"Dear American:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a
transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country has had
crisis that has caused the need for large transfer of funds of 800 billion
dollars US. If you would assist me in this transfer, it would be most
profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gram, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my replacement
as Ministry of the Treasury in January. As a Senator, you may know him as the
leader of the American banking deregulation movement in the 1990s. This
transaction is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the funds as
quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds in the names of
our close friends because we are constantly under surveillance. My family
lawyer advised me that I should look for a reliable and trustworthy person who
will act as a next of kin so the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund account
numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to wallstreetbailout@treas
ury.gov so that we may transfer your commission for this transaction. After I
receive that information, I will respond with detailed information about
safeguards that will be used to protect the funds. "

Yours Faithfully
Minister of Treasury
I'm Comrade Hank Paulson and i endorse this request

Hey now! It was only 700 billion! I mean, its not like we _really_ screwed
things up!