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‘’Course it’ll bloody work, I’m a borderline tech genius,’ said Barney from the back of the car without looking from his screen.
‘Okay, when are you sending?’
‘I’m ready, and it’s almost eight-thirty. As good a time as any. I’ll send the message, and we can stop for a bit of brekkie at Ralia services. I’m chuffin’ starving,’ said Barney.
‘Right, get on with it, and keep me in the loop, I may stop for a bite myself.’
‘Don’t break my bloody van, Ross.’
‘Ah, get fucked, you MI5 reject.’ The three tones on the phone indicated that Ross had gone.
‘Remind me how this works, then?’ said Janie.
‘I use voice over internet protocol, and deploy a piece of software that will mimic Droopy’s number on WhatsApp. A bit of jiggery-pokery from this end so once I send whatever you want me to send, it will appear as if it’s come from Droopy’s phone.’
‘And you’re sure it’ll work?’ said Max.
‘Aye, easy as. It’s a two bob fraudster’s trick. You know, phone or message an old dear and pretend to be from her bank.’
‘Okay, let’s go for it then.’
‘I’m ready.’ Barney looked up, fingers paused over the keys.
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D: Mission successful.
Ace: Thank God for that, where have you been?
D: Keeping my head down. It got noisy and we needed a comms blackout.
Ace: Any problems?
D: No. I have the kompromat. It was with cops.
Ace: What is it?
D: Frankie had it all the time. Just an SD card marked ‘ace’
Ace: And now you have it?
D: You want it?
Ace: Of course I do. When?
D: How much is it worth? No other copies, they didn’t have chance
Ace: I’ve paid you already.
D: We had to take big risk. People are dead. I need more money. Or I can send to cops. Or newspaper.
Ace: How much?
D: Fifty
Ace: … Which account?
D: New one. J Callender. Kwik Bank 11-09-88 20909828
