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âSaddamâs sonâ e-mail scam

2003-06-13

An e-mail claiming to be from a son of Saddam Hussein and asking for help in accessing $45m funds, is one of a flood of scams targeted at people in the UK. Police said a businessman in Edinburgh received a bogus appeal by e-mail which claimed to be from Uday Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator's favoured son.
Damm, I haven't got one of these yet! Anyone?

BANK OF COMMERCE AND STATECRAFT
LAGOS, NIGERIA

ESTEEMED SIR OR MADAM,
YOU ARE PROBABLY WONDERING HOW I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE CONTACTS WITH MANY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALL RECOMMENDED YOU. I AM BOB HUSSEIN, SON OF THE FORMER DICTATOR OF IRAQ. I HAVE NEED OF HONEST BROKER TO ASSIST ME IN SPIRITING THE SUM OF $1.62 BILLION FROM MY COUNTRY TO THE NETHERLANDS WHERE I AM NOW RESIDING...

Posted by:Steve

#6 If only one guy out of a million falls for this crap it won't stop. And the scam is still successful obviously. Because it speculates on the only thing that makes people lose their common sense faster than sex: greed.

Posted by: True German Ally 2003-06-13 22:39:13

#5 Every time I develop a spam-blocker for this crap, they come up with something new. It'd be amusing if it wasn't so annoying.

Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-06-13 22:33:31

#4 Do you get one of those swell black velvet paintings as a bonus if you take the deal? That'd be worth it all by itself!

Posted by: tu3031 2003-06-13 19:56:48

#3 Billions eh? Used to be 25 millions or so...

Posted by: True German Ally 2003-06-13 19:38:35

#2 ReplyTo: Stumpy@3rdholefromtheleft.baghdad.org

Posted by: mojo 2003-06-13 13:30:38

#1 Easy. Just replace "wife of Abacha" with "son of Saddam" and you have it!

Posted by: True German Ally 2003-06-13 13:24:27

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