sport etc).

We could answer your questions if we have some introductory info about your company, about your needs and your present requests.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: RE: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 3:21 p.m.

Hello,
I am a bit busy now, but I am definitely interested. When can we talk?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 3:31 p.m.

Crystal,
What about Wednesday March, 1st? Just let me know time slot when you are free.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 24, 2017, 6:02 p.m.

Hi,
Great, thanks. Could we have a short call to discuss the specifics? What are your contact details? Also, what is your pricing model like?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC

Spammer

  • Subject: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 25, 2017, 3:30 p.m.

Hi Crystal,

Our prices range between 20 and 33 $/hour, it depends on the level on developer, conditions of the contracts and personel requirements of the customer.

My skype ID - annger9 or Anna Gerish. Let me know when you have a time for a call.

Spamnesty

  • Subject: Re: RE: What technologies are you interested in?
  • On: Feb. 25, 2017, 7:25 p.m.

Hello,
That is very helpful, thank you. Do you perhaps have some literature I could look at, or could you send me some more information about what exactly makes you unique?

Crystal Arias
CEO, MNesty, LLC