May 30
2004
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» Posted on May 30, 2004 07:07 PM » Category: Iraq

You have to hand it to the internet fraudsters. This one manages to combine the usual story with opposition to the Iraq War:


Good day;
I am Hajai Kudirat Khalifa the Wife of the Ex-oil minister Of Iraq, Comrade Hammoud Khalifa I am moved to write this letter to you considering my present circumstances and situations as I escaped out of the country (Iraq) to Libya, along with my children, where my family settled down.

My husband moved to was killed amongst other military men fighting against the coalition forces of United States of America, however there after declaration of War on Iraq the United States of America made arrangements with the Switzerland Government and some other European countries to freeze my husbands accounts abroad considering my husband as looter of public funds.

But God so kind to us, my husband and I deposited the sum of US$22,000,000.0 Twenty Two Million United States Dollars with a reputable Security Company Firm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for Safe Keeping. These funds were security coded to prevent it from failing into the wrong hands.

I humbly want to introduce you to my son Prince Dahiru Musa Khalifa whom is Schooling in London but currently in Dubai in search for admission to complete his education there in Dubai U.A.E where the funds are safely kept, because Schooling in London is very expensive and I could no longer bear the cost.

However, I want to seek for your consent in assisting us to invest this money but I wouldnt want I and my son identity to be revealed due to our position and current situation in Iraq. May I implore you to maintain the high level of confidentiality which this transaction requires and I hope you will not betray the trust and confidence that I have already bestowed in you.

Finally, if you are ready to assist us. My son will put you through the picture of the business. I will forward to you the contacts of my son Prince Dahiru Musa Khalifa immediately on the receipt of your response.
He will discuss the modalities and remuneration of your services as soon as you indicate your interest to assist us.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.
Yours Sincerely;
Hajia Kudirat Khalifa



What an irresistable lure! I can get very rich and help the widow of Saddam's oil minister, cruelly killed by the Coalition along with his fellow freedom fighters. I'm on my way to Dubai as we speak.


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Have they tried George Galloway? He's got some experience in this type of thing.

Stated by: Bill Carmichael on May 30, 2004 8:29 PM

Marvelous, innit? The wives, sons, daughters, cousins (list more) of every kleptocratic tyrant in the Middle East and Africa over the last quarter century are -supposedly- emailing this stuff, using any list they can get their hands on.

Klepto-Central seems to be writing much the same come-on script for all of them. Not that I believe that deceased kleptocrats are short of like-minded living relatives - but so many?

I suppose the boring explanation is that these are just workaday crooks using the names as bait. But wouldn't it be nice if....


Stated by: sam roony on May 30, 2004 9:02 PM

Given that Polly Toynbee recently admitted to falling for one of these, aiming them at the Guardian reading set probably isn't a bad idea. Besides, those 5-a-day-lesbian-transgendered-condom-outreach workers have got more money than sense thanks to the rampant wage inflation going on in the public sector.

Regards

Stated by: Andrew on June 2, 2004 1:53 PM

Does anyone ever use the word "modalities", other than in drafting one of these scam emails?

Stated by: Tim Pitt-Payne on June 3, 2004 2:50 PM
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