The Worst Spam Ever, Part 2

The Worst Spam Ever!

Part 2...

Then on April 20th, I got another Spam from Nigeria:

Engr.[Name withheld] Ref:# [withheld] Tel:[withheld] Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as been utterly confidential and “top secret”. You have been recommended by an associate who assured me in confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring maximum confidence. We are top officials of the Federal Government contract review panel who are interested in importation of goods into our Country with funds which are presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this business, we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds. The source of this fund is as follows: during General Abdulsalami Abubakar regime here in Nigeria, the government officials set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over invoiced in various ministries. The present Civilian Government set up contract review panel and we have identified a lot of inflated contract funds which are presently floating in the Central Bank of Nigeria ready for payment. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names. I have therefore, been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for an overseas partner into whose account we would transfer the sum of US$37,316,ooo.oo (Thirty seven Million, Three hundred and sixteen Thousand United States Dollars) hence, we are writing you this letter. We have agreed to share the money thus: 1 20% for theaccount owner (you) 2 70% for us (the officials) 3 10% to be used insettling taxation and all local and foreign expenses. It is from the 70% that we wishto commence the importation business. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence the transfer latest fourteen (14) Banking days from the date of the receipt of the following information by e-mail [withheld],your Banker’s name, Company’s name, and address, account number, fax and phone number. The above information will enable us write letter of claim and job description respectively. This way, we will use your Company’s name to apply for payment and re-award the contract in your Company’s name. We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above e-mail address. I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when I have heard from you. Yours faithfully, Engr.[withheld] Note: Please kindly quote this reference number ([withheld]) in your response and e-mail a copy to the above e-mail address.

So, the 20% of the $37.316 million (and BTW, I love the use of "o" instead of zero: US$37,316,ooo.oo ) equals roughly $7.5 million, bringing my grand total up to $162.15 million promised. I have been "recommended by an associate" who I can only assume is a huge fan of the site. Apparently, though, the associate did not perform enough research, or else he or she would have discovered that I do not have "strictest confidence ... ability and reliability ...requiring maximum confidence". BTW, spammer, it might help for you to spend a bit of your share on English lessons: "The present Civilian Government set up contract review panel " (you need an 'a' in there between 'up' and 'contract') and "The above information will enable us write letter of claim " (it should be 'to write a letter') to name a couple of mistakes. Say, why don't you give me your 70% share and I'll give you some English lessons?

On April 24th, I got an e-mail from someone named "willy willy" (I should have known when I saw the "willy" repeated twice that this would be another bad spam). The significance of the "willy" repeated twice? In a single e-mail, the guy had cut and pasted the same spam message three times (I'll spare you the repeats, though).

Petroleum (Special) Trust Fund

Contract Award Committee

National Secretariat

Victoria-Island

Lagos-Nigeria.

ATTENTION:MANAGING DIRECTOR

The Petroleum Special Trust Fund was set up by the late Head of State
General Sani Abacha who died on 8th June 1998, to manage the excess revenue
accruing from the sale of petroleum and its allied products as a result of
domestic increase in the prices of petroleum products.

The estimated annual revenue for 1999 was 45 billion US Dollars Ref. FMF A26
Unit 3B paragraph "D" of the Auditor General of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria Report of NOV. 1999 on estimated revenue.

I am the Chairman of the Contract Award committee and my committee is
solely responsible for awarding and payment of contracts on behalf of the
Federal Government of Nigeria .

My Committee awarded contracts to foreign contractors for the supply of
Agricultural Machines and spare parts to the Ministry of Agriculture and
Natural Resources. We overshot the contract sum by USD18 Million. We have
paid the contractors and withholding the balance of 18 Million United States
Dollars.

Beceause of existing domestic laws forbidding civil servants from opening,
operating and maintaining foreign accounts, we do not have the expertise to
transfer this balance of funds to a foreign account.

However, this balance of 18 Million United States Dollars has been secured
in form of credit/payment to a foreign contractor.Hence, we wish to transfer
into your bank account as the beneficiary of the funds.

We have also arrived at a conclusion that you will be compensated to the
tune of 25% of the total sum transfered while 5% will be reserved for
incidental expenses that both parties will incur in the course of
actualizing this transaction and the balance of 70% will be kept for the
Committee members.

If you know you are capable of helping us actualize our life's dream,You
should send to me immediately the details of your bank particulars or open a
new account where we can transfer the money(US$18M)which you will hold in
trust for us until we come over there for our own share.

As soon as you open the account, send by e-mail to me or through my partner
at the above e-mail address immediately with the details of the account
viz: Name of bank, address, routing number, telex number, Account number,
Tel and Fax number.You should also include the name of your company, your
personal address, Tel and Fax numbers for further communication.

Note that this transaction will be concluded within 10 working days from the
day you give your consent.

Sincerely yours,

Dr.[name withheld]

Wow - this spam didn't ask me to be discreet and use my strictest confidence, so I didn't have to worry about masking all the details (but like always, I mask the name, e-mail, and contact info of the spammers - hey, you get no free advertising space from me!). He mentions that I can e-mail him or his associate, but he did not give me his associate's e-mail. Ooops. Like I was going to e-mail either of these idiots anyway. But, they promised me 25% of $18 million, so that's another $4.5 million promised. That make's my grand total $166.65 million promised! By the way, Willy, perhaps I could interest you in a spell checker? I have a bargain for you - I'll sell you mine for an easy $1,000.

On May 8, 2002, I got this spam:

FROM:MRS. M SESE-SEKO

DEAR FRIEND.

I AM MRS. MARIAM SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF
LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE?
NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(DRC).

I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,
THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO
OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND BASHER OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO
ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO
SETTLED IN MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND
LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.

HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED
TO CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER
COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED
FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF
STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE
ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'STREASURES DEPOSITED
IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN
AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY
THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND
THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY
LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,
AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO
THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM
OF SEVENTY five MLLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$75,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY ,
FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY
CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING
THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST
US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF IN
EUROPE.

I WANT YOU TO
ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT
WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.

I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK
IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE
IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,
AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU IN CONCLUSION,

IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTRESTED TO ASSIST US I WILL
LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVE STATIONED IN
HOLLAND TO WITHNESS THE TRANSACTION TO IS
CONCLUTION.YOU CAN REACH HIM ON IS DIRECT LINE WHICH
IS [withheld] OR VIA MAIL
[withheld] OR
[withheld].HIS NAME IS STEPHENS AND I
HAVE THE FALL TRUST IN HIME.

I SINCERELY WILL APPRECAITE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BEST REGARDS,

MRS M. SESE SEKO

I have seen some bad spam, but this one is by far one of the worst. Okay, here we go. The most ingenious spellings ever: MLLION, INTRESTED, WITHNESS, CONCLUTION, HIME, APPRECAITE. Then, I love the mixed case, almost like the spammer realized that a promise of $70 million wouldn't do squat, but $75 million was the key by adding I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF SEVENTY five MLLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS. Then, my favorite part was the need for secrecy since she has had to conceal her identity (I AM MRS. MARIAM SESE-SEKO ... I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED... I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.) but you know, there is nothing that can protect your secrecy more than sending e-mails to complete strangers with the details of all your plans. Who is this person - Blofeld? "Ahhh, Mr. Lewis, first we will put the money in your account through my assistant 'Stephens' whom you can reach at the following numbers and addresses but you will know it is really I, Ernst Blofeld, err I mean 'Mrs M Sese Seko'!"

But, with the promised investment of SEVENTY, oops I mean "SEVENTY five mllion (I will assume 'million') United State (which state? - perhaps North Dakota) Dollars," this makes my grand total $241.64 million promised!

Oh, and isn't this alleged woman's son's name very cool? "BASHER " Isn't that a cool name? Maybe I should consider changing my name to that. It sounds like the name of one of those "rad" skateboard dudes. "Hey, Basher, that jump off the rail was so rad!"

On May 10, 2002, I got this spam:

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.

DR. [name withheld]
IKOYI-LAGOS,
NIGERIA.
TEL/FAX: [number withheld]
10TH MAY,2002.

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This
is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top
secret. You have been recommended by your country's Chamber of
Commerce in confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a
transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring
maximum confidence.

We are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel
who are interested in importation of goods into our country with
funds which are presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence
this business we solicit your assistance to enable us RECEIVE the
said trapped funds ABROAD.

The source of this fund is as follows : During the regime of our
late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, the government officials set
up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly
over-invoiced in various Ministries. The NEW CIVILIAN Government
set up a Contract Review Panel (C.R.P) and we have identified a
lot of inflated contract funds which are presently floating in the
Central Bank of Nigeria (C.B.N). However, due to our position as
civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire this
money in our names. I have therefore, been delegated as a matter
of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for an Overseas
partner
INTO whose ACCOUNT the sum of US$31,000,000.00 (Thirty one Million
United States Dollars) WILL BE PAID BY TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER. Hence
we are writing you this letter.

We have agreed to share the money thus:
1. 70% for us (the officials)
2. 20% for the FOREIGN PARTNER (you)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local and
foreign expenses.

It is from this 70% that we wish to commence the importation
business.Please
note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope THAT THE FUNDS
CAN ARRIVE YOUR ACCOUNT in latest ten (10) banking days from the
date of reciept of the following information by E-MAIL
A SUITABLE NAME AND BANK ACCOUNT INTO WHICH THE FUNDS CAN BE PAID.

The above information will enable us write letters of claim and
job description respectively. This way we will use your companys
name to apply for payments and re-award the contract in your company
name.

We are looking forward to doing business with you and solicit your
confidentiality in this transaction.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter using the above E-mail or
call me direct on [withheld]. I will bring you into the complete
picture of this pending project when I have heard from you.

Yours Faithfully,

DR. [withheld]

This spam is a rerun of the very first one I received (what's up with that?). Still, this spam is slightly different in that it uses all forms of media - letter, e-mail, phone, and telegraph (do they still have those things?) - to contact the guy. Anyway, the guy promises me 20% of $31 million or $6.2 million. I think this is the same amount it would take for me to "call me direct" to Nigeria... This brings my total up to ... $247.84 million!

On May 13, 2002, I got this spam:

DEAR friend,

I am well confidence of your capability to assist me
in a transaction for mutual benefit for both parties,
ie(me and you) I am also believing that you will not
expose or betray the trust and confidence I am about
to establish on you. I have decided to contact you
with greatest delight and personal respect.

Well, I am [name withheld] , Son to MR [name withheld]
who was arrested by the ECOMAOG PEACE KEEPING FORCE
months ago in my country Sierra Leone.
Few days before the arrest of my father, he confided
in me and ordered me to go to his underground safe and
move out immediately, with a Deposit Agreement and
Cash Receipt he made with a security Company in
Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire where he deposited One Iron Box
containing USD$ 22 million dollars cash (Twenty Two
Million dollars cash). This money was made from the
sell of
Gold and Diamond by my FATHER and he have already
decided to use this money for future investment of
the family before his arrest.

Thereafter, I rushed down to Abidjan with these
documents and confirmed the deposit of the box by my
father. Also, I have been granted political stay as a
Refugee by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.

Meanwhile, my father have instructed me to look for a
trusted foreigner who can assist me to move out this
money from Côte d’Ivoire immediately for investment .
Based on this , I solicit for your assistance to
transfer this fund into your Account, but I will
demand for the following requirement:

(1) Could you provide for me a safe Bank Account where
this fund will be transferred to in your country or
another nearby country where taxation will not
take great toll on the money?

(2) Could you be able to assist me to obtain my
travelling papers after this transfer to enable me
come over to meet you in your country for
the investment of this money?

(3) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable
business venture that would not require much technical
expertise in your country where part of this fund
will be invested?

Please, all these requirements are urgently needed as
it will enable me to establish a stronger business
relationship with you hence I will like you to be the
general overseer of the investment thereafter. I am a
Christian and I will please, want you to handle this
transaction based on the trust I have established
on you.

For your assistance in this transaction, I have
decided to offer you 12% percent commission of the
total amount ( 22 million dollars ) at the end of this
business. The security of this business is very
important to me and as such,
I would like you to keep this business very
confidential.

I shall expect your urgent reply.
My telephone number is [withheld].

Thank you and God bless you

I like the "This money was made from the sell of Gold and Diamond by my FATHER " - that must have been one huge diamond to pull in $22 million! Also, I like this guy's willingness - "I am a
Christian and I will please,.." So, how about pleasing me by not spamming me? Anyway, he promised me 12% of the $22 million, so that is $2.64 million! It's not much, but it does give me $250.48 million!

On May 17, 2002, I got this spam from someone named "Boka Elvis." Is that like "Tiny Elvis?":

AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.,
[withheld]
REPUBLIC OF COTE D'IVIORE,
WEST AFRICA.
TELE:[withheld]

ATTN:PRESIDENT

WITH DUE HONOUR AND RESPECT,I AM BOKA ELVIS,THE
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS UNIT,FOREIGN
REMITTANCE DEPT.OF [withheld] HERE IN
REPUBLIC OF IVORY-COAST IN WEST AFRICA.

I WAS SIMPLY INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED TO PICK YOUR
E-MAIL ADDRESS FROM THE NUMEROUS LIST WITH A
COTE D'IVIORE BUSINESS CONSULTANT WHO WORKS WITH THE
COTE D'IVIORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY,ELDER
JOHN KOFFI AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU FOR BENEFICIAL AND
A 100% RISK-FREE BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

DURING OUR AUDITING AND INVESTIGATIONS IN THIS BANK,MY
DEPARTMENT CAME ACROSS THE SUM OF FOURTEEN MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$14,000,000)ONLY BELONGING TO
AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSMAN WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS
NEXT OF KIN IN THE 5TH NOVEMBER,1997 AEROPLANE CRASH
IN ABIDJAN IN WEST AFRICA.

BEFORE OUR DISCOVERY TO THIS DEVELOPMENT,THERE WAS NO
TRACE OF CLAIM FROM ANY PERSON AS THE FUND REMAINS
DORMANT IN HIS ACCOUNT WITH THIS BANK.

ALTHOUGH,WE KEEP THIS INFORMATION SECRET WITHIN OUR
JURISDICTION TO ENABLE US PUT CLAIMS AND TRANSFER THE
SAID AMOUNT THROUGH A TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND OVERSEAS WHOM

WE SHALL PRESENT TO THE BANK AS THE BONAFIDE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED FOR A PROFITABLE AND
SUCCESSFUL DEAL.

INFACT,WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS DEAL ALONE BUT BECAUSE
WE CIVIL SERVANTS ARE NOT LEGALLY ALLOWED TO OPERATE
FOREIGN ACCOUNT.AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY RAISE EYE
BROWS ON OUR SIDE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER ,BECAUSE

WE ARE STAFF OF THE BANK.THESE ARE THE ACTUAL REASONS
WE CONTACT YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER WHO WILL FORWARD CLAIMS
BY OUR DIRECTIVES AS THE BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN WITH
IVOIREAN COURT AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM TO THE BANK AND
ALSO PRESENT A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THE MONEY
WILL BE RE-TRANSFERED INTO.

MEANWHILE,ALL THE ARRANGEMENT TO PUT CLAIMS AS THE
BONAFIDE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED,TO GET THE
REQUIRED APPROVAL AND TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO A
FOREIGN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PUT IN PLACE.THE DIRECTIVES
AND THE NEEDED INFORMATION WILL BE RELAYED TO YOU AS
SOON AS YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO
BENEFIT YOURSELF FROM THIS GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY.

ON CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION,YOU WILL BE ENTITLED
TO 25% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION.5% OF THE
TOTAL SUM WILL BE USED TO REINBURSE EXPENSES THAT
MIGHT ARISE FROM TELEPHONE BILLS AND OTHER EXPENSES
DURING THE TRANSACTION,WHILE 70% WILL BE FOR ME AND MY

PARTNERS HERE.

PLEASE YOU HAVE BEEN ADVICED TO KEEP TOP SECRET AS WE
ARE STILL IN SERVICE AND INTEND TO RETIRE FROM SERVICE
AFTER WE CONCLUDE THIS DEAL WITH YOU.

I WILL BE MONITORING THE WHOLE SITUATION HERE IN THIS
BANK UNTIL YOU CONFIRM THE MONEY IN YOUR ACCOUNT.WE
THEN COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SUBSEQUENT SHARING
OF THE FUND ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED AND FOR INVESTMENT IN ANY COUNTRY YOU MAY
ADVICE US TOO.

ALL OTHER NECESSARY INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU
WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU.
I SUGGEST YOU GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
STATING YOUR WISH IN THIS DEAL.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
BOKA ELVIS

Dude, don't use so many commas ("ALTHOUGH,WE KEEP"), and how about using some spaces ("TRANSACTION,WHILE")? And, you might have better luck closing with "thankyouverymuch." Hey, maybe that's why he didn't use so many spaces... Could it be? Is this PROOF that Elvis is still alive and living in the Ivory Coast? Well, he promised me 25% of $14 million. It isn't as much as say, Graceland, but perhaps just the chance to meet with the King ("WE THEN COME DOWN TO YOUR COUNTRY") is worth more - and hey, can you really put a price on a meeting with the assumed dead Kind of Rock and Roll? No. But without the priceless part, it still gives me a grand total of $254 million.

On May 22, 2002, I got this spam:

[withheld] - Nigeria

E-mail:[withheld]

Dear Friend,

May l briefly introduce myself to you. I am hajia
Maryam Abacha, the wife of the late Nigerian Head of
State, General Sani Abacha who died on the 8th of
June,1998. Ever since the death of my husband, my
family has been facing a lot of problems mostly with
the present Civilian Government. Consequently, my son
-Mohammed Abacha has been under torture in detention
for a sin he did not commit and made to make a lot of
confessions as regards valuables, money inclusive that
of my late husband entrusted in his handforsafe-keeping.
The latest is his confession on the US$700,000,000.00
(Seven Hundred Million United States Dollars) cash his
late father gave him for safe keeping. Please check
Newswatch Magazine of May 8th/15th, 2000 issue on
[Website:http://www.newswatchngr.com] to confirm the
above story. Also the recent publication by THISDAY
Newspaper on Thursday March 1st Edition, which London
Court clear ways for more recovering of Abacha's
family looted money. Please confirm this issue on
website: http://www.thisdayonline.com, click the
Archive/2001/March 2001/Thursday March 1st. On these
note, I deposited a total sum of US$40,300,000.00
(Forty Million ,three hundred thousand United States
Dollars) sometimes march last year with a Security
company abroad (name with held for now). Normally, we
(I and Mohammed Abacha) usually do such transaction,
by first sending the money out by Cargo to a security
company outside Nigeria, as photographic materials.
And thereafter go to the security company for claim
before transferring it to any bank of our choice.
Presently, l can not travel out of Nigeria, because,if
you have gone through the above mentioned website
address, you will see how My son's confession have
implicated my husband and infact the whole of my
family. This has actually caused the Federal
Government of Nigeria to confiscate our international
passports, frozen every of my family member bank
accounts both home and abroad, even our properties.
My problem now is, l want someone that can assist me
to move the US$40,300,000.000 (Forty Million ,three
hundred thousand United States Dollars) out from the
Security Company, before Mohammed will open up to the
Security Agents. To this regard l am soliciting for
your assistance to claim the boxes containing the
money from the Security Company and move the money toyour country.
I shall be ready to negotiate with you any percentage
you might want from the sum. On your advise l shall be
ready to invest my own share of the sum in your
country. I assure you that there will be no problems at all in the course of moving out the money.
I shall so much appreciate your immediate response for full details of the business which shall be given to you by my second son Mallammustapha Abacha.You should note also that my son-Mallam mustafa Abacha shall handle all cases as regards this transaction; as he is well abreastwith this transaction for I do not have access to telephone lines now because they have been tossed by the security agents and my movement being monitored.
I would like my son(mustapha Abacha) to settle down or
involve in a dating relation with any lucky foreign
lady at the successfull completion of the transaction.
In acknowledgement of my proposal,i would want you to
furnish me with your Telephone number,Fax number,and
Address so as to enable ny son whom will be dealing
with you directly to easily have you communicated as
to how you will recieve this money on our behalf withrisk free.
Thanking you in anticipation to your kind
understanding and cooperation.I am looking forward to
a healthy business relationship with you and my entire
household.
Hoping to hear from you.

Best Regards,

Hajia Maryam Abacha. ,

So, this one is very interesting, as they have provided a whole bunch of links to confirm the stories. You know the old rule of thumb - the more people try to convince you of the authenticity of their story, the more likely it is BS! Anyway, the extra $40.3 million promised brought my total up to $294.3 million!

On May 24, 2002, I got this spam:

RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
[withheld]

GOVERNMENT RESERVED

AREA,
ENUGU, ENUGU STATE

DEAR SIR,

I HAVE THE HONOUR AND CONFIDENCE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THIS BUSINESS IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT YOU ARE TRUSTWORTHY AND RELIABLE.

I AM MR. [name withheld], THE EASTERN DISTRICT BANK MANAGER OF UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA PLC.(UBA). THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS BANK IN 1980 AND SINCE 1990 NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN. AFTER INTENSIVE INVESTIGATION, I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. ANDREA B SMITH, A FOREIGNER, AND THE MANAGER OF PETRO–TECHNICAL SUPPORT SERVICES, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER BY PROFESSION AND HE DIED IN 1990 AND HAS NO NEXT OF KIN AND THE ACCOUNT HAS NO BENEFICIARY. MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT THIS COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT. THE AMOUNT INVOLVE IS (USD 26 MILLION DOLLARS).

IN THE LIGHT OF THE ABOVE FACT, I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO OPEN YOUR DOOR TO THIS OPPORTUNITY BY PROVIDING YOUR ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMITTED.

YOUR ASSISTANCE AS A FOREIGNER IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO WELCOME ANY PERSON, A FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED TO CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH ME. YOU SHOULD BE INFORMS STRICTLY THAT I WILL BURN ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR PRESENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS MONEY HAS BEEN REMITTED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AND YOU SHOULD BEAR IN MIND THAT WE SHALL MEET FACE TO FACE FOR SHARING AND INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I WILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL LEAVE IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE READY TO ACT AND RECEIVE THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. THIS IS TO ENABLE ME USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE TO EFFECT THE ONWARD TRANSMISSION OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR DESIRED ACCOUNT.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 75% WILL BE FOR ME, WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR CHARITY ORGANISATION AND ANY EXPENSES WE MIGHT INCURRED DURING THE TRANSACTION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARNEST REPLY.

YOURS TRULY,

MR. [name withheld]

So, this spam promises another $5.2 million, bringing my total up to $299.5 million! And this guy will burn all the documents, so I guess I wouldn't have to pay taxes on this money either!

Also on May 24, 2002, I got this spam:

FROM: WILLIAM
LAGOS-NIGERIA

Dear Sir,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue if its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been reliably informed of your discreteness and ability in transactions of this nature. Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you.

I am MR .WILLIAM , a Branch Manager with the Union Bank of Nigeria Plc. Lagos.I came to know of you in my private search for a reliable and Reputable person to handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

THE PROPOSITION:

A foreigner, Late Engineer Johnson Creek, an Oil Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death five years ago in a ghastly air crash, banked with us here at Union Bank Plc. Lagos, and had a closing balance of US$15.5M (FIFTEEN Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which the bank now unquestionably expects to be claimed by any available foreign next-of-kin of the Late beneficiary or alternatively be donated to a discredited trust fund for arms and ammunition at a military war college here in Nigeria. Fervent valuable efforts are being made by the Union Bank to get in touch with any of the Creek family or relatives but proved to avail.It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate any of Late Engr. Johnson Creek's next-of-kin (he had no known wife and children) that the management under the influence of our chairman and member of the board of directors, retired Major General Kalu Uke Kalu,that an arrangement be made for the funds to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE"and subsequently be donated to the Trust Fund for Arms and Ammunition to further enhance the course of war in Africa and the world in general. In order to avert this negative development, so of my trusted colleagues and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next-of-kin toLate Engr. Johnson Creek so that the funds US$15.5M would be released and paid into your bank account as thebeneficiary next-of-kin. All documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out and more so we are assuring you of a 100% risk free involvement.

Your share stays while the rest would be for my colleagues for and myself Investment purposes in your country. We have agreed that, the funds will be shared thus, after it has been transferred into youraccount1. 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the funds.2. 10% will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transfer.3. 60% to us the originators of the Transaction.

If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of the trust, we hope to bestow on you and your company, then kindly get to me immediately via my private Email: for security reason. Furnishing me with your most confidential telephone, fax number and exclusive bank particulars so that I can use this information to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the funds in your favor.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours faithfully,
MR. WILLIAM
[withheld]

"Mr. William"? This guy goes by one name, like he's Cher, Madonna, or Liberace. Anyway, he promised me $4.65 million, so my total is now $304.2 million!

On May 25, 2002, I got this spam:

FROM:MRS. M SESE-SEKO

DEAR FRIEND.

I AM MRS. MARIAM SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF
LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE?
NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(DRC).

I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,
THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO
OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND BASHER OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO
ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO
SETTLED IN MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND
LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.

HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED
TO CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER
COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED
FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF
STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE
ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'STREASURES DEPOSITED
IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN
AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY
THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND
THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY
LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,
AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO
THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM
OF SEVENTY FIVE MLLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$75,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY ,
FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY
CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING
THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST
US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF IN
EUROPE.

I WANT YOU TOASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.

I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK
IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE
IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,
AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU IN CONCLUSION,

IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTRESTED TO ASSIST US I WILL
LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVE STATIONED IN
HOLLAND TO WITHNESS THE TRANSACTION TO IS
CONCLUTION.YOU CAN REACH HIM ON IS DIRECT LINE WHICH
IS [withheld] VIA MAIL
[withheld].HIS NAME IS PETERS AND I HAVE THE FALL TRUST IN HIM.

I SINCERELY WILL APPRECAITE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BEST REGARDS,

MRS M. SESE SEKO

Mrs. M. Sese Seko must have forgotten that she e-mailed me on May 8th with this proposal. But I can see what happened, because she must have fired the mysterious assistant "Mr. Stephens" for her new assistant "Mr. Peters." Apparently that must have been where the confusion set in. I am glad to see that Mr. Peters spelled the "SEVENTY FIVE" using all caps this time; presumably that is where Mr. Stephens got fired. Oh, well, add the $75 million to my total and I have... $379.2 million!

On June 3, 2002, I got this spam:

ATTN:
I STUMBLED IN TO YOUR CONTACT BY STROCK OF LUCK AFRTER
A LONG SEARCH FOR AN HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON WHO
COULD HANDLE ISSUE WITH HIGH CONFIDENTIALITY.
I WAS SO DELIGHTED WHEN I GOT YOUR CONTACT AND I DECIDED
TO CONTACT YOU AND SOLICITE FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE.
I HOPE YOU WILL LET THIS ISSUE TO REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL EVEN
IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED BECAUSE OF MY STATUS.
I PRESUME THIS MAIL WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU.
I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE MINISTRY OF MINERAL
RESOURCES AND ENERGY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ALSO A MEMBER
OF CONTRACTS AWARDING COMMITTEE OF THIS MINISTRY UNDER
SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT.

MANY YEARS AGO, SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT ASKED THIS
COMMITTEE TO AWARDS CONTRACTS TO FOREIGN FIRMS, WHICH
I AND 2 OF MY PARTNERS ARE THE LEADER OF THIS
COMMITTEE, WITH OUR GOOD POSITION , THIS CONTRACRS
WAS OVER INVOICED TO THE TUNE OF US$25,600,000:00 AS A

DEAL TO BE BENEFIT BY THE THREE TOP MEMBER OF THIS
COMMITTEE.
NOW THE CONTRACTS VALUE HAS BEEN PAID OFF TO THE
ACTUAL CONTRACTORS THAT EXECUTED THIS JOBS, ALL WE
WANT NOW IS A TRUSTED FOREIGN PARTNER LIKE YOU THAT WE

SHALL FRONT WITH HIS BANKING ACCOUNT NUMBER TO CLAIM
THE OVER INFLATED SUM.
UPON OUR AGREEMEENT TO CARRY ON THIS TRANSACTION WITH
YOU, THE SAID FUND WILL BE SHARE AS FOLLOWS.
75% WILL BE FOR US IN SOUTH AFRICA.
20% FOR USING YOUR ACCOUNT AND OTHER CONTRIBUTION
THAT MIGHT REQIURED FROM YOU.
5% IS SET ASIDE FOR THE UP FRONT EXPENCES THAT
WILL BE ENCOUNTER BY BOTH PARTY TO GET ALL NECESSARY
DOCUMENTS AND FORMARLITIES THAT WILL JUSTIFY YOU AS
THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THIS FUND.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TRANSACTION, KINDLY
REPLY THIS MASSEGE WITH ALL YOUR PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS, TO ENABLE US FURNISH YOU WITH DETAILS AND
PROCEDURES OF THIS TRANSACTION.
GOD BLESS YOU
YOURS FAITHFULLY.

[name withheld].

Wow, this guy is a rocket scientist. "I STUMBLED IN TO YOUR CONTACT BY STROCK OF LUCK AFRTER A LONG SEARCH FOR AN HONEST AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON WHO COULD HANDLE ISSUE WITH HIGH CONFIDENTIALITY." - obviously it wasn't that great of a "strock" of luck, as you should be able to tell from this page that I am not able to handle this issue with confidentiality. "I PRESUME THIS MAIL WILL NOT BE A SURPRISE TO YOU." - you are right about that - I get this particular e-mail every other day it seems, so it really isn't much of a surprise; what would be a surprise? If I were to go several weeks without getting one of these - now THAT would be a surprise. This guy does get points for interesting and unique spellings - "STROCK, AFRTER, SOLICITE, CONTRACRS, AGREEMEENT, REQIURED, EXPENCES, FORMARLITIES, MASSEGE" - I love it because they are so obvious. I got promised 20% of $25.6 million (why don't they just go back to nice round numbers?), so I got another promise of $5.12 million, bringing my total up to $309.32 million.

On June 15, 2002, I got this spam:

FROM:MRS. M SESE-SEKO

DEAR FRIEND.

I AM MRS. MARIAM SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF
LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE?
NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
(DRC).

I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,
THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.
I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO
OF OUR SONS TIMOTHY AND BASHER OUT OF
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO
ABIDJAN,COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO
SETTLED IN MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND
LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE.

HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED
TO CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER
COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED
FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF
STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE
ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT
AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE
ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'STREASURES DEPOSITED
IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN
AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY
THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND
THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY
LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE
WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT,
AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO
THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM
OF SEVENTY FIVE MLLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$75,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY ,
FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY
CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING
THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO
INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST
US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF IN
EUROPE.

I WANT YOU TO
ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT
WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED.

I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK
IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE
IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS.
MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,
AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND
CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU IN CONCLUSION,

IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTRESTED TO ASSIST US I WILL
LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVE STATIONED IN
HOLLAND TO WITHNESS THE TRANSACTION TO IS
CONCLUTION.YOU CAN REACH HIM ON IS DIRECT LINE WHICH
IS [withheld] OR VIA MAIL
[withheld].HIS NAME IS WILLAIM EDWARD AND
I
HAVE THE FULL TRUST IN HIME.

I SINCERELY WILL APPRECAITE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS
SOON AS POSSIBLE.

BEST REGARDS,

MRS M. SESE SEKO

Mrs. Seko Seko must be suffering from amnesia or Alzheimer's, since she seems to have forgotten that she has e-mailed me twice before, first on May 8th then again on May 25th. She seems to have fired her second assistant, the illustrious Mr. Peters, and now hired "WILLAIM EDWARD", and like Mr. Peters before him (and Mr. Stephens before him), she has "THE FULL TRUST IN HIME". I am glad to hear that BASHER is doing well (he's still alive at least), but I have to decline yet again Mrs. Seko Seko (or is it Blofeld?) - oh, and just so you know, when you replace Mr. Edward with his replacement in a few days and e-mail me yet again, I will still not be "INTRESTED." Just so we are clear on this. Oh, and her additional investment of $75 million means that I now have accumulated promises of $384.32 million!

On June 19, 2002, I got this spam:

Dear Friend,

My proposal to you will be very surprising, as we have not had any Personal contact. However, I sincerely seek your confidence in this transaction, which I propose to you as a person of transparency and caliber.

Let me first start by introducing myself properly to you. My name is [withheld], I am a cousin and Personal Assistant of Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, the leader UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola). I got your email address from a network directory.

You may know that my Uncle was recently killed in a battle with the government troops of Angola, led by President Dos Santos, on Friday 22nd February 2002.

Now Mr. Antonio Dembo who was my Uncle's second in command, has assumed office as leader of UNITA. In spite of this, UNITA is like a herd of cattle without shepherd. Prominent members like Carlos Morgado are still lobbying to oust him and assume office as leader to enrich themselves and some of them who see me as a threat to their ambitions, including Mr. Dembo, are planning to kill me. For more information check www.angola.org.

However, I am a young man who has ambitions and I am not in any way interested in wars, this is why I secretly left Angola and come here (Netherlands) to seek political asylum.

I am sincerely seeking for your urgent help in respect to safekeeping of some of my Uncle's money that arose from Diamonds sales. This money (US$18.5million), was already on its way to my Uncle's Swiss Bank account. It was on transit with a safe deposit company here in Netherlands, when the tragic incident of my Uncle's death occurred.

As a matter of fact, this is the reason I chose to come to Netherlands to seek political asylum. It is very clear with the way things are now, that President Dos Santos will lobby the International Community to freeze my Uncle's assets and accounts abroad, to ground UNITA, since he has already done this in Angola.

I plan to use this money to safeguard my future. It is very essential that you understand that the kind of trust and confidence I want to put in you is extraordinary, and an act of desperation on my part, in order not to lose this money. Also, this contact with you should be treated with utmost secrecy and confidentiality.

The help I need from you is clearing the box containing the money from the security company, after which, it will be deposited in an account in your name, with my name as next of kin. For your reliable assistance, I will reward you with 15% the money, we shall use 5% to carry out every expenses that we come across at any time. The
remainder of the 5% shall be given to a charity of your choice. You will withdraw your share of the money from this account immediately, and we shall leave the rest as fixed deposit, pending when my asylum application is granted, and I have the permit to conduct business, then you shall transfer the account to me.

I have all the documents for claim of the consignment from the security company. This transaction should be completed immediately depending on your prompt response.

I thank you in advance as I anticipate your assistance in enabling me achieve this goal.
Please contact me whether or not you are interested in assisting me. This will enable me scout for another partner in the event of non-interest on your part.

Sincerely,
[name withheld]

Well, this is interesting - it's not Nigerian spam, it's Angolan. But, there are some interesting things. First - "I got your email address from a network directory." - interesting since this did not come to my public account, but one that does not appear in a network directory (but probably does appear on spam lists since a friend inadvertently posted it in a message board a few weeks ago). Then, "Also, this contact with you should be treated with utmost secrecy and confidentiality." - have you not seen this page? Don't you know I can't be trusted with this? But, it is unique in that I get 15% of $18.5 million (or $2.775 million), but also 5% goes to a charity of my choice ($925,000 for Doctors Without Borders). So, this brings my grand total up to: $387.1 million promised to me and almost a million to Doctors Without Borders.

But it doesn't end there - the e-mail kept coming...

Continue on to Part 3