Received this today. At the risk of starting a waaaaay off topic thread, I thought this was amusing enough to pass on for general enjoyment. I see the scam has (apparently) moved from Nigeria to South Africa, although where this person is actually based is of course uncertain. While one would expect that anyone with an IQ above about 60 would immediately realise that this person was trying to steal from you and not give you money, this does not seem to be the case for some people who one would EXPECT to have much more intelligence than that. A senior member of our corporate business community recently ended up losing several million dollars of other people's money on a scam essentially identical to this one. How anyone can be taken in is utterly beyond my conception. To avoid the risk that anyone receiving this might just possibly be fooled (surely not!) I have corrupted the return email addresses and certain other details. (If you can work out what I've changed you are smart enough not to be fooled). I'll also send a comment to their shown ISP- not much hope that it will help though Happy investing !! :-) Russell PS - anyone wanting to assist in disposal of $US20 million of Tsarist gold, 100 odd Faberge eggs and about 50 paintings looted by the Nazis please send me $US1000 cash in a plain envelope. No name or return address necessary. ____________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacques logamba" To: Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2001 04:38 Subject: awaiting your urgent response > > Ceo > Sir > > STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL > > This letter may come to you as a surprise, but be assured it is in > good faith from a family in need of help. I am Mrs. Jacques Logamba, > the wife of the late Brigadier B.C. Logamba, the public relations > officer of the late Laurent Kabila former President of the Democratic > Republic of Congo who was assassinated on Tuesday 16th January 2001 > by one of his bodyguards. > Your firm was introduced to me by a carrier diplomat whom I consulted > in my search for a reliable individual company that can assist my son > Jeremiah in transferring a reasonable sum of money (Twenty Million > United States Dollars) into your company's private account for > safekeeping. > Originally, this money (US$20M Dollars) was mapped out for military > seminar schedule to be held on the 10th of January 2001 in the capital > city of Kinshasa, and my husband was solely in charge of the > organizing of the seminar. Unfortunately, the news of the > assassination of the President broke on the 16th and my husband used > the opportunity for our family future planning and therefore cleverly > moved into South Africa and deposited the consignment containing the > funds in a private Security & Finance Company in South Africa. > > He Came back from South Africa after depositing the money and was > arrested along other top officials of government by Major Gen Joseph > Kabila, the son of the late President who is now the new President > of > our country on account of masterminding the death of the late > president, with the intention to rope them in. Unfortunately my > husband died in detention on the 15th of April 2001. > Tentatively, we have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount for > your assistance. 5% has been mapped out to offset expenses that may > be > incurred by both parties in the course of this transaction and 75% > will be kept for our family investment in your country. > > You will understand that the continuous existence of this family > depends on this fund. This is why I have taken the responsibility of > making this initial contact for my son (Mike). Therefore, on > acceptance of this proposal, you will be contacting Mike who is in > south Africa for more details on this transaction. > > I wish to assure that this transaction is risk free and machinery > necessary for the speedy conclusion has been successfully arranged. > Provide me with your private Telephone and Fax numbers in your > response. > > Bye for now and God bless you. > > Best Regards, > > Mrs. Jacques Logamba > email: jaclogamba@webmail.co.za > jaclogamba@www.com > > > > > -- > jacques logamba > jaclogamba1@onebox.com - email > (917) 421-3902 x4631 - voicemail/fax > > > > __________________________________________________ > FREE voicemail, email, and fax...all in one place. > Sign Up Now! http://www.onebox.com > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads