As seen on The Register.....poor guy, let's bring him home!
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Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home
Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Plot 555
Misau Street
PMB 437
Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA
Dear Mr. Sir,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major
Abacha Tunde. He was the first
African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space
station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet
spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station
Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there
in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew
members returned to earth on the Soyuz
T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been
occasional Progrez supply flights to keep
him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.
In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated
flight pay and interest amounting to
almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the
Lagos National Savings and Trust
Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down
payment with the Russian Space
Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am
told this will cost $ 3,000,000
American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your
assistance.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total
amount to your account or subsequent
disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of
Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws)
from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous.
In return, we have agreed to offer
you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set
aside for incidental expenses (internal
and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You
will be mandated to remit the balance
70 percent to other accounts in due course.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include
downpayment in this financial quarter.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234
(0) 9-234-2220 only.
Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
tip@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/
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