Anthony Revealed


sandrea simons: so do you admit to trying to scam me?
anth_l_brown: yes
sandrea simons: thankyou so much for being honest
sandrea simons: are you a black Nigerian man
anth_l_brown: yes
……….
sandrea simons: are you 48 years old
anth_l_brown: im 38
sandrea simons: ok
sandrea simons: and is your name Anthony Brown?
anth_l_brown: yes
sandrea simons: did you ever visit the UK or America
anth_l_brown: yea
anth_l_brown: i like in Norwich
sandrea simons: you lived in Norwich?
anth_l_brown: yes
sandrea simons: oh ok
sandrea simons: so you live in Nigeria now?
anth_l_brown: yes

I wanted to keep in touch with Anthony Brown and get to know him better as his real self. I sign in some days and expect to see him appear on my computer screen and maybe one day he will surprise me…………….

Anthony Scammer



Yesterday I was having a conversation with Anthony and I felt really exhausted with the role I was playing. I felt I needed some form of reality and thought about what had happened over the last two months. I decided to tell him that I was fed up of waiting for him to come home, it had only supposed to have been a few days at first after all. I said I found it annoying that as soon as it came close something happened to stop it again, and that that something always included in me giving him money. I ended by telling him that I’d met someone else I needed to end the woman that was telling him she loved him.

Extract from conversation CHEQUE
anth_l_brown: i have a mail coming your way
sandrea simons: ok
anth_l_brown: i meant that cheque that wasnt sent.I was told you would get it on tuesday so pls what out for it for me okay
anth_l_brown: I am so sorry i lost you
anth_l_brown: i bet that guy is a lucky guy
sandrea simons: i will let you know when it arrives
anth_l_brown: okay
anth_l_brown: u take good care
sandrea simons: i will
sandrea simons: you 2
sandrea simons: i will help you with the cheque and then i will have to leave it
anth_l_brown: okay
anth_l_brown: thanks
sandrea simons: it is ok
anth_l_brown: bye for noe
anth_l_brown: regeards to your fiance
sandrea simons: ok bye friend

Extract from conversation BANK FAVOUR

anth_l_brown: do you have any Halifax bank branch around you
sandrea simons: yes
anth_l_brown: okay
sandrea simons: down the road
anth_l_brown: oh okay
anth_l_brown: well you know if you could get an account set up i could settle things myself
anth_l_brown: could you sign up for an acct with them today
sandrea simons: in your name?
anth_l_brown: no
anth_l_brown: i mean for you
sandrea simons: no i can't do that

Anthony Who?



Extract from conversation FLIGHT
Anthony Brown: so i thought maybe i could ask you
Anthony Brown: right now i need to get a flight ticket for tomorrow evening to heathrow and i am about 150
sandreasimons: right so how can i help
Anthony Brown: to add up to what i have
Anthony Brown: so i could get a BA ticket
Anthony Brown: so i was wondering if u could be of a little assistant to loan me that till i get back on thursday
sandreasimons: i'm not sure i have the funds usually i would have lots but i have ot pay my fees by the 22nd which are 3500 pounds


After Anthony asked me for the money for his flight home so many things went through my head. Could a wealthy businessman not get help from the bank in a foreign country? Why would he ask a girl he’d never met before surely I way down his list of people to rely on? What if he was telling the truth and I was doubting him? am I too trusting? Am I being gullable?
I rang a friend in the end and asked her what she thought, she said I should go with my instinct. So the only way I could sort it out clearly was to check the address of his Hotel that way I would be sure it exsisted at least.


There was no Hotel with the address he’d given me, the address he had given me was a notorious area in Nigeria for scams. The moment I foud out my stomach turned over I felt sad that I had been drawn into this fantasy and that it was over. I felt embarrassed to have fallen for it this far, and for all the day dreams I’d had about us together.

However as an artist I knew I would be able to salvage something from this ordeal.

Anthony Brown



This was his first email to me:

Hello tenderheart, its wonderful to have a bright start just like i just did going through your profile.I am Anthony but you can call me Tonnie,I own a business of my own and i was stunned when i saw your profile.Your such a beauty and i would love to know more about you.I would you to write me more about your self ,what you like and dislike?You should try to write me so i'll get intouch.my email address is ..... ANTH_L_BROWN@yahoo.com or probably you could join me for a chat on Yahoo messenger at work.I would be delighted to chat or hear back from you.
Lots of love
Tonnie

His grammer in the e.mail is bad I think he must speak another language as English does not seem to be his first.en I speak to him online next. I looked at his profile and although the pictures are a bit strange I like the way it’s a bit quirky. I’ve never seen a profile like it before and he seems to have written it in a very open way the grammer is also quite bad.

second email from him:

Hi Anyway its nice to hear from you in time.well the hat-That picture was taken when i was in san antonio,Tx on my ex-company get-together.You know i read your profile and it was quite nice and i really want to get to know you better.You are simply natural and i like that.Anyway i would like to know more about you and your likes and dislikes.I seek a log term thing someone to share my heart with and make the most of life together with, You know life aint that long you know.So the best you make of the present is what determines what a tomorrow would look like.I like to travel , make friends and also i like to make time out by going to the beach, fishing, hiking or mostly i go to the cinemas in my spare time.My quite times are at my study or doing research at the library.I also am an addict to Golf.I have got a good handicap in those lately.(smile).....I was born in Meadows of Dan,VA.I have got a sister oly and she is about the only family i have for now.I have just started a business of my ow and i am lookig into buying a warehouse in Norwich as i just got into Private resale of fabrics and textiles.I have been around the Uk for about 2 years now.I live around Norwich.well i hope this tells you a little more about me.
Lots of Love
Tonnie


I’m looking forward to this date the most, have talked to him on instant messenger and felt a strong connection to him. Hopefully the feeling will still be there on the date, I’m sure it will but then I’m always optimistic and it doesn’t always work like that and my instincts aren’t always right. He’s been very honest with his feelings and this is why I felt a connection with him as I am very open in the same way. I often open up too soon and it isn’t always the best way. If you are both like that I guess it doesn’t matter so much. He asked for my mum’s address so he could send me a gift. Nothing arrived up until Sunday morning so don’t know what happened there?

I got the most beautiful bouquet of flowers sent to my mum’s house on Monday before I came back to Nottingham. They were yellow, pink and white roses and it’s been a long time since anyone sent me flowers like that, in fact about ten years. I was really bowled over by them and I am really looking forward to meeting him on Friday. The flowers have definitely had an impact in the way I feel about him compared to the other two. I’d forgotten what it felt like to be spoilt and I like it. I spoke to him online last night and thanked him; he is away on business so was in an internet cafĂ©. He is really looking forward to seeing me too. He said on the card that came with the flowers that he loved me?? he also said it to me once online?? But I’ve put it down to a culture difference.