# Bernard Madoff's wife contacted ME!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-madoffs-wife-contacted-me/492198>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 7, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-madoffs-wife-contacted-me/492198 "2009-04-07T00:39:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![PatriotGrrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PatriotGrrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotGrrrl)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-madoffs-wife-contacted-me/492198/1 "2009-04-07T00:39:57Z")

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And she wants to give me 6 million dollars! I’m gonna be rich!

Yeah, right.

> [@](#):
>
> Good day,
> 
> I am John Wild, I represent a top company executive in the  
> United States, Ruth Madoff wife of Bernard Madoff the disgraced  
> money manager and CEO of Madoff Securities presently facing  
> charges of a USD$50 Billion Dollar scam in the United  
> States,his business victims includes major Oil  
> Companies,Construction Companies, Banks and top figures arround  
> the United States etc.
> 
> I have a very sensitive and private brief from this top  
> executive wife “Ruth Madoff” to ask for your partnership to  
> re-profile funds over USD$15,000,000.00 I will give the  
> details, but in summary, the fund is living a Security  
> Company in Western Europe.
> 
> This is a legitimate transaction but needs 100%  
> confidentiality from you because of the dire sensitivity of the  
> case at hand. You will be paid 40% of this fund for your  
> proposed “Management Fees”, to assist her to re-profile these  
> funds appropriately to a new investment location if I am able  
> to reach terms with you. If you are interested, please write  
> back immediately and I will provide further details.
> 
> Please keep this close to your chest as much as possible; we  
> can not afford to solve the problem if this issue blows up.
> 
> Write me back immediately as I look forward to it.
> 
> Yours truly,  
> John Wild

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**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-madoffs-wife-contacted-me/492198/2 "2009-04-07T00:42:19Z")

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When you see her, give her a kiss from me. Such a generous lady…

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bernard-madoffs-wife-contacted-me/492198/3 "2009-04-07T00:48:28Z")

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I dunno, do you think publishing the email on the internet violates confidentiality?

And I wonder how she got to Nigeria.