Odd E-mail

orange · February 18, 2003, 14:04

Um...

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Good day,
I have to first of all apologise for taking unawares by
the contents of this message. I had to send the message straightaway because of the short time involved in what I demand of you. Please treat this message with utmost seriousness and swiftness. Apart from the fact that you will be adequately rewarded, I will forever show my gratitude. I am Mr. Aroujo Tao Savimbi, son of the late Angolan Leader Jonas Savimbi who was killed last year. I got your contact details from the internet because I really have no time and I needed an anonymous person abroad whom I hope I can trust. I pray I am not making wrong judgement by coming to you. Jonas Savimbi deposited a large sum of money with a security vault in Europe that is my late fathe. The movement of members of his family (including me) is restricted. Our movement are monitored but I have managed to enter South Africa where I intend to lie very low until I complete this transaction with you. Other members of my family and I do not have access to any of these deposits with banks in Angola and Europe so you can see how desperately we need your assistance. Both government officials and fraudulent relatives are trying to get their hands on my father's wealth by claiming that the wealth was gotten through arms smuggling and illegal sale of diamonds. You can find out more about my late father by checking this profile at

URL below: http://www.rte.ie/news/2002/0223/angola.html
http://www.rnw.nl/humanrights/html/vitoria1020814.html
http://www.zzam.org/Full/Africa/Ango...story_Leaders.

His wealth is estimated to be over US$1billion and my mother, being the only one with some of the documents has aided me to sneak into South Africa refugee Camp and conclude this transaction with any one I choose. I have spoken with the security company and the operations manager has agreed to release the two trunk boxes in their possession to whomever's name I issue a power of attorney as the new beneficiary of the deposit. This security company has US$50,000,000.00 each and precious materials which my father lodged in their safe keep in Europe before his death so I will give you their contact and relevant documents including power of attorney to allow you access to the two trunk boxes of money. The whole idea is for you to receive this money physically, set up bank accounts in Europe and transfer in bits into your home bank accounts before my government even knows what is happening. My father was a rebel leader in Angola before his death. You must follow my instructions as stated above the transfer of the funds because it will be difficult for the Angolan government to trace my father's money to an individuals account moreso, when you have no prior relationship with us. I am currently and temporarily living in South Africa refugee camp and I will be communicating with you on a satellite phone and GSM to avoid intervention by the authorities. We have to keep this transaction very secret because of the political situation in Angola at the moment. I shall send you a password and information that will include power of attorney and the contact of the security company as soon as you are ready to proceed. Could you please send your full names, address, confidential telephone and fax number to enable me issue a power of attorney to you and refer you to the security company in Amsterdam for immediate payment.

Please reply to my confidential e-mail: savimbi2002@netscape.net

Yours sincerely, Aroujo Tao Saimbi

Note: Please reply to my confidential e-mail: savimbi2002@netscape.net

Jon Miller · February 18, 2003, 14:08

seen it

Jon Miller

jdd2007 · February 18, 2003, 14:10

reply immediately!!!! you will be rich for sure!!!

Wernazuma III · February 18, 2003, 14:21

I got the same with: My name is John Mugabe, I'm the son of...

Alex · February 18, 2003, 14:40

PLATO · February 18, 2003, 14:41

uh...........yeah

orange · February 18, 2003, 16:25

i think spammers are getting desparate

ixnay · February 18, 2003, 16:29

Play along but don't actually give them any information. Then post the wacky email hijinks here.

Main_Brain · February 18, 2003, 16:52

Ah the Zimbawe Connection still going I see.

Nubclear · February 18, 2003, 17:02

I've recieved emails from a bunch of people including the son of the president of Nigeria, Egypt, South Africa...All either have 1 billion or 50 billion. Whichever.

I try to play along, but they never reply....

orange · February 18, 2003, 17:04

with so many billionaire Africans...you'd think they'd be able to solve some of their problems

FrustratedPoet · February 18, 2003, 18:33

@ stupid spam emails and the crazy people out there somewhere who must believe this nonsense.

Grrr · February 18, 2003, 18:44

They send these by mail to ... and a lot of people send their bank account details.

Lancer · February 18, 2003, 18:49

Are you telling me that guy really wasn't the son of Richard Nixon?!?!

FrustratedPoet · February 18, 2003, 19:09

Dear [EnterNameHere]
I'm in big trouble and what I really need is to give a complete stranger my power of attorney.
I've set up a high-security top-secret email account with Netscape. Please get back to me soon. I'll give you one hundred million dollars.

Alex · February 18, 2003, 21:19

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Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Dear [EnterNameHere]
I'm in big trouble and what I really need is to give a complete stranger my power of attorney.
I've set up a high-security top-secret email account with Netscape. Please get back to me soon. I'll give you one hundred million dollars.

ok, pm me.

chequita guevara · February 18, 2003, 22:03

Did anyone else notice he spelled his name wrong in the signature?

vonManstein · February 18, 2003, 22:06

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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Did anyone else notice he spelled his name wrong in the signature?

Bah, that doesn't mean anything. I do it all the time.

-van Mansteon

chairmanmeow · February 18, 2003, 23:05

The sad thing is that there are actually people stupid enough to believe that ****.

Six Thousand Year Old Man · February 18, 2003, 23:12

Someone should write a movie script based on the premise of someone receiving one of these emails, and it actually being true.

Oh, wait....

Rufus T. Firefly · February 19, 2003, 02:53

Apparently, some guy with a wicked sense of humor and too much time on his hands did respond, and then began his own whacked-out, hilarious correspondence with the scam artist. He's put all the e-mails on a website, and someone here posted a link to it. Anyone still have the link? It really was priceless.

Hurricane · February 19, 2003, 03:31

There was this one guy who actually managed to get the Nigerians to pay him one dollar!

Too bad I didn't bookmark the page.

This one is also pretty funny:

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Subject: PRIVATE and CONFIDENTIAL
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED : HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH DEAR SIR / MADAM,

I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR
A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE
TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT
REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO
SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE
PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS
AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A
TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN
ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS
COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.

IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES, MY FATHER,
THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
SOUGHT TO WORK WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT
OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE
SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN.
THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON FOLLOWED BY A
FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO
ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL REVENUE SOURCES IN THE
NEIGHBORING EMIRATE OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED
U.S.-BRITISH SUBSIDIARY.

MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF KUWAIT IN
1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S. DOLLARS
($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST, THIRTY-SIX
BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY HIS
PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER
PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS
($16,000,000,000) BY GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS. BUT
MY FATHER'S FORMER IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN
CONTROL OF THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM
RESERVES.

MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN
FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS
COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM
FROM POWER. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE
NOT WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS NEW
VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE MAY COST THE SUM
OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION DOLLARS
($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000), BOTH IN THE
INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.

WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991 PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN
IRAQ. THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES ARE
URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE. OUR
DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION
INCLUDE THE SITTING VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS AN ORIGINAL
PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE AND FORMER HEAD OF THE
HALLIBURTON OIL COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE
PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE VENTURE WAS
DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER
AFTER HER.

I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM EQUALING TEN TO
TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO
OUR ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE. THE
INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA WILL FUNCTION AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I
PROPOSE THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE THE
FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF APRIL.

I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WOULD MAKE
ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU
THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD
STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED, I ASSURE YOU.
PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION
IS 100% LEGAL. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE IN
THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR INTERMEDIARY
REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER DISCUSS THE MATTER.

I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT. MY FAMILY AND
OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.

SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,
GEORGE WALKER BUSH

Switchboard: 202.456.1414
Comments: 202.456.1111
Fax: 202.456.2461
Email: president@whitehouse.gov

Hurricane · February 19, 2003, 03:34

PS. Found the web page. Hours of funny reading!

http://www.scamorama.com/

ixnay · February 19, 2003, 03:56

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Originally posted by Hurricane

This one is also pretty funny:
[letter-gwbush]

That is hilarious.

Devil of Truth · February 19, 2003, 06:33

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Originally posted by orange
...temporarily living in South Africa refugee camp

Golly! Refugee camp? Here?

It’s called a Nigerian 411 scam. Go ahead, make their day.

Urban Ranger · February 19, 2003, 07:02

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Originally posted by orange
i think spammers are getting desparate

That's a variation of the Nigerian scam.

Urban Ranger · February 19, 2003, 07:03

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Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Apparently, some guy with a wicked sense of humor and too much time on his hands did respond, and then began his own whacked-out, hilarious correspondence with the scam artist. He's put all the e-mails on a website, and someone here posted a link to it. Anyone still have the link? It really was priceless.

Oh, is that the one that involves some Lovecraftian mythos?