Welcome to the story which I will write with your help.
How it works: I tell part of the story and you can be a part of this journey by using the poll at the bottom and or in the comments to let me know how you feel the story should proceed….
Thank you all for your input last week from the story HERE: Online Strangers
The story so far:
I received an email from a stranger I decided to reply it, after a google search check to verify if email address was implicated in any scams. Now I decided how I should proceed.
The popular opinion “investigate cautiously” as you wait to hear from her
Once upon a time I got an email from a princess, her father, a warlord had been executed by rebel forces, leaving her sole heiress to a vast fortune in blood diamonds and prime real estate, worth several hundred six figure digits. All she needed was someone to marry her, then to transfer ownership of the late warlord’s estate to husband, so that the government would be unable to forfeit the assets and fortune. If I married her, she would grant me a quarter of the wealth, which would still be in the six figure region too. The catch though was that I had to wire transfer her plane ticket money and my bank details so she could begin part of the transactions……
Sounds too good to be true right? Yeah, that’s what a typical email scam looks like, you get lured in with a promise for wealth, lottery or a lucrative business investment and then asked to advance cash for something or other suddenly bang all the money in your bank is gone…….
“Constant Vigilance” I thought to myself, in the words of Mad Eye Moody teaching a class for Defence Against Dark Arts in the Harry Potter Books. “Well if I knew what to look out for I wouldn’t get scammed, right?”
I opened my Google to do a bit of internet research. It’s strange, how little we know of what happens to world around us, even though the information is right there, if you know where to look. Nya Chiuta’s hometown state was in the area were the nightmarish abductions where being done by the Boko Haram, I had seen it on the news, I might have even tweeted a solidarity message hashtagged #bringbackthegirls. But could a hashtag ever really bring back anyone?
Who or what was the Boko Haram anyway and why did they kidnap people? Well according to Google, they are The Islamic State in West Africa and have gone by various names most popular being Boko Haram, which loosely translates to “western education is forbidden” or “western influence is a sin” or “Westernization is sacrilege”…..
As I was doing my research, I happened to stalk Nya’s Facebook profile again to check when she was last active and noticed a tagged post. She was tagged in a post where people we people were praying for her safe return………..
A ping indicating new email interrupted my research.
It was an email from the mailer daemon indicating that the email to Nya Chiuta had failed reason unavailable mail server.
What happens Next?
- Dead End: The End
- Check Email address and try again
- Send Facebook message
- Check if Facebook profile has alternative contact number
- Go to Tagged Facebook post contact person who tagged her
Becoming The Muse 
B I just found you. And I love this communal writing. For some reason, when I was reading this, it took me to a supernatural and creepy place. I think a pop up window emerges on your screen, and she’s stalking you.
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Glad you found me too always a pleasure ……
Oooooh I like the supernatural stalker element thats unexpected !!!!!!! lets see how we wing that into the story
Thank you again
~B
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Or maybe it’s my lack of tech skills that hacking in to someone’s computer seems supernatural. 😂
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You know what they say, sufficiently developed tech is indistinguishable from magic!!!!
~B
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My heart is pounding that felt real! Well done!
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Thank you…,
it might not be a real story, but the makes the reality no less true.
This is someone’s waking nightmare 😢
~B
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