The Saga of MRS MARY PARKER Part 2: "Is that the reason why you call me?"

If you haven't read part 1, take a minute and do that now. Just scroll down. A reverse-chronological order would probably work better for something like this, but Blogger is free and I'm cheap. SO DEAL WITH IT!








Back yet? OK. You may have noticed in the last email in Part 1 that our Mr. Kelvin Kessinger left a phone number (+44-7011-1475-09.) Vonage offers free calls to England, so I decided to give him a call.

Call #1 (MP3 32kbps 2.7MB 11:42)

As a result of the call, I got two emails, one from "Mrs. Mary Parker" and one from the "Bank."

First, the one from "Mrs. Mary Parker."

Subject: PLEASE FROM MRS, MARY PARKER

Dear Beloved Adam Discordia,

Godday to you and your family,i got your mail,thank you for your willingness to help me may God continue to bless you and your family in jesus name.

Mr kelvin kessinger is a deep christian that have the fear of God in him,i new him in the past years as a devoted man of God.

He just wrote me that you call him on phone,please make sure you give him the necessary information so that the money will be transfer to your account immediately.

PLEASE,mr Adam Discordia have fear of God in you,so that the money will be use as i said,if you do that,God will continue to bless you and your family and favour will be your portion in jesus name amen.

please get back to me
thanks.

your sister in christ,
mrs mary parker

Mr. Kelvin Kessinger's bank is the most efficient operation I've ever seen. This email came in about 15 minutes after I got off the phone, which would mean that he emailed her immediately after he hung up. Then she would have to have been waiting on the computer and immediately emailed me. It's almost like it's the same guy...Oh, by the way this email came in at 5:38pm Pacific Time (UTC -8) which would make it 1:38am where he is. Lloyd's Bank sure stays open late.

Anyway, it's really quite early for me, so I don't waste much time drafting my response to my beloved "Mrs. Mary Parker."

My Dearest Most Beloved MRS MARY PARKER.

Very well, my love. If you tell me that Mr. Kessinger is indeed a deep Christian and does know Jesus in his heart, then I believe you, for evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. ( 2 Timothy 3:13)

Your Brother in Christ,
Adam Tiberius Discordia

Little did I realize this would be the last correspondence I would have with "Mrs. Mary Parker."

Here's the letter from Lloyd's Bank

Subject: RESPONSE FROM BANK AND YOUR REQUIREMENT (URGENT )

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC
INTERNATIONAL BANKING DIVISION
PO BOX 19, HAYS LANE HOUSE 1
HAYS LANDLONDON SE1 2HA ENGLAND



ATTN:Adam Discordia,

RE: ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We acknowledge the receipt of your mail and the letter of Authority to our office. We hereby inform you that we have received a LETTER OF AUTHORIZATION from Mrs. Mary Parker, stating that you are her Benefactor to her funds in our bank, and that you will be making contact with us, to officially activate her account with us that is being dormant for a while now, thereafter make transfer on her behalf to your designated account.
Prior to this effect, We want you to provide the under listed information below to our office along with any form of your identification (INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT, DRIVERS LICENSE):

1. PHONE/FAX NUMBER:

2. PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION (i.e. Driver's license or International passport)


3. CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT (Issued at the point of depositing the funds)


The Minute we receive these information from you, we will start up with the immediate processing of your claims and thereafter send to you the mode by which you are to send the required fund for the activation of the said Account, before making transfer to your designated Account
Best Regards

Mr. Kelvin Kessinger
For: LLOYDS TSB
CC: Mrs. Mary Parker


Tel: +44-7011-1475-09
+44-7024-0181-04
+44-7024-0622-36

Fax : +4487-0478-4664


This message and any included attachments are from LLOYDS TSB. and are intended only for the addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and may constitute inside or non-public information under international, federal, or state securities laws.

Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, distribution, or use of such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message and notify the sender of the delivery error by e-mail or you may call LLOYDS TSB. Corporate office in UK, at Tel: +44-7011-1475-09

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Now, I like to think I'm a savvy guy; I know when something doesn't smell right. I understand that the prospect of 1.5 million British Pounds is a tempting one and that the promise of such a large sum for free might cloud your judgment. But please remember, there ate no people out there that you've never met that want to give you their money. Furthermore, if you find this:

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At the end of an official email from the bank with the money, THEY ARE NOT A REAL BANK. Banks don't use Yahoo mail for official business. Does this guy really think people will fall for this?

Anyway, back to the story; I replied with this:

I am uncomfortable giving out personal information over electronic mail; any one can intercept it. I will phone you tomorrow and give the informations via telephone.

I'm also uncomfortable giving information to banks that use free email services, but I digress. I call him back the next day and decide this time to use the time zone difference to my advantage. I called him at 8:00pm Pacific (0400 UTC.) He was not at all happy to be hearing from me. Maybe Lloyd's Bank shouldn't be open 24 hours a day then. :D

Call #2 (MP3 32kbps 2.82 Kbps 12:20)

I'd like to say I learned a lot from my dealings with "Mrs. Mary Parker" and "Mr. Kelvin Kessinger." but I really didn't. I did get some good closure on this one though, so that's something. :D

Oh, and there's a real Lloyd's TSB, for what that's worth.