[1447] in Dilbert Redistribution
re; an urgent cry for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SOS: DISTRESS CALL)
Mon Aug 16 14:41:39 2010
From: SOS: DISTRESS CALL <oliver.thomas009@gmail.com>
To: dilbert.discuss@charon.mit.edu
Reply-To: oliver.thomas09@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:41:39 -0400
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Dear Friend, I am Barrister Michael Bacchus. I have been searching for your =
contact since we last met at the seminar in Zurich. I do not know whether =
this is your correct email address or not because I only used your name =
initials to search for it in the internet. In case you are the person, please =
see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person. =
And IF YOU ARE NOT the person, also let me know whether you can be of =
assistance regarding my proposal and also keep it top secret.
=A0
I am skeptical about revealing this particular secret to a stranger. You must =
assure me that everything will be handled confidentially because this is a =
once in a lifetime opportunity.
=A0
It has been ten years now that some corrupt greedy African Politicians used =
my firm to launder money. Most of the laundered funds which they transferred =
out of the shores of Africa were money that was supposed to have been used to =
develop the continent. Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts =
before transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the opportunity to divert =
part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how =
much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were closed =
after each transaction. I acted as a front to some of the politicians and =
when I discovered that they were using me to succeed in their corrupt =
practice, I cleaned some of their financial records from my bank files and =
they did not notice this because the money was too much for them to control. =
While i served these people, i was also able to divert a large chunk of the =
funds for myself which i deposited somewhere safe and secret. I am contacting =
you because i need your assistance to stand as beneficiary and receive this =
money immediately on my behalf. I must have access to the funds now.
As you read this message, my main benefactor the politician whom i fronted =
for has been arrested by the interpol and is in detention in Dubai, awaiting =
extradition to the UK for trial on money laundering. My bank accounts are =
already frozen and my international passport seized. I am now under =
surveillance by the interpol with no one to trust. It is a desperate =
situation and i am in urgent need of your help. You are at no risk whatsoever =
as nobody else knows that i have this kind of money deposited anywhere. You =
will be told what to do. If you know you can be trusted, please reply =
immediately.
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