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Yes, but it's a lot harder to prove lying in the trysts case... you're not going to find the equivalent of a stained dress here.

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If you say a falsehood based on your possession of inaccurate information, it may be wrong, but it's not lying.

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The intelligence officials offered a tantalizing coda for conspiracy-mongers. They said the "crude forgery" received by U.N. weapons inspectors suggesting the Iraqis were trying to buy uranium from Niger as part of their nuclear program was originally put in intelligence channels by France. The officials wouldn't speculate on French motives.

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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2002 15:44:20 -0800 (PST)
From: Doctor Clement Okon
To: [email protected]
Subject: YOUR OUR ONLY HOPE!!

From: Dr. Clement Okon
Plot 33 Nicholas Crescent, V/I.
Lagos-Nigeria.

DEAR SIR,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

FIRST, YOU HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE CONSISTENTLY SHOWN THE ADMIRABLE QUALITIES OF DISCRETION AND SHREWD BUSINESS ACUMEN THIS UNDERTAKING WILL REQUIRE. WHICH IS TO SAY THAT I MUST SOLICIT YOUR STRICTEST CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION. THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND 'TOP SECRET'. I AM SURE AND HAVE CONFIDENCE OF YOUR ABILITY AND RELIABILITY TO PROSECUTE A TRANSACTION OF THIS GREAT MAGNITUDE INVOLVING A PENDING TRANSACTION REQUIRING MAXIIMUM CONFIDENCE. MY NAME IS DR CLEMENT OKON AND I REPRESENT THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERAL RESOURCES HERE IN LAGOS NIGERIA. THE RECENT DEATH OF OUR MILITARY DICTATOR GENERAL SANI ABACHA REQUIRES THAT WE PROCURE THIS TRANSACTION WITH GREAT HASTE BEFORE THE OPPORTUNITY PASSES.

WE ARE TOP OFFICIAL OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THE EXPORTATION OF CERTAIN HIGHLY VALUABLE GOODS FROM OUR COUNTRY WHICH ARE PRESENTLY TRAPPED IN NIGERIA. IN ORDER TO COMMENCE THIS BUSINESS WE SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER INTO YOUR STORE THE SAID TRAPPED COMMODITIES.

THE SOURCE OF THESE COMMODITIES IS AS FOLLOWS; DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME HERE IN NIGERIA, THE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SET UP PROGRAMMES TO EXTRACT AND REFINE CERTAIN ORES WHICH WOULD THEN BE UTILIZED OR DISTRIBUTED BY THE VARIOUS MINISTRIES. THE PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT SET UP A CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A EXCESS OF CERTAIN HIGHLY VALUABLE COMMODITIES WHICH ARE PRESENTLY RESTING IN THE VAULTS OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA READY FOR EXPORTATION.

HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF OUR POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANTS AND CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL RESTRICTIONS, WE CANNOT EXPORT THESE COMMODITIES DIRECTLY TO OUR EAGER CUSTOMER (WHO ASKED THAT I NOT REVEAL HIS IDENTITY, BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY HE IS A MAN WITH A GREAT DEAL OF INFLUENCE IN THE MIDDLE EASTERN REGION, THAT HE WEARS A THICK MOUSTACHE OFTEN WITH A BERET, AND THAT HIS NAME RHYMES WITH "RUB-ON DISDAIN"). I HAVE THEREFORE, BEEN DELEGATED AS A MATTER OF TRUST BY MY COLLEAGUES OF THE PANEL TO LOOK FOR AN OVERSEAS PARTNER WHO MIGHT IMPORT THESE 24,000 KG OF ENRICHED URANIUM ORE AND HOLD THIS CARGO FOR SOME MONTHS WHILE ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR CUSTOMER'S IMPORT ARE MADE. A REWARD OF US$1,320,000.00 (ONE MILLION, THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) HAS BEEN APPROVED BY MY PANEL FOR THE PERSON OR ENTITY PERFORMING THIS VALUABLE SERVICE FOR OUR TROUBLED COUNTRY. HENCE WE ARE WRITING YOU THIS LETTER. WE HAVE SELECTED YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE REPEATEDLY PROVEN YOUR TRUSTWORTHINESS AND INTEGRITY, AND ALSO YOUR SYMPATHY TOWARDS OUR CONTINENT'S WAR-RAVAGED POPULOUS.

PLEASE,NOTE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND WE HOPE TO COMMENCE THE TRANSFER LATEST SEVEN (7) BANKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIOM BY TEL/FAX; 234-1-7740449, YOUR ORGANIZATION'S SIGNED, AND STAMPED LETTERHEAD PAPER THE ABOVE INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US WRITE LETTERS OF CLAIM AND JOB DESCRIPTION RESPECTIVELY. THIS WAY WE WILL USE YOUR ORGANIZATION'S NAME TO APPLY FOR PAYMENT AND RE-AWARD THE CONTRACT IN YOUR NAME.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THIS BUSINESS WITH YOU AND SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENTIALITY IN THIS TRANSATION. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF THIS LETTER USING THE ABOVE TEL/FAX NUMBERS. I WILL SEND YOU DETAILED INFORMATION OF THIS PENDING PROJECT WHEN I HAVE HEARD FROM YOU.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

DR CLEMENT OKON

NOTE; PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (VE/S/09/99) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES.

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