Strange Spam I got [Arms soliciting from a foreign entity!]

spam ( TEMI JOHNSON ) | unknown really... I got this on 9-17-2002 | TEMI JOHNSON

[aSkeptic]

FROM: MR TEMI JOHNSON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. EMAIL:temijohnson@rediffmail.com TEL:44 7775770781(SATELLITE PHONE) Dear Sir,

SEEKING YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE. Please Permit me to make your acquaintance in so informal a manner. This is necessitated by my urgent need to reach a dependable and trust wordy foreign partner. This request may seem strange and unsolicited but I will crave your indulgence and pray that you view it seriously. My name is MR TEMI JOHNSON of the Democratic Republic of Congo and One of the close aides to the former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo LAURENT KABILA of blessed memory, may his soul rest in peace.

Due to the military campaign of LAURENT KABILA to force out the rebels in my country, I and some of my colleagues were instructed by Late President Kabila to go abroad to purchase arms and ammunition worth of Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (US$20,500,000.00) to fight the rebel group. But when President Kabila was killed in a bloody shoot-out by one of his aide a day before we were schedule to travel out of Congo, We immediately decided to divert the fund into a private security company here in Congo for safe keeping. The security of the said amount is presently being threatened here following the arrest and seizure of properties of Col. Rasheidi Karesava (One of the aides to Laurent Kabila) a tribesman, and some other Military Personnel from our same tribe, by the new President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the son of late President Laurent Kabila, Joseph Kabila. In view of this, we need a reliable and trustworthy foreign partner who can assist us to move this money out of my country as the beneficiary. WE have sufficient ''CONTACTS'' to move the fund under Diplomatic Cover to a security company in the europe in your name. This is to ensure that the Diplomatic Baggage is marked ''CONFIDENTIAL'' and it will not pass through normal custom/airport screening and clearance. Our inability to move this money out of Congo all This while lies on our lack of trust on our supposed good friends (western countries) who suddenly became hostile to those of us who worked with the late President Kabila, immediately after his son took office. Though we have neither seen nor met each other, the information We gathered from an associate who has worked in your country has encouraged and convinced us that with your sincere assistance, this transaction will be properly handled with modesty and honesty to a huge success within two weeks. The said money is a state fund and therefore requires a total confidentiality. Thus, if you are willing to assist us move this fund out of Congo, you can contact me through my email address above with your telephone, fax number and personal information to enable us discuss the modalities and what will be your share (percentage) for assisting us. I must use this opportunity and medium to implore You to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this Matter extraordinarily confidential, Whatever your Decision, while I await your prompt response. Thank you and GodBless.

Best Regards MR TEMI JOHNSON

[TheBigB]

Dear Mr. Johnson... Thank you for your email. I am honored...honored...that you would ask me for help in your time of need. I have always stated that The USA is a best friend to the Congolese Republic. I will immediately let you know of my PO Box number and bank account number as soon as I have things "straightened out", pending a divorce. However, if you could possibly wire me about $25,000, I will immediately get to work in setting up a false account for the deposit (trust me, I've done it a lot). I would be glad to come over and meet your colleagues, assuming of course that TV cameras are involved. Plus a hoagie and a virgin or two, if you could spare them.

Thank you again for your trust, I look forward to your reply.

Sincerely,

William Jefferson Clinton, Esq.

[Jeff Gordon]

This is a variation on the common Nigerian 419 Scam. You can find out more about it at: Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website

[Kenton]

Thanks for the kind offer Mr. Johnson, but why don't you just take the money, buy the arms, and send them to the white farmers in Zimbabwe instead?

[cavador]

I get these in Australia evey second week.-I just block them.
The first half dozen i Just forwarded to the South African Law Authorities(INTERPOL) and ASIO but I got sick and tired of doing their dirty work.I am inderectly responsible for the first few arrests over there.
Whenever the bob up in my inbox,I just block them and hope they will soon run out of email adresses to send from.
My advice to you is to just keep blocking them.Eventually they'll give up when enough of their scam emails keep bouncing back to them.

[Twodees]

It ain't spam, it's a con game. They want you to set up an account for them to transfer their $20million into. You'll be asked to put a few thousand into the account to make it look good. What I do when I get some of this kind of email from Africa is to reply to it stating that I just forwarded it to our Department of Homeland Security's office of international fraud and terrorism. They don't know what offices or even departments we have in our government. If my response gives them a bad moment, that's about the best I expect anyway.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Go ahead and send him your bank wire info.

You'll be rich beyond your wildest dreams.

[gcruse]

My advice to you is to just keep blocking them.Eventually
they'll give up when enough of their scam emails keep bouncing back
to them.

Well, no.  Blocking just means the email is
deleted at your ISP server or by your own
email reader, depending on how you set
things up.  Neither action bounces anything
back to the sender.