[JPL] A Financial Offer!

[Jae Sinnett]

Ha! Funny Frank. Sure, I remember you and hope you're doing well. 

Jae


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

> From: M&M Records <m.mrecords at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [JPL] A Financial Offer!
> To: jazzproglist at jazzweek.com
> Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2008, 12:54 PM
> Hey Jae
> 
> hope you remember me Frank Marino M&M Records.. just
> thought I'd share the 
> Financial Offer! a drummer friend of mine sent it to me
> ..unfortunately they 
> don't hire bass players
> 
> ~Frank M~
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jae Sinnett" <jaejazz at yahoo.com>
> To: <jazzproglist at jazzweek.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [JPL] A Financial Offer!
> 
> 
> > 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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