Scam mail from: Mr Richard smith

From: richardsmith
To: babyfacereal@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 17:11:01 +0200
Subject: {Spam?} I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TRANSFER OF US$8M AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT For security reasons please reply to:richardsmiths01@coolkiwi.com

It is with due respect that I send you this email. On behalf of my colleagues from Government of Gambia parastatals, I solicit your assistance as regards the transfer of the above mentioned amount into your bank account. This fund accrued from the over-invoicing of various contracts awarded in my parastatal to certain foreign contractors some time ago. We as holders of the sensitive positions, in our various parastatals, were mandated by the Government to scrutinize all payments made to certain foreign contractors and we discovered that some of the contracts they executed were grossly over-invoiced either by omission or commission. Also, we discovered that the total sum of $9.2M(NINE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY) as over-invoiced amount was lying in a suspense account, although the foreign contractors were fully paid their contract entitlements after executing the said contracts.

We all agreed that the over-invoiced amount be transferred(for our own use) into a foreign bankaccount provider by a trust worthy foreign partner, because we are Government workers and thecivil service code of conduct does not allow us to operate our own foreign accounts. However, wehad succeeded in transferring some of this over-invoiced money. Precisely $1.2M(ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY) was transferred into a foreign account in Lebanon(Middle East) but the provider o f the account in Lebanon was up to some mischief and has refused to complywith the earlier mutual agreement by insisting the total amount be paid to his account beforedisbursement will take effect. The amount requested from him was to pay for the transfer process which was agreed will be deducted and reimbursed as expenses to both parties when the totalamount has been transferred.

If for a meager $1.2M we are not compensated, is it when the balance of $8M is transferred that we will be sure of full compesation? For sometime now, this fellow has refused to contact us, and all efforts to reach him have failed so far. We cannot keep crying over this misfortune as we have to forge ahead.We are therefore seeking your assistance so that the remaining amount of US$8M can be speedily processed and fully remitted into your nominated bank account. On successful remittance of the fund into your account, you will be compensated with 30% of the amount for your assistance and services, while 5% of the sum will be set aside to offset any expenditure that would be incurred by either of the parties in the course of execution. So far, much has been said due to our sensitive positions, we cannot afford a slip in this transaction neither can we proceed with you without getting full guarantee from you that our shares will reach us safely after the fund has reached your bank account. There must be a convicing way for you to assure us of this.I am at your disposal to entertain any question(s)from you inrespect to this transaction, so contact me immediately by email:richardsmiths01@coolkiwi.com for further information on the requirements and procedure for this transaction.Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and utmost urgency.

Yours faithfully,
Mr Richard smith.