Scam Email

FROM THE DESK OF DR.KABORE ISA
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Dear Friend,

I am the manager of auditing and accounting department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$20.5m dollars (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. RICHARD BURSON from Florida, U.S.A) who died along with his entire family on November 1999 in a plane crash.For more informations about the crash you can visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm
 

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you,so that the money can be release to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after twlve years the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe like me can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 50% would be for me.Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased customer with a text of application that i will send to you,but before i send to you the text of application form,I will like you to send me the following informatios

1.NAME IN FULL:................................
2.ADDRESS:.......................................
3.NATIONALITY:.................................. .
4.AGE:.............................................
5.Sex..............................................
6.OCCUPATION:......................................
7.MARITAL STATUS:..................................
8.PRIAVTE PHONE NO............................................
9.PRIVATE FAX NO:.............................................
10.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION...........................

so i will like you to send to me those informations for easy and effective communication.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application form.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter,if only you are intrested and ready to help. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

DR.KABORE ISA
MANAGER AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT
BANK OF AFRICA 

What I Bought at Trader Joe's 8/4/11

A Mexican Fiesta!

• Whole wheat hamburger buns - $1.99
• White tortilla rounds, 2 pounds - $2.99
• Thompson raisins, 1 pound - $2.29
• 3 Bananas - $0.57
• Valencia oranges, 4 pound bag - $3.29

Frozen:

• Supersweet cut white corn, 1 pound - $1.29
• Melange a trois sliced bell peppers, 2 pounds - $3.38
• Organic vegetarian burritos - $2.69
• Chicken buriritos - $2.49
• Organic black bean and corn enchiladas, 2 - $3.98

TOTAL $24.96

Scam Email

Dear friend,

I am Mrs Nicole Marois, and i have been suffering from ovarian cancer disease and the doctor says that i have just few days to leave.I am from (Paris) France but based in Africa Burkina Faso since nine years ago as a business woman dealing with gold exportation.

Now that i am about to end the race like this,without any family members and no child.I have $3 Million US DOLLARS in Africa Development Bank(ADB) Burkina Faso which i instructed the bank to give (St Andrews Missionary Home) in Burkina Faso.But my mind's not at rest because i am writing this letter now through the help of my computer beside my sick bed.

I also have $7.5 Million US Dollars at Bank Of Africa Burkina Faso here in Burkina Faso and i instructed the bank to transfer the money to the first foreigner that will apply to the bank after i have gone that they should release the fund to him/her,but you will assure me that you will take 50% of the money and give 50% to the orphanages home in your country for my heart to rest with GOD.

You are to contact the bank through this email address:(telex_depart_boa_bf@pisem.net), if you can do this return back to me immediately before death cross my way so that i will send to you a copy my international passport if possible which you will show to the bank to make the bank know that i instruct you to contact them relating to my balance fund with them.

Yours fairly friend,
Mrs Nicole Marois

What I Bought at the Grocery Store 4/25/11

• 2% milk, 1 gallon - $2.99
• 3 juice oranges - $1.00
• 1 bunch scallions - $0.50
• 1 piece Brazilian ginger - $0.15
• 1 Brazilian mango - $0.99
• yellow onions, 4 lbs. - $1.76
• organic tahini, 1 lb. - $5.99

TOTAL $13.38

Donald Trump

You can't spell "Trump" without "rump"!

Squirrel Week at the Washington Post

It's Squirrel Week at the Washington Post and there are several very interesting articles discussing our favorite urban rodents.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/squirrel-week-where-did-dcs-black-squirrels-come-from-blame-canada/2011/03/30/AFgnPaHC_story.html

If you look under the illustration on the left-hand side labeled "Squirrel Week" you will see a list of all the articles.

Thanks for letting me know about this, Sharon!

This is a great time to be exploring the Washington Post because the New York Times has started charging for online viewing. . .

Say it ain't so, Joe!

I just stopped in at Whole Foods to pick up a gallon of milk.  I don't usually shop there but a friend gave me a gift card as a thank you for babysitting the kitty.

A gallon of non-organic milk was $3.49.  At Trader Joe's, it's $3.99!  I was shocked.

Trader Joe's, are you paying attention?  How can Whole Foods be cheaper for something like a gallon of milk?

Internet Browser Market Share: Firefox vs. Chrome vs. Internet Explorer vs. Safari

This table comparing internet browser market share is quite interesting:

http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp

Since January 2009, Firefox has had more users than Internet Explorer.  Chrome has been gaining market share steadily since its introduction in 2008 and it looks like it is now starting to eat into Firefox's market share as well as Internet Explorer's and that it has even stalled the growth of Safari.

Google has Chrome notebooks out for pilot testing.  I predict that Chrome will have the largest market share in a year or so, beating out Firefox.  It looks like Chrome will surpass Internet Explorer in March or April at the latest, if it hasn't already done so in February.

Open-source (first Firefox and now Chrome) really seems to be the way of the future.

Five Odd Places with Unusual Things to See in New York City on a Budget

Uncommon and Free or Cheap New York City Attractions

After waiting in line for the big, expensive tourist attractions like the Empire State Building or discounted Broadway show tickets and being exhausted by the fast-paced and

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loud streets of New York City, it's relaxing to spend a few minutes or a couple of hours taking in one of the more uncommon or little-known and relatively peaceful sights well off the beaten path. Here are five very different places to go in New York City, all of which are either free or very inexpensive.

* The New York Earth Room
* Merchant's House Museum
* Wild Parrots of Brooklyn at Green-Wood Cemetery
* St. Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine
* Mossman Lock Museum

Read more about these unusual and odd New York City attractions.

Simplicity

Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity ! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail. In the midst of this chopping sea of civilized life, such are the clouds and storms and quicksands and thousand-and-one items to be allowed for, that a man has to live, if he would not founder and go to the bottom and not make his port at all, by dead reckoning, and he must be a great calculator indeed who succeeds. Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one; instead of a hundred dishes, five ; and reduce other things in proportion.

--Henry David Thoreau
Walden, 1854