Watch out - there's a new scam email going around.

[TroubleMan]

From: Ben Bernanke
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: RE: URGENT PLEASE HELP (CONFIDENTIAL)


Dear Taxpayer,

I know this letter will come as a surprise to you, but I would like you to give it top consideration so as to help me and my family out from our present economic predicament, which the entire family is facing this time around. I am Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, successor of Alan Greenspan, who was the King of Banking. Before I go into further details, please be informed that I am writing without any other person's pre-knowledge of my contacting you. Therefore I will appreciate same attitude to be maintained. All through the days before the resignation of my predecessor he revealed to me about a sum which he deposited with my name in a BANK in Senegal for security reasons the sum of $16z (SIXTEEN ZILLION US DOLLARS)which was his own share from a sale of derivatives when he was in the office.

Upon the recent death of the economy, my family and friends on Wall Street have come into desperate times, but we cannot retrieve this money because we are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin to the funds in other for the funds to be transferred to his foreign account.

And the law of the bank here stipulate that if such huge amount of money remain for the bank without claim for a period of time the money will return back to the bank Treasury has unclaimed funds, please I don't want this money to lose for the bank please help me.

This will make us collect the funds easily and invest it for a profitable business abroad. We have also resolved to realize 25% of the funds to you, and 3% set aside for all expenses we may in cure in the and transfer process.

For now I need a sum of $700b (SEVEN HUNDRED BILLION US) as a good faith deposit so that we may escape and put the account in your name. Please reply to my private email address.
[e-mail]


Best Regards
Ben Bernanke

N.B IN COMPLIANCE WITH THIS YOU ARE TO FORWARD TO ME THE FOLLOWING DETAILS: YOUR COMPLETE NAMES AND
ADDRRESS,CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS, THIS IS TO ENABLE ME PERFECT ALL THE NECESSARY
DOCUMENTATION WITH THE SECURITY FIRM AND MOVE THIS MONEY ACROSS TO YOUR COUNTRY OF CHOICE.PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT MY TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS
TRANSACTION, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED. I LOOK FORWARDS TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

______________________

This email might seem legit, but don't fall for it.

[Stellabella]

1. That's just brilliant!

:applause:

[barbtries]

2. that's good.

i think congress needs to see it asap, along with disclaimer: this is BULLSHIT don't fall for it.

[YDogg]

3. I LOLd.

[marions ghost]

4. oops I opened it

:rofl:

[morillon]

5. OMG!!! HIGH-larious.

[zazen]

6. TroubleMan--did you write that? I want to forward it and give appropriate attribution n/t

[TroubleMan]

15. LOL yeah. I took a real scam email and edited it appropriately.

I realized in another post that Wall Street has been deregulated so much in the last 30 years, that the guys on top are just as bad as the 419 scammers. I don't care about the appropriate attribution really. I just want everybody to know this bailout is a huge scam.

[pacalo]

7. All that's missing is the "send to 10 of your friends & you'll have good luck!"

Don't worry, I would have deleted as soon as I saw "Dear Taxpayer" -- if it would have made it past my spam filter.

[PeaceNikki]

8. K&R

Good stuff :thumbsup:

[truedelphi]

9. But both my Senators and my Congressman have told me

I should follow those instrutions to the Tee!!

Should I believe those silly Americans who waste precious hours writing on BLOGS, no less, or legit and democratically elected Public Servants??

[annabanana]

10. Oh Oh Oh The Funny!

I hurt myself laughing.... really

[gblady]

11. I got a wierd email this morning....

supposedly from the "Bank of America"...

stating that during their regular maintainance and verification procedures, they discovered
a slight error in my billing information...and requested that I sign in to verify my info...

only thing is, I have no Bank of America accounts

Wierd...suspect some scam operation

[ironflange]

13. I got that one, too

Even stranger, I live in Canada. But I filled everything in, just in case. Let's just say it wasn't exactly what they were expecting. :rofl:

[Usrename]

12. Are you sure this is a scam?

It sounds pretty legit.

[Blue Gardener]

14. Love it!

Well done.

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Priceless!!!!

:thumbsup:

[TroubleMan]

17. Just one kick for the night crew.

Bernanke and Paulson are just like the Nigerian 419 scammers, but just on a larger scale.

[canetoad]

18. Very funny k&r

[Liberal_in_LA]

19. Perfect!

[Norrin Radd]

20. Funny stuff.

[JPZenger]

21. Here's an alternative version

From: Minister of the Treasury Paulson

Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Dear American:


I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship

with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.


I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country

has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds

of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it

would be most profitable to you.


I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my

replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator,

you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation

movement in the 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.


This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check.

We need the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly

transfer these funds in the names of our close friends because we

are constantly under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that

I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who will act

as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund

account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to

[e-mail] so that we may transfer your

commission for this transaction. After I receive that information,

I will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will

be used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully
Minister of Treasury Paulson

[madmom]

22. LOL....love it!

[Naturyl]

23. This is genius. (n/t)

[NeedleCast]

24. 16 Zillion huh?

Hehe, that's funny.

[FloridaJudy]

25. Bwahhaaaahaaaaahaaaaa! Snort.

:spray: :rofl:

K&R

[Witchy_Dem]

26. This 419 is highly suspect...it's written too well. I can understand it. nt