While gathering emails from
Bernard Madoff's victims to show the extent of his crime for Judge Denny Chin, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York included
what they may have thought was one particularly incriminating message:
Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: REPLY ME
My Name is Mr. [redacted] but my origin is from Republic of Congo. I have an inherited fund I want to invest in a business in your country with a help of a local. I don't know about what business but I found it wise to invest the funds in your country with your collaboration with me.
Ever since I move to Dubai due to the problem in my country, I have not been able to invest the funds in Dubai due to security reasons. Now I am seeking foreign assistance to transfer the funds in your country based on the news of their development.
If you can assist, I am willing to give you 10% of the funds that is US$3.5Million. You will understand that my entire life and future depend on this money and I shall be very grateful if you can assist me. The major thing I demand from you is the absolute assurance that the funds will be safe and you will not sit on it when it is transferred into your account.
I don't think that I need to print the rest of this email. (You can find it at the source: Talking Points Memo. They found it on page 36 of the evidence.)
If the US Attorney's office has never seen an African scam email, then I want to know what spam filter they are using? Or, did Madoff sell Viagra too?
BTW, if you want to read all of the emails yourself, follow the links at CNBC.
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