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zanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 09:22 AM
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Do you think I should help this Paulson guy who sent me an email?
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
_wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov_ <mailto:wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov>
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

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Jim__ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 09:25 AM
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1. Sounds trustworthy to me!
:crazy:
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LiberalHeart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 09:27 AM
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2. I dunno. I think I'd run it through Snopes before I give all the info.
Start with just the SS number, bank account numbers, etc., but withhold your grandkids' first names. Just to be safe.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-23-08 09:28 AM
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3. I created a TinyURL custom alias if you want to forward this
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