Nigerian email scam: another type of email scam

[Chicago1]

Dear All,

I received this email and wanted to send it to everyone to give you a heads up. Enclosed is the following:

Subject: ASSISTANCE NEEDED!
Date: 5/13/2005 1:01:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: [e-mail]
Reply To:
To: [e-mail]




DEAR FRIEND.

I AM MRS. MARIAM SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC).I RECEIVED YOUR COMPANY PROFILE FROM THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE IN MOROCCO.


I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND
AND TWO OF OUR SONS MOSSES AND PAUL OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE
WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN MOROCCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.

HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGE MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATE OF (DRC) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'S TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$I00,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING.

THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF. ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (MOSSES) WHO HAS THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE SAID FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.

I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU.IN CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT TO ASSIST US , MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS, TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING RENUMERATIONS FOR YOUR SERVICES.

FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE AND DO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS MAIL BY REACHING ME THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS {[e-mail]}.




MUCH REGARDS
MRS M. SESE SEKO



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Waiting for the IMPEACHMENT WHILE THE SCANDALS KEEP UNFOLDING
America's Work Stories
http://usaworkstories.blogspot.com
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[Caoimhe]

1. Seen it

That email has been circulating for years. And here Mobuto Sese-SEko is long dead in his grave. Good riddance.
:eyes:

[sam sarrha]

2. i got 3 all at once.. car crash, plane crash, dictator disposed

[The Witch]

3. There's a great Web site somewhere...

where a fellow posts his correspondence with these guys. He really strung them along in great detail and outscammed the scammers. Anyone know where it is?

[The Witch]

5. I found it

The guy always answers as "David Lee Roth." He plays with the bad English and does all kinds of things. It's VERY funny.

http://www.geocities.com/scamjokepage/index.html

[Jacobin]

6. That site is hilarious

I just about fell off my chair reading one of the exchanges.

[Ian David]

7. Two scammer-baiting pages had two scammers meet one another at the airport

Attention Faithful Readers:

I heard from the fellow who runs the Nigerian Scam Baiting site at http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/index.html.

Turns out he has a scammer in Lily's home town too. We've decided to have them meet each other at the airport. He is going to forward his fish the flight information listed above... Check it out at: http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/nina.html.

Enjoy kids!! This should be fun!

More:
http://www.geocities.com/jaccountinfo/LilyPreciousScam.html

I'm reading it now...

[leveymg]

4. Watch for the 2006 version -- MUCH REGARDS MRS G.WALKER BUSH.

:+

[applegrove]

8. These scams have been around for a while. Don't bother responding

and reading them the riot act. They will still come back and pretend they have Billions they need to put into your bank account to share with you.