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GREETINGS! I am Nda Okoing, former

A. nephew of the brother of the cousin of the regent to the throne
B. sister of the imperial accountant to his Majesty Ooka Noog
C. imperial cook and toenail clipper
D. groupie

for the

A. Republic of Mbenga.
B. country of Zoomwaga.
C. People's Republic of Berkeley.
D. Unitarians.

As you are aware, our country was overthrown by

A. Marxist guerillas.
B. hairy gorillas.
C. ten chimpanzees on a unicycle.
D. 12-year-old girls dressed like Britney Spears.

They have

A. looted the national treasury
B. burned down 203 of our country's 204 Starbucks
C. spray-painted our national palace with "leet speak"
D. interrupted our national chess tournament

and

A. spent legally collected tax dollars to buy stuff on eBay.
B. threatened to vote for Ralph Nader.
C. forced our former prime minister to take a job as a "greeter" at WalMart.
D. broken all of our Franklin Mint collectors' plates, including the complete Wizard of Oz collection, which has appreciated in value over 400 percent in the past dozen years.

I am writing to ask your assistance. We have

A. a large sum of money
B. a diseased yak
C. an old Chevy
D. a cargo container full of empty Pez dispensers

that needs to be transferred to

A. illegal banking accounts
B. redneck truckers
C. elderly Florida voters
D. the Bethany Stimson Home for Unwed Teenage Mothers

in the United States. If you could please send me your Social Security number, mother's maiden name, bank account number, credit card numbers plus PINs, as well as

A. $250 in cash,
B. booze,
C. the place where you hide your spare house key,
D. a JPEG of your butt,

I will promise to pay you $100,000 to help me complete the transfer.

Please respond to this e-mail. Thank you!

Date: 17 Mar 2004 09:25 (UTC)

Date: 17 Mar 2004 09:28 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] allah-sulu.livejournal.com
Did you create this?

Date: 17 Mar 2004 09:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com
No, I found it on Usenet, but the name of the creator os long gone.

Date: 17 Mar 2004 09:50 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] allah-sulu.livejournal.com
Amusing, and could easily be randomized in HTML.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Date: 17 Mar 2004 12:08 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kat-box.livejournal.com
As a receptionist and recipient of said Nigerian scam letters in the past, I find this TOO hilarious! Whoever wrote this has really nailed it. :)

Unfortunately there are people stupid (read: greedy) enough to fall for this. More fool them. :D

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