Dear american: please help
Over the years the so-called “Nigerian letter” has landed in my e-mail box dozens of times, complete with the bad grammar and punctuation and awkward phrasing of someone not quite familiar with the English language who is trying to scam me out of some cash.
A parody of the letter arrived in my e-mail box this week, and I almost fell out of my chair laughing. It’s so right-on that I had to share it. Here it is, enjoy:
Dear american:
I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am ministry of the treasury of the republic of america. My country has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion dollars us. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most profitable to you.
I am working with mr. Phil gram, lobbyist for ubs, who will be my replacement as ministry of the treasury in january. As a senator, you may know him as the leader of the american banking deregulation movement in the 1990s.
This transactin is 100% safe. This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance.
My family lawyer advised me that i should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred. Please reply with all of your bank account, ira and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction.
After i receive that information, i will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used to protect the funds.
Yours faithfully minister of treasury Paulson
Business Writer
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