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February 28, 2006
Sending it Out in the Mail
Ken, the scam email banker sent Meat his business address so she took it in her own hands to mail him a cashier's check to pay for the transfer fee.
Unfortunately for the email scam banker the address he gave her wasn't real. There is no Lufield Rd in London.
I'm debating whether or not to put the letter in the mail anyway.
Here's the letter Merideth sent out to the "banker."
- Mr Ken -
To avoid Western Union and the hassles I decided to send you a cashiers check for the money.
I was thinking that the Western Union experience has just been too much for both of us.
So I sent out a cashiers check to you at your work address in London.
The check is made out to you for $1945.00.
It is my understanding that in order to convert the money into pounds you need to pay 5%. I imagine that is my responsibility since I am getting the transfer.
I realized that it would take some time for the letter to reach you in London, so I stopped by my friend's house. She lives with her son and he has a digital camera. I asked him to use it and he helped me put the picture in this email. I thought it best to show you my progress on this issue.
Let me know how this works and when the transfer will be completed.
Merideth
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On the Way Out
Meat is currently out sending money to the email scammer's banker. I know, she sent the banker an email saying as much.
I'll update later today when Merideth gets back from the Big KMart, or wherever she's going.
Ken
I am on my way out the door to send the money directly to you in Abbey Wood, London.
I'll send the information when I get back.
Merideth
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February 26, 2006
You're Not a Criminal, Are You?
I know I've been slacking with my correspondence with this email scammer. He's probably given up on me, but I made up an excuse.
Someone told me his co-worker might be a criminal!
- Ken,
when I went back to the Western Union Big Kmart Jamie, the girl at the counter, told me that Western Union put a hold on the money transfer because there was a suspicion of criminal activity.
Apparently, there is a Mr Alton Smith in Houston that there have been some wire fraud complaints made against and Western Union is holding all transfers to him while an investigation is pending.
That's why when he went to get the money they told him there was a problem.
I haven't written to you for such a long time because of this.
I guess, I thought you were probably somehow involved.
But, I desperately need this money.
So, I went down to the Big KMart again and asked them about you, Mr Ken Franklin. Jamie made soem calls for me and found that your name was clear.
I really appologize for thinking that you were involved in some sort of criminal activity. I should have known that just because one bank employee is a suspected criminal not everyone at the bank is a bad apple.
I know I may have screwed up the wire transfer with my delay, but is it possible I can send the transfer fee to someone else in the US office?
Please let me know soon.
Merideth
- >From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: RE: Western Union MTCN
>Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 06:49:46 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Merideth Zdenka,
>
> Since you are certain you did everything correctly, please do go there timely today your time and resolve the issue. If it is that they have returned the money because it has taken some days, then you would need to re-send it.
>
> I anticipate a quick receipt of your mail.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>Ken Franklin
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February 21, 2006
New House
I'm about to close on a new house in the West Carrolton neighborhood of west Baltimore.
If you map this murder you'll find out where exactly.
I'm starting to think it might be a rough neighborhood.
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February 17, 2006
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day was a very special day at my house.
I turned the heat on for the second night this winter.
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February 13, 2006
Trouble with the Money Transfer
Dr Oil and his Friends are having trouble getting the money from Western Union.
Merideth replies with a frantic email.
- Ken -
That is the number I gave you.
I can't understand why it would be giving problems. My name is Merideth Zdenka and is the name I used.
Perhaps because the telegram wasn't picked up for a few days the company has taken the money, or something like that.
I don't know for sure, I have never sent a telegram before this one. I am sure I did it correctly, though. The woman at the desk was very helpful and walked me through every step.
I hope she is back when I go tomorrow.
I will go tomorrow and let you know immediately what the woman says and how we will resolve what seems to be an error.
>From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: RE: Western Union MTCN
>Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:14:26 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Merideth Zdenka,
>
> Your apology is accepted but you have to realise that we really need to put a close on this. My superiors in the office have been worried that we are not getting the necessary feedbacks from you as and when due. Please note that we want to finalise with your payments as quickly as possible and that further delays would not be welcomed.
>
> Having said that, I sure hope your sister is getting better now.
>
> Now to the western union MTCN (769-688-6594) you just sent to me, we are still having problems as we have tracked this order with western union online via their website to check the status/availability and the message we get is "W0131 We do not have an order with the provided information. Please verify your information and click Check Status". Please check the receipts you have with you for this order and verify that the MTCN (769-688-6594) you gave me is correct, also confirm if it was with the names MERIDETH ZDENKA that you used in sending the amount.
>
> If all these information are correct and as written on the western union receipt, then I suggest you call western union on 1-800-325-6000 right away and speak with a Customer Service Representative to put the order right. Or you can go back to the lady at the Big KMart's wetern union desk to put things in order so Mr. Smith can go ahead and do the pick up to allow us effect your payments.
>
> I appreciate that you are now staying at home and would be checking your mails often. Please sort this issue out now and write back to me as a matter of urgency today.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>Ken Franklin
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Dr Oil is Back
Sule -
I sent you some emails and they were sent back to me. I got messages saying your email didn't exist anymore. Or that the postman couldn't deliver the emails.
I believe I have taken care of the money transfer to Mr Aldon Smith in Texas and the money should shoon be transferred to my account.
When are you going to give me your account information so I can give you back your share?
I am worried about the IRS investigating me because of the huge deposit.
Merideth
>From: "Sule"
>Reply-To: dr_sulegidado111@excite.com
>To: calculatoronfire@hotmail.com
>Subject: What is happenning?
>Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:23:43 -0500 (EST)
>
> Merideth, Why the long silence? The other time you wrote to me that you do not want me to think that you were avoiding me, so what is this then? Please let me know if the funds have been paid to you so I can begin arrangements to come and secure my share of it. Regards,Dr. Gidado
>
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Fake Banker Gets a Fake Number
Dear Mr Franklin -
I am terribly sorry. My sister is still sick and I spent the weekend with her.
I thought everything was already taken care of. I mean, I sent the telegram to Mr Smith already, so I thought it was OK to leave. I didn't realize that there was anything else I had to do. The woman at Big KMart's wetern union desk didn't say anything about him needing the transfer control number.
I do hope you accept my apolgy.
I got the number off the reciept I have. I hope Mr Smith will still be able to get the money. I think I need this money transfer more now than ever with my sister's recent sickness.
The number is: 769-688-6594
Please let me know if there are any more problems. I will be staying home so I can check my email as often as possible.
Merideth
>From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: Western Union MTCN
>Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 10:33:17 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Merideth Zdenka,
>
> I am still waiting to receive the MTCN for the $1,850 you sent on the 7th of Febuary 2006, its now two whole days and I am yet to get this vital information from you to allow Mr. Alton Smith do the pick up.
>
> Please note that valuable time is being lost here.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>Ken Franklin
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February 11, 2006
Abandoned House
Today I explored an abandoned house in Baltimore.
I was a little leary going in, because I could see from outside there was no roof.
Still, I went in, exploring the house. I found it had a pretty good view of the cemetery across the street.
I also found evidence of human habitation. Or, junkies, anyway.
It turns out that besides a nice place to shoot up, the place used to be used as a church.
So, it didn't really surprise me that I found a headstone in the building.
At first.
But why would there be a grave headstone carved with someone's name and other information be sitting in a church instead of being placed at the person's grave?
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February 07, 2006
Man, That Banker Gets Excited
Meat sent an email to the fake banker telling him that she sent the western union money transfer - not telegram - earlier today.
When I check my email tonight I noticed two emails from Ken, the Fake Banker. I could tell he was excited, the subjects were "Reply Urgently!!!" and "Reply Now!!!!!" but I was wrong when I assumed it was because I used the wrong address when I told him Meat sent the money. No, I guess that doesn't matter. How could it? 6901 Woodridge Dr in Houston isn't Ken Franklin's house. It isn't anybody's house it's a grocery store.
No, "Ken" was was freaking out because he didn't have the 10 digit number from the Western Union reciept.
>From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: Reply Urgently!!!
>
>Merideth,
>
> I too never realised you were talking about western union sending their last telegram as opposed to them sending monies. Well its nice to note that you have sorted that out now so you can look forward to the important phase of eventual recieving your due contract payment.
>
> For Mr. Alton Smith to be able to pick up the money you have sent, he would be needing:
>
> 1). The MTCN (Money Transfer Control Number) given to you by the western union office (this is a ten digit numeric numbers boldly printed on the copy of the receipt you were given).
>
> 2). Sender's names and address as written on the receipt/slip.
>
> Once we have these information from you, he can then make the pick up and arrange for your entitlements to be paid to you.
>
>Confirm the receipt of this e-mail and send the information as soon as possible so we effect your payments.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Ken Franklin
And the next one:
-
>From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: Reply Now!!!!!
>Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:10:16 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Merideth,
>
> I just got off the line with Mr. Alton Smith and he is proceeding to a western union office to pick up the money you sent. However he cannot achive that without the information I asked for in my reply mail of today.
>
> Send the details quickly to save us all the time.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> Ken Franklin
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About That Telegram
Meat learned about the telegram at the Big KMart today. Oh, yeah, and she sent the scammer in Texas $1850. Unfortunately, the crazy old woman sent it to the wrong address.
Ken,
I found out more about that Western Union stuff I told you about earlier, and I have to say I feel a little silly.
It turns out that Western Union DID send their last telegram. Western Union started out sending telegrams, but then moved over to doing mostly Money Transfers and that is what you were asking me to do. So we weren't affected by Wetern Union sending their last telegram. It turns out nobody really sent telegrams anymore anyway.
We are all sending internet emails now. Even me!
I learned that today when I went down to the western union office. I can't even believe where it was. I've never used Western Union before, so I was very surprised when I found out the closest one to me was in the Big KMart where I do most of my shopping.
Anyway, I'm sure you don't want to read an old woman rambling on about sending her first money transfer. I sent the money, though. $1,850 to Mr Alton Smith at 6910 Woodbridge Dr in Houston Texas, 77087.
I sent the money earlier today, the seventh of February at about 12:50 pm.
Can you send me an email when I you find out if Mr Smith has the money, please?
Also, I haven't been Able to get a hold of Dr. Gidado. I think his email is broken. Do you know how to get a hold of him?
Merideth
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My Last Email to Dr Oil
Seems Dr Oil's account disappeared. I got this back when I sent him the last email:
This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
Delivery to the following recipients failed.
dr_sulegidado111@excite.com
Luckily, his banker still has an active account. He sent me this:
>From: ken franklin
>To: "calculatoronfire @hotmail.com"
>Subject: RE: Payment of Contract Entitlement
>Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 03:06:53 +0000 (GMT)
>
>Merideth Zdenka,
>
>You gave us quite a worry by returning our mail somewhat late. We had thought that we had corresponded with the wrong person, hence we did not write further.
>
> Western Union International Money Transfer offices and locations are scattered all over in every city. The information you got on radio is a false one or most likely an error on the part of the broadcaster. A much higher amount was only some few hours ago paid/sent via the same Western Union by a beneficiary and the receipt is right on my desk as I write to you.
>
> Please locate any one of their numerous offices/outlets first thing in the morning your time and send the required payment as previously directed in order that we can perform our mandated duties and forward your contract entitlement to you.
>
> Alternatively if for any reason you cannot find a western union office (which is very unlikely), you can use the services of Money Gram International Money transfer to effect the payment.
>
> Be advised to act as timely as possible and to send a copy of the receipt.
>
>Yours sincerely,
>Ken Franklin
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Crusty Punks and the Age of Consent pt 2
My roommate was a design major, so he didn't just make a flyer announcing our first meeting - he designed it. And, since it was designed by a design major the flyer immediately brought the readers attention to the most important thing about our new student organization's first meeting -- the FREE PIZZA!
We put "free pizza" in huge letters on our flyer with the hopes that it would bring more of the fat, lazy students to our meeting. We thought they were the type of people most likely never to come back to our meetings, which was what we wanted. We only wanted their names and other information so we could claim them as members.
See, we also put "new student organization" on the flyer, so we'd automatically get the "joiner" students. You know, the ones that join every single group and try to get themselves voted in as president so they can put it down on their job applications. We were going to get their names too, but knew they'd never some back either when they found out we really weren't an officially recognized student organization.
That was a risky move, because the joiners might actually object to us calling them members. It was possible they'd find out we were using their names too, with them being in every single organization. The pizza eating kids were a safer bet for us.
So, we had our first meeting. As we expected, we got a bunch of joiners. They left when they found out we weren't a real student organization and they wouldn't be able to count their membership in any grad school application.
We got the pizza eaters too. They left when the pizza was gone.
That left just the few of us that organized the meeting and a couple new people actually interested in what we were doing. "Yeah, man. I'm in a two-man punk band, can I play?"
"OK. As long as you're not like Local H"
"No. We play really heavy shit. but we've never gotten paid before. Will we get paid?"
"Sure. ... Wait. Do we want to pay him? We have to take a vote. ... OK, we'll pay you."
We also had a couple other orders of business to take care of. We had already determined our moves, but voting on them after we'd chased away the people that wouldn't vote our way gave our moves much more legitimacy.
We voted to count everyone who ever came to a meeting as a member. We voted to count everyone we could think of that wouldn't care if we counted them as a member as a member. We voted to give everyone at the meeting an official sounding position, like Supreme Dictator, Führer, Minister of Mis-Information, etc. If I remember correctly we also had an apptly titled "Chief Embezzling Officer" position.
Then we went to faculty member designated to oversee student activities and organizations -- the student that couldn't stand to leave school after graduating and begged for a position at the school. We argued that we had a huge membership roster, we had very important sounding positions, we had done some voting and we wanted to be a student organization.
He told us that the student council had to vote to accept our charter.
"Our charter?"
"Your charter. The document that defines your group."
We got working on one of those. We wrote down our important sounding positions, how we determined our membership and crafted a convoluted, and for all practical purposes impossible, way to remove us from our important sounding positions. Then we submitted it to the student organizations guy.
"This looks good. Now we have to take you to a vote."
The next week we went to the student council meeting. All the joiners were there. All the frat boys were there too. It turns out all the frats were student organizations too.
Knowing the joiners and the frat boys might be hostile to a student organization of punks trying to get money for concerts none of them would ever attend we took a quick vote. "How badly do you think we can lie? I say we go all out."
"What do you mean. Like tell them we're going to get Creed here or something?"
"Yeah. Except, maybe not as big. Like, um, Veruca Salt or something. They all know them, right?"
"Yeah, probably. They're from Chicago, too. That's a good one. And 'dance music' we can say that. It's pretty open-ended."
Things looked like they were going pretty well until a frat boy that organized the Thursday night cover-band series at the bar on campus spoke up. "We already have something like this. Every Thursday night we have bands at 'the Bog' why don't you guys just go to 'the Bog' on Thursday?"
One of the angstier members of our group, the Emperor, perhaps, stood up and shouted back, "Yeah, but we're going to have original bands."
We all urged him to sit down, to give it up. The room was full of frat boys that loved cover bands, after all. I remembered going to see a ska band that must have been mistaken booked at the Bog a couple months back. The crowd heckled them and drunkenly demanded they go back to "Canada, or where ever this crap is from."
The frat boy was looking for a fight, however. "The bands we have are original. Last week we had an oldies cover band. Tomorrow night we have a classic rock band. They play Zepplin, GnR and stuff like that. Every week its something new."
"All we want to do is enhance the social life here on campus. We want to give people something to do on every night of the week; to make this campus a little more fun. You can't be against that, can you?" I answered back in an attempt to end debate. After all, what frat wants to be known as the house that hates fun?
Our charter came to a vote. About half the room voted to approve us. The Bog guy and his friend sitting next to him voted against us. the rest of the room kept on talking.
We started a student organization. The money was going to start pouring in. We could feel it.
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February 03, 2006
Flurry of Emails from "Meat"
Merideth (or "Meat" as her friends call her), the woman Dr Oil believes he is scamming, sent out a flurry of emails this afternoon. Here they are
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Mr Franklin -
I heard on the radio last night that Western Union sent their last telegram ever.
Since it too late to send the money to Mr Smith using Western Union is there some other way I can do it?
Can I just send it to him in the mail?
Merideth Zdenka
-
>From: ken franklin
>To: calculatoronfire@hotmail.com
>Subject: Payment of Contract Entitlement
>Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:30:46 +0000 (GMT)
>
> Merideth Zdenka,
>
> We have been authorised to effect immediate payment totalling US$29.6 million to you as payments, in full and final settlement with referrence to your Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's contract number: 043/NNPC/WR-PH/01.
>
> Our Houston, texas US offices have duly been notified same and so you are hereby directed to make available the procurement fee of $1,850.00 (One Thousand Eight Hundred And Fifty United States Dollars Only) via Western Union International Money Transfer in order that we can commence promptly with your relevant claims processes and settlement.
>
>Kindly proceed to the nearest Western Union outlet and send the required fee through our accounts clerk in the United States as under:
>
> NAME: Mr. Alton Smith
>ADDRESS: 6901 Woodridge Drive
> Houston, TX 77087, USA.
>AMOUNT TO BE SENT: US$1,850
>
>Do act timely as directed above today and then send us a copy of the payment order/receipt. Upon the receipt of this amount, your entitlement would be freighted to you within 48 hours.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Ken Franklin - Procurement Manager
>OVERSEAS FINANCE SECURITIES
>27 Lufield Road
>Abbey Wood, London
>SE2 9JN
>Tel.: +44 704 010 6608
>Fax: +44 870 139 8960
>email: overseasfinancesec@yahoo.co.uk
-
Sule
I have bad news. I think I missed the deadline with Western Union.
I heard last night that Western Union sent their last telegram. I guess they went out of business and I was told to use them to get the transaction fee to the American branch of the bank.
See, Mr Ken to me to send a transaction fee to another banker in Houston so he could transfer the money to my account. And now it looks like I won't be able to do it because I was visiting my sick sister who doesn't have a computer. I could just about spit, I tell you.
I quickly sent an email to Mr Ken, though. I hope it got to him before the end of the business day in London - I'm not sure about the time zones, but I fear I might be too late to get anything done this week. I asked Mr Ken to let me know another way to get the money to the banker. I hope I can do it some way besides Western Union.
Finally, what should I do about these lawyers? I am sort of afraid of them sending me email. I don't want to be arrested for anything.
The letters from the lawyers seem not to be too threatening but you never said anything to me about lawyers.
Oh! I forgot to tell you. I know you said not to say anything to anyone about this deal, but when I was at the bank taking out money to send to the banker in Texas I mentioned to the teller that I was expecting a large transfer to my account. That's all I said, honest. I caught myself after that and never said a word about where the money was coming from so the teller knows nothing about the deal. I just thought you, as my friend and partner, should know that.
I guess I am a little high strung about this whole deal. It is just that this is more money than I can even imagine.
Sincerely
Meat
-
>From: "Sule"
>Reply-To: dr_sulegidado111@excite.com
>To: calculatoronfire@hotmail.com
>Subject: RE: Banker
>Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 02:26:44 -0500 (EST)
>
> Dear Merideth, How could I have given up on you? Never, our hopes, dreams and future are now dependent on you. I told you before that we would do all that is necessary to get the fund approved and paid to you. I must confess to you that you got me scared for a while there, I thought they have already paid the monies to you and that you had allowed greed to set in and decided to hold everything to yourself, since I didn't hear a word from you ever since. I got your mail yesterday and I cannot tell you how happ I am to hear this from you. I did not write back immediately because I wanted to verify if what you got form this Mr. Ken Franklin is true and in order. I just got all the information needed this morning and everything is in order indeed. The paying authorities have appointed this security firm in London to make payments to you in the United States so we are on the up and up on this. All your money worries are coming to an end now I tell you. Please carry out any
>directive they have given to you fast and when was it that they contacted you? We are at a very vital stage of this transaction now Merideth so you must communicate with me more timely. Please confirm your receipt of this mail on time and make sure ou follow up quickly with Mr. Ken in london so they can make payments to you. I am very excited and pleased and I appreciate everything you have done. Waiting to hear from you.
Dr. Gidado
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From Dr Oil's Lawyers
(Since I'm extremely lazy) This is getting to be too much to keep up with.
Dr Oil has about a dozen different email accounts all sending messages to "Meat."
Here's the latest -- from Dr Oil's attorney:
-
>From: francis williams
>To: calculatoronfire@hotmail.com
>Subject: Contract
>Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 07:11:37 -0800 (PST)
>
>OUR REF: FAW/FMF/4699/06
>
>TO : MERIDETH & CO. (NIG.) LTD.
> U.S.A.
>
>FOR THE ATTENTION OF: MRS. MERIDETH ZDENKA
>
> DEAR MADAM,
>
> WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE SLIGHT DELAY IN CORRESPONDING BACK TO YOU WITH THE OUTCOME OF OUR FINDINGS REGARDING YOUR ABOVE CLAIMS.
>
> THE ATTACHED LETTER IS FOR YOUR URGENT PERUSAL AND ACTION.
> HAPPY TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU.
>
> YOURS TRULY,
>
> CHIEF F. A. WILLIAMS, GCON
>SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN)
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February 01, 2006
Dr Oil Hasn't Forgotten
Thankfully Dr Oil hasn't forgotten about Merideth.
- Dear Merideth,
How could I have given up on you? Never, our hopes, dreams and future are now dependent on you. I told you before that we would do all that is necessary to get the fund approved and paid to you. I must confess to you that you got me scared for a while there, I thought they have already paid the monies to you and that you had allowed greed to set in and decided to hold everything to yourself, since I didn't hear a word from you ever since.
I got your mail yesterday and I cannot tell you how happ I am to hear this from you. I did not write back immediately because I wanted to verify if what you got form this Mr. Ken Franklin is true and in order. I just got all the information needed this morning and everything is in order indeed. The paying authorities have appointed this security firm in London to make payments to you in the United States so we are on the up and up on this. All your money worries are coming to an end now I tell you. Please carry out any directive they have given to you fast and when was it that they contacted you?
We are at a very vital stage of this transaction now Merideth so you must communicate with me more timely. Please confirm your receipt of this mail on time and make sure ou follow up quickly with Mr. Ken in london so they can make payments to you.
I am very excited and pleased and I appreciate everything you have done. Waiting to hear from you.
Dr. Gidado
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