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A mail i got...

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Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:45 am

A mail i got...

"DEAR POTENTIAL CONFIDANT,

I AM MR.JOSEPH BAH I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER ,THIS WAS IN
CONFIDENCE, CONSIDERING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I FLEE
WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN OUT OF SIERRA-LEONE TO THE NETHERLANDS THROUGH
THE AID OF THE UNITED NATIONS EVACUATION TEAM WHERE WE ARE NOW PRESENTLY
RESIDING ON TEMPORARY
POLITICAL ASYLUM.

HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION I DECIDED TO CHANGE MOST OF MY TREASURY
DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY
CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATES AHMED TEJAN KABBA
MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
TO FREEZE ALL MY TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES,HENCE I
AND MY WIFE ALONG WITH MY CHILDREN,DECIDED LAYING LOW IN THIS OUR
TEMPORARY POLITICAL ASYLUM CAMP HERE IN THE NETHERLANDS TO STUDY THE
SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GET BETTER,SINCE PRESIDENT TEJAN KABBA TAKING
OVER GOVERNMENT AGAIN IN SIERRA-LEONE.

ONE OF MY CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH
GOVERNMENT,AND AS SUCH WE HAD TO CHANGE OUR IDENTITY SO THAT OUR
INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED.

I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS(US$18,500,000)WITH A SECURITY COMPANY FOR SAFEKEEPING.THE
FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE ACTUAL CONTENTS.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL
ASSIST ME AND MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.

ACKOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE,SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY FAMILY AS OUR
FOREIGN TRUSTED PARTNER WHO SHALL TAKE CHARGE OF OUR INVESTMENT ABROAD
WHERE WE NOW PLAN TO SETTLE.

MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASIZE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALLITY WHICH
THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE WHICH WE
REPOSE IN YOU.

I SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THIS BUSINESS,I.E TELL YOU WHERE THE
FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES
INCLUDING RENUMERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES.

I SHALL INFORM YOU WITH THE NEXT LINE OF ACTION AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS,

JOSEPH BAH"

Anyone else had such mails?

__________________________________________
just 'cos I'm on a diet doesn't mean I can't look at the menu.

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:50 am

Wait.

Before you contact Mr. Ibah, contact me instead. I have an excellent opportunity for you to become the proud owner of New York's most historical bridge. It spans the East River and connects Brooklyn with Manhattan.

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 11:51 am

Didn't someone else here get an email sometime ago, with a similar theme of money deposited in a bank awaiting their withdrawal? I'm sure theirs had similar names as well...

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:14 pm

Ok wait a second here:

DEAR POTENTIAL CONFIDANT,

I AM MR.JOSEPH BAH I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER ,THIS WAS IN
CONFIDENCE, CONSIDERING OUR PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I FLEE
WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN OUT OF SIERRA-LEONE TO THE NETHERLANDS THROUGH
THE AID OF THE UNITED NATIONS EVACUATION TEAM WHERE WE ARE NOW PRESENTLY
RESIDING ON TEMPORARY
POLITICAL ASYLUM.
This guy is a refugee?? you could have fooled me, normally refugees do not really own money like said

EIGHTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS(US$18,500,000)
And I am awfully confident they don't own a

CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
Either.

No wonder he changed names, I allways thought

Ernest Koroma
was a far too suspicious name

(For the ones that don't know, Koroma ran against the current president in the last elections)

Edited by - Locutus on 6/7/2004 1:15:53 PM

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 12:46 pm

The sting scam strikes again. They spend so much time sending these things out, I wonder who is gulible enough to respond?

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:37 pm

just delete it and block it in your junk e-mail filter

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:38 pm

Uh-oh..I thought I would be rich. I responded!

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 1:48 pm

prepare for a wave of spam then, i made that mistake a while back checked my e-mail the next day 325 new messages all spam

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:49 pm

I think the pots up to about 800 million now, I got offered 33 million a few weeks ago. why are we sending food aid to Africa when they've got all this wodge just lying around?

..sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said by rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed..

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 2:53 pm

Yeah Taw, lets send them an e-mail to give our shares out to the people.

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 3:20 pm

I quite enjoyed that, thanks! Why don't I ever receive anything like that . Actually I probably do, but I don't open spam (unlike some people ).

Indy - Nice one! Also, I've been meaning to congratulate you on reaching the highly coveted rank of "Rear Admiral", but I couldn't find an excuse . Now Final, you have to get there too. Hurry up!

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:08 pm

Er. Thanks .....Esqy......

What's with the change in your nick? Brother Esquilax? Have you decided to part with the materialistic world and become one with the spiritual and godly?

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:13 pm

I think he said something about the "Daft one".

Daft, though discribes the sendes of this type scam.

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:20 pm

Indy - Check out this thread for the answer. Read down from Taw's first post on the page.

Edit: It's only temporory anyway; I'm getting too lazy to type it every time .

Edited by - brother esquilax on 6/7/2004 5:21:45 PM

Post Mon Jun 07, 2004 4:26 pm

And I thought it was because of Uncle Remus' fables. Instead of Brer Rabbit, you decided to be Brother Esquilax.

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