It´s fascinating what e-mails reach me from time to time, what you think ?
REQUEST FOR A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
This E-mail may come to you as a surprise but it was out of
my sincere desire to share a mutual business relationship with you. I am
a solicitor by name ........, a personal lawyer to the ...... family
and consequently represent their interest with respect to their monetary
affairs. The family has $20.000.000.00 (Twenty Million United State
Dollars) currently in a security company vault, this huge sum of money
is in a coded form.The present president of The Democratic Republic of
Congo JOSEPH KABILA intends to use this money for investment purposes
without the consent of any foreign body outside the family. To come
staight to the point, this money has been moved from Congo through
Switzerland to Amsterdam The Netherlan! ds, and the Kabila's need you as
a reliable investor that could be trusted with the PIN and CERTIFICATE
OF DEPOSIT to enable us use the funds outside The Democratic of Congo.
After lots of deliberation and consideration I as the family lawyer with
the authority invested in me to immediately work on ways and means of
transferring this sum of money to a reliable and trust worthy foreign
partner that will be able to help and assist us secure the funds in a
suitable account. Moreover, the personal identification Number/
Certificate of Deposit and The Letter of Authority from my Law firm that
will facilitate transfer of the funds is in my possession. Since no name
was used in securing the funds in the vault, your name will be passed
and tagged on the consignment of funds as the beneficiary.The family
have reached an agreement with me that 25% of the total sum of the funds
will be for your assistance towards this transaction.5% for eventual
expences t! hat might be incurred on the course of this transaction if
any, and 70% will be invested by you in a viable business for the
family.I am presently in The Netherlands for the execution of this
proposal and if the proposal is acceptable to you please call me on this
number ............... Email me your response including your telephone
and fax number, for immediate commencement of this transaction. Finally,
I wish to assure you that this transaction will not attract any risk on
your behalf. Your response is required in other to speed up the process.
Thanks in advance.
Should I make that deal? Many Pulsars to buy from the profit!
Big Business
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wow, those dudes have really a lot of phantasy. I received a similiar letter a couple of days ago, but with a different story.
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They are now world-famous and I think it would be rare to find somone to fall for it now. But even a year or two ago there were published cases of people losing lots of money because their greed took hold.
Basically you are asked for a small sum to cover some legal expense; then a slightly larger sum to bribe some bank official; then a larger sum to facilitate immediate transfer etc etc. They keep you going transferring money to them because your huge riches are just around the corner. Then, when you get impatient, they just vanish (of course!).
Although I dislike scams, I don't have much of a problem with these in a way because:
1) If you're so greedy to think you'll get something for nothing then perhaps you deserve a little "education" like this.
2) Just where do people think this money comes from ? Where would an African leader get US$20 million ? It would obviously be embezzled development funds, or leeched from Government programs. Do these people thinking of quick riches care that maybe it is food aid money ? It would be like stealing food from the hand of a starving child.
Because of this I never care that people lose their money to these schemes. Serves them right for being so base and greedy.
Basically you are asked for a small sum to cover some legal expense; then a slightly larger sum to bribe some bank official; then a larger sum to facilitate immediate transfer etc etc. They keep you going transferring money to them because your huge riches are just around the corner. Then, when you get impatient, they just vanish (of course!).
Although I dislike scams, I don't have much of a problem with these in a way because:
1) If you're so greedy to think you'll get something for nothing then perhaps you deserve a little "education" like this.
2) Just where do people think this money comes from ? Where would an African leader get US$20 million ? It would obviously be embezzled development funds, or leeched from Government programs. Do these people thinking of quick riches care that maybe it is food aid money ? It would be like stealing food from the hand of a starving child.
Because of this I never care that people lose their money to these schemes. Serves them right for being so base and greedy.
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I get crap like that all the time. The messages are all worded slightly different but the theme is the same. There must be an army of third-world typists that draft and send out this crap all over the world. If you send out enough, chances are you'll find a sucker somewhere 
A while back I had received a message from someone in Africa who wanted to record an album in my studio. They also wanted me to handle all their immigration paperwork so they could come and live in the US. I declined.
A while back I had received a message from someone in Africa who wanted to record an album in my studio. They also wanted me to handle all their immigration paperwork so they could come and live in the US. I declined.