KY Jon,
hehe - that reminds me of a Nigerian scam that went on in Europe in the early 1990's - particularly the UK - probably because they speak english here -
this was before the days of email or the internet - so one would receive a telex:
from chief (add your title) ademambo soandso (son of the field marshal soandso)
who had inherited $ 50.000.000 from his american father (in law?) and was very interested in getting his money out of Nigeria!
Could you give us a bank account number where we can transfer the money to and we pay you a 5% fee (which would have been $2.5 million!)
Once you gave them your bank account number, they would scam you or someone else (usually the bank) out of a number of dollars!
There was a name for that particular scam - but I can't remember it now - too long ago.
Gunter
Rochester, Kent, UK
