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["Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com>]

I keep getting email scams sent to me so I recently decided to reply to
one and have some fun.

This is the first letter I got.  It is interesting because all they ask
for is your telephone and fax number.  So I've given them my work
numbers.



-----Original Message-----
From: MRS BOBILA MOBUTU [mailto:bobilamobutu AT netscape.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:43 AM
To: shea AT sheatisdale.com
Subject: BUSINESS ASSISTANTACE

FROM:MRS. BOBILA DAWA SESESEKO.
DEAR FRIEND
FIRST AND FORE MOST LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.I AM MRS. SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF
LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE. NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC
OF CONGO (DRC). I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,THIS WAS IN
CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND BASHER
OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE
WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE  WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLE IN
MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.
 
HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGE MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S
MILLIONS 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)MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEANCOUNTRIES 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
GETS BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING
OVER (JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN
FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO
CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED.
I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
US$18,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS
ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I
WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY
RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I
CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (TIMOTHY) 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 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
THEHIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT
BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU.
IN CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT TO ASSIST US , MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE
PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS, TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING
MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING REMUNERATION FOR
YOUR SERVICES.FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT
INFORMATION, THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR
CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE.
BEST REGARDS,
MRS BOBILA DAWA SESEKO.