Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/10/kofi_annan_419/
Lads from Lagos recruit Kofi Annan
Oil for food generates $250m
Posted in Bootnotes, 10th November 2005 12:09 GMT
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We've said it before and we'll say it again: 419 emails are like number 12 buses - you wait ages for one and then loads turn up at once.
Yes indeed, we were delighted to learn yesterday that the late Dennis Thatcher had bequeathed [1] us 950,000 quid, but it just gets better and better. No sooner had we fired off an email to claim that unexpected bounty, than this turned up:
From: "annakofiatun005@go.com" <annakofiatun005@go.com>
Date: 9 November 2005 10:01:47 GMT
Subject: CONFIDENTIALITY.
Reply-To: "annakofiatun005@go.com" <annakofiatun005@go.com>I Dr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, would like to ask your partnership in reprofilling funds over $250m in excess, the funds would be coming via a string of selected banks in Europe and Asia. The Funds in question were generated by me during the oil for food program in Iraq. I have been getting scandals/ controversy in this regards, you can read more on the links below-
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/apr2005/anna-a05.shtml
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2003/main042803.htmYou would be paid 5% as your management fee. Please do not write back directly to me via my official email address. All further correspondence should be sent to my private mail box ( kofiannan4un@o2.pl ). As soon as you indicate your interest I will give further details. Remember to treat this mail and transaction as strictly confidential. I will await your urgent correspondence via my private mail box-
Dr.Kofi Annan.
SECRETARY- GENERAL
kofiannan@un.org
www.un.org
Nice one. We make that $12.5m in commission to add to the Thatcher beneficence, making a grand total of £8,096,422.77 just for answering a couple of emails. Right, the beers are on us... ®