And now, for something completely tangential dearest beloved.

Am sitting and sweating in a net cafe in the seaside resort town of vung tau which I will blog about when I get back to airconditioned saigon civilisation, along with the other exploits of the last 48 hours.

But in the interim, I though I'd post up this cute little semi-nigerian email scam fresh in the inbox this morning - the story on this one is especially nice!


FROM
FATTH KONE
ADDRESS/ AVE 11 RUE 45
ABIDJAN COTE D IVOIRE
Dearest Beloved

Base on your profile i am happy to request for your assistance
and also to go into business partnership with you, i believe
that you will not betaryed my trust which i am going to lay on
you.

I am FATTH KONE,20years old and the only daughter of my late
parents MR.and MRS ROSE KONE.My father was a highly reputable
busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of
Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away
mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad
year 12th.Febuary 2004.Though his sudden death was linked or
rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who
travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth! My
mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father
took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2004 he called
the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him
that he has the sum of Ten Million United State Dollars.(USD$10
000 000) left in a security company in a mettalic trunk box, but
the security company didn't know the content because it was
registered as family valuables personal for security reasons. I
am just 20years old and a university undergraduate and really
don't know what to do. This is because I have suffered a lot of
set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory
coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.
Sir,I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this
regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now
permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can I completely trust you?
2. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good
for you? Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.


Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,

FATTH KONE