[JPL] A Financial Offer!

[Jae Sinnett]

YIKES!


--- On Wed, 12/17/08, M&M Records <m.mrecords at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: M&M Records <m.mrecords at comcast.net>
> Subject: [JPL] A Financial Offer!
> To: jazzproglist at jazzweek.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 11:50 AM
> I'm sure you've received numerous bogus offers from
> someone in a foreign country who has been trying to contact
> you to give you a fortune if only you would give them an
> administration fee or your information. Some of it even
> looks legit. Most is in broken English which I guess is
> supposed to lend authenticity. However, I think I've
> finally found one that really is! Check it out and let me
> know what you think!
> 
> Dear Friends,
> 
> My name is Ndugood. I am a wealthy Nigerian prince who
> loves the jazz of music. I am seeking your help to move
> $200,000,000 from my checking account here in Nigeria to the
> United States.
> 
> I too love the jazz of music and am planning to flee to
> America to open many jazz clubs at which I would like you to
> perform. You will receive $42,000 a night, plus a meal. My
> new "Tribal Village Vanguard" clubs will be of
> great success and you will become rich like the rest of 
> American jazz musicians. I have already applied for building
> code exemptions to allow thatched stages and the spearing of
> live animals.
> 
> But I desperately need your help. My tribe, the Swindlisi,
> a peaceful jazz-loving people, has been horribly oppressed
> by the ruling military junta, which despises the jazz of
> music. My father, an exiled king and booking agent, was
> recently imprisoned under the Draconia n "three gigs
> you're out" law. And now I must flee my beloved
> country with all of my  improbable wealth. But I need help
> in moving it. I have so much money that it will not fit in
> the allotted two checked bags and one carry-on. I am
> therefor want to transer the money through your ATM system.
> (The Nigerian ATM system cannot exchange international
> currencies; it only converts "antelope to money").
> 
> So please to just provide me with your full name and
> address, social security number, bank account and PIN
> numbers. And you will become incredibly (literally) rich
> from playing many jazz gigs. (Note: normal Nigerian
> Musician's Union rules apply: three hour performances,
> two 15 minute breaks allowed, musicians to provide their own
> mosquito nets, one open fire per bandstand, one free meal
> plus anything you kill).
> 
> Act now. The first ten musicians to respond will receive a
> free copy of the Nigeria's Greatest Jazz Hits CD, by our
> beloved 'Disoriented' Gillespie Band, which contains
> the hits:
>              The Night Has A Thousand Flies
>              Goodbye Shrunken Head
>              Here's That Rainy Season
>              Just Tribesmen (Lovers No More)
>              Take the 'A' Trail
>              When I Fall In Quicksand
>              Half-Nelson Mandella
>              Blue Monkey
>              Leopard Skins and Moonbeams
>              Blue Mombossa
>              Almost Like Being In Lagos
>              Sunny Side of the Goatpath
>              I Didn't Know What Century It Was
> 
>  Thank you for your many help.
> 
> Your inordinately wealthy Nigerian brother,
> 
> Prince Ndugood
> 
> 
> 
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