God fearing woman seeks innocent abroad

The croop of Nigerian Scam or 419 letters continues anabated. It amuses us that The Anti Money Laundering Network receives many of them. It's not as if we hide what we do. One of this morning's crop is particularly amusing. Here it is, exactly as it was received:

I am Mrs. Jumobi Abiola, a God fearing person in sorrow, one of the widows of late M.K.O Abiola, Nigeria's foremost politician, businessman and philantropist. I sincerely need your assistance, but I want you to bear in mind that this has to be strictly confidential. I sincerely need your assistance to take custodian of the sum of Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (U.S$18.5m). This money was given to me by my late husband, Chief M.K.O.Abiola] for safekeeping after the Presidential Election campaign. After his death in 1998, there was confusion in the entire Abiola family as regards sharing of the family assets and moreso, there is envy and jealousy as it was obvious that I was my husband's favourite wife, while he was alive. As soon as he passed away, coupled with the fact that, what i have and what is due to me might be taking away from me by greedy family relations whose reasons would be bot
hering on family tradition and ethics, I decided to deposit the money with a security company Lome, Togo in West Africa, with the help of my late husband's friend (Col. Adamu Bello rtd.) who was a member of the Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) of the government in power then. I am prepared to compensate you with 15% of the total sum after the successful completion of the transaction.
My son, Bimbola Abiola will be in charge of this transaction; he stays far away from the family Villa. He will be giving you more information as regards these transaction. He is my only son and we share secrets. Please respond as soon as you get this mail and please it is important that you send your private phone and fax numbers to me so that i can forward them to the security company after an attorney must have change and legalize all the papers to your name if you are willing to assist me.
The Director of the security company has assured me that the funds will get to you in your country through Diplomatic Courier services. They can deliver to you in America, Europe, Asia and far East. He assured me that the consignment can be deliver to your door step. As soon as the consignment gets to them, they will give you a call. As soon as you assured me of your willingness to assist me,with the information i requested of you,my son will forward you all the necessary papers that will empower you to claim this consignment on myhalf.i.e:1. Power of attorney, 2. Certificate of deposit, 3. Change of Ownership certificate to your name .
I intends investing a larger percentage of this funds into a profitable business venture with you as a partner if this funds gets into your costudy in the next couple of days. Please, i will be needing your scan international passport as a security to my funds. My attorney has advised i should have it from you. I would not want you to disappiont me please for God's sake. God will always be there for you at your time of need.

Thanks and God Bless.
Mrs.Jumobi Abiola.

We like

a) she's fearing God in sorrow
b) her son's a bimbo la (maybe we only find that funny because in Cantonese and other regional dialects, people stick "lah" onto the end of many words and phrases)
c) She and her son share secrets
d) she wants us to keep it confidential.
e) she has consulted an "attorney" - they are called "solicitors" in Nigeria!

Oh, and yes, she wants a copy of my "international passport." Yeah, right. So, in the spirit in which it was sent to us, it is now available for all to see.

Note: World Money Laundering Report wants your Nigerian scam letters - regardless of where they appear to come from.

We need the contents of the header for it to be any use: to get that, in Outlook or Outlook Express, click on the mail (do NOT open any attachments) and then click on properties then details. Copy the information in that box into a blank message with the contents of the original message. Then send to 419@spam-scams.com.