Have you evere received an e-mail like this?
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE.
Dearest Sir,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business. I am MISS SARA COULIBALY. The only daugther of late Mr.and Mrs JOHNSON COULIBALY. My father was a very wealth cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip.
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on November 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Three Point Five two million United State Dollars. USD($3,520,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only daugther for the next of Kin in depositing of th e fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his busines associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.He also told me to make contact with whoever I want that will assist me
in this therefore, to avoid pressure and stress on my side I have a lawyer which will assist in getting the relevant documents that is needed for the money to transferred to you.As I am not old enough to handle a transaction of this magnitude Dear,I want you to contact my lawyer with this information in london,
that is where he reside now.
KONE IBRAHIM
DOWNS ROAD, SUTTON,
SURREY SM2 5PT,
UNITED KINGDOM.
PHONE 24HR +44-704-571-5468
FROM 6AM TO 6PM +44-703-189-5883
kone-associates@kone-associates.cjb.net
koneibrahim1000@yahoo.com
You will asist me in securing a resident permit in your country and enrole me in school for the
continuation of my education.
Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14 days you signifying your interest to assist me)
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Note: I AM JUST 18 YEARS OLD
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
MISS SARA COULIBALY.
If i have received this once, i have received many stories much like this a thousand times. The underage orphan, the terminal-disease widow, the desperate attorney… saying that Mr. whatisit died poisoned, or in a car or plane accident, or because his farm was robbed and devastated by the thieves….
So, I have been collecting them since a couple months ago… I have more than 50 different stories…
Could any of this be at least a little true???
February 16th, 2009 at 5:16 am
it’s a scam. there’s a few variations of this going around. delete it.
February 19th, 2009 at 1:26 am
Lol, please don’t fall for this
February 21st, 2009 at 6:48 pm
I received an email telling me that i had won the UK national lottery. I typed Uk national lottery into the search engine to find out that it was a scam. I also think that this email is a scam too.
February 23rd, 2009 at 3:34 am
you can’t be seriously considering this as legit can you?
February 23rd, 2009 at 4:20 pm
I get those all the time. They come from Kenya and are scams. The idea is to steal your identity and your money. I tag them as spam and don’t even open them. Nearly everyone who has email gets those and only foolish people bite. There is one about the UK lottery you should beware of too. I have found it a good rule that if I don’t know the sender it is spam and doesn’t get opened. Like with snail mail, if no return address or I know it is advertising it goes straight into the recycle bin unopened.
February 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 pm
Oh, those things slay me every time I read them. You ever look through your spam box? It’s a riot!
February 25th, 2009 at 5:11 am
Almost daily. Just ignore and delete. Of course it’s not real in the least. Just the volume should tip you off.
February 27th, 2009 at 2:49 pm
It’s one of the oldest scams out there and every day people still fall for it.
February 27th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Yes, it’s known as a “Nigerian” scam.” They’re fairly common at this point.
February 28th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Whenever I get stuff like that, 95% of which is MostLikely FALSE, …
(but everyonce in a while I find out that something is True - ie.. the MADELINE story- little girl abducted while Family was on Vacation).
… I check out the authenticity of the story at SNOPES. It’s an “Urban Legend Site”.
…a place to look up stories to see if they are true or not.
Peace
~Laurie
March 2nd, 2009 at 11:18 am
yes everyday
March 2nd, 2009 at 2:10 pm
sipi. Ignora este tipo de correos y no los vuelvas a abrir. estamos?? porque pueden traer virus!!! bueno ya te regañe, ya te puedes ir a jugar.