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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Writer, Rejected Receives a Different Kind of Letter

The subject line of the email below was "Do we have a deal," but in all caps. Personally, I suspect loyal LROD commenter, CAPS MAN.  I find the link to be especially disturbing, as part of the ruse?  People are really something, aren't they?

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE!!!
DEAR FRIEND
I AM MR.kabiru yanogo
I WORK AS THE AUDITING//ACCOUNTING MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.

I AM MR kabiru yanogo. FROM BURKINA FASO, I KNOW THAT MY MAIL WILL BE AS A SURPRISE TO YOU BUT I WILL WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS BUSINESS DEAL WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT TO YOUR DOOR STEP WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE BOTH OF US AND OUR FAMILIE’S.THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND USA DOLLARS ($7.7MILLION US DOLLARS) ,WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THIS COUNTRY TO ANY BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, ALL TO OUR OWN FINANCIAL BENEFIT, THIS MONEY WAS OWNED BY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS IN(BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO)WHERE I WORK AS THE ACCOUNTING MANAGER.THE CUSTOMER'S NAME IS CALLED(MR SALAM MUBARAK)FROM IRAQ. HE WAS INTO PROPERTIES AS HIS BUSINESS IN IRAQ AND OTHER PART OF ARAB WORLD AND BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN WEST-AFRICAN REGIONS. HE DIED ON THE 17 July 2006, 9:00 AM WHEN HE WENT FOR A HOLIDAY SHOPPING IN THE MARKET SQUARE IN Al-Jazaer, Mahmudiya, IN OTHER FOR YOU TO BELIEVE ME HONESTLY GO THROUGH THIS (website) BEFORE YOU START WITH ME.

AND SINCE THEN, NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE WHICH WORTH UPTO ($7.7MILLION US DOLLARS).WITH DUE RESPECT I WILL LIKE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THIS COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A FORIGN ACCOUNT ATTACHED TO IT . THAT IS WHERE I NEED YOUR HELP IN PROVIDING A FORIGN BANK ACCOUNT OR INFORMATION FOR THIS TRANSFER AND YOU WILL NOT REGRET HELPING ME I PROMISE , THIS FUND CAN BE TRANSFERRED IN THIS WAYS,YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS A BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO MR.SALAM MUBARAK WHEN HE WAS ALIVE OR AS A CARE-TAKER IN CHARGE OF ALL THE PROPERTIES OF MR SALAM MUBARAK IN AFRICA I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU DOCUMENT’S AND INFORMATIONS WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. l SHALL BE YOUR GUIDIANCE AND INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTIONSO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT AND SURE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR ACEPTANCE AND MAKING AVALABLE A FORIGN BANK ACCOUNT IN THIS VERY TRANSFER , WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ALL THE EXPENCES BOTH OF US MIGHT INCURE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION . WHY THE REMAINING 55% WILL BE FOR ALL MY EFFORT IN ARANGING THIS FURTUNE FROM DAY ONE TO THIS VERY FINAL STAGE , IN YOUR REPLY I WANT YOU TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMINICATION PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS IF ANY, URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED FOR IT’S AN EFFORT I HAVE BULT WITH YEAR’S AND MONEY , THERE IS PRACTICALY NO RISK INVOLVED,THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LAGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREAGE OF LAW, I WANT YOU TO TELL ME IF YOU ARE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION OR NOT .REPLY IMMIDIATLY SO THAT I CAN SEND TO YOU FURTHER DETAIL’S OF THIS TRANSACTION.

YOUR'S
MR.kabiru yanogo
THE AUDITING//ACCOUNTING MANAGER.

4 comments:

CAPS MAN! said...

WILL THE REAL CAPS MAN PLEASE STAND UP?

yes. and that was certainly not me.

but thanks w, r for drawing this to our attention, since it really does sound like an excellent deal and worth pursuing. they should hook up with hip mama!

Anonymous said...

this is under 2500 words. with your's earning's from thi's transaction you could splurge on the $60 contest/editing fee. if you win, you could split the $100 60-40 with MR.kabiru yanogo.

of course, there would be some difficultie's transferring such a huge amount oversea's, but perhap's you could make arrangement's with a kind african to set up an account in nigeria...

Jess said...

Well, as long as it is beneficial to both of your familie's and doesn't breage the law, why not?

Adam K. Wallace said...

Oh, Mr. Salam Mubarak was my uncle. we've been searching for him for months. I'm so glad someone has heard from good'ol uncle Mubarak, too bad he died. I guess I will just have to go collect his will.