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Imagine my surprise when I received this in my inbox ...

The Nigerian scam has been updated to reflect recent world events ...

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE

I am Hajia Kadira Al-Zeid, widow of the late Jibril Al-Zeid, the former
chief security officer (CSO)to General Elvira Mozaffar of Iraq. My late
husband was one of the victims of the April 2003 bomb attack in Baghdad
the capital of Iraq.

I am contacting you in confidence to help us in collecting an amount of
US$16,200,000.00 (Sixteen Million Two hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars)
deposited by my late husband in overseas. My late husband deposited this
money in a finance organisation in overseas when the Iraqi government
and secret services started monitoring his accounts in Iraq. I am
personally soliciting for your urgent assistance to move this money into your
country where I believe it will be safe since I cannot leave the
country due to the restriction of movement imposed on members of my family
and me.

We shall like you to work with us as a foreign associate to claim the
fund on our behalf and deposit it into your account.
We would give you 15% of the fund for your assistance and 5% is set
aside for any expenses we might incurred during the transaction, while 80%
is for my family. Our 80% would be kept in your account for investment
in any profitable business proposed by you.

May I at this point, emphasis the high level of confidentiality, which
this business demands and hope you will not betray the trust and
confidence that I repose in you. However, you may need to give me sufficient
assurance that you will not sit on this fund when it is finally
remitted into your bank account. As soon as you give me the assurance, I shall
forward to you the certificate of deposit and other vital documents to
enable you clear the fund.

Please if you are honest and interested in assisting us do send your
full name, address, tel/fax no when replying me so that we can prepare
the some documents presenting you as the beneficiary of the fund which
would enable you claim the fund on our behalf from the finance
organisation.

Sincerely yours,

Hajia Kadira Al-Zeid.

Note that I am contacting you based on the fact that you will help my
family in investing our own share of the funds in your country. We must
have to trust you before the information of the organisation is given
to you.