Ned, yep, the Nigerian scam.  It has been around for awhile.

earlier, Ned Benton, wrote:
>Please don't fall for this one.  It could drain your accounts.
>
>FROM- DAVID TEMBO
>EMAIL:
>[log in to unmask]
>A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE.
>You may be surprise to receive this letter from me since you do not know me
>personally.
>I am Mr. DAVID TEMBO the first son of DR DANIEL TEMBO who was murdered along
>with
>other oppositions by my government on 19th November 2002. I got your contact
>from
>the information desk of a very reliable source hence I have decided to
>contact you
>for your assistance.
>Before the death of my father, he has deposited the sum of Fifteen Million
>Five Hundred
>Thousand United States Dollars ($15,500,000) in a Security and Finance firm
>here
>in Amsterdam, The Netherlands .For security reasons this money was deposited
>as Gem
>stones pending the cessation of violence that plagued my country due to the
>introduction of land reform decree act by the authority of President Robert
>Mugabe
>.
>My father set this money aside for the purchase of modern equipment for a
>full mechanized
>farming. He had planned an expansion of his farms fully equipped with modern
>tools
>due to the high product demands from his then registered farm products
>distributors.
>He could not realize this project due to his death in the hands of enemies.
>After
>the death of my father, we became apparent target and constant death threats
>hence
>the urgent need for an immediate secret relocation. We were helped out by a
>government
>insider who saw the urgent need for our safety from the hands of would be
>assassins.
>He arranged a secret exit for us into the Netherlands where we have
>currently sought
>a political asylum. With our current status here as refugee, we are under a
>strict
>restriction from any financial transaction of any sort and as the first son
>in the
>family, I am now faced with the burden of how to secure and the investment
>of this
>fund. For this reason I have decided to seek the assistance of a company or
>a genuine
>and honest individual who could provide us with a foreign account where this
>fund
>can be deposited without the knowledge of my Government. You should also
>bear in
>mind that the sole
>responsibility of investing this funds lies solely in your hands since we
>are barred
>from any form of investment under our current status.
>What I and my sister needs you to do now is come to Amsterdam the
>Netherlands to
>open a non resident account where this fund could be transferred. This is
>all we
>have in our life hence the need for absolute confidentiality throughout this
>process.
>For your assistance you would need to choose between two options, you might
>choose
>for a certain percentage of the total sum for providing an account or go
>into a partnership
>with us. We have also set aside 5% of the total sum for any expenses that
>might be
>incurred in course of this transaction. Should you choose to have a certain
>percentage,
>we would be willing to give you 25% and the remaining 70% meant for the
>family would
>be invested in your country.
>Please let me know what your options are through the above email address.
>You may
>also include any other information you might want me to have like your
>confidential
>fax and telephone numbers fore more talks .
>Please keep this as strictly confidential for the interest of I and my
>mother.
>Your urgent response would be appreciated.
>Thanks and God bless.
>DAVID TEMBO
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John

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