Formula 419 (part 7)

I used to do these 419 baitings with a friend, so I instinctively cc:ed him on these, but I wasn't sure if he was in on this one or not, so I stopped cc:ing him. Anyway, part of the fun of playing with 419ers is to abruptly stop, sending them into panic mode.

Unfortunately I did not let Joel know about this, so when Lisa emailed him, he responded, thus blowing my plan. Oh well, 419-baiting is an improvisational art, and this makes for a new twist. So, the first thing that Lisa sent, in a timely fashion was:

Hello ernie it was nice to read your email today,we cant offer the manager 500USD we have to offer him something big to make in sign for us we have enough funds so paying him so thousands would not be a problem to stop our business, so now we have to offer him some good thousands so he forgets about it and signs off and then we move so you can see that paying him some thousands wont affect us we have alot of funds to clear you know so lets pay him very well ok,for your visa you have to go to the SOUTH AFRICA EMBASSY in AMERICA and apply for a visa,now the problem is that the visa might take a little time to process but if you are going to the embassy you have to tell them you are going for holidays,so the wont suspect so take your time and see what we are going to do if the embassy will waste much time that means while you wait for the visa we then do a wire transfer for the manager so he can sign immediately so you have the tender documents sent to you but i hope the visa wont take time but the process might be long so think if a wire transfer is better first we do to the manager and you now wait for the visa,so you now have to decide how many thousands we have to offer him,and my country is not near suda so no need at all for a gun ok so the need now is a visa ok.

LISA

I ignored this, so I got the following, entitled WHAT IS THE STATUS (a favorite phrase of 419ers):

Hello ernie how are you today we are on weekend today ,how has it been with the visa what is the status you have not sent an email for sometime so i want to know what is the situation of things now so keep me informed ok.
LISA

Continuing to ignore her, she went into panic mode and wrote to Joel:

Joel Mielke,how are you doing please i have not heard from ernie since please forward me your contacts,ernie is meant to be in south africa this week but i have not heard from him what is wrong can you inform me on situation of things right now and send me your contacts immediately i expect that ernie will arrive but know news from him keep me updated.
LISA

To which he replied:

Lisa:

Joel

So, then we get to the email that Lisa sent to me before writing Joel, and my latest response (in the extended entry section):

hello ernie what is the problem know news from ou is all well,you have not sent your assistants resume what is delaying you.

Lisa, I am sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you. I was in the hospital these last few days, with some heart problems. Everything seems to be OK. I gather that you got in touch with Joel, and that is good, except he doesn't think that I should go to South Africa. He is well intentioned, but I think that he has some personal issues with South Africa, as that is where he is from. It is funny, he always has told me how pleasant a place it used to be, but I don't think he really knows if things are different or not, since he has not been back since he left in the 1990's. Anyway, I will be in touch with the South African embassy and will let you know what the status is. I am eager to meet you in person to carry out this good work.

Ernie