[thechat] nigerian email fraud

[Ashok at magicalkenya.com]

Yet another nigerian email fraud , this one purports to be
from the wife of the late mobutu sese-seko "the king of zaire" :
(why are all these emails always in capital letters...?!)


>From: "MRS  MARIAM  SESESEKO" <msseseseko at onebox.com>
>Reply-To: "MRS  MARIAM  SESESEKO" <msseseseko at onebox.com>
>To: <ronking at hotmail.com>
>Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 18:09:10 -0700
>
>DEAR FRIEND,
>
>I AM MRS SESE-SEKO, WIDOW OF THE LATE MOBUTU SESE-SEKO
>OF ZAIRE NOW KNOWN AS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
>CONGO(DRC). I AM NOW MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER.
>THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT
>CIRCUMSTANCES AND SITUATION.
>
>I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS
>PATRIC AND BASHER OUT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
>CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
>AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO MORROCO WHERE
>MY HUSBAND DIED OF CANCER DISEASE. HOWEVER WE NOW
>DECIDED TO CHANGED. MOST OF MY HUSBANDS BILLIONS OF
>DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES
>INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE
>BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATE OF (DR) LAURENT KABILA
>HAS MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND
>OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES  TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE
>HUSBAND'S TREASURES DEPOSITED IN  SOME EUROPEAN
>COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW
>IN AFRICA TO STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GET
>BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE
>SON TAKING OVER (JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY HUSBAND'S
>CHATEUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONSFICATED BY THE
>FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY
>IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
>CONSFICATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF 18 MILLION
>UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$18,000:000) WITH A
>SECURITY COMPANY FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE
>SECURITY CODED TO KEEP THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT.
>WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST
>THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECIEVING THE MONEY ON OUR
>BEHALF. ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN
>INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (PATRIC)  WHO HAS THE OUT
>MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE SAID FUNDS. I WANT YOU
>TO ASSIST IN INVESTING  THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT
>WANT MY IDENTITY TO BE REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT TO
>BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES
>AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE
>INVESTMENTS. MAY I, AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE THE
>HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS
>DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND
>CONFIDENCE WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU. IN CONCLUSION, YOU
>WANT TO ASSIST, MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF
>THE BUSINESS , TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS CURRENTLY
>BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES
>INCLUDING RENUMERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES. NOW BECAUSE
>OF THE HIDING FROM PLACE TO PLACE PATRIC HAS RELOCATED
>TO A SAFE HIDING PLACE IN NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA
>FOR THIS REASON, KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT, THAT
>IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR
>CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE AND ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS
>MAIL USING THE ABOVE EMAIL ADDRESS.
>
>BEST REGARDS
>
>MRS M. SESE-SEKO
>
>