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468. Comment #215974 by Robert O'Brien on July 22, 2008 at 4:05 pm

And then I read 'The God Delusion.' Every argument Dawkins made resounded with perfection. He left no basic argument out of his book. I felt wholly satisfied because he had touched on everything that I wanted him to. Perhaps what was best was the realization that there are other intelligent and liberal people out there who find that religious people do not deserve respect for such ludicrous beliefs.

Dawkins' arguments in the 'God Delusion[sic]' are pedestrian at best. Like other members of the New Atheist clown car, he is woefully inadequate to the task of taking on classical theism. As for you and the other koojas, to borrow a simile from Augustus De Morgan, the lot of you are like the monkey who goes about proclaiming himself clean-shaven and the rest of the world hairy.

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From Princess Helen Keita,
C/O: Refugee camp-Abidjan
Republic Of Cote D'Ivoire

Dearest One,
I am delighted to write to you. I am sorry if this mail will come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, I just felt like empting myself to you, to confide in you, as am faced with total frustration and hardship. My Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings. My name is Princess Helen Keita, The Daughter of (Late Chief Adam keita) who lost his life in the course of the crisis here in Cote D'ivoire on the 7th of November 2005 on his way to his office. My late father was a cocoa merchant. My father willed in cash, the sum of $8 .2 Million US Dollars which he deposited in a financial institution here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire in west Africa, I have decided to offer you $1.2m for your assistance with enabling conditions for the release of the fund which are as follows:

(1) That I must be 30 years or above.
(2) That upon request for the release of the fund,
There must be evidence of investment intentions especially outside the West Africa, I contact you therefore to confirm if you can absorb me in partnership in your company or possibly assist me on any investment opportunity in your country. When I reach agreement with you, the financial institution will release my fund you and I will come over to you to commence business partnership with you and the fund and as well complete my education.

All that I want is your sincere and genuine help in helping me to see that this fund is released to you and come to your a country were you will also help me invest this fund in a very good business as soon its released. I cannot allow the money remain here, why, because of the war here which possess a great risk to as my life and future solely lies on it. If you have heard from the news for the past few months now there has been intense fighting and bombing by the troops which I will like to live here as soon as the funds is released out of this country.

I expect your urgent response including your addresses, your mobile telephone and fax number. I wait to hear from you, thanks for expected cooperation.
My regards,
Princess Helen Keita.

This may be the first "princess" I have heard from. Certainly, it is the first "princess" who is the daughter of a deceased "cocoa merchant."

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I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in the transfer and investment of my inheritance fund USD$17.5M from my late father who died mysteriously last Dec.

It was very evident that he was poisoned to death. In my culture, when a man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers shares his property leaving both the wife and the daughters empty handed including the house they live in. This is the exact case with me as I am the only daughter of my father. I lost my mother when I was barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife because he felt solely responsible for my mother's death.

This is so because he concentrated much on his businesses that he rarely pays attention to domestic affairs. He was always travelling taking care of his businesses that he did not
notice when my mother took ill. He thought it was a minor illness and was ignorant of this. My mother on her own resorted to self-medication. It was not until the illness degenerated that my father took my mother to hospital where she was diagnosed to find out that hypatitis had eaten deep into her blood stream. She didn't last long before she died. This happened when I was barely a year old. Based on this, my father could not forgive himself easily because of it and said he was responsible for her death as he could have saved her if only he had paid attention to the things at home rather than concentrating much on his businesses.

Despite all entreaties by friends and relatives, he refused to remarry but ensured that I had everything that I wanted. It was as a result of this that he made me the next of kin to his fund
deposit with the bank and stated that in the event of any eventuality, I should have a direct access to the fund only when I am 24 years of age otherwise, I should have a guardian/partner intercede on my behalf for the release of the funds to me. Unfortunately, he died late last year and I am 21 years of age currently. This is why I have contacted you to serve as a guardian
to me and as my foreign partner for the transfer and investment of the fund overseas My uncles does not know about the fund because they had already taken my father's houses and other properties because I am a girl and they said I do not have rights for any property. They have requested to have my father's bank papers but I simply told them that I do not know where he kept them. The younger brother took the house in the village while the houses in the town were sold out they shared the proceed they got from the sale. Right now, I am with a friend of mine and do sincerely want to travel out of my country. This can only happen when
I have secured the release and transfer of the funds in the bank.

This why it is important that we have a plan on the type of lucrative business that we can
invest the funds on.

I had at various times had discussions with the director of international remittance unit of the bank where my father deposited the funds and I was assured that once, I have someone who would be willing to receive the funds on my behalf, they shall commence all proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the funds into the person's designated account. Now, that you have signified your interest to partner with me, it would only be very necessary if you contact the bank and request for the release and transfer of my inheritance fund into your
nominated account for the purpose of investment and to further have me come over to your
country to continue with my studies.

I shall be giving you the bank's contact details as soon as I hear back from you so that you will go ahead and contact the bank.

Your urgent response will be appreciated,

Talk to you the more.
Sincerely,
Mariam Abdullah

"...hypatitis had eaten deep into her blood stream."

The phrases these scammers come up with are amusing.

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