We're moving up the status quo -- "Dearest Friend"

[Nicholas Venturella]

This message slipped by with only 0.9 points... maybe it can be used to create some more rules? For one thing, I know that we are matching "Dear (something)", and even "Dear Friend" specifically... but it looks like we are even more dear to spammers now as they are calling us "Dearest" :-p Maybe a rule (with a low point value) that triggers if the message contains the name of any African country? ------------------------------------------------------------ X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=4.7 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS,HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=no version=2.63 Subject: Mrs.Lazu Amed Nkomo Dearest Friend, Happy new year to you and your family. It is my pleasure to write you at this crucial new year. I found information about you and decided to contact you for an important assistance. My name is Mrs.Lazu Amed Nkomo a citizen of Zimbabwe, but I am writing from Accra Ghana. I am the only wife of Kenneth Nkomo, a wealthy farmer and senior politician with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic Change [MDC]. Our wicked President murdered my husband, Robert Mugabe and I fled my country because I have become his next target to eliminate. My husband was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in the MDC, a part wanting to end the several years of brutal dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe's brutal acts by visiting this web sites; http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html My husband was accused of Treason and also assisting the White farmers in fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead. The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My husband's associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in fighting my husband's death through the Court and media; the government saw us as a big treat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Martin Olds was attacked and murdered in his house, but fortunately, before they came looking for me, I received the news and I had to flee through the border to Accra Ghana to save my life. My arrival here in Accra Ghana still remains like a miracle to me. Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I need to bring my family and that of Mr. Olds out of Zimbabwe as soon as possible before any more harm is done on them. I am having a huge sum of money in the total sum of $25.6Million presently hidden in a safe place. My husband kept this money in two trunk boxes in disguise as family treasures and could not bank them, because of the situation in my country. My husband's business, farms and banks account was seized by the government before his arrest and murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention and I have made a solid arrangement concerning the shipment of the boxes out of my country because we cannot invest it there. I was on the process when I fled the country. I need your assistance in securing the funds to your country, so that I can arrange for my family and that of the Olds to join me in your country. I am willing to offer you 30% of the $25.6Million for your kind assistance. Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed and also to meet face to face. As I wait for your urgent response, please treat this information as top secret and send your telephone number so that I can speak with you. Thank you and God bless. Also try to read these web site for more clarifications. Regards, Mrs.Lazu Amed Nkomo Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 233-20-8213660 MORE SITES ABOUT MUGABE'S BRUTAL GOVERNMENT http://publish.indymedia.org.uk/en/2003/04/64376.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/13/wzim13.xml http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0%2C4273%2C4332401%2C00.html