Hi fellow Zuiks,
Do you receive messages like this, too?
During the past months I have received hundreds of them on my university mail
account (Different than this. I am also quite confident that they do not
contain any worms and have infected the OM list this way). They all tell the
same story: Some african country, either a form of over-invoicing or some black
money stashed away during ingoing turmoil, a governmental company, an
impressive story with lots of family details, some million USD, and so on. I
think the time is right for no longer ignoring this kind of spam. Even if it
looks as if people over there have discovered the benefits of being on-line
with the rest of the world, there should be a limit. What the hell do they
think? Get away with these criminal acts? A colleague of mine works with
development in Africa. He uses them as teaching material.
I have started replying to these messages with an impressing threat to forward
the mails to the national police section that deals with international crime,
and Interpol. I hope this bears fruit some day. However, I was quite astonished
to find a mail like this in the OM list - can there be done something?
With best regards
Bernd Möller
----- Original Message -----
From: "nana sese seko" <maseseseko4@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <maseseseko4@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: [OM] reply
> ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO
>
> DEAR FRIEND,
>
> I AM MRS. SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU
> SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
> OF CONGO (DRC). 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
> JOHNSON AND BASHER 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
> MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER
> DISEASE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO
> CHANGED 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 (DR) 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 THIRTY MILLION
> UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$30,000,000,00.) 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
> (JOHNSON) 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 REMUNERATION
> FOR YOUR SERVICES.
>
> FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT
> INFORMATION, THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX
> NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE.
>
> BEST REGARDS,
>
> MRS M. SESE SEKO
>
>
>
>
>
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