Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] LOW*
From: bd at bdcolenphoto.com (B. D. Colen)
Date: Sat Jul 29 13:47:39 2006

*Laugh Of the Week

(Of course what I absolutely don't get about these scams is the fact that
their continuation over a period of years suggests that there actually are
breathing human beings stupid enough to fall for them. )



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> From: "B. D. Colen" <bd@bdcolenphoto.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 16:45:34 -0400
> To: <UNoffice@katamail.com>
> Conversation: [POSSIBLE SPAM] FROM OFFICE OF REV.FR RICHARD DAVID
> Subject: Re: [POSSIBLE SPAM] FROM OFFICE OF REV.FR RICHARD DAVID
> 
> Send me the cash, and when I receive it, I will make the donation. Believe 
> me,
> I am just as honest and trustworthy as you are.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> B. D. Colen
> 
> 
> On 7/29/06 9:51 PM, "RICHARD DAVID" <UNofic@katamail.com> wrote:
> 
>>               FROM OFFICE OF REV.FR RICHARD DAVID
>>               DIRECTOR SPECIAL DUTIES,UNITED NATIONS
>>               ORGANIZATIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
>>               INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND WORLD
>>               BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
>>               DAKAR,SENEGAL.
>>               EMAIL:Revricharddavid@yahoo.fr
>> 
>> Dear Friend.
>> 
>> 
>>     I am Rev. Fr.RICHARD DAVID. A senior staff with the World Bank fact
>> finding & special duties office.
>> I am writing you this letter based on the fact that cool penny is better 
>> than
>> millions of dollars means it's better for one to live and die poor honest 
>> man
>> than a rich dishonest one.
>> 
>> I and the Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization and have 
>> arranged
>> with an officer in the computer section in person of Engineer Joseph 
>> Cliff to
>> bring out part of your total pending payment with reference number
>> (LEM-05-371) amounting to US$10 million. Why we did this is because 
>> according
>> to information gathered from the Bank?s/security computer, you have been
>> waiting for a long time to receive this payment without success.
>> 
>> As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in
>> respect of your pending payment. The problem we feel you are having is 
>> that
>> of 
>> interest groups. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those
>> people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you
>> receive 
>> different kinds of untrue fax and phone messages from different people
>> everyday.
>> 
>> Also we found out that some of the officials of the prostates have been
>> extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you receive
>> your 
>> money. I can assure you this will keep happening if you do not do away 
>> with
>> those officers. For security reasons you do not have to tell anybody that
>> your 
>> have your payment on the way until the payment gets to you.
>> 
>> The said payment is been arranged in a security-proof box weighing 75kg. 
>> In
>> order to get this box shipped to you I and the (COS) Yesterday went to 
>> this
>> four courier companies NHL, Ems, FedEx and Ups to make arrangements on 
>> how to
>> get the box shipped to you by courier, but to no avail the above courier
>> companies all made us to understand that they will have to open the box 
>> for
>> inspection by the customs before shipment.
>> 
>> This is something we want to avoid because this box is been padded with
>> synthetic nylon and to open it you will have to cut the pad before you 
>> will
>> meet the button that you will press to open the dial code-lock. There is 
>> no
>> way you can open the box and be able to close it again because it was 
>> padded
>> with machine.
>> 
>> We told the courier services that the box contained film materials and 
>> when
>> open will spoil the materials. <N:B> we did not declare money because 
>> courier
>> does not carry money.Today a friend of mine who is diplomat disclosed to 
>> me
>> that there is a security courier service company that is specialized in
>> sending diplomatic materials and information from one country to another,
>> which also has diplomatic immunity and consignment such as this cannot be
>> checked by any customs anywhere in the world.
>> 
>> I have therefore met the official of the security courier service and
>> concluded shipping arrangement with them, which they will commence as 
>> soon as
>> I have your go ahead order. The diplomat who will be bring in this
>> consignment 
>> to you is an ex pact and has been in this line of work for many years now 
>> so
>> we have Not ting to worry about.
>> 
>> After all arrangements we have concluded that you must donate Five Hundred
>> Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) to any charity 
>> organization I
>> designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect, you will 
>> send to
>> us a promissory note for the donation along with your address where you 
>> will
>> like the box to be delivered to by courier.
>> 
>> Please maintain topmost secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if found
>> out 
>> that we are using this way to help you. You are advised not inform anyone
>> about this until you received your money. Am helping you on this because
>> something in me is tells me that you are an honest person. When you 
>> conclude
>> this and you send our promise, we will help to ship the final part of your
>> money to you.
>> 
>> May God be with you as i wait for your response either through Fax or 
>> Email:
>> Feel free to call me if you will like us to discuses more on this FAX/TEL:
>>  +221 4183317.
>> 
>> Yours Faithfully
>> Rev. Fr.Richard David
>> Director, Special Duties. UNI/BF.
>> 
>> 

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