# My Name Is George Walker Bush.  I Have Special Deal For You.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 1, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052 "2003-02-01T04:52:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052/1 "2003-02-01T04:52:30Z")

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[This appeared in my inbox yesterday.](http://madison.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=9287&group=webcast) I think it’s some kind of Nigerian lottery scam! But I thought I’d check it out with the Teeming Millions first.

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> DEAR SIR / MADAM,
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> I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT SURPRISE YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT MET NEITHER IN PERSON NOR BY CORRESPONDENCE. I CAME TO KNOW OF YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE A VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO AN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

Do you think I could be in line for a share of the SIXTY-ONE BILLION DOLLARS ($61,000,000,000)?

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**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052/2 "2003-02-01T04:56:38Z")

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You know, I got the same email, except it was from Bill Gates!

And yeah, it’s a scam.

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**Author:** ![dogchow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e495f1/32.png) [@dogchow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogchow)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052/3 "2003-02-01T04:58:30Z")

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To tell you the truth when I first saw the heading I thought it was some sort of political thing. Maybe Bush Sr. would have no problem buying votes for his son next year.

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052/4 "2003-02-01T06:50:39Z")

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Those have been around for years.

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**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-name-is-george-walker-bush-i-have-special-deal-for-you/152052/5 "2003-02-01T13:01:27Z")

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Finally, a tax cut plan that we all can agree on. I know that if I get sixty-one billion dollars, the economy will get some major stimulous.

With that much money, so could I;)