GREETINGS FROM PAUL

[lachy123]

Today (7-04-07) I received this EMAIL which is quite similar:

Can I Invest In Your Country
From: Miss Marripaul Kone.
Abidjan. Cote D'Ivoire West Africa

Dear One,
My warmest greeting to you in the name of the Lord. I am Miss Marripaul Kone and I inheritated an important some from my late Father who was poisoned to death by his business associate.

I wish to request for your assistance in investing this sum in lucrative venture or manufacturing and real estate management in your country, I have Nine million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars, to invest in this transaction and I will require your assistance in receiving the Money in your Account in your Country,I will gladly give you some resonable percent from the total sum for your assistance.

Before his death on Novermber 2006, he gave me all the necessary legal documents to the deposit of the Money in the Bank, I am 23 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do,

Now I want an Account overseas where I can transfer this Money and after the transaction I will come and reside permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convinient for me to return back home if I so desire.

This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast, together with my weeked Uncle and my step Mother who have claimed all of my late Father belonging's, the death of my Father actually brought sorrow to my life. I also want to invest the Money under your care because I am ignorant of business world.

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions:


1. Can you honestly help me from your heart?

2. Can I completely trust you?


3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Please my dear when you answer this question and see in your hearth that you will help me please send to me your direct telephone number for our easy communication.

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.

Immedaitely I confirm your willingness to handle this transaction, I will send to you my picture and also give you more details about myself and the Bank were my late Father deposited the Money, so that you can reach the Bank and confirm the existence of the Money as well, because seeing is believing.

I am waiting for your immediate response and may God bless you and please try to send to me your direct telephone number for our easy communication


With love,
Marripaul Kone




Just another one most likey... i sent a heated reply to it anyway since i was bored, frustrated nd needed something to let my anger out at. Too much stuff about Jesus nd God, every one has something about a father being poisoned by a business associate nd every one usually has 9.5mil...
... who the hell to these ppl think they are fooling??

lachy

[pullmyfoot]

hah. in the buisiness world 9.5 millions is a puny sum to get poisoned for. id say if you had a billion then ya. but who the hell would poison their business associate anw? haha these people are jokes. if you were the business partner of a rich man, then you would likely be rich too... if not you woulden be his partner

[GroundZero3]

http://www.419eater.com/

[surreal]

We think they are funny, but some people,,,
Can you believe this? This guy was a county treasurer, I swear I've never seen so many thieves and morons in one state in my life.
I think my patience and tolerance is right out the window.. I gotta get out of this place!

Former Alcona County treasurer may spend life in jailMan accused of embezzling $1.2 million from county
Jeff Piechowski and Kristen Abraham


ALCONA COUNTY (WJRT) - (02/28/07)--

The former treasurer of Alcona County could spend the rest of his life in prison. Wednesday a judge decided that Thomas Katona will stand trail on 11 felony counts.

The Harrisville man is accused of embezzling over $1.2 million from the county -- all of which was sent overseas as part of an e-mail scam.

Originally Katona was facing nine felony charges. The attorney general's office amended that at Wednesday's preliminary exam, adding two more.

The attorney general's office says Katona embezzled that money throughout the year last year and all of it went to accounts in Taiwan and Nigeria.

They say the people who received those wire transfers were closely linked to a Nigerian e-mail scheme in which victims are asked to pay money in advance to cover taxes, insurance and legal fees.

In return, they are supposed to eventually receive large sums of money.

According to testimony, Katona originally invested thousands of dollars of his own money to the scheme, but when the people in Nigeria kept asking for more and more money, he then began to tap into county money.
Two key witnesses were the deputy treasurer and bookkeeper for the county, who noticed large debits and wire transfers out of the county's account as well as up to 10 calls a day from Nigeria.
Katona stood mute so the judge entered a not-guilty plea. Katona's attorney waived their right to Wednesday's hearing and brought none of his own witnesses.

He also did not question many of the witnesses and said the state has a very strong case.