[Dixielandjazz] Gig Offer

[Stephen G Barbone]

Dear Friends of jazz:

My name is Ndugood. I am a wealthy Nigerian prince who loves  
traditional jazz music. I am seeking your help to move $200,000,000  
from my checking account here in Nigeria to the United States for  
safekeeping and investment in my new venture.

I too love Traditional Jazz of King Oliver and Lu Watters and Louis  
Armstrong and am opening many jazz clubs in neighboring Togo at which  
I would like you to perform. Your band will receive $42,000 a night,  
200 nights guaranteed plus all expenses. My new "Hambone Basha",  
"Jungle McGoon" and "Nick's Kraal" clubs will be a great success and  
you will become rich like the American Bank and Mortgage Company CEOs.  
I have already started construction of these night spots making the  
necessary down payments and paying bribes to the rulers there, who  
also love traditional jazz.

But I desperately need your help. My tribe, the Swindlisi, a peaceful  
jazz-loving people, has been horribly oppressed by the ruling military  
junta in Nigeria, which despises traditional jazz music. My father, an  
exiled king and booking agent, was recently imprisoned under the  
draconian "three free gigs a year and you're out" law. So now I must  
flee my beloved country with all of my family's wealth. But I need  
help in moving it because I cannot legally carry more than $10,000 out  
of the country when I leave. I therefor want to transer the money  
through your ATM system. (The Nigerian ATM system cannot exchange  
international currencies).

So please provide me with your full name and address, social security  
number, bank account and PIN numbers. And you will become incredibly  
(literally) rich from playing many jazz gigs.

Keep swinging
Prince Ndugood