--- Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu> wrote:
> Question to the list:
>
> For some I have been receiving email of the attached
> variety, proposing
> "moving funds out of Africa." The actual details
> may vary, sometimes it is
> a "professional guy" sometimes a "member of the
> royal family" or some other
> "dignitary." What is this crap? Looks to dumb to
> be a con game, but you
> can never overestimate human stupidity. Any
> thoughts?
>
> wojtek
>
>
> At 07:21 AM 8/8/2002 +0000, Engr. Aminu Abacha
> wrote:
> >DEAR SIR
> >
> >IT IS BASED ON INFORMETION I GATHERED ABOUT YOUR
> >COMPANY PROFILE THAT I AM PLEASE TO CONTACT YOU FOR
> A
> >BUSINESS VENTURE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT AT THE END OF IT
> >ALL.
> >I AM ENGINEER AMINU ABACHA THE SON OF THE LATE HEAD
> OF
> >STATE OF NIGERIA GEN. SANI ABACHA WHO DIED ON 8
> OF
> >JUNE 1998.
> >BEFORE MY FATHER’S DEATH HE PROPOSED TO SET UP A
> >SAW- MILL INDUSTRY IN ABIDJAN COTE D’IVOIRE. A
> >RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM HE PLANNED IN MY
> NAME
> >ON BEHALF OF HIS NUMEROUS COMPANIES THROUGH ONE OF
> >HIS BEST FRIENDS ALASANE DRAMANE QUATTATA AN
> >OPPOSITION PRESIDENT LEADER AND FORMER PRIME
> >MINISTER DURING THE LEADERSHIP OF FELIX HOUPHOUET
> >BOIGNY OF BLESSED MEMORY. HE WAS ALSO UNDER
> SECRETARY
> >TO THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) IN
> >1993/1994.
> >HOWEVER AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER IN 1998 I
> >SETTLED IN ABIDJAN IN HONOR OF ALASANE DRAMANE
> >QUATTARA WHOSE POLITICAL AMBITION WAS TO BECAME
> THE
> >PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF COTE D’IVOIRE
> >TOWARDS THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION OF OCTOBER 2000.
> >UNFORTUNATELY THING WENT WRONG AS THE FORMER
> MILITARY
> >JUNTA OF ROBERT GUEI REFUSED HIM THE RIGHT TO
> >PARTICIPATE IN THE ELECTION DUE TO SOME POLITICAL
> >HATRED AND SENTIMENTS. HE ATTEMPTED TO FIGHT FOR
> HIS
> >RIGHT BUT WAS FORCED OUT OF THE COUNTRY, AS A
> RESULT
> >I WAS ALSO MANDATED TO RETURN BACK TO NIGERIA.
> >FOLLOWING THE RECENT COURT RULING ON 12 JULY 2002
> TO
> >RELEASE MY ELDER BROTHER MOHAMMED AND ALL OUR
> FAMILY
> >TREASURE SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DAY, I
> >THOUGHT IT WISE TO CONTACT YOU FOR A POSSIBLE
> >TRANSFER OF THE FUND BUDGETED BY MY LATE FATHER
> FOR
> >THE SAW- MILL INVESTMENT INTO YOUR NOMINATED
> ACCOUNT
> >FOR AN INVESTMENT PURPOSE IN YOUR LINE OF
> BUSINESS.
> >THE FUND AMOUNTED TO US$16.5 MILLION AND IS
> >DEPOSITED IN ONE OF THE SECURITY COMPANY. NOTE
> THAT THIS FUND IS MY
> >INHERITANCE ACCORDING TO MY FATHER’S WILL
> >I WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD ASSIST ME IN THIS
> >REGARD TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF OF THE SECURITY
> COMPANY TO YOUR COUNTRY
> >FOR A JUDICIOUS USE. PLEASE DO NOT
> >HESITATE TO CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE
> >INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR INTEREST/ MODALITIES ON
> >PERCENTAGE RATIO. ALSO YOUR QUESTIOS/SUGGESTION
> WILL
> >BE APPRECIATED.
> >I REQUEST THAT YOU FORWARD TO ME YOUR FULL NAMES ,
> >TELEPHONE/FAX AND BANK INFORMATION TO SPEED UP
> >ACTION.
> >FINALLY DO NOT FORGET TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION
> SECRET
> >AS THE GOVRNMENT OF NIGERIA HAVE NOT ACTED
> ACCORDINGLY
> >TO THE COURT ORDER TO RELEASE MY BROTHER AND OUR
> >FAMILY TREASURE.
> >EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON
> >
> >
> >BEST REGARD
> >ENGINEER AMINU ABACHA
>
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