This was forwarded to me by a friend. It's important to laugh, when the only other option is to cry.

From: Minister of the Treasury Paulson



Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP



Dear American:



I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship

with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.



I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country

has had crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of

800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it

would 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 1990s. This transactin is 100% safe.



This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need

the funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these

funds in the names of our close friends because we are constantly

under surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for

a reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of kin so the

funds can be transferred.



Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund

account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to

wallstreetbailout@treasury.gov so that we may transfer your commission

for this transaction. After I receive that information, I will

respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be used

to protect the funds.



Yours Faithfully

Minister of Treasury Paulson

