In response to an email I have just received ... which shouts the subject line DO NOT IGNORE at me ... I'm not ignoring but providing you with a translation!

Hello

Hello

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.

I don't know what you will think of this secret deal

I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$3.5M.This fund has been stashed out of the excess profit made last 2years by my branch office of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana which I am the manager.

Will you help me launder 3 million illegal dollars?

I have already submitted an approved end-of-the-year report for the year 2007 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of this excess.

We won't be found out

I have since then, placed this amount on a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary. Upon your response, I will configure your name on our database as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to apply to my head office for the Account Closure/bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank account.

This is how we'll do it

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me.

But I want most of it back for myself

Kindly forward your response to me immediately

With Regards,
George Nduka
+233 24 888 6531

JUST IN CASE anyone has any doubts, this is a scam!
(written 2009-08-23, updated 2009-08-26)

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