Subject: your reply.
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 20:18:33 -0800 (PST)
From: josycarlos@hushmail.com

You should arrange your flight to arrive in Johanesburgh airport not Cape town.

I will make hotel reservation for you.And when you are coming to South Africa, make arrangement and come with the sum of US$10,000.00.This will be used for the clearing of the consignment from the security company.
I dont want to discuss anything with you about women.You are coming here for business and to look for women.
Please call me on the phone when you receive this message,I am by my phone waiting for your call.Ther is nothing wrong with my number.YOU MUST CALL ME WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE.

Thanks.
Jose Carlos.
Henceforth,you can only send me an e-mail on this new address because it is 100% secure and confidential.

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Subject: Re: your reply.
Date: Onsdag 14. marts 2001 17:19
To: <josycarlos@hushmail.com>

One thing bugs me: I am still unable to call you, when I try, I hear these tones, that usually mean that the number doesn't exist. They sound like
Diiii, Duuuuu, Dyyyyy, Diiii, Duuuuuuu, Dyyy
and they repeat themselves several times, I know this because I waited for two whole minutes for something else to happen, or maybe it would start connecting to your telephone. I think they would just go on and on, but I am not sure, because I didn't stay on the phone for longer than two minutes. Maybe I should wait longer, I'll try that later tonight. Maybe it's better at night.

Are you absolutely sure that the phone is working?
Maybe it is just something with the danish telephone system that doesn't work? I know that I personally have had a few problems myself. When I was younger and my great grandmother was still alive, and I called to talk to her, sometimes it would be my great grandfather who answered - even though I called my great grandmother. And I even remember that on one occasion it was their neighbour who answered, that's weird, don't you think?
I don't know if they fixed the problem, and I cannot test it because my great grandmother, God rest her soul, has past away.
Maybe it was a software bug, they can do that sort of thing. We just had a bug here on the cake plant last year. Suddenly, for no appearant reason, the TigerRoulade-machine stopped filling the roulades with the delicious chokolate cream. And we didn't even know until a customer called us and complained that the TigerRoulades, he had just bought, didn't taste like they used to. He sent us the TigerRoulade and when we received it, we could see that there was no chokolate. We called for service, and it took two engineers a whole day to find and fix the problem. When they had finally fixed it, it was very late, and they had not eaten all day because they were working so hard. But then I just said: Lets try the machine, and we did. They ate the eight first TigerRoulades that came out of the machine. That's four each, Jose, because I didn't eat any. Maybe if there hadn't been a software bug, they would have never tasted the delicious TigerRoulades, what do you think?

Jose, I must tell you that I am not doing this for the money, and that's why your last mail was a big dissapointment to me.
I am a CEO of a big Danish company and I make a decent salary. Of course, I wouldn't mind having 8 million dollars extra, but that is not the main reason why I responded to your mail.
I want to be your friend, and I want to get to know you better, Jose. To prove that, I will even settle for 10% of the 28 million. But when you write that we should discuss business only, I get hurt.
I do not want this to be a one-time relationship, you can also come and visit me here in Denmark, and I could show you the cake plant, maybe you could even try operating the TigerRoulade machine, if you want?
Or we could meet in Austria for a week skiing, if you like skiing?

I am sorry for having brought women into the conversation, but I didn't want to ask about the man-thing first off. People tend to react strongly to that, when I ask them.
Just to close the matter on women, I must say that I have had enough of them. My marriage to my ex-wife, Jette Gottlieb, didn't work out quite the way I thought it would. Even though my friends said she was a very special woman, and that I was lucky to have her, I just turned impotent when I saw her. I think I am just not built for women.
So honestly, Jose, I just want to get to know you better, and to help you getting the money out. Please tell me about your family, hobbies and such. The more you tell me, the better.

I was at the bank today, and I exchanged $2,000 - that was before I saw your mail, that was only for spending on the tours we are going on - and they said that it was a coincidence that they has so many dollar-bills lying around, so if I should really bring 10,000 you should write me in advance, so I can call the bank and say they should get it for me, but is it not easier if I bring my VISA-card?
I have a friend that like to bring a lot of cash with him on trips, he didn't like cards at all, and once when he was at a Michael Jackson look-alike contest in Tirana Airport in Albania, someone stole his bag, and then he had no money at all. Though luck, so I would rather use my VISA for such a large amont.
I can even send you my VISA cardnumber or send you a wire transfer if you need the money sooner than I arrive.

But Jose, I don't want to help you if you don't want me as a friend afterwards, so please send me an email so I can see where you stand on this.
I didn't make reservations for the flight on the 24th, I didn't want to do that before I've seen where you stand on this!

I see that you have changed your mail-address, should I do that too - or will you still write to me at this address?

Hoping to hear from you!

Sincerely,
Morten

Fax modtaget Torsdag 15. marts 2001
Se faxen fra Jose Carlos!
.. ellers læs den her:

TO:MR.MORTEM,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR MAIL.
I MUST TELL YOU AGAIN THAT MY PHONE IS PERFECTLY IN ORDER
PLEASE GIVE ME TELEPHONE NUMBER TO CALL YOU SINCE YOU SAID THAT YOU CANNOT REACH ME ON THE PHONE.
SINCE YOU CANNOT TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA UNTIL THE 24th MARCH, THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT THAN TO WAIT ,ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT VERY GOOD
FOR THIS BUSINESS.
I MUST ALSO INFORM YOU THAT THE BUSINESS WILL HELP US BUILD AND EVERLASTING RELATIONSHIP.
WE WANT TO ESTABLISH A VERY GOOD AND MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH
YOU, THAT IS THE MORE REASON WHY WE CONTACTED SOMEBODY LIKE YOU AND
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT DISAPPOINT US AT THE END OF THE DAY.
YOU KNOW THAT MY FATHER IS DEAD, YOU ARE NOW MY FATHER, MY FRIEND, MY
LOVER AND MY EVERYTHING.
PLEASE WHILE YOU ARE COMING MAKE SURE THAT YOU COME WITH THE SUM OF
US$10,000.00 IN CASH BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO PAY THE SECURITY COMPANY
THE DEMURAGE THIS CONSIGNMENT HAS INCURRED IN THEIR CUSTODY.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU COME WITH THIS MONEY SO THAT WE DON'T
ENCOUNTER ANY UNWARRANTED DELAY WHEN YOU ARRIVE HERE.

PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY.
JOSE CARLOS

Subject: your reply.
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2001 08:18:40 -0800 (PST)
From: josycarlos@hushmail.com

What is going on?After my last mail, I have not heard from you.
Please contact me.

Regards,
Carlos.

To: <josycarlos@hushmail.com>
Subject: Regarding your fax
Date: Mon 19. marts 2001 14:11

I received a fax from you in my office today.

I am back at work again after a terrible thing that happened to me. Last thursday, I was bitten severely by a pitbull terrier. I don't know where it came from, suddenly it was just there, and I was helpless. It was a mad dog, Jose, and it bit me right where it hurts the most - yes, you guessed it, Jose: the groin. It hurt like hell, and it bleeded, oh I tell you.
Luckily, someone found me and had me brought to the casualty department at the hospital. When I woke up, the doctor told me they had had to operate, and that they had removed one of my testicles.
I do not know how to feel about this, because I feel like I lost a part of me, but on the other hand, I never use my testicles anyway. And the whole thing has got we wondering if it is a sign from God, that I should have the whole thing removed and become a woman. How would you feel about that, Jose?
Would that be ok with you?

Thank you very much for the fax, I was very pleased reading your thoughts about our relationship. By the way, maybe you should check if there is anything wrong with your fax machine, because the fax that I received was turned upside down. My secretary says that is the way it came out of our machine, so maybe your machine is turned upside down?
I must say that I would have loved reading more about your family and hobbies, but you may send that any time, Jose. But one thing puzzles me: You write we a couple of times, but I think that should be I - Is that your spelling checker that is broken or is it someone you are planning me to date, too?
The thing you said about me being your lover and even your father make me feel *soo* good, but just to set the record straight, this would only be for the games we are going to play, right?
I do not know if this will affect our relationship, but if I can be your mother, too, I would really love that. That would also help me a lot deciding whether to have a sex change operation or not.

Jose, I must tell you that I am not at all comfortable bringing $10,000,00 in cash, but maybe I should book a seat more on the plane, so that I can bring the chief of our security staff here at Dancake. He is one hell of a guy, he has already caught three trespassers at the cake plant, and he has only been here for 2 months. When he catches them, he makes them very sorry.
He is a specialist i making people sorry, he made one of them eat so much TigerRoulade that he almost puked, and another one, he kung fu-chopped in the head so he didn't know where he was. Oh, I tell you, he can do some crazy stuff!
That is what we need, because I think trespassers are the biggest single problem we have with the wastage of TigerRoulades. We sure were lucky to get that man to work with us. He had just returned home from working in the United States - he was an undercover contra espionage double agent for the CIA, which is a big company they have over there. Maybe he was in the Himalayas, too, Jose. Like Steven Seagal. Do you know him? Should I bring him so that we are safe with all the money, Jose?

I think I have changed my mind about what I will wear in the Airport when you come to pick me up. I am thinking 'no sunglasses and a nice red dress'. What do you think?

Please respond,
Morten

PS. Excuse the delay in my answer if there is one, I have to go have the stitches removed.

To: <josycarlos@hushmail.com>
Subject: Regarding your fax
Date: Mon 22. marts 2001 14:26

I do not know if you received my last mail, so I send it again:

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