[wordup] It seems more plausible

[Adam Shand]

Via: Herr Nagengast <todd at gnosh.net>

> IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED :
> HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
>
> FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
> 202.456.1414 / 202.456.1111
> FAX: 202.456.2461
>
> DEAR SIR / MADAM,
>
> I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER
> PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
> GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY
> SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
> OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU
> BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON
> NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF
> YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE
> PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS
> TRANSACTION,  WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A
> HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING
> MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.
>
> I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE
> PRIMARILY TO SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE IN
> ACQUIRING OIL FUNDS THAT ARE PRESENTLY
> TRAPPED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ. MY PARTNERS
> AND I SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE IN COMPLETING A
> TRANSACTION BEGUN BY MY FATHER, WHO HAS LONG BEEN
> ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EXTRACTION OF PETROLEUM IN
> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND BRAVELY SERVED HIS
> COUNTRY AS DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES
> CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
>
> IN THE DECADE OF THE NINETEEN-EIGHTIES,
> MY FATHER, THEN VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE
> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SOUGHT TO WORK
> WITH THE GOOD OFFICES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE
> REPUBLIC OF IRAQ TO REGAIN LOST OIL REVENUE
> SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING ISLAMIC REPUBLIC
> OF IRAN. THIS UNSUCCESSFUL VENTURE WAS SOON
> FOLLOWED BY A FALLING OUT WITH HIS IRAQI
> PARTNER, WHO SOUGHT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL OIL
> REVENUE SOURCES IN THE NEIGHBORING EMIRATE
> OF KUWAIT, A WHOLLY-OWNED U.S.-BRITISH
> SUBSIDIARY.
>
> MY FATHER RE-SECURED THE PETROLEUM ASSETS OF
> KUWAIT IN 1991 AT A COST OF SIXTY-ONE BILLION U.S.
> DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000). OUT OF THAT COST, THIRTY-SIX
> BILLION DOLLARS ($36,000,000,000) WERE SUPPLIED BY
> HIS PARTNERS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA
> AND OTHER PERSIAN GULF MONARCHIES, AND
> SIXTEEN BILLION DOLLARS ($16,000,000,000) BY
> GERMAN AND JAPANESE PARTNERS. BUT MY FATHER'S FORMER
> IRAQI BUSINESS PARTNER REMAINED IN CONTROL OF
> THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ITS PETROLEUM RESERVES.
>
> MY FAMILY IS CALLING FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE
> IN FUNDING THE REMOVAL OF THE PRESIDENT OF
> THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ AND ACQUIRING THE
> PETROLEUM ASSETS OF HIS COUNTRY, AS COMPENSATION
> FOR THE COSTS OF REMOVING HIM FROM POWER.
> UNFORTUNATELY, OUR PARTNERS FROM 1991 ARE NOT
> WILLING TO SHOULDER THE BURDEN OF THIS
> NEW VENTURE, WHICH IN ITS UPCOMING PHASE
> MAY COST THE SUM OF 100 BILLION TO 200 BILLION
> DOLLARS ($100,000,000,000 - $200,000,000,000),
> BOTH IN THE INITIAL ACQUISITION AND IN
> LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
>
> WITHOUT THE FUNDS FROM OUR 1991
> PARTNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO
> ACQUIRE THE OIL REVENUE TRAPPED WITHIN IRAQ.
> THAT IS WHY MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES
> ARE URGENTLY SEEKING YOUR GRACIOUS ASSISTANCE.
> OUR DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES IN THIS
> BUSINESS TRANSACTION INCLUDE THE SITTING
> VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
> OF AMERICA, RICHARD CHENEY, WHO IS
> AN ORIGINAL PARTNER IN THE IRAQ VENTURE
> AND FORMER HEAD OF THE HALLIBURTON OIL
> COMPANY, AND CONDOLEEZA RICE, WHOSE
> PROFESSIONAL DEDICATION TO THE
> VENTURE WAS DEMONSTRATED IN THE NAMING
> OF A CHEVRON OIL TANKER AFTER HER.
>
> I WOULD BESEECH YOU TO TRANSFER A SUM
> EQUALING TEN TO TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT
> (10-25 %) OF YOUR YEARLY INCOME TO OUR
> ACCOUNT TO AID IN THIS IMPORTANT VENTURE.
> THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE OF THE
> UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL FUNCTION
> AS OUR TRUSTED INTERMEDIARY. I PROPOSE
> THAT YOU MAKE THIS TRANSFER BEFORE
> THE FIFTEENTH (15TH) OF THE MONTH OF
> APRIL.
>
> I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE
> WOULD MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND
> WORRIED. BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL
> WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. A BOLD
> STEP TAKEN SHALL NOT BE REGRETTED,
> I ASSURE YOU. PLEASE DO BE INFORMED THAT
> THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL.
> IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO CO-OPERATE
> IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR
> INTERMEDIARY REPRESENTATIVES TO FURTHER
> DISCUSS THE MATTER.
>
> I PRAY THAT YOU UNDERSTAND OUR PLIGHT.
> MY FAMILY AND OUR COLLEAGUES WILL BE
> FOREVER GRATEFUL. PLEASE REPLY
> IN STRICT CONFIDENCE TO
> THE CONTACT NUMBERS BELOW.
>
> SINCERELY WITH WARM REGARDS,
>
> GEORGE WALKER BUSH
>
> Switchboard: 202.456.1414
> Comments: 202.456.1111
> Fax: 202.456.2461
> Email: <mailto:president at whitehouse.gov>president at whitehouse.gov