On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Andy & Shirley Krajewski wrote:
> Is this a joke?
>
> It is said that the Sese-Seko "Treasures" were transferred directly from the
> State Coffers of the country - bankrupting that country. There are whole
> generations of Zaireans who have had no education, no mediacl facilities, no
> transport system and, definitely, no pensions, as a result of their
> ex-president helping himself to his countries assets.
No, it is an attempt at fraud. It must be a relatively successful method
for defrauding people, as its been around since at least the 1980s.
It used to be letters and faxes, now its e-mail. I've had about 10 in
this style in the last two weeks. Usually they orignate from Nigeria
or at least purport to. A web search for "nigeria fraud" or similar
will turn up lots of info
Andrwe Taylor
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