Nice one Larry --- I guess that tops my $25 Million offer, but I think you'll appreciate the poetry ("May his gentle soul rest in prefect (sic) peace")!

BJ

FROM:MR DAVID KUMBA
10 BP 1098 ABIDJAN 10
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
TELL 225 0778 7560
DEAR SIR ,


IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER MY MUCH
CONSIDERATION,MY NAME IS DAVID KUMBA THE SON OF
LATE MR NELSON KUMBA FROM KWAZULU-NATAL IN
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA, I AM 28 YEARS OF AGE, MY
FATHER OWNS A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OF COCOA AND
GOLD IN JOHANESBURG SOUTH AFRICA MY COUNTRY.

AFTER HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN COTE D'IVIORE TO NEGOTIATE
ON A COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN
ABIDJAN . ONE WEEK HE CAME BACK FROM HIS TRIP TO
ABIDJAN HE HAD A MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY SISTER WHICH
MY SISTER DIED INSTANTLY BUT MY FATHER DIED AFTER FIVE
DAYS IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN MY COUNTRY .

IT WAS LIKE MY FATHER KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE MAY
HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PREFECT PEACE . HE DISCLOSED
TO ME AND MY MOTHER THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF
($ 25,000,000) TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS INTO A BANK IN COTE D'IVIORE, THAT THE MONEY
WAS MEANT FOR HIS COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO
ESTABLISH IN ABIDJAN .

MY FATHER HANDED ME THE DOCUMENTS COVERING THE
LODGMENT AND INSTRUCTED ME AND MY MOTHER TO SEEK FOR A
RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY BUSINESS PARTNER FOR OUR
LIFE TIME INVESTMENT, THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO CONTACT
YOU , NOW I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN LOCATING THE BANK HERE
IN ABIDJAN AND I HAVE TOLD THEM OUR PLAN TO LOOK FOR A
FOREIGEN PARTNER WHO WILL ASSIST US IN TRANSFERRING
THE MONEY INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNTS FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT.

NOW I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME
PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT FACILITY WHERE I CAN TRANSFER THE
MONEY INTO SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IT IN ANY LUCRATIVE
BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY HOPE
IN LIFE ,I AND MY MOTHER HAVE PROMISED TO GRATIFY YOU
WITH 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE .

I AM WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN
DISCUSS THE MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU CAN
CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE DISCUSSION .

THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE               

YOURS SINCERELY

MR DAVID AND MOTHER