Please help!!!

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I am Enwerem Kabila the son of the late Democratic Republic of Congo
President Laurent Desire Kabila of the blessed memory.
I know this letter might come to you as a surprise but I honestly do
intend to surprise you. I write this e-mail in respect of my intention
to invest the sum of US$18M(Eighteen Million United State Dollars)
with you in your country. I inherited this money from my mother. This
money was got through the exporting and sale of Diamond and Timber
when my father was the head of state. My mother though not his legal
wife used her privileged position to engage in the business of Diamond
and Timber since she knows that her survival will depend on how much
she can get out of the situation.
When my father was assassinated on 16TH Jan.2001 by one of his
bodyguards Lt. Rashidi Kasereke through the conspiracy of some top
army officers that wanted to
topple him. I escaped to Europe because of the fear that I might be
arrested by my half brother Lt. General Joseph Kabila the present head
of state. Actually his mother and my mother are not in the best of
relationship because of who among them will be the first lady Tussle
and this ultimately affected us their children.
My mother advised me to leave for Europe where these funds were
deposited for safe keeping with a Finance House in Europe. On getting
to Europe where I have been living since then as a political refugee I
am seeking for a reliable foreigner who can come down to Europe for a
meeting face to face and to assist me,so that we can join hand
togerther and cliam the funds. I am afraid of being defrauded,
Honestly I contacted you because I don't want to invest this money
here in Europe due to my status here as a political Refuge.
Moreover I wouldn't want to take risk because this money is all that
my Mother and I are depending on. My stepbrother Joseph, Who is now
the present leader of my country has seized all my father's assets and
money. He left us empty handed without knowing about this funds
deposited with the Finance House here. That is why I decided that
investing this money abroad should be the best investment for me. I
will be happy if I can be given the privilege of investing this money
with you.
I expect you to be trustworthy and kind enough to respond to this
distress call to save me and my Mother from a hopeless future. And if
you accept, I hereby agree to compensate your sincere and candid
effort in this regard with 20% of the total sum, while 5% will be
mapped out for any expensice that might accure during the time of
transfer.
As soon as this fund moved into your distained account, you will be
allowed to draw 20% in your favor, while the remaining 75% will be
invested meaningfully for our future if possible in your area of
business and different sectors of the Economy in your country which
are dividends yielding.
Whatever your decision is please reach me immediately with my e-mail
enwekab@mail.com or enwekab00@worldemail.com and keep this letter highly
secret for the interest
of my Family.

Best regards,

Enwerem Kabila
 
Email sent on the $18 million. Glad to help.

Seriously folks, I have been receiving these scams for many years. I suspect it is a blatant attempt to get people to divulge sensitive bank account information.

My personal philosopy, boiled down from all the years as a business man is simply, "There ain't no free lunch."
 
The way this particular scam works is they hook the sucker and then, just as the "money is about to be transferred" they run into a snag -- a fee or a bribe or something like that -- and the sucker has to come up with some money to cover it. They then milk that concept for as many times as they can.

That's the short of it. For real explanations (and even entertainment) here are a couple of links:

US Secret Service: Advance Fee Fraud Advisory
Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website
419 Eater This one is "interesting".
Anatomy of a 419 scam

Whatever you do, don't ever believe that you would get money out of it.

Paul
 
Guys, those scams have been going on for so long they actually have a name: "419 scam" or "Nigerian scam" (apparently they originated from Nigeria at first, before other lame inept me-Tarzan-you-Jane-speaking wannabe-crooks got theiur first internet access). More info can be found here: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

:yawn:I wish there was a way to look those spamming azzholes up and repay them in some way - say a hit with a baseball bat for every spam i ever got from them. Wishful thinking ...
 
Danny
What luck! Just like winning the lottery. Now you can buy whatever pistol ya want! Be sure to include your social security number, date of birth and home address when ya email the dude. It helps with making sure you get your 20% of what's left in your account. :D
 
419 Eater has some neat ways of getting revenge on these scammers. Be sure to take a look at their website. Its a real hoot.

Ice
 
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