ABU MUSA

This came in my inbox today:

I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magintude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.

I AM MR. ABU MUSA, THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT of our bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of NINTEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($19,300,000.00 ) for our success.This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was arranging theold and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of the year against 2007.

Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 5 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guideing our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased.

On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 39% } being ( US$7,527,000.00) will be your share in respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank account,{ 52% } being (US$10,036,000.00) will be my share being the codinator of the transaction while the rest { 9% } being (US$1,737,000.00) will be shared to the respectable Organisations Centers such as Charity Organisation, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World.

If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success as an insider in the bank ok.

Please reply with

the assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facilitate an easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply , call me through my private telephone number on(0022670340481) so that i will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately.

I expect your urgent communication.

Yours sincerely,

MR.ABU MUSAO

ZZZZZZZOOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG I'M GONNA BE INSANELY RICH!1!!11!!!1!!1!!!!1!!! I'M RUNNING AWAY WITH THE CASH AS SOON AS IT GETS INTO MY BANK ACCOUNT SCR3W ABU AND HIS CHARITY ORGANISATIONS OH YEA AREN'T I SMARTTTT!!!!!!!1!!11!!!!!!!!!!

But honestly, i really wonder what kind of dumbasses fall for this shit. EVEN if they're ignorant enough to not read the papers once in awhile or listen to the news, what kind of people really believesthat some totally random dude is just going to send by EMAIL matters regarding millions of dollars and say something like "okay i totally don't know you but i'll let you have MILLIONZZZ OF DOLLARZZZ FAST EZ CASH if you help me k thnx" It must be really embarrassing to go to the police too, saying you gave away your money to some African dude online and it didn't come back.

maybe they just wanted to help the "respectable Organisations Centers such as Charity Organisation, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World."

maybe they feel honoured to be recognised by some nigerian prince and happily oblige to do his bidding.

maybe they were convinced by the professionalism shown in the writing of the email. (there's the word confidential mentioned a number of times so woaahhh.. it's confidential.)

maybe money is the root of all stupidity, even if it ironically ends up with more money lost.

whatever it is, dear Mr. Abu was right about one thing. It's for "future survival in life" At least the dumb prick will learn to stop wasting money on buying magic stones from strangers and Abu Musa gets 3 meals a day.