Steve De France is in trouble!!!
[M. Bartley Seigel / July 7th, 2009 / Young Bright Things ]Steve De France hopes you are well as he himself is in a great sorrow writing you this note.
Steve De France must inform you about something very important.
Something very terrible has happened to Steve De France.
Steve De France can barely think or type straight at this point, with this information of his.
Steve De France needs a favor from you.
Steve De France hopes you will come to his aid.
You see, Steve De France had a trip in Nigeria, for a Seminar.
Unfortunately, all of Steve De France’s money got stolen on his way to the hotel where he was lodging. His cell phone. His passport, too. Since then Steve De France has been without any money. He is even owing his hotel.
Can you imagine this?
The police only asked Steve De France to write a statement  about the incident. The police directed him to the embassy. Steve De France spoke to the embassy, but the embassy people did not respond effectively.
Steve De France knows that you know how these embassy people can be.
Steve De France has limited access to emails for now, so he will make this brief.
Steve De France will come to his point.
Steve De France needs money. He thinks $2500 should just about cover it. For $2500 Steve De France can make arrangements. For $2500 Steve De France thinks he can sort this mess out. Â
Steve De France is in a full panic.
Steve De France is confused.
Steve De France wishes you peace and joy.
Steve De France is waiting to hear from you.
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P.S. Checks can be made out to Steve De France c/o PANK. We will be sure to help Steve De France to the fullest of our abilities.
This made me laugh. Also, it made me think that there could probably be a lot of stories written based on spam e-mails. It could be a new collection. Kind of like the next generation of Robert Olen Butler’s “Tabloid Dreams.” Or something like that.
We actually have a piece in PANK 3 called the Nigerian Scam Variations, based on those spam e-mails about the deposed African dictator who will send you approx. 567 billion dollars.
A NOtE FROM THE REAL STEVE DE FRANCE
Boy was I shocked to find I was in Nigeria and that I had been robbed and was destitute somewhere in Africa. Some crook got into my email and sent out this desperate message. As silly as it seems, there is always someone kind/foolish enough to forward money to these scoundrels. My advice is to back up all your email contacts—-my account was frozen by YAHOO for 3 days—–I still don’t know how many of these bogus letters were sent—-never send money to any thing like this…..