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E-mail scam. – Angel

Angel

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Posts: 699
From: The Blissful State Of Me?
Registered: 05-21-2001
I just got the following and what a laugh.

From: Miss Jenifer Thoya
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Email: jenifer_thoya@yahoo.com

Dearest One,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact from the Ivorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry http://www.christiancoders.com with my prayes and fasting,I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trustworthy person I can do business with and by their recommendations, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Jenifer Thoya, the only child of late Mr and Mrs Kindibe Thoya.
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 1996, my father took me so special because I am motherless.

Before the death of my father on the 20th of May 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that has a sum of US$10,500,000 ( Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) left in a suspense account in a local bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only Daughter for the next of kin in deposit of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use if for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).

Dear One, I am honourably seeking your assistant in the following,

1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transferred.
2) To serve as the guardian of this fund
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and also to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort input after the successful transfer of this money to your nominated account.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within Seven (7) days you signify interest to assist me.
Please reply me on this my private email box jenifer_thoya@yahoo.com


Anticipating hearing from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

Your sincerely,
Jenifer Thoya

Anyone else getting this little tid-bit of joy? I haven't been chit chatting much here over the years, and ain't it a hoot that so many here think I diserve this cash. Cha-right!

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MastaLlama

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Posts: 671
From: Houston, TX USA
Registered: 08-10-2005
so go open a bank account and leave liek $2 in it. Send "her" the account info and see if you get anything out of it! LOL
Angel

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Posts: 699
From: The Blissful State Of Me?
Registered: 05-21-2001
I'm too lazy to do that.

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ArchAngel

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Posts: 3450
From: SV, CA, USA
Registered: 01-29-2002
haha, I got that too and was wondering what the CCN link was doing there.

I read the logs of people who turned the scam back on the scammer.
but, I'm too lazy to do that too.
maybe just haz0rz their computer? lol.

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Cohort X

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Posts: 126
From: The Great Pacific Northwest
Registered: 09-16-2006
I got one of those too. I'd recommend NOT opening a bank account. Let me tell you what would happen. You'd get a money order for like $50,000 or whatever and you'd see it in your account, then they would need you to send them a check for something like $2400. It turns out the wire transfer was based on a bad check so after a couple weeks your account is at negative $2400 and you are on the hook for insufficient funds fees and the like. They use some specific amounts I can't recall off the top of my head because it is just below some federal offense limit where it's not worth it for your government to track them down and verify what happened. They exploit the fact that 90% of banks haven't updated their core credit verification system in over thirty years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#Fake_checks_and_check_cashing_scams

Con artists thrive on people thinking they are smarter than the them and getting in way over their head. Don't respond, and DO NOT try to game them.

MastaLlama

Member

Posts: 671
From: Houston, TX USA
Registered: 08-10-2005
In truth, I was kidding. Although, even when I responded to such emails, I never received a reply, and I own a legitimate business that could easily take care of the check. Granted, at the time I was working with the FBI and they told me to respond to the emails...but, alas, no reply.

Me working with the FBI is a weird story I can tell you guys sometime.

Angel

Member

Posts: 699
From: The Blissful State Of Me?
Registered: 05-21-2001
Well good laugh nonetheless what?

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InsanePoet

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Posts: 638
From: Vermont, USA
Registered: 03-12-2003
I got the EXACT same spam email.

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