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[dgosling]

I received the following email that has every ear-mark of being a new phishing scam to separate you from your identity and money. Please don't respond to scams like this, you will be saving yourself a lot of heartache.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Hello I Hope That Our Mail Meet You In Good Moend
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 21:20:31 +0100
From: Mr John Chiluba. <chiluba_1984@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: john6648245@yahoo.fr



Contact Me ASAP
john_chiluba1984#yahoo.fr

THIS IS NOT A SALES, SOLICITATION OR SPAM.

I am John Chiluba, the son to the former Zambian President (President Fredrick Chiluba). My father, President Fredrick Chiluba is presently on trial, accused of theft of millions of US dollars. Let me get straight to the point, due to the trial an investigation is also in progress to find my entire father's and all his aides' estates in Dakar Senegal. As such we need to sign all our funds and estates over to another person/company. Please take time to read more about the trial and our predicaments by visiting these sites.
<hxxp://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/11/11/zambia.chiluba.profile.reut/>
<hxxp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3302419.stm> www.afrol.com/articles/10684 <hxxp://www.afrol.com/articles/10684> We need some one to help us secure these funds in either a private or business account. We would compensate anybody that would help us out of this predicament adequately.
If you are interested we would advice you further when you get back to us. Remember that honesty is the success of what we are about to embank on with you and trust is our watchword all through this process.

I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me urgently by EMAIL chiluba_john@yahoo.fr . Also, kindly provide me the following details if you are interested:

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.

NOTE: DUE TO THE SECURITY RISK SURROUNDING SUCH INFORMATION, PLEASE KEEP IT VERY CONFIDENTIAL. As soon as you receive this mail you should contact me by return mail. Please note that all necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you would be finalized at this end. We will discuss much in details when I receive your response.
Best regards, Mr. John Chiluba.

[poru]

It's hard to believe that the old Nigerian 419 scam keeps popping up with new disguises.

I guess it's like spam; even if 99.9% of web users ignore or block it, that still leaves enough innocents to make it worthwhile.