Update: the present title was changed from the original "Warning: Liberian scam on dKos" to reflect comments below - doorguy.
Earlier tonight I received an email at my dKos email address, which is posted in my user profile and exclusive to dKos.
Subject: HELP ME.
Dear Sir,
Kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I soured Your profile from a human resource profile database on your country.Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and Fragile political situation in Liberia but it has formed consistent headlines In the CNN, BBC news bulletins.My name is MRS. RITA NUHAN VAYE from Liberia, a Country in West Africa.My Husband is Isaac Nuhan Vaye, Deputy Minister of Public Works,Liberia.
The rest is below if you want to read it and it's a scam. Kind of funny, though.
Hard to believe anyone would respond to this, but if I received it I'm guessing several more dKos participants also are receiving it.
My Husband was falsely accused of plotting to remove the then PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA (CHARLES TAYLOR) from office.Without trial,Charles Taylor killed him. You can verify this from your country. You can also check in some of the international newspapers posted the Web sites below: (i)
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm(ii)href= "
http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_6621.asphttp://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20030716/449_6621.asp
Before my husband was killed, he moved out the sum of $21.5 million through a diplomatic means, and deposited it with a Security Company in Europe.
All that is needed is for my lawyer to instruct the Security Company to release the Consignment on your name, I will compensate you with 20% at the end, but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction. I have been confined only to our Country home and all my calls are monitored, So I will advise you contact my private Attorney on his contact stated above for onward proceedings.
BARRISTER WOOD DOUGLAS
EMAIL:wood_d19@yahoo.fr
You will kindly aid me to invest the money in your country kindly include your private telephone and fax numbers where you can always be reached, your residential or company address to enable him send detail information/documents to you.If you can't write him direct get bact to me via my personal email address:
Mrs. Rita Nuhan Vaye
rvaye@yahoo.fr
Best Regards
So...any suggestions how I can forward this to the entire Free Republic list? Just kidding.