The narrator receives an email stating that they have won a lottery of 1.75 million euros. They initially believe the email is legitimate and respond to it. However, they soon realize that the email is a scam, and the lottery was actually a Google lottery approved by the Benin Republic Gaming Board.
The narrator engages in a series of emails with John Barossa and John Warrosa, who claim to work in the same office, to try to convince them that the lottery is real and to delay the scammer's request for a fee. The scammers provide a fake cashier's check and a copy of a bank letter, which the narrator prints out.
Despite the narrator taking the check to the bank, it doesn't clear. The scammers then tell the narrator that the check is a photocopy and that they need to send the original copy of the check to the bank. The narrator, in response, tells the scammers that they have already received their prize and presents evidence of their purchases, including a car, a boat, a house, and a horse.
The scammers do not respond to the narrator's final message, effectively ending the conversation.
john replied i'm glad to hear that\n00:12:32.76: you're ready to make the payment i'm sure\n00:12:34.40: you'll find the steam gift cards at the\n00:12:36.12: store very close to our office\n00:12:37.88: i said you don't understand i don't\n00:12:39.64: have a clue what a steam gift card is\n00:12:41.36: i've never even heard of it\n00:12:43.28: john said you can buy it at any store\n00:12:45.12: i said i'm going to look it up on the\n00:12:47.36: internet and see what it is\n00:12:48.72: john replied okay let me know if you\n00:12:50.76: need further assistance i said i'll\n00:12:52.96: let you know\n00:12:54.32: i guess i'm ready to pay the fee\n00:12:56.08: i'll go to the bank tomorrow and draw\n00:12:57.64: out 200 pounds and buy the steam gift\n00:12:59.28: cards\n00:13:00.64: i'll try to figure out how to send\n00:13:02.24: the pictures of the steam gift cards\n00:13:03.60: to you", metadata={})]
1. The speaker received an email stating they had won one million seven hundred and fifty thousand euros.
2. The email was from an address named "rev john barrosa".
3. The speaker decided to contact John Guerosa to claim their prize.
4. The speaker found it unusual that the email address was different from the one they had intended to reply to.
5. The speaker discovered that the email was actually from Ravina John Barosa.
6. The speaker and John Barosa work in the same office, which caused confusion.
7. The speaker asked if the prize would be delivered in cash, a prepaid Visa ATM card, or a cashier's check.
8. The speaker was informed that the prize would be delivered as a prepaid Visa ATM card, which they found hard to believe.
9. The speaker was informed that there would be a fee for processing the prize, which they found suspicious.
10. The speaker asked if the fee was a legal requirement, and was told that it was.
11. The speaker asked if the cashier's check was a photocopy or the original, and was informed that it was a photocopy.
12. The speaker was informed that they would need to send the original copy of the cashier's check to the office for it to be valid for deposit.
13. The speaker was informed that the original copy of the cashier's check was at the office and would be sent to them as a parcel.
14. The speaker was informed that they would need to pay a fee of 200 euros for DHL courier delivery of the check.
15. The speaker was informed that they could pay the fee using two UK Steam gift cards, each worth 100 pounds.
16. The speaker was informed that they could also make the payment online with their credit card using World Remit, Western Union, or Moneygram.