Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.06.2013, Page 4

Reykjavík Grapevine - 07.06.2013, Page 4
 Waiting for your urgent response. With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I make this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me. My name is Mr.Mike Ouedrago, from Ouagadougou Republic of BURKINA FASO, West Africa. Presently i work in the Bank as telex manager. I have been searching for your contact since you left our country some years ago .I do not know whether this is your correct email address or not because I only used your name initials to search for your contact in the internet .In case you are not the person I am supposed to contact , please see this as a confidential message and do not reveal it to another person but if you are not the intended re- ceiver, do let me know whether you can be of assistance regarding my proposal below because it is top secret. I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am scep- tical to reveal this particular secret to a stranger. You must assure me that every- thing will be handled confidentially be- cause we are not going to suffer again in life. It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy African Politicians used our bank to launder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Africa was gold and oil money that was supposed to have been used to develop the continent Their Political advisers always in- flated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts so I also used the op- portunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no offi- cial trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such trans- fers were being closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discov- ered that they were using me to suc- ceed in their greedy act, I also cleaned some of their banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to control. They laundered over $300,000,000,00(Three hundred mil- lion) united states Dollars during the process .As I am sending this message to you, I was able to divert more than Ten million five hundred thousand Dol- lars ($10.5m) to an escrow account be- longing to no one in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who is the ben- eficiary to the funds because they have made a lot of profits with the funds. It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer us- ing our bank to transfer funds overseas. The Ten Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10.5m) has been laying waste but I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a for- eign account to enable me share the pro- ceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no one coming to ask you about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist me by providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any diffi- culties or legal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally. If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you a detailed information on what to do. For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money did not face any problems. This is my chance also to grab my own but you must keep the de- tails of the funds secret to avoid leakages as no one in the bank knows about the funds. Please supply me the following: Your current contact address and Tele- phone Numbers.. I shall intimate you on what to do when I get your confirmation and accep- tance. If you are capable of being my trusted associate, do declare your consent to me. Waiting for your urgent response. TO my email address Yours Faithfully, Mr.Mike Ouedrago -- Grapevine Issue 4, July 25, 2003: Dear Friend, I, on behalf of my colleagues from different Federal Government of Nige- ria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards transfer of US$41,500,000.00 into your bank ac- count. These funds emanated from un- claimed contractual proceeds of for- eign contracting firms who could not meet their financial obligations to their creditors. We, as holders of sensitive positions in our various parastatals, were mandated by the Federal Government to scrutinise all payments made to certain foreign con- tractors and we discovered that some of the contractors have not been paid their contractual entitlement which collec- tively left the sum of US$46,500,000.00 lying in a suspended Account. However, from our investigations, we discovered that the foreign beneficiary companies have since been liquidated, and to all intents and purposes no longer exist in Nigeria, thus providing us with this opportunity, provided that we have a capable partner, to execute a transaction of this nature. We agreed that the said amount would be transferred into an overseas Bank Ac- count to be provided by a reliable foreign associate. This is because as serving Government workers the Civil Service Code does not allow us to operate for- eign Account. We require a partner that is capable of rendering assistance and cooperation in executing this matter. We therefore offer the amount of 20% of the entire sum in return for services/assis- tance rendered in successfully carrying out this project. We trust that you appre- ciate the sensitive nature of this matter and the need for initial caution on our part. Please treat with the strictest confi- dentiality and expediency Yours faithfully, Dr.Sam Obi Dear sirs, Let us tell you both again what we told you on this matter TEN YEARS AGO: We refer all international money launderers/drug traffickers/arms smugglers to our advertising depart- ment. We accept cash, opiates and/ or weapons grade plutonium as pay- ment. Love, The Reykjavík Grapevine PS. Thanks for your loyal readership, Dr.Sam Obi and Mr.Mike Ouedrago, if those are your real names!!! Say your piece, voice your opinion, send your letters to: letters@grapevine.is Sour grapes & stuff STILL NOT FOOLING US! MOST AWESOME LETTER FREE ICELANDIC GOURMET FEAST! There's prize for all your MOST AWESOME LETTERS. And it’s a scorcher! No, really! It's a goddamn scorcher is what it is! Whoever sends us THE MOST AWESOME LETTER this issue will receive A FRIGGIN GOURMET FEAST FOR TWO at TAPAS BARINN.Did you hear that? Write in and complain about something (in an admirable way), win a gourmet feast at one of Reykjavík's finest? THIS IS THE DEAL OF THE CENTURY IS WHAT IT IS! What's in a 'lobster feast'? Well, one has to assume that it has lobster-a-plenty. Is there more? Probably, but still... Gourmet feast? Wow! DON’T PANIC if your letter wasn’t picked AWESOME LETTER. There's always next month! Now, if you're in the market for free goodies next month, write us some sort of letter. Give us your worst: letters@grapevine.is The Hamburger Factory Reykjavík Höfðatorg Tower. Groundfloor. Opening hours: Sun.-Wed. 11.00 – 22.00 Thu.-Sat. 11.00 – 24.00 Reservations: Tel: 575 7575 fabrikkan@fabrikkan.is www.fabrikkan.is BE SQUARE AND BE THERE Gullfoss and Geysir are surely a must-see in Iceland, but neither is something you eat. That's why we have 15 brilliant and creative hamburgers at the Hamburger Factory. Located on the groundfloor of the highest tower of Reykjavík, and on the groundfloor of the historic Hotel Kea in Akureyri, the Hamburger Factory has been packed with burger-craving customers since it's opening in april 2010. Among the regulars is Iceland's best known fisherman, Eric Clapton. Attention: Our hamburger buns are not round. They are square. Does it taste better? You tell us. HOW TO GET THERE SOME TIPS ON HOW TO GET TO US WHILE LOOKING COOL AND LOCAL From that point on you are in good hands. Be there or be square! “Íslenska Hamborgarafabrikkan, takk” („The Icelandic Hamburger Factory, please“) This is what you say to the taxi driver or when asking locals for directions: “Sælar! Hvað er að frétta” (Hello! What‘s up) When you arrive you tell the waiter: “Ég er þokkalega svangur, get ég fengið hamborgara” (I‘m quite hungry, can I get a hamburger) The Hamburger Factory Akureyri Kea Hotel. Groundfloor. The Hamburger Factory has two restaurants in Iceland. 4The Reykjavík Grapevine

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