Originally Posted by ssp

Scott,

You sound like an honest and trustworthy business man. I happen to be in a pretty unfortunate situation and I think you have the ability to help me. Quite recently, my best friend and business associate got himself in a bit of trouble with the Russian mafia. They set his office building on fire and threatened him with his life. Because my friend is quite wealthy he was afraid to lose all his belongings to criminals. He therefor transferred all his funds in my companies bank account (roughly $35,000,000 in cash).

Two weeks later he was murdered in front of his house. His will stated that he left me all his money so I'm now 35 million richer. But for tax reasons, I'm not allowed to touch this money yet. My proposal to you is that I would like to send you the funds temporarily and you send it back to me after 2 months. You can even keep 25% of it. I know you're probably wondering why I'm choosing you but the truth is, there aren't many people I can trust anymore.

Please send me your telephone and fax details as soon as possible so we can arrange the wire transfer. As a sign of good faith, I ask you for a small deposit up front so I know you will not be running off with the money, as soon as it's been deposited in your account.

Thank you very much and I'm looking to hear from you soon.

Sebastian