[Peace] Please Assist My Client ( A Widow ).

[Alfred Kagan]

I get these all the time.  They are scams.

At 11:47 AM -0700 5/8/02, Tina Gersdorf wrote:
>can anyone explain why we keep getting these kooky
>e-mails? is it a scam or someone being wierd?
>just wondering.
>
>--- "Barr. Abdulkarimi A. Brume"
><templarlaw at lawyer.com> wrote:
>>  TEMPLARS LAW FIRM
>>  BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS.
>>  The Octagon, 564 A.J.Marinho Drive, V.I.Annexe.
>>  P.O.Box 66564 Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria.
>>  E-Mail:  templarlaw at lawyer.com
>>
>>  ATTN: SIR/MADAM
>>
>>  I AM BARRISTER ABDULKARIMI A. BRUME , I REPRESENT
>>  MARIAM ABACHA, WIFE OF THE LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA,
>>  WHO WAS THE FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN
>>  NIGERIA. HE DIED IN 1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE
>>  FAMILY HAS BEEN LOOSING A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO
>>  VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE BENT ON
>>  DEALING WITH THE FAMILY.
>>
>>  BASED ON THIS THEREFORE THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO
>>  SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS
>>  TO MOVE OUT THE TOTAL SUM OF US$36,000,000.00 (
>>  THIRTY SIX MILLION UNITED  STATES DOLLARS ),
>>  PRESENTLY IN THEIR POSSESSION. THIS MONEY WAS OF
>>  COURSE, ACQUIRED BY THE LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW
>>  KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY. THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
>>  HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN
>>  SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES WOULD SOON
>>  FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME.
>>
>>  THIS BID BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH
>>  THIS FAMILY HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR
>>  ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING
>>  IT ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.
>>
>>  THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST
>>  ALL WORK TOGETHER. SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH,
>>  EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT
>>  IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE, PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS
>>  REACHED ON WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF YOUR
>>  NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNTS. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED
>>  OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF
>>  THIS TRANSACTION. THE TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD
>>  BE HANDLED IN PHASES AND THE FIRST PHASE WILL
>>  INVOLVE THE MOVING OF $18,000,000.00(EIGHTEEN
>>  MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS ).
>>
>>  MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE
>>  PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTION
>>  IS CONCLUDED. I WILL, HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS
>>  THAT
>>  YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND ALSO ALL
>>  CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT
>>  OF THIS TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR
>>  PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK. AS SOON AS I
>>  HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS
>>  AS TO HOW WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE
>>  TRANSACTION. PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS,AS
>>  ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE  IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE
>>  YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION.
>>
>>  PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES ABSOLUTE
>>  CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT
>>  IT AS SUCH UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE MOVED OUT OF THIS
>>  COUNTRY.
>>
>>  PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT
>>  OURTRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION,
>>  EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED. I LOOK FORWARD TO
>>  YOUR EARLY REPLY. THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
>>
>>  BEST REGARDS,
>>  BARR. ABDULKARIMI A. BRUME .
>>
>>
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