Not as interesting as I had hoped. Here's what happened:
I received this email this morning:
MR J JACQUES HAREL
MAURITIUS COMMERCIAL BANK LTD
9-15 SIR WILLIAMS NEWTON STREET
PORT-LOUIS, MAURITIUS
EMAIL: jharel@infodesi.com
Dear Sir,
I am Mr J Jacques Harel, Executive Director Mauritius
Commercial Bank Ltd.
I have urgent and very confidential business proposition
for you. On June 6, 1998, an American Oil consultant contractor with
Mauritius Mining Corporation, Mr. Charles Andason made a numbered time
Fixed Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
US$25,000,000.00(Twenty- five Million
Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract
employers, the Island of Mauritius Mining Corporation that Mr. Charles
Andason
died in an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died
without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his
next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr.Charles Andason did not declare any next of kin or
relations
in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in
my
Bank. This sum of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the
Island
of Mauritius Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Island of Mauritius Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a
Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr,Charles Andason so that
the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the
hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple. I will
like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
Attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will
put
you in place as the next of kin.
We shall employ the service of two Attorneys for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain
the necessary documents and letter of probate administration in your
favor for
the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world which you will
provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for
us
to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will
be done by the
Attorney and my position an Executive Director guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please
reply
immediately via the private email address below.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will
help you understand the transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for
both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share
in
your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my
email:jharel@infodesi.com
Thanks and regards
MR J JACQUES HAREL
I went to infodesi.com and hacked the password in about 5 minutes. Nothing in there, though, except about 35 unread messages from undeliverable addresses, and several copies of the same email I received. Unfortunately, in getting access, I reset the old password so that this guy no longer has access to the account. In resetting the password, I have no way of knowing what the original password was, so I can't set it back. It is now mine alone.
I guess I can at least take comfort in knowing that this guy probably just wasted about a million emails.
Edit: It just occurred to me that he could take his account back over by answering the password question he set up. I changed it. Now when he asks for his password question it will be: "I took your email, asshole!" |
