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BY
MUGAMBE MICHAEL
Not only in my country where I’ve seen it my self, but it is all over the world!
Every community has given them a name or names according to their
language and their understanding of the Act, those who speak English call
them scammers, conmen, thieves etc. In Uganda different tribes call them
different names, like in Ankole they are known as “Abashuma”etc. in
Buganda, they are known as “Ababbi”, “Bakyala-kimpadde” and mostly
Bakondo, today it has been made an English word by adding (s) making it
kondos. This word means a person who acquires some thing through illegal
means like corruption, stealing, conning etc. In East Africa, Uganda is well
known for such people followed by Kenya and then Tanzania, in Africa
Nigeria is the king, Senegal etc
These kondos use various means to get what they want, like through grabbing,
telling sad stories, lying etc. and the most popular way today is using Internet,
internet kondos are commonly known as Scammers. Many people have lost
their money through this Internet game in which they promise you Billions of
money and at last you end up in tears, at least I have seen two of my friends
who after losing this ridiculous game sadly came and told me the story.
One is called Robert, he was sent a massage that he was the (10,000,000) ten
millionth person to use that website so he qualified to win a Laptop, a Black
berry phone and an air ticket to one of the best hotels in Brazil with ₤2000 for
his up keep, but he was the one to pay for the shipping of his prizes including
the Air ticket, and in all, the total sum of the shipping fares was ₤460 which is
Ugshs 1,380,000/= (one million three hundred eighty thousand). Robert kept
this as a secret, he almost emptied his Account and sent the money with all his
details, but up to now promised prizes have never been sent. So the Internet
Kondos stole his money! The other narrowly survived this Kondo Game, after
realizing that the stories told by him by a beautiful Senegalese lady ended by
asking him send some money through the forex bureau to process some Bank
documents to ease transactions for millions they had promised him.
Michael
This was my first reply to her when she sent me a massage through my
scribd account in the names of ANTA 4U. She had asked me to send her
my private E-mail, in her first massage. When I sent that e-mail she
replied as follows:-
How are you today, I hope this massage will find you
in the best of your health, I really like to have a good
relationship with you, and I have a special reason why
I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my
situation here.
After reading through the testimonies given by other people, and the
more details given by Miss. Young about these scammers, I copied some
details and sent them to her (kondo) by email, asking her to explain
more about it.
Hope life is Ok, could you please give a full explanation about the following :-
Hi My Dearest Frederick,
In the beginning, i actually was having fears of betrayal and how to get you convinced to
believe me when the firm advised me to look for a foreign partner from your country
since i am a refugee at the moment and the law of the country does not permit me to part-
take in any international transaction until i secure all the necessary papers. I was also
warned to be careful with the kind of person i connect through Internet because most of
the people are fake and can destroy my future if i don't pray for God to guide me to select
real person but surprisingly your mail response came up and you sound as if you were
reading my mind at the moment,…………………...
ISLAMIC BANK OF SENEGAL
49,Av.Leopold Sedar Senghor,
BP 3379 Dakar Senegal.(SWIFT IBSSNDA)
Information about my late father & the deposit code are as follows:
Name of depositor: Mr. Joseph Saidu Momoh
...................................................................
I am trusting you based on your genuine promise that you won't betray yourself which
you have taken me as part of you. Please do not involve a third person into this matter for
now until we secure the money because of my father's name that………………………...
You thought am not informed about the scammers on internet, why don't you try
another way of stealing people, don't you think it is an old fashioned way Which
most of us are aware of?
NOTE
For Fredric’s story in details
I’ve given you free advice, take care. and more stories about
Michael. scammers please visit
www.419.bittenus.com
After sending this e-mail I felt I had made a mistake, I had missed a
good story to tell, or write about. But this Kondo was also very serious
with a great attitude that, she went ahead with giving a full explanation
about the E-mail thinking am so stupid to take his words. She explained
as follows:-
You are not the first to ask me this question even the
last one which finally caused me an unbearable
sickness after which I had to tell my Rev.father
everything about this money while I have been
hiding it from him. after telling him about it, he now
advised me to write to the Bank and tell them the
problem am having, to see if they can transfer the
money through diplomatic means so that it will be
easy for my partner whosoever, to help me handle
this transfer without any doubt. that is, he will see
the money before he will pay any fee to the Bank for
the transfer.
Dear I want you to believe me that this transaction is
100% free from risk but because of my status here in
the camp I can not go for it by myself and beside my
late father's WILL reads that I must execute this
transaction with a foreign partner who will help me
in business investment while I will continue my
studies all in the person's care.
Thanks,
Yours Anta.
I felt happy when she wrote back, I knew I had got a good story to tell
others, I didn't hesitate, but reply her immediately to show that I was
very interested in the deal.
The story continues like this:-
Hello Anta,
Good afternoon, am sorry about that sad story your
side, but let me pray for you, life will be better in the
Almighty’s name. At this time i don’t have a direct
Mobile 4n number, it was stolen from me a week
back, though it is off you can send me an E-mail
appointing me the time you'll call and fix my Sim Card
in an emergency phone.
I had to give in this information, to let her send in more e-mails, after
receiving it she went in for another step. Enjoy it!
Dear Sweetheart,
How is your weekend, hope all is well with you.
I must tell you the truth, I am very happy to hear from
you.
Dear I want you to carefully read this mail, so that
you can understand what you need to do immediately,
as it is said that situation changes all things, Of
course I prefer to trust you than to die here in the
refugee’s camp where no body want to help me.
Kisses from
Anta
On receiving this E-mail I tried to visit the International Commercial
Bank web site, I didn’t find any ting like icbicbsenegal@icmail.net
among their contacts, I then tried www.icmail.net and found out it is a
website where any body can open an E-mail address. Doing this didn’t
mean that I was expecting the money, but I just wanted to confirm. I
sent an e-mail to the Bank as I was told by the Kondo, what I also
received as a reply from the bank I forwarded it to Anta (Kondo) as she
had told me.
I believe doing as she had told made her think I was ripe to be eaten she
then sent another e-mail asking for a fee for a lawyer to work on the
documents which the Bank had asked, read the emails your self……...
Sir/Madam
Yours,
Michael Mugambe
Sir,
We Hereby acknowledge your request for the release of
Mr. Joseph Saidu Momoh deposited fund of ,($6.3 Million)
willed to Miss.Anta Joseph Saidu Momoh presently in
Dakar-Senegal.
According to your mail of inquiry, in-respect to the said
inherited fund deposited in our escrow account.
Yours sincerely,
Best Regard
Yours Anta .
I took long to answer this e-mail and contacting the lawyer, in fact I
didn’t answer it. After something like 14 days she sent other e-mails as
follow……...
Darling Michael,
Yours
Anta.
Hi Darling Michael,
Good day!!
I am surprised that you did not sent me mail for a
long time. I hope all is well with you? I have been
wondering what could have happen to you.
Nevertheless, I want to let you know that since you
refused to contact the lawyer, I wrote him to find out
why he is delaying us only to hear that you never
contacted him. then I had to forward the response of
the bank which you sent to me to the lawyer, I asked
him the way we can get those documents and he
charged me the sum of (£1,600.00) for
everything, Then I told my Rev.father about it
since am no longer in contact with you, all the same
my Rev.father had to talked to the lawyer in the way
he understood the whole situation am into.
Meanwhile, my Rev. has given him part of the money
and asked him to be patient for some time so that
immediately we finished the transfer we will balance
him and he accepted it.
I have completed the documents we were asked to
present before they can transfer the money to you.
But I need to find out the most important thing from
you to avoid any complication during this process.
Anta Momoh
Hi sweetie,
Am sorry for the silence, but its because, my warless
broadband internet was disconnected yet i have been
not in town for some 3 weeks, I have been in Juba,
Sudan for a film shooting, but now am back and
willing to reconnect my internet with in a week, now
where should i begin from, should i write to the
Lawyer? advise me!
Yours in Love
Michael
By the time I’ve made this document, am still in contact with the
Kondo, the above is my last E-mail by now, when I receive other more;
you will read them in INTERNET KONDOS Chapter II to be released
any time.
I know some words like Kondonise , kondoisim etc confused you, but let
me explain them for you:
Kondo: He is the person who commits the act.
Kondoisim: Is the act.
If you have been stolen, then you’ve been Kondonised.
If you have also faced these Kondos or received any massage of that
nature please, use it to become one of the Authors of the next Document
by sending it to mmugambe@yahoo.co.uk. Or use my Scribd massage
box Account..