AS FRENCH AS I WANNA BE

A (probably) short one from Anna Demeanour which, if nothing else, shows that the Lads follow current events.

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Lea Gbagbo

From: leagbagbo@pobox.sk
Subject: Cry for Help from Lea Gbagbo
Date: April 14, 2011 2:08:57 PM PDT
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From Lea Gbagbo
C/O: Golf Hotel Abidjan
Republic Of Cote D'Ivoire
Reply to my private email(leagbagbo@hotmail.fr)
Dearest One,
With deep sorrow i address this email to you hoping you will respond urgently.I am sorry if this mail will come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, I just felt like empting myself to you,to confide in you, as am faced with total frustration and hardship. My Ernest prayer is that you find this mail in good health and blessings. My name is Lea Gbagbo daughter of former president of Cote d' ivoire Who was arrested by the rebels in order to take over as a president just two days back 11/04/2011. Please you can check this site below for more details on the political problems in our dear country. and the kind of problem we are into. www.abidjan.net. http://news.abidjan.net/p/61015.html All my family was arrested and still in the hands of the rebels right now.

Before they seperated my father from us in the hotel where we are kept as captives my father confided in me that he made a deposit of (50.000.000.00) million euros for the family that i should look for a company or individual to claim it before the present government will confiscate it because the way i am seeing it they are not going to release my father again or leave anything for him this is why you should reply to this email urgently and claim this funds so that on our release i can leave the country with my junion one. Promise me you will go to claim the family treasure box or look for strong alternative to secure the box that is our last hope in life.

He deposited this funds in a security firm and packaged it in a metalic box for security of the funds as if he knows what was going to happen. All that we want is your sincere and genuine help in helping us to see that this family inheritance is being release to you.
in your country were you will also help us invest this fund in a very good business.
All we need is your co-operation as a foreign partner to secure this funds for us. We will offer you %20 of the total amount involved. I am using the hotel internet i hope to hear from you soon. We are really in trouble you need to come for our rescue before they will confiscate the funds France government our former colonial master has teem up with the rebels and claimed everyhting we have this money in Spain is only what we have reply for more explainations please.
Please for security of this transaction reply to my private email(leagbagbo@hotmail.fr)
May God bless you for your interest to assist us and your quick response also
Our regards
Lea Gbagbo

Laurent Gbagbo has a wife, Simone, and a mistress, Nadiana, and children with both of them. He has a daughter named Marie, and a younger son. So who is this Lea? Well it seems to actually come from Ivory Coast, and she (she?) probably speaks French, let's make it easier for her.

Anna Demeanour

... excited to practice my schoolgirl French ...

Ma chère Mlle Gbagbo,

Nous pouvons correspondre en français, sans doute ce sera plus facile pour vous.

Certes, la situation de M. Gbagbo est bien connu.

Lequel de ses enfants êtes-vous? J'ai entendu parler de Marie. ætes-vous une fille de Simone, ou de Nadiana?

Mais comment votre père a obtenu 50M euros? Il doit avoir été très prudent avec son salaire.

Ne vous inquiétez pas de lui. Il sera sans doute profiter d'une retraite tranquille à Dubai ou au Zimbabwe, dans tout confort.

Comment puis-je vous aider?

Translation: Dear Miss Gbagbo, we can correspond in French, no doubt that will be easier for you. Certainly, the situation of Mr. Gbagbo is well known.
Which of his children are you? I've heard of Marie. Are you a daughter of Simone, or Nadiana?
But how did your father come by 50 million euros?
He must have been very careful with his salary.
Don't worry about him. No doubt he will have a peaceful, comfortable retirement in Dubai or Zimbabwe.
How can I help you?

Lea Gbagbo

... unless she (she?) is actually an expatriate Nigerian...

4-20

Hi,
I saw your profile and i see what you have done with my email thank you very much ok.

Anna Demeanour

boo hoo, am I busted? suis-je busté?

4-21

My goodness, Miss Gbagbo, don't you read French? How can this be? Did the President of Côte d'Ivoire raise you in some tiny room in the palace where the servants were forbidden to speak French to you?

Not sure this will go any further. "Miss Gbagbo" seems to have put on her thinking cap.

Meanwhile an email has arrived from "Simone Gbagbo" (the ex-President's wife. I wonder if I can do something for her?

Simone Gbagbo

From: service@zone-ar.com
Subject: Hello Sir?
Date: April 20, 2011
Reply-To: mrssimone04@gmail.com
(snip)
Received: from dynamic.casap2-4-24-137-41.wanamaroc.com ([41.137.24.4] helo=User) by Server.e-lti.com...

Hello Sir,
Sorry for contacting you like this.
I am Mrs. Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former President Laurent Gbagbo the Ivory Coast ruler.
If you watch closely in the News you will see the political problem we have regarding who won the recent election.
We are receive a lot of pressure to step down for my husband opponent but my husband refuse after all my advice, because women have no power to men in Africa and at last he was caught and remove like you have seen on the news.

After the approval of the EU sanctions and ban on my family and few supporters of my husband on traveling to any EU country or America, I manage to transfer my kids and out to Morocco now and i need your assistance to relocate them to your country as soon as possible.

I will transfer the sum of $5 Million Dollars and five 9kilos of row Gold under your care as soon as you are meet my kids in Morocco to help my them set up any profitable investment project in your country immediately they arrive in your country with you.

I have decided to offer you 5% of the total amount if you can make it to Morocco as soon as possible.
Please Contact me in this private email address to discuss more if you are interested and send me your telephone number and private email address for easy communication.
My Private email is: mrs_gbagbo@yahoo.com
Looking forward to hear from you soon as soon as possible.
Regards.
Mrs. Gbagbo.
Anna Demeanour

... surely SHE must speak French, what with all those diplomatic functions and, no doubt, shopping trips to Paris ... and they use French in Morocco...

To: mrs_gbagbo@yahoo.com

Ma chère Mme Gbagbo,
Nous pouvons correspondre en français, sans doute ce sera plus facile pour vous.
Certes, la situation de M. Gbagbo est bien connu.
Mais comment votre mari a obtenu 5 millions?
Il doit avoir été très prudent avec son salaire.
Ne vous inquiétez pas. Vous allez sans doute profiter d'une retraite tranquille à Dubai ou au Zimbabwe, dans tout confort.

Comment puis-je vous aider?

Avec mes compliments sincères
A. De Meanour

Translation: Dear Mrs. Gbagbo, we can correspond in French, no doubt that will be easier for you. Certainly, the situation of Mr. Gbagbo is well known.
But how did your husband come by 5 million?
He must have been very careful with his salary.
Don't worry. No doubt you both will have a peaceful, comfortable retirement in Dubai or Zimbabwe.
How can I help you?
With my sincere compliments...


Fans of the Lads' French versions may enjoy The French Collection. Oddly, the recent "Gbagbo" mails have been in English. Different branch of the family, perhaps.