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Does this seem legit to you?

My friend got this e-mail today. He called me because it seemed suspicious to him. Do you guys think it looks legit? He needs to know right away.

Dear Sir,

Confidential Business Proposal

Having consulted with my colleagues and based on the information gathered from the United States Chambers Of Commerce and Industry, I have the privilege to request your assistance to transfer the sum of $800,000,000,000.00 (Eight Hundred Billion United States dollars) into your accounts.

I am ministry of the treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had a crisis which has caused the need for a large tranfer of fund totalling 800 Billion Dollars United States. If you would assist me in this transfer, it will be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS who will be my replacement as ministry of the treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the late 1990's. This transaction is 100% safe for your monies.

However, this is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check from you. We need these funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer the funds in the names of our close friends because we are under constant surveillance. We have learned that you are a trustworthy and reliable citizen so we are extending this offer to you and need your co-operation right away.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account numbers and those of your children and grand-children so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After we receive this information, I will respond with detailed information about the safeguards that will be used to protect these funds. Most of the funds will be used to buy bad debt from banks that issued credit to people that were not qualified for this credit. Those debts are worthless now. However, we expect to hold on to them for an unspecified period of time after which they will make a profit. You can trust us on this!

Yours faithfully,

Minister of Treasury Paulson