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   I think Nigeria has run out of money—a rash of dying government officials
   leaving millions to be siphoned off from banks will do that to a country.
                                        
> From: Jamil Troure <jamil_troure88@hotmail.com>
> To: sean <sean@conman.org>
> Subject: Urgent Response Needed
> Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 17:55:00 -0400 (EDT)
> 
> Goodday Sir/Madam,
> 
> I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity that will be beneficial to
> both you and me. It involves transferring to your overseas account the sum
> of ($7.5;US (United States) Dollars) **Seven Thousand, Five Hundred
> Dollars** [emphasis added], from one of the Fidelity Finance & Security
> Company here in Dakar-Senegal.
> 
> I am Jamil A. Troure the Auditor General in the Fidelity finance & Security
> Company here in Dakar Senegal west Africa, During the course of our
> auditing , I discovered a floating fund in an account opened since 1982 and
> till date no body has operated or filed papers to claim the fund.
> 
> After going through the records I discovered that the owner of the account,
> Engr. Mahmoud Al-Salem Shafiq an Iraqi oil merchant, died in the month of
> October 2005 in an auto crash. Since there was not infomation concerning
> additional members of his family, next of kin or known relation, the fund
> has been declared floating and if nobody comes forward for it, will be
> forfeited to the government.
> 
> Since I hardly know any foreigner,I am only contacting you as a foreigner
> to stand and apply as his next of kin because this money can not be
> approved to a local person here as his next of kin.
> 
> I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management
> is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct
> information of this account, which I will give to you upon your positive
> response and once I am convinced of your capability and assurance that you
> will never never let me down.
> 
> At the conclussion of this project ,we may proceed into an investment as
> equal partners with you in charge, pending my resignation from the company,
> but method of sharing profit should be based on 15% for you and rest for me
> and my colleague.
> 
> Regarding moral justification of the fund ,i wouldn't want you to consider
> it sinful. If you had being the victim ,Certainly you wouldn't be happy
> having your hard earned fund shared among government as an unclaimed
> deposit I believe they are many other aspects of life we may contribute
> with this fund to help the less priveledged and the needy in our society .
> 
> Furnish me with your direct telephone & Fax number for easy comminucation
> and please reply to me on this emails:
> 
> jamil_troure88@yahoo.com
>  jamil_troure@she.com
> 
> I look forward to your earliest response.
> 
> Jamil A. Troure
> 

Man, they must have run out of money in Nigeria because this is the lowest
amount I've ever seen in a 419 scam [1]—only **7½ thounsand dollars?** I'm
supposed to be tempted to help someone gain illicit funds for only $1,125?

[1] http://www.419eater.com/

Email Sean Conner at sean@conman.org

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