[Vision2020] Email scams and letters to editor

[keely emerinemix]

I got one today, too, from The Hon. Ibrahim F--------, whose invitation I 
had to less-than-politely decline by simply ignoring it.

I truly hate these things that clutter up my junk mail folder.  They take 
time away from my being able to respond to the really important emails, like 
the ones that promise to make me tall, slim and blonde just in time for 
swimsuit season.  (What a relief.  I was afraid I was going to have to, 
like, change parents and exercise and stuff).

Of course, the more time I spend on email, the less time available for 
perusing the letters section of the Daily News, in which today we have two 
very different letters from two very different Christian men, Roger Lynn and 
Leonard Johnson.  Both lament, in their own way, the moral and civic decay 
of our nation, yet each takes an entirely different tone.  In one of them, I 
recognize the heart of Christ.  In the other, I see a smugness and 
condemnation that somehow doesn't paint a picture of the Jesus I know the 
author worships.

Thank you, Roger.  Be kind, Leonard.  And, Lord, have mercy on us all.

keely





From: Joan Opyr <joanopyr at moscow.com>
To: Vision2020 Moscow <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] Email scams (Fwd: Merry Xmas From Karims)
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:26:47 -0800

Dear Visionaries,

I really must share this marvelous (if illiterate) investment opportunity 
with you.  Wow.  It seems Mark Knopfler was right -- you can get your money 
for nothing and your chicks for free!

Nonsense.  Quite apart from my amazement that this particular email scam is 
still going, I find it interesting how many of the wives, widows, and 
children of ex-African dictators seem to have nowhere to stow their 
ill-gotten millions except in my poor little Latah Federal Credit Union 
account.  In addition to Mr. Karim Admas of Sierra Leone, I've also heard 
from Mrs. Mobutu Sese-Seko and Mrs. Bogamil Doudou, all wanting my Social 
Security and/or bank account number.  Gosh -- I feel so special.

BTW, there's a warning up in Latah Federal that if anyone should contact you 
to say that you've won the Irish lottery, and all you need to do to collect 
is send them a cashier's check for $2000, you really should think twice.  
Did you actually enter the Irish lottery?  Is there an Irish lottery?  Why a 
cashier's check?  Sounds like selling Stanley products to me . . . you, too, 
can be a millionaire!  Just cough up a few thousand and have at it!

Anyhow, beware.  In the past week, I've noticed a marked increase in 
messages like the one I'm forwarding below, and my Junk Mail filter (though 
set on high) is not catching them.  These things must be fooling someone, so 
caveat email user.  Don't get took!

Not that I think you will -- I just find these things perversely 
entertaining.

Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment
www.joanopyr.com

Begin forwarded message:

>Merry Xmas From  Karims
>
>
>                           CONFIDENTIAL
>
>Dear One
>
>I am KARIM ADMAS the only son of late former Director of finance,Chief 
>Vincent U ADMAS Sierra Leone diamond and miningcorporation I must confess 
>my agitation is real and my words is my bond, in this proposal My late 
>father diverted this fund acquired from the over influencing of price of 
>sales purchasing of raw materials now he has deposited the money with a 
>bank here in Abidjan BY FIXED DEPOSIT FORM,and he attached a strict clause 
>to the fund in bracket PAY AS RECEIVED where I am residing under political 
>assylum
>
>Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers the 
>present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers 
>who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such 
>person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it 
>is on this note that I am contacting you all I needed from you is to 
>furnish me with your bank particulars like
>
>Account name
>Account number
>Bank address
>
>telephone and fax number For you to assist me transfer this money in your 
>private bank account, the said amount is Five Million Two hundred Thousand 
>United State Dollars $5.2 Million
>
>I am compensating you with 12 percent of the total money amount now all my 
>hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your 
>country were their is stability of Government political and economic 
>welfare Honestly I want you to believe that this transaction is real and 
>never a joke
>
>My late father Chief Kamara gave me the photocopies of the certificate of 
>deposit issued to me by BANK on the date of deposit and he called me closer 
>to his bed side before his call to glory that i should pray to God first, 
>before contacting any foreginer and he warned me stricly that i should 
>avoid afican men with their greedy and evil mind since this is the only 
>legacy i am inheriting from him.
>
>SIR,this is for you to be clarified because, I do not expose my self to 
>anybody I see, I believe that you are able to keep this transaction secret 
>for me because this money is the hope of my life, it is important. Please 
>immediately after you must have gone through my message fill free and make 
>it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 12 percent of the total 
>money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incure 
>during this transaction including your telephone calls
>
>N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment 
>opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when 
>it is transferred to your account and you will be our guiardian personally 
>I am interested in estate management and hotel business please try to reply 
>me immediately you receive this message for more explanation.And promisse 
>me to be a father considering my situation and not to betray us
>
>Thanks and God bless Best regards
>KARIM ADMAS

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