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    This document summarizes a newspaper article about a man's experience receiving a scam email claiming money left in a Swiss bank account. 1) The man, an aging hippie, received an email in 1996 claiming he had inherited $20 million from a rich Nigerian politician who died in a plane crash. He was asked to pay legal fees to access the funds. 2) Though initially intrigued by the proposal, he decided not to pursue it after learning a similar scam email had been received by someone else in Malaysia. 3) The experience led him to realize prejudices he had heard about Nigerians being con artists might have been based in truth. He discovered Nigeria is now recognized as a major source of

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    16 theSun | THURSDAY DECEMBER 18 2008

    INTERVIEWS VIEWS

    My close encounter
    with Bardot
    SOMETIME in the 80s, al-Hajj had how kosher
    when I was doing my Arts selected me to my business
    Foundation in Brixton inherit his Swiss proposal was.
    College, I befriended bank account. Quietly, I
    a student from Kenya. I kept was already
    He came to London to Wadunga’s mail looking at
    do photography. It was secret; fearful property
    from him I came to a bumiputra brochures of
    have a slightly deeper businessman France. I was
    understanding of African would potong dreaming
    prejudices. jalan. The of buying a
    Being a black brother communication RaisWhine property in
    does not mean one is began. I was by Hishamuddin Rais Saint-Tropez,
    free of prejudices against informed by just to be near
    other black brothers. The Wadunga that a Brigitte Bardot,
    Kenyans according to rich Nigerian politician died my guru who introduced
    Dan have a huge dislike in a plane crash leaving me to the beauty of the
    for Nigerians. To them US$20 million in a Swiss female anatomy. With a
    Nigerians are con artists. account. It was a tear jerker, few million dollars I could
    I took most of his ranting the whole family died in even engage her for a Malay
    about Nigerians as a good Burkina Faso’s desert. For version of And God Created
    laugh. I thought it was just sheer luck they found my Woman.
    his personal dislike after a email address among the But one silly afternoon a
    failed secret love affair with wreckage. All I needed to Malay daily reported that a
    a Nigerian lass. do was to raise a couple of Pak Cik from Jengka made a
    Time passed, Dan left thousand ringgit to cover police report after receiving
    London for Ireland and the legal expenses then an email about some money
    became a TV star, the Cold 60% of the account would left in a Swiss account. I was
    War ended and Ronald be mine. What a brilliant shocked. A Pak Cik from a
    Reagan freed the Internet business proposal. Better Felda scheme had received
    from the monopoly of than any Ali Baba joint similar mail from Wadunga.
    the American military venture one could ever Blimey! Something was not
    establishment. By the late dream of. real.
    80s we entered the matrix After much thought, I After the story broke, I
    age. I did not jump into was contemplating using began to hear more news of
    the Net until the late 90s. It my bumi status to get a bank scams. A few of my friends
    had nothing to do with my loan. After all, I had never had received similar email.
    dislike of Reagan’s poor used my special privileges. I was so disappointed, my
    acting; I was just an aging I had no clue what a pink dream of Bardot punctured
    hippie with a slow learning form was all about. I had no beyond repair. Slowly I
    curve. shares, no bank account; I began to realise there was
    By 1996 I was fully was so poor that on certain some truth about what
    connected. Then one day, weekends I had to recycle my Kenyan friend told
    I was ecstatic on receiving a condom. With such me. With a bit of reading
    an email. Wow! Out of six poverty, I am sure I could I found out that Nigeria is
    billion people Wadunga convince the bank manager now recognised by several

    letter
    letters@thesundaily.com

    Hyped up over nothing


    FOLLOWING the issues in to proceed with the project. or the hypermarket, the
    Kota Damansara, one does However, they have taken state government had
    have to wonder; as to how into consideration the avoided incurring millions
    far residents, councillors, residents complaints and in unnecessary spending
    politicians, contractors allowed the government to (some estimates run as high
    and companies alike are review the project. as RM30 million). To the
    pushing issues which at this The state government state government — bravo!
    point of our economy are has made a thorough One has to acknowledge
    actually hurting us more investigation and tried to the professionalism and
    than we care to see. understand the situation pragmatic approach you
    Acknowledging that the through meetings with all have taken.
    mentri besar has done an the parties involved and At the end of the day,
    outstanding job handling a site survey. It recently it was the people that
    the situation and assisted in appointed a market research had chosen the state
    many ways, both residents company to conduct a door- government, and it has thus
    and local politicians are still to-door survey of residents far, represented all parties
    haggling over the issue of within a 3km radius of the fairly and thoroughly, and
    a hypermarket being built project area. The survey has made judgment calls
    at their residential area was conducted by an in the best interest of the
    where recently another independent third party overall community.
    hypermarket opened. provider headed by the State It has been eight months
    The land that is in Economic Planning Unit in now since this project was
    dispute in Kota Damansara, which it was understood halted, and as neighbours,
    Selangor, had initially been that more than RM 50,000 we anxiously and patiently
    planned for a commercial was spent. await the opening of
    centre. According to Informed sources said the new hypermarket.
    the agreement with the that the results indicated It will bring more job
    landlord, a hypermarket more than 60% of the opportunities, value for
    had been approved by the respondents supported this money groceries, and
    previous state government. development as they would ultimately perk up the local
    Not long after the current benefit from higher property economy and help the local
    government took over, there values. community to face the
    was an outcry from certain Construction of the challenges in the coming
    residents. hypermarket was more year.
    From a legal standpoint, than 40% completed. By not
    the developer and pursuing a legal collision Jamilah Osman
    hypermarket have full right course with the developer Kota Damansara

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