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THE BUTLER-UWILINGIYIMANA PAPERS

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to [email protected]
date Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 3:37 PM
subject hello

Hello my dear.

My name is Lucy, i saw your profile today at herald.ie and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you the more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am. Remeber the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life.

I believe we can move from here!

Thanks yours Lucy.

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from Eoin Butler
to Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
subject Re: hello

Hi Lucy,

I am a lonely, wealthy and naive middle-aged man. What can I do for you?

Regards,

Eoin

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to Eoin Butler
date Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
subject I WILL LOVE TO KNOW YOU BETTER MY DEAR

Hello Dearest

My name is Lucy uwilin from Ivory Coast in West Africa, presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar as a result of the civil war that was fought in my country.

My late father Dr.Mamadou uwilin, was the formal president of the Economic and Social Council of ivory coast.before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and killed my mother and my father in cold blood.

I would like to know more about you.Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you are doing presently. Attached here is my picture .

I will also like to see your picture.

Hoping to hear from you soonest
yours lovely Lucy

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EoinButler

from Eoin Butler
to Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 7:57 PM
subject Re: I WILL LOVE TO KNOW YOU BETTER MY DEAR

Hey Lucy

I’m a taxi driver by profession. It’s a hustle, but it keeps me busy. I can take in three to three-fifty a week, more with skims.

Sorry to hear about your family. Them’s the breaks I suppose.

Yours with undying love,

Eoin

P.S. Here’s my pic!

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to Eoin Butler
date Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:28 AM
subject HONEY ALL ABOUT MY LIFE WITH LOVE AND TRUST

Hello Darling,

I am more than happy in your reply to my mail

Please listen to this,i have my Late Father’s Personal Will with my name as next of kin and Death Certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in bank,the amount in question is $5.7 M (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars )..

i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you and continue my life and education.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust.I like honest and understanding people,man of vision,truth and hardworking.

Thanks.
Yours lovely Lucy.

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from Eoin Butler
to Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:00 AM
subject Re: HONEY ALL ABOUT MY LIFE WITH LOVE AND TRUST

Hey Lucy

It was good of you to write. That’s quite a predicament alright – let me know if there’s anything I can do to help!

Life as a taxi driver is getting me down. Each night when I return my cab to the garage I have to clean come off the back seat. Other nights blood. The days dwindle on forever and do not end.

Yours always,

Eoin

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to Eoin Butler
date Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:33 AM
subject RE: HOHEY PLEASE CONTACT THIS BANK TODAY FOR THE TRANSFER

My Dearest.

i want to thank for all your effort and love towards me, you have given me hope,you are the type of man i am looking forward to spend the rest of my life with.I am not going to give your love to any other man. you will satisfy me always.

Please i have not told anyone except you about the MONEY. Remember i trust you honey that is why i am giving you all this information’s!.My love is for you and you alone.

In this regards will like you to contact the bank immediately with this information below,tell them that you are my foreign partner and that you want to know the possibilities of assisting me transfer my $5.7million dollars to your account in your country..

The contact information of the bank are as follows,

Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC

Email address:
[email protected] or [email protected]

Transfer officer: Mr Hintermann

Awaiting to hear from you soonest!.
Yours lovely Lucy..

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from Eoin Butler
to Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 10:27 AM
subject Re: HOHEY PLEASE CONTACT THIS BANK TODAY FOR THE TRANSFER

Hey Lucy,

Don’t know if I’d have $5.7m to spare at the moment. Maybe I can put in for some extra shifts down at the cab stand, make some extra money that way?

Things are quiet here as usual. Thank God for the rain which has helped wash the garbage and the trash off the sidewalks.

Some day a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to Eoin Butler
date Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM
subject Re: HOHEY PLEASE CONTACT THIS BANK TODAY FOR THE TRANSFER

hello my dearest in heart, how are you today?

dear based on the $5.7 million i told you, it seems that you don’t understand what i mean.i want you to listen very good so that you will know what i am talking about.

i want the sum of $5.7 million to be transferred to your own account in over there in your country.i never said you should pay in the sum to my me.the sum of $5.7 million which belong,g to me is with royal bank of uk and i want to get the money out from the bank so that i will have back my normal life.

i never ask you to pay money into my account no.what i mean is for you to stand for me as my trustee and the bank will transfer my money into your account your country.so dear what you have to do now is to write an email to the bank and ask them the procedures of making the transfer.

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from Eoin Butler
to [email protected]
cc [email protected]
date Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 4:45 PM
subject FAO: International Department of the Transfer, President Hintermann

Hey Mr Hintermann,

Could you please transfer GBP£57M to my account at your earliest convenience? Large bills, non sequential.

Yours etc. etc.

Mr E. Fosteringham Butler III

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from Royal Bank Scotland
to Eoin Butler
date Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 9:19 AM
subject ATTENTION FROM ROYAL BANK PLC UK

ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP.PLC.
TRANSFER DEPARTMENT

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION,

SIR,

I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY THE DIRECTOR OF FOREING OPERATION/WIRE TRANSFER TO WRITE YOU. ACTUALLY,WE HAVE EALEIR BEEN TOLD ABOUT YOU BY THE YOUNG LADY WHO IS (THE NEXT OF KIN) THAT HE WISHES YOU TO BE HER TRUSTEE/REPERESENTATIVE FOR THE CLAIM OF HER LATE FATHER’S MONEY DEPOSITED WITH THIS BANK.HIS LATE FATHER IS ONE OF OUR LATE CUSTOMER WITH SUM SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY HE DEPOSIT WITH US.

HENCE YOU HAVE BEEN REALLY APPOINTED AS A TRUSTEE TO REPRESENT THE NEXT OF KIN.HOWEVER BEFORE OUR BANK WILL TRANSACT ANY BUSINESS CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK,WE WILL LIKE YOU TO SEND THE FOLLOWINGS IMMEDIATELY TO OUR BANK.

1.A POWER OF ATTORNEY PERMITTING YOU TO CLAIM AND TRANSFER THE FUNDS TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT ON HER BEHALF.
Note:THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY MUST BE ENDORSED BY SENEGALESE RESIDENT LAWYER SINCE THE MONEY IS ORIGINATED FROM AFRICA.

2.THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF HIS DECEASED FATHER CONFIRMING HIS DEATH.

3.A COPY OF STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT ISSUED TO HIS DECEASED FATHER BY OUR BANK.

4.AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT FROM SENEGALESE HIGH COURT IN AFRICA.
Note:THE ABOVE ARE COMPULSORY,AND ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT OUR INTEREST,YOURS AND THE NEXT OF KIN AFTER THE TRANSFER HAS BEEN MADE.

FOR THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATIONS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS TO AVOID FRAUDLENT CLAIMS OR AN UNWARRANTED TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER ABSENCE BY SOME INDIVIDUALS OR SOME OTHER DISTANCE RELATIONS WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD ACCESS TO HER PRIVACY. ON RECEIPTS OF THE ABOVE DOCUMENTS/INFORMATIONS,WE SHALL VERIFY THEM AND ONCE WE ARE SATISFIED,WE SHALL PROCESS YOUR CLAIM AND EFFECT THE TRANSFER.
THANKS.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR HINTERMANN.
(For account department).

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from Eoin Butler
to [email protected]
cc Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM
subject Fwd: ATTENTION FROM ROYAL BANK PLC UK

For Whom It Concerns

I, Eoin Fosterington Butler, being of sound mind, hereby grant power of attorney to Lucy Uwilingiyiama, in according with the precepts hereby endowed by the Queen of England, her heirs and their descendants.

Yours without further ado,

E.F. Butler

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Barr brunofrom Bar.Dr Benard Bruno
to Eoin Butler
date Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 7:39 AM
subject FROM Mc BENARD BRUNO LAW CHAMBERS.
ttention

Sir,

Sequel to your email, Your partner was in my office to discuss about the issuing to you an authorization letter and affidavit of oath that will enable you to stand on her behalf to transfer her money from the bank,to your account in your country or elsewhere.

Now we shall use your name and all your contact information as it will appear on the documents.

Please careful attention. Prior to my inquires from the bank and high court here in Dakar Senegal, I was made to understand from the bank that there are four documents required by them before the transfer of the money to your account.

1.A copy of Death certificate of her late Father.

2.A copy of His Statement of account. It’s now remaining the other two documents which is power of attorney and the affidavit of oath which will enable the bank to deal with you on behalf of your partner.

In view of the above and from my inquiries, it will cost the sum of (£,840) for authentication of the power of attorney, (£670 ) for swearing of the affidavit of oath at the federal high court here before it becomes valid, (£,620) for notary stamping at the notary office (before it will go out from Dakar here) and my legal processing fee of (£,780) total (£ 2,910 ) Pounds to get everything done.

YOU ARE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY WHICH IS THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND TEN POUNDS(£2,910 punds) THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THIS INFORMATION THATS My SECATRY.

MARGRET AMOS,No U,12 VL226 Parcells

City Dakar Senegal.

MAKE SURE YOU INFORM ME IMMEDIATELY YOU TRANSFER THE MONEY, SO WE CAN START THE PREPARATION OF THE DOCUMENTS (WHICH WILL BE READY BY THE NEXT TWO WORKING DAYS).

Yours sincerely in service,
Barrister, Dr,Benard Bruno.
(Principal Partner)(ESQ)
No U,12 VL226 Parcells
Dakar Senegal.

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from Eoin Butler
to [email protected]
date Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM
subject FAO: MC Bernard

My dear McBernard

Trilogy to yours, I am writing on behalf of Lucy Uwilingiyimana, daughter of the late Mr Hintermann, President-for-Life, Department of the Transfer, Africa.

I wish for you to grant me power of attorney over Mr Hintermann. Please feel free to contact him on [email protected] or [email protected]

I must get in shape. Too much sitting has ruined my body. Twenty-five push-ups each morning, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred knee-bends.

Mise le meas,

E. Fosteringham Butler

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from Lucy Uwilingiyimana
to Eoin Butler
date Thur, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:22 AM
subject WHY ME????.

hello my love,i am not happy.Mr MC Bernard Bruno wrote to you. i did not see your reply, but i am not happy with that,please honey you know you give me hope and joy,why do you want to hurt my feelings?do you want to hurt my emotions?please dearest in heart, it is most important you read carefully Mr Bruno instruction and to follow. what is the matter?please tell me what is going on.I AM NOT HAPPY.

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from Eoin Butler
to Lucy Uwilingiyimana
date Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 5:01 PM
subject Re: WHY ME????

Babe chillax, okay? I’m on it…

E-Dog

P.S. I have quit smoking. Total organization is necessary. Every muscle must be tight.

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To be continued…

November 4th, 2009.

19 Responses to “THE BUTLER-UWILINGIYIMANA PAPERS”

  1. El Kid Says:

    Can you provide a concise summery for people who are supposed to be working here?

  2. Eoin Says:

    It started out like Romeo and Julliet, but it ended in tragedy (see I can quote the Simpsons too!)

    Well, no. I managed to drive a spammer slightly insane…

  3. Eoin Says:

    There’s also a part two coming in which I convince her to write love poetry to prove her love for me.

  4. Matt Says:

    Strange that Bank of Scotland use free internet email addresses…must be the recession!

  5. Paddy Says:

    Even stranger that they WRITE COMPLETELY IN CAPS

  6. Eoin Says:

    A couple of people have emailed to asked how much (if any) of this is for real.

    Honestly, it’s 100% genuine, although I edited some of her replies for length.

  7. Colin Says:

    From Travis Bickle to E-Dog.

    “Babe chillax, okay? I’m on it…” – the perfect reply.

    Lucy sounds like a lot of work, I’d say it’s more of a short term relationship than marraige material. Quite demanding for a woman in a refugee camp.

  8. El Kid Says:

    Yeah i was going to ask how come you end up quoting Travis Bickle in almost every email to her?

  9. emordino Says:

    Is it just me or does “Department of the Transfer” sound like some kind of sinister doomsday techno-cult?

  10. Eoin Says:

    @ EK – yeah, I wanted to come off as a bit slow and perhaps mentally unstable. TB seemed the perfect role model.

    @ Emordino – Yeah, it has undertones of some Josef Mengele mad scientist type working on an experimental brain transplant proceedure. ”

    Ve are ready for Ze Transfer now, Herr Butler…”

  11. alison Says:

    The other day I got a spam email in Irish!!! Peig would be spinning in her grave I’ll tellya…

    ——– Original Message ——–
    Subject: Deis is fearr ar airgead a thuilleamh
    Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 20:20:56 +0530
    From: chandi agarwal

    Dia duit Friend

    Mo chara Linda inniu fuair Iphone as an láithreán gréasáin
    www(.elec-safe-quality.)com, tá an iphone bunaidh agus go hiomlán
    unlocked seo chomh maith cuideachta seirbhíse maith. Tá an
    loingseoireacht tapaidh.

    Más mian leat a cheannach roinnt leictreonaic, is féidir leat cuairt a
    thabhairt ar a suíomh gréasáin seo nó a chur dá MSN: elec-safe(@
    Hotmail.) Com nó ríomhphost a sheoladh chuig sup(@elec-safe-quality.)com

    le do thoil bain na scriosaidh nuair a thugann tú cuairt ar ár láithreán
    gréasáin

    Hope agat siopadóireacht maith!

  12. Eoin Says:

    My sister got that mail as well Alison. I’d say it was put through an online translator – the Irish is appalling!

  13. MisterAdam Says:

    A while ago This American Life ran a story about a similar venture. Basically three guys in America coaxed a Nigerian con-artist to travel 1,400 miles to Darfur in order to collect some non-existent funds. Here’s a link in case you’re interested:
    http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1260

  14. Eoin Says:

    Haha, deadly… I’m on the phone here but will check it when I get back!

  15. Eoin Says:

    @ Adam – just listened to the Ira Glass thing. Interesting as always from him. Well, at least I’m not doing anything nearly as sadistic to Lucy!

  16. Lenny Says:

    Dunno why but this has reminded me of a Hunter S Thompson snippet:

    Dear Dr. Thompson,

    My name is Xania and I am very beautiful and my family is very rich. I am eight years old and I live in Turkey. We live by the sea, but I am bored here. They treat me like a child, but I am not. I am ready to escape. I want to leave. I want to get married and I want to marry you. That is why I write you today. I want you to suck my tits while I scream and dance in your lap and my mother watches. She is the one who says this. She loves you very much and so do I.

    I am eight years old and my body is well advanced. My mother is twenty-six and, boy! You should see her. We are almost twins and so is my grandmother, who is only forty-two years old and looks the same as me. I think she is crazy like my mother. They are beautiful when they walk around naked, and so am I. We are always naked here. We are rich and the sea is so beautiful. If the sea had brains, I would suck them out of it. But I can’t. The sea has no penis.

    Why is that, Doc? If you are so smart, answer that one! Fuck you. I knew you wouldn’t help us. Please send three plane tickets right now. I love you! Please help me. I know I will see you soon. We travel a lot. My father wants you to marry me. He is sixty-six years old and he owns the main banks of Turkey. All of them. We will have a beautiful, beautiful wedding when you show them us naked and I dance while you suck my tits and my father screams. O God I love you! Our dream is now. Yes.

    Your baby,

    Xania

  17. Eoin Says:

    @ Lenny – okay, if I’d gotten that email I’d probably have sent them the tickets just in case!

  18. James Says:

    I also like the quote from Taxi Driver “wash all the scum….” I thought this was all too good to be true.

  19. call me frozen Says:

    hi
    I am frozen
    I am from Yemen and I have the same thing happening with me I just looked at google and I found this page that I thing made everything clear for me.
    [email protected]
    I decided to play with this girl
    I will tray or I can say act and see her reaction.

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