This is one of many emails I have received lately. The stories are quite 
creative.

Jabou

In a message dated 3/28/2001 10:14:52 AM Central Standard Time, 
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> Subj: LETTER OF ASSISTANCE
> Date: 3/28/2001 10:14:52 AM Central Standard Time
> From:    [log in to unmask] (theresa COLEMAN)
> To:    [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> 
> 
> LETTER OF ASSISTANCE
> ROYAL GUEST HOUSE
> 22 B.P  943 ABIDJAN 22
> ABIDJAN – COTE D’IVOIRE
> TEL:+ 00225 07-94-63-97
> E-MAIL:[log in to unmask]
> 
>                                 DATE:28/03/2001
>                                         
> Dear J.N.Joh
> 
> I am Mrs Theresa COLEMAN, a Sierra Leonean, the wife
> of Late DR. JOHNSON COLEMAN of blessed memory. My late
> husband was the chairman of  Sierra Leonean National
> Diamond & Gold Corporation. My husband was killed
> along with my three children in our Freetown residence
> while I was out. They were assassinated by rebels led
> by Major John Paul Koromah on 18/06/98. Because my
> family never supported the way Major John Paul Koromah
> and his splinter group overthrew our legitimate
> President, Tejan Kabba and forced him to exile.
> 
> After the assassination of my husband and three
> children, when the African Peace Keeping Forces
> (ECOMOG) soldiers were in control of my village MENDE,
> I left my hide-out in my village. When I was searching
> for some information in our family villa, I found the
> key to my late husband’s underground strong room, I
> discovered one metallic box containing twenty eight
> million US Dollars (US $28,000,000.00) 
> 
> Meanwhile, I made an arrangement with a fisherman that
> operates a fishing trawler boat who smuggled me along
> with the box that contained the money through West
> African coast waters to Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, where
> I deposited the box as family valuables and artefacts
> in a security company.
> 
> Now, I have decided to look for a trustworthy and
> reliable foreign partner who will assist me by using
> his bank connections to transfer this money for
> investment in his country. I suggest offering you
> (20%) of the total money if you will assist me to have
> this transaction done.
> 
> 
> (1) Provide a lucrative business where this money will
> be wisely invested in.
> (2) To help me to secure a permanent residence permit
> as I would love to spend the rest of my life doing
> business overseas.
> 
> It is advisable that you will come to Abidjan to meet
> me in person to enable us know one another and
> thereafter, sign a written agreement that will improve
> the basis of mutual trust. Every other information
> needed will be given to you on request.
> 
> Note that your urgent assistance is needed to
> facilitate this transaction. 
> For confidential purpose, you should handle this
> transaction with utmost secrecy. Looking forward to
> hearing from you soon.
> For more information contact my only survival son Mr
> Benson COLEMAN on the above Tel number. +00225 07 94
> 63 97 .
> Thanks for your prompt co-operation.
> 
> Yours faithfully,
> 
> 
> 
> Mrs THERESA COLEMAN
> 
> 
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