Malanding,
Hillarious!
Now this one is the master of all scams, and the worse thing about it is that
it is very real. I love the part about the IRS serving as the trusted
intermediary.
Every year, I have agreed to donate the $3 towards the presidential
campaigne fund that they always ask you on the tax forms, but this year, i
said such a loud resounding no, that the person who was preparing my taxes
looked up, and then we both burst out laughing.
Jabou
In a message dated 1/31/03 3:28:32 PM Central Standard Time,
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>
> 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. 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 200 billion dollars ($200,000,000,000). The costs of the
> long-term management of the country will be higher, but covered by the sale
> of the petroleum assets, which will then be under our control.
>
> 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 and extremely
> profitable. The Republic of Iraq is known to have the largest oil reserves
> in the world, and all those who have made the transfer by the 15 of April
> will share in the petrol revenue for the following fifty (50) years. So far
> it seems that only the government of the United States of America and that
> of its 51st province are willing to take this bold step and share the
> revenue. Do not let yourself escape this golden opportunity.
>
> I pray that you understand our plight. My family and our colleagues will be
> forever grateful. If you wish to participate in this transaction, please
> reply in strict confidence to the contact numbers below, or simply do
> nothing. If you do not, please make it very clear in the loudest possible
> way.
>
> Sincerely with warm regards,
> George Walker Bush
>
> Switchboard: 202.456.1414
> Comments: 202.456.1111
> Fax: 202.456.2461
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
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