- From: Diana Muir <dmuir@intelligented.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 08:04:37 -0500
- To: www-patentpolicy-comment@w3.org
> This is a SCAM! There is no Edward Mambo, unless he's the same as John Osasa! Do a search for John Osasa > and you'll get EXACTLY the same message on a Peking message board. Follow through and you'll end up > getting some story about getting 20% of whatever sent to Global Financial Trust (whom seemingly owned by > Arthur Anderson is just using the same name!) in Canada, Peking or Amsterdam. Then they ask for $7,500 up > front in 'transfer fees', 2 passport IDs (wonder what they'll use those for?) and your banking > information. Don't fall for it. Turn them into the proper authorities. > OFFER FOR HELP > > From: edward mambo (edmab7@yahoo.com) > Date: Wed, Oct 10 2001 > > *Next message: Rajendra Shrestha: "No to Unreasonable and Discriminatory Standards" > > * Previous message: sdrie: "Patent Policy Framework Comment" > * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > * Other mail archives: [this mailing list] [other W3C mailing lists] > * Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Message-Id: <200110110116.VAA19747@tux.w3.org> > Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 02:12:25 +0100 > From: "edward mambo" <edmab7@yahoo.com> > Subject: OFFER FOR HELP > > Sir, > > May I briefly introduce myself. I am Edward Mambo of > the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and > the former aide de camp of the Late President > Laurel Kabila of blessed memory. > > I am presently living in Nigeria on asylum. In case > you are wondering how I got your contact, I got your > contact from a source at the foreign trade office of > the Nigeria Chamber of commerce, trade and industry. > The events of the past one year in my country has been > very unfortunate. The Late president Kabila > successfully toppled the very corrupt government of > the Late Dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and ruled justly > and peacefully for a few months. Unfortunately, the > Tutsi from Goma, the Northern part of the country > rebelled against his government and since then > my country has been at war. > > I am very dedicated and committed to winning the war > against the rebels until recently when to my shock I > found out that Senior Army Officers and Government > officials were stealing public funds and looting > government treasury and sending them to foreign > countries. They have exploited the war situation to > bring back the lawlessness and corruption of the Mobutu > days. > > After the late President Kabila was assainated in very > questionable circumstances, I knew I was in danger of > losing from both ends. Due to this development and as > a way of survival, I have joined the train. I have in > my possession funds amounting to US$15.5million. In > the usual manner of conveying such funds, the money is > in defaced form in a trunk box for security reasons. > It is now in the safe custody of a security company. > The company is however not aware of the real > contentsof the trunk box. > My problem is that the financial Law of Nigeria does > not give assylum seekers any financial rights. And > because of the economic instability and religious > crisis, I have decided that it will be unwise to > attempt investing the funds here. The climate here is > very unfavourable and as a result, I have not > disclosed even to my hosts anything about this fund. > > Now I am seeking foreign assistance to transfer the > funds overseas. If you can assist, I am willing to > give you 20% of the funds, that is US$3.1Million. You > will understand that my entire life and future depend > on this money and I shall be very grateful if you can > assist me. The major thing I demand from you is the > absolute assurance that the money will be safe and you > will not sit on it when it is transferred to > your account. > If you are ready to be of assistance, please contact me immediately by e-mail, so that I can furnish you > with the modalities for the transaction and what is > expected of you. I shall be most grateful if you > maintain utmost confidentiality and keep this message > entirely to yourself. > > Best Regards, > MR. Edward Mambo. > 234-1-80-330-46881 > Email:edwardmambo@eudoramail.com > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > * Next message: Rajendra Shrestha: "No to Unreasonable and Discriminatory Standards" > * Previous message: sdrie: "Patent Policy Framework Comment" > * Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] > * Other mail archives: [this mailing list] [other W3C mailing lists] > * Mail actions: [ respond to this message ] [ mail a new topic ] -- Diana J. Muir, Professional Educator *********************************************** What good is magic if it can't save a unicorn? *********************************************** 770-431-5105 (office) 240-597-5977 (fax) 678-576-6381 (cell)
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