Anthony Scaramucci allegedly told a prankster posing as Reince Priebus 'I know what you did' and compared the former chief of staff's White House departure to Shakespeare's tragedy Othello.

The prankster Sinon Reborn shared screenshots of what he said was a genuine conversation with Scaramucci with CNN's Jake Tapper on Monday. They also posted some of the images on Twitter.

While the emails in themselves were bizarre enough, it was Scaramucci's reference to Shakespeare that set the internet alight as people tried to tease out the metaphor.

The tragedy deals with themes of power, ambition, infidelity and jealousy as it follows lowly army officer Iago's attempts to manipulate his way to the top, leading to death for his superiors and ruination for himself.

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In this email exchange, prankster Sinon Reborn poses as Reince Priebus to contact Anthony Scaramucci on July 30, a day after Priebus's resignation (left). Scaramucci replied (right), telling Priebus he will 'thrive' and saying 'I know what you did'. He was fired two days later

Priebus and The Mooch, as he is known, had a frosty relationship to say the least. When Scaramucci took the role of communications director, he kicked their feud into the limelight with a profanity-laced interview in which he called the then Chief of Staff a 'f***ing paranoid schizophrenic' and 'c**c blocker'. Neither now works for the president

According to the screenshots, the emails took place on Saturday, a day after Priebus's resignation and two days before Scaramucci was fired just over a week after joining the White House as its new communications director.

Posing as Priebus, the prankster trashed Scaramucci as 'hypocritical' and accused him of having no class.

'I had promised myself I would leave my hands mud free, but after reading your tweet today which stated how "soon we will learn who in the media has class, and who hasn't, has pushed me to this,' he wrote.

'That tweet was breathtakingly hypocritical, even for you. At no stage have you acted in a way that's even remotely classy yet you believe that's the standard by which everyone should behave towards you?'

Speaking of Priebus's successor, General John Kelly, he went on: 'General Kelly will do a fine job. I'll even admit he will do a better job than me.

'But the way in which that transition has come about has been diabolical. And hurtful. I don't expect a reply.'

'I KNOW WHAT YOU DID' THE MOOCH'S EXCHANGE WITH FAKE REINCE Prankster to Scaramucci: 'I had promised myself I would leave my hands mud free, but after reading your tweet today which stated how "soon we will learn who in the media has class, and who hasn't, has pushed me to this. 'That tweet was breathtakingly hypocritical, even for you. At no stage have you acted in a way that's even remotely classy yet you believe that's the standard by which everyone should behave towards you? 'General Kelly will do a fine job. I'll even admit he will do a better job than me. But the way in which that transition has come about has been diabolical. And hurtful. I don't expect a reply.' Scaramucci to prankster: 'You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we were prepared. A Man would apologize.' Prankster to Scaramucci: 'I can't believe you are questioning my ethics! The so called 'Mooch', who can't even manage his first week in the White House without leaving upset in his wake. I have nothing to apologize for.' Scaramucci to Prankster: 'Read Shakespeare. Particularly Othello. You are right there. 'My family is fine by the way and will thrive. I know what you did. No more replies from me.' Advertisement

Scaramucci, seemingly responding from his White House email account, wrote: 'You know what you did. We all do. Even today. But rest assured we were prepared. A Man would apologize.'

The prankster carried on, responding: 'I can't believe you are questioning my ethics! The so called 'Mooch', who can't even manage his first week in the White House without leaving upset in his wake. I have nothing to apologize for.'

To this, Scaramucci is said to have replied: 'Read Shakespeare. Particularly Othello. You are right there.

'My family is fine by the way and will thrive. I know what you did. No more replies from me.'

The warning prompted confusion among the public once the exchange was published.

Many questioned which character Scaramucci was comparing Priebus to - the villainous Iago whose scheming breaks up a marriage and leads to the death of three innocent people - or Othello, a jealous outsider who kills himself then his own wife after falling for Iago's lies.

The fact Scaramucci - whose wife filed for divorce earlier this month while eight months pregnant - added that his family is 'fine' suggests he was scrutinizing Priebus's personal life.

Over the weekend, one of the Mooch's friends was shouted down after accusing Priebus of having an affair on Twitter.

Priebus and his wife Sally have been married since 1999.

It was not the only time the Mooch seemed to fall for the prankster's con.

Posing as Russian ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. on Friday, the jokster asked Scaramucci in reference to Priebus and Senior White House Strategist Steve Bannon: 'Who's head should roll first?'

Scaramucci allegedly responded: 'Both of them'.

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House was investigating the emails on Monday.

'We take all cyber related issues very seriously and are looking into these incidents further,' she said.

There were other apparent victims, but none have yet confirmed the email threads posted online by Sinon Reborn as genuine.

The prankster also claims to have posed as Jared Kushner, Eric Trump, Donald Trump Jr., to fool other officials.

In one exchange, posing as Eric Trump, he told Jon Huntsman, the Russian ambassador: 'Maybe we could have Dad sat on a horse, top off, giving the full Putin!

'He's in better shape than his suit suggests.'

In another, the prankster posed as Donald Trump Jr. and contacted his brother, Eric, asking to go hunting.

On July 13, they sent Eric Trump an email under the subject line 'just ordered one of these'.

The email included a link to a hunting rifle. In the email's body, the prankster wrote: 'Primarily for hunting. Hunting witch-hunters, ha!'

Eric was dubious from the beginning and responded: 'Did you send this?'

Maintaining character, the prankster replied from the email address donaldtrumpjr.trump@gmail.com: 'yes, why?'

On July 13, the prankster posed as Donald Trump Jr. and contacted Eric Trump about hunting rifles. Eric became suspicious after exchanging a few messages and said he had contacted police

The prankster dubbed the brothers 'dumb and dumber' in another email in which he posed as Russian ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr.

The prankster Sinon Reborn also posed as Russian ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. to call Eric and Donald Trump Jr. 'dumb and dumber

The prankster goes by the Twitter handle Sinon Reborn. They share screenshots of the exchanges online

The prankster also posed as Jared Kushner to email other officials. Under his guise, he invited them to a party

'DONALD TRUMP JR.' TO ERIC The prankster, posing as Donald Trump Jr., sent a link to a hunting rifle to Eric under the subject line 'just ordered one of these' on July 13. They had the following exchange: 'Don. Jr.' to Eric: 'Primarily for hunting. Hunting witch-hunters, ha!' Eric 'Did you send this? 'Donald Jr.' 'Yes why?' Eric 'Sorry it was so vague and I just don't open links for obvious reasons. This came at a perfect time as we have the meeting tonight. I am fighting hard to stop this nonsense.' 'Donald Jr.' 'What's the plan? And it's a beast - you will love it. Try not to worry - things will turn around' Eric: 'I have sent this to law enforcement who will handle from here.' Advertisement

'JARED KUSHNER' TO TOM BOSSERT On July 27, the prankster emailed Homeland Security adviser Tom Bossert pretending to be Jared Kushner to invite him to a party planned in August. The subject Suspect Spam in capitals. 'Jared Kushner' to Tom Bossert: 'Tom, we are arranging a bit of a soiree towards the end of August. 'It would be great if you could make it, I promise food of at least comparible quality to that which we ate in Iraq! 'Should be a great evening' Bossert to 'Kushner': 'Thanks, Jared. With a promise like that, I can't refuse.' Bossert, who was chosen before Trump's inauguration, offered his personal email address which has been redacted from the following line. 'Also, if you ever need it, here's my personal email address. - Tom' Advertisement





Eric replied: 'Sorry it was so vague and I just don't open links for obvious reasons. This came at a perfect time as we have the meeting tonight. I am fighting hard to stop this nonsense.'

The prankster responded again but this time they blew their cover. 'What's the plan? And it's a beast - you will love it. Try not to worry - things will turn around,' they wrote.

'Eric Trump' to Jon Huntsman Jr: Dad'll do the full Putin! In another exchange, the prankster posed as Eric Trump to send a message to Russian ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. After being thanked by Huntsman for a note of support he'd given him, the prankster joked: 'Maybe we could have Dad sat on a horse, top off, giving the full Putin! 'He's in better shape than his suit suggests.' Advertisement

Eric, now suspicious, replied: 'I have sent this to law enforcement who will handle from here.'

Other email exchanges included one in which the prankster claimed to be Jared Kushner.

They emailed Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert to invite him to a party.

'Tom, we are arranging a bit of a soirée towards the end of August. It would be great if you could make it, I promise food of at least comparible (sic) quality to that which we ate in Iraq. Should be a great evening.'

Bossert replied: 'Thanks, Jared. With a promise like that, I can't refuse.'

He then added his personal email address with the message: 'If you ever need it.'

Sinon Reborn did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com's questions late on Monday night.

It is not yet clear if they have been contacted by any law enforcement agency.

Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert (L) and Russian Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. (R) also appeared to fall for the prank