>From: Wojtek Sokolowski <sokol at jhu.edu>
>Reply-To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
>Subject: Re: urgent business relationship
>Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 16:17:46 -0400
>
>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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