From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Benson Cisse Traore" Subject: YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE REQUIRED. Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 12:50:40 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <200210201050.g9KAootG009010@oss.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hello, However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you, I ask that = you give due consideration to its importance, as we both stand to benefit= immensely. Though we have not met or know each other, this is a criteria= I have used to select you, as I wish to cut off all ties with my people = for security and safety reasons. At this point I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name is Bens= on Cisse Traore, I am a personal aide to the Late General Robert Guei of = blessed memory, former President of Cote de Ivoire (Ivory Coast). I do not know if you are conversant with the present situation in my coun= try, which has gradually become a civil war. For the sake of what I envis= age we achieve together, I wish to give you a general overview. We have had an undefined polity in my country. Founding president, Felix = Houphouet-Boigny ruled us with individual blend of paternalism from indep= endence in 1960 until his death in December 1993. He bowed to pressure fo= r multi-party politics in 1990. In 1993, National Assembly president Henr= i Konan Bedie won a brief power struggle with Prime Minister Alassane Oua= ttara to succeed Houphouet-Boigny. The following month, the former single= Ruling democratic Party set up by Houphouet-Boigny, then headed by Bedie= won an overwhelming majority in the National assembly.=20 On December 24, 1999, my mentor Gen. Robert Guei ousted Bedie in a coup d= e tat. Although this was highly criticized, but it was the right thing to= do. In July 2000, Gen. Guei approved a new constitution in referendum wi= th tough eligibility conditions for presidential candidates. In spite of = criticism, he registered as a candidate. The Supreme Court intervened, an= d he was cleared. This was not totally acceptable to the other candidates= from the ruling Democratic Party (PDCI-RDA), the country's largest. The = only opponent was Socialist candidate Laurent Gbagbo. Admittedly, Gbagbo = won the election of October 22, 2000, but his political immaturity, led t= o Gen. Guei being reluctant to relinquish power. There were allegations o= f election rigging etc. Ouattara who was previously barred by the referen= dum to contest election, was excluded from the December 10 parliamentary = election because of doubts about his nationality and his supporters annou= nced they would boycott the election. Gbagbo=92s Popular Front (FPI) was = victorious in the election, and there were demonstrations due to propagan= da that Gen. Guei tried to rig the election. Under pressure from internat= ional donors, Gbagbo agreed to hold a reconciliation forum to draw a line= under the political strife that followed the 1999 coup, but key players = including Outtara failed to show up for the opening. After two years of build up, On September 19, 2002, Gen. Guei led a faile= d coup de tat against Gbagbo, in a bid to restore political stability. Un= fortunately, he was killed. After Gen. Guei=92s death, there was turmoil = in our camp; this has led to us losing half our strength. Although we sti= ll control the north and Central regions of the country. It is now a ques= tion of who will give in between us (now referred to as =93rebels=94) and= Gbagbo=92s government. There seem to be no chance for peace, as several = attempts has been botched by Gbagbo. The US and France has since evacuate= d their citizens from our country. Destruction is imminent, as ECOWAS (Ec= onomy Community of West African States) has been called in to mediate. Th= eir only way of doing this is to bring in ECOMOG (A monitoring group). We= witnessed the horror they caused trying to restore peace to Liberia and = Sierra Leone during the civil war. Thus I have lost faith and hope in the= struggle. To the point, the essence of my contact with you is to seek your most nee= ded assistance to siphon US$18,500,000 given to me for the purchase of ar= ms and ammunination. Our Armory is seriously depleting, and I was sent on= an emissary to make the purchase to strengthen our armory to prosecute t= he war. I have now decided to abandon the war and use this money for my p= ersonal benefit (as well as yours if you accept to be my partner). I see = justification in diverting the money, rather than proceeding with the pu= rchase of weapons for destruction of innocent lives and properties. This money was moved in cash to my present location in Europe through dip= lomatic means, and I have since deposited the trunk containing the funds = with a private security company. If you accept to offer me your assistanc= e, I will require that you assist me in claiming the box as a gift from m= e to you from the security company. Be informed that I am confiding in yo= u by disclosing this to you, as it is only me (apparently you now) that h= ave knowledge of this. When the box is claimed, we shall then have the mo= ney deposited into an account in your name, as I am being discrete of usi= ng my name for now. Then you shall have your own share withdrawn to an ac= count of your choice, and leaving the rest as fixed deposit, for release = to me at the appropriate time.=20 The importance of prosecuting this in the next few days cannot be overloo= ked; hence your immediate response will be highly appreciated. On hearing from you, I shall disclose my location to you, and discuss the= share of the money you will be entitled to for offering me your most nee= ded assistance. In case you are not inclined to render me your assistance, endeavor to re= spond, so that I may move ahead. You may click this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/930254.st= m to see me with my mentor Gen. Guei in 1999, so that you may associate t= his correspondence to my face. Sincerely, B. C. Traore. =20 =20