Some spam emails are weird, but what is the point of this one?

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Lifer
Feb 17, 2001
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<P align=left>FROM MR. COLLINS DON,
<P align=left>COTONOU,
<P align=left>BENIN REPUBLIC
<P align=left>
<P align=left>Dear Sir,
<P align=left>Greetings.
<P align=left>
<P align=left>In order to transfer out (USD 126 MILLION) One Hundred
<P align=left>and Twenty Six Million United States Dollars) from
<P align=left>AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK [ADB], I have the courage to
<P align=left>ask for your assistance to handle this important and
<P align=left>confidential business believing that you will never
<P align=left>let me down either now or in future.
<P align=left>I am MR. COLLINS DON, the MANAGER of AFRICAN
<P align=left>DEVELOPMENT
<P align=left>BANK [ADB] ASSISTED GOVERNMENT PROJECTS IN BENIN
<P align=left>REPUBLIC. There is an unclaimed ADB assisted contract
<P align=left>money in ADB since 1990. After going through some old
<P align=left>files in the records, I discovered that if I do not
<P align=left>claim and effect remittance of this money out
<P align=left>urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner
<P align=left>or beneficiary of the contract sum is Mr. SMITH
<P align=left>B.ANDREAS, a foreigner, and a miner at KRUGER GOLD
<P align=left>CO., a geologist by profession and he died in 1990. No
<P align=left>other person knows about this money or anything
<P align=left>concerning it because MR ANDREAS executed the
<P align=left>contracts personally for ADB assisted projects in
<P align=left>BENIN REPUBLIC. Mr ANDREAS has no other beneficiary
<P align=left>or next of kin.
<P align=left>My investigation proved to me as well that the company
<P align=left>? KRUGER GOLD CO does not know anything about this
<P align=left>contract sum ($126 million). I want to first transfer
<P align=left>[USD26M] Twenty-Six Million United States Dollars from
<P align=left>this money into a safe foreigner?s account abroad
<P align=left>before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner. I am
<P align=left>only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
<P align=left>cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only
<P align=left>be approved to any foreign account because the money
<P align=left>is in US Dollars and the former owner Mr. Smith B.
<P align=left>Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that this message
<P align=left>will come to you as a surprise as we have not met
<P align=left>before but be assured that it is real and a
<P align=left>genuine-risk free business.
<P align=left>I only got your contact address from my secretary ? a
<P align=left>computer operator with belief in God that you will
<P align=left>never let me down in this business. You are the only
<P align=left>person that I have contacted. Please reply urgently so
<P align=left>that I will inform you the next step to take. Send
<P align=left>also your private telephone and fax numbers including
<P align=left>the full details of the account to be used for the
<P align=left>transfer. I want us to meet face to face or sign a
<P align=left>binding agreement so that you can receive this money
<P align=left>into a foreign account or any safe account of your
<P align=left>choice. I will fly to your country for withdrawals,
<P align=left>sharing and other investments.
<P align=left>NB: I am contacting you because of the need to involve
<P align=left>a foreigner with foreign account and as a foreign
<P align=left>beneficiary. I need your full co-operation to make
<P align=left>this work fine because the management of ADB is ready
<P align=left>to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
<P align=left>correct information of this contract sum which I will
<P align=left>give to you immediately if you are able and capable of
<P align=left>handling such amount in strict confidence, trust and
<P align=left>according to my instructions/ advice for our mutual
<P align=left>benefit. This is because this opportunity will never
<P align=left>come again in my life. I need truthful person in this
<P align=left>business because I don't want to make mistakes. I need
<P align=left>your strong assurance and trust. With my position now
<P align=left>in the office I can transfer this money to any
<P align=left>foreigner's reliable account, which you can provide
<P align=left>with assurance that this money will be intact pending
<P align=left>my physical arrival in your country for sharing.
<P align=left>I will destroy all documents of transaction
<P align=left>immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to
<P align=left>any place. You can also come to discuss with me face
<P align=left>to face after which I will make the remittance in your
<P align=left>presence and two of us will fly to your country - at
<P align=left>least two days ahead of the money going into your
<P align=left>account.
<P align=left>I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately
<P align=left>I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive
<P align=left>this fund in your account. I will use my position and
<P align=left>influence to effect legal approvals and onward
<P align=left>transfer of this money to your account with
<P align=left>appropriate clearance forms from the Ministries and
<P align=left>Foreign Exchange Departments. At the conclusion of
<P align=left>this business, you will receive 35% of the total
<P align=left>amount as commission, 60% will be for me while 5% will
<P align=left>be for expenses both parties might have incurred
<P align=left>during the transfers. I look forward to your urgent
<P align=left>reponse.
<P align=left>COTONOU, BENIN REPUBLIC.
<P align=left>Yours Truly,
DON


I have gotten a lot of stupid spam emails, but this one looks like it is traight out trying to get my bank information and screw me over, does the Benin Republic not have rules against this or something :)</FONT>