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On Sun, 26 Oct 2003 09:20:32 +0000, Ali Hopkins wrote:

> 
> "Angus Manwaring" <angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1151.429T122T5483565angus@angusm_ANTISPEM_.demon.co.uk...
> 
>> My favourite scam is the one I get every so often from some former
>> minister from an African state that has suffered a coup d'etat.
>>
>>
> There's a Shrub version of that, and I can't find it, but it is damn
> funny.

Bit late, but here it is anyway.  According to The Register this is the
original site too.

http://madison.indymedia.org/newswire/display/9251

 IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED :
 
 HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
 
 FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
 202.456.1414 / 202.456.1111
 FAX: 202.456.2461
 
 DEAR SIR / MADAM,
 
 I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY
 SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
 OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
 BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON
 NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF
 YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE
 PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
 TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A
 HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING
 MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
 
 I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE
 PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN
 ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY
 TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS
 AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A
 TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN
 ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN
 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS
 COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
 
 IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES,
 MY FATHER, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK
 WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
 REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE
 SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
 OF IRAN. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON
 FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI
 PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL
 REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING EMIRATE
 OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED U.S.-BRITISH
 SUBSIDIARY.
 
 MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF
 KUWAIT IN 1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S.
 DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST, THIRTY-SIX
 BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY
 HIS PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
 AND OTHER PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND
 SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000,000) BY
 GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS. BUT MY FATHER'S FORMER
 IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN CONTROL OF
 THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES.
 
 MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE
 IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF
 THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE
 PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION
 FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM FROM POWER.
 UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE NOT
 WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS
 NEW VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE
 MAY COST THE SUM OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION
 DOLLARS ($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000),
 BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN
 LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
 
 WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991
 PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
 ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN IRAQ.
 THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES
 ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE.
 OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS
 BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING
 VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
 OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS
 AN ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE
 AND FORMER HEAD OF THE HALLIBURTON OIL
 COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE
 PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE
 VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING
 OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER AFTER HER.
 
 I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM
 EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
 (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR
 ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE.
 THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION
 AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE
 THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE
 THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF
 APRIL.
 
 I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE
 WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND
 WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL
 WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD
 STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED,
 I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT
 THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL.
 IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE
 IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR
 INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER
 DISCUSS THE MATTER.
 
 I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT.
 MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE
 FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY
 IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO
 THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.
 
 SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,
 
 GEORGE WALKER BUSH
 
 Switchboard: 202.456.1414
 Comments: 202.456.1111
 Fax: 202.456.2461
 Email: president (at) whitehouse.gov

-- 
Ian.

EOM