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Posted by thegreatbigpork at 12.108.99.30 on October 20, 2003 at 13:22:02:

In Reply to: Check out this weird email I got... posted by rcpweiner on October 20, 2003 at 13:18:58:

respond. just delete it.

: Check out this email I got. Very strange. The title of the email is:

: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

:
: Dear Saver,
: Thanks for your mail that came to hand.I do appreciate
: your friendly effort,like I said in my first mail to
: you that I have an important thing to share with
: you,this is the assistance I need from you and I will
: be very grateful if you can render the assistance
: in the name of the almighty God.
:
: This urgent and important business proposal may
: undoutly reach you as a surprise because of the
: extent to which the prevailing dishonest business
: climate world over,especially our part of the world
: enviroment has introduced the element of skepticsm
: and suspicion in genuine international business
: relation. However,I forward this letter with trust and
: confidence.
:
: I am the first daughter of Mr George Tope, the leader
: of Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Great Rebel
: grouP of Sierra Leone in West Africa, who is now in
: detention for his Anti-Government roles. I was born to
: him by a Liberian Woman out of wed lock.I have some
: fund given to my mother by my father to take care of
: me and my mother,incase of any unforseen circumstances
: because of my father opposition to the government.
: The money is (Ten million US Dollars) $10m US. D
:
: which was kept in a security vault in Abidjan,Ivory
: Coast, a neigbouring country in West Africa. I am in
: Abidjan in a refugee camp because of the situation of
: things in my country. I have made all the necessary
: arrangement at my end awaiting your consent and
: readiness to assist for onward transfer of the
: money to your country.
:
: A percentage will be worked and agreed upon between us
: by a legal adviser as your own for the assistant you
: are about to render. While my own share will be
: invested in a profitable business venture and real
: estate in your country under your management, Because
: it is not advisable for me to invest the money in the
: West African region. I will prefer to invest the money
: in a viable and peaceful Economy , hence your
: assistance is needed.
:
: Your name or company name will not be compromise in
: any form because I have taken time to carefully
: arrange a hitch-free transaction with no risk whatever
: on your part with my name and position in view. I
: appeal to you to treat this proposal with the
: strictest confidentiality it deserves, while
: anticipating a fruitful business relationship. You are
: free to reach me through my E-mail address.
: God bless.
:
: Jennifer Tope(Miss.)

:
: Pretty strange, eh? What the hell does this mean?




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