Thats got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Posted on 03/14/2007 2:54:58 AM PDT by Verax
From Ms Helen Nana
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
West Africa.
(URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED)
NB/ Please reply me direct through my private email address (helennana225@yahoo.es)
Dearest One.
Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will in any manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am Helen Nana, 21 years old and the only Daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Nana. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital city of Ivory coast during his days.
It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year June 2006.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
But God knows the truth!
Before the death of my father he disclosed to me about the total sum of $10.5Million US dollars in a Metalic Trunk Box,and deposited under a security company here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire and it was registered as FAMILY VALUABLES containg AFRICAN ARTWORKS, THIS HE DID FOR SECURITY REASONS.
This fund represent the huge sales of Cocoa.
For security reasons according to my late father he made an agreement with the security company that his partner/beneficiary will come forward for the claiming of the consignments for onward transfer.
I am just 21 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded., my late father adviced me while in sick bed that I should look for a Honest Trustworthy and Reliable foreigner who will stand as his foriegn business partner/beneficiary of the consignments so that the Metalic Trunk Box containing $10.5M USD, will be Released to him/her for a partnership investment, based on our agreement.
Right now, I am writing to know if you can stand as the beneficiary of the Consignment and to also provide me your full ID details so that I will submit it to the security company for the release of the consignment for a partnership investment you will introduce in your country.
Note that after the consignment is claim is made, you will send some money to me in order for to secure the necessary travelling documents to come over to meet with you for the investment. Upon the confirmation of your interest to assist me, the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT the AGREEMENT,and the OFFICIAL RECIEPT which was issued to my late father by the security company at the day of deposit will be forwarded to you for your VERIFICATION & CONFIRMATION.
I promise to offer you 10% of the total sum to you for your assistance while 5% will be set aside for any expences that may arise during the prosess of claiming.
Please indicate your interest as soon as you recieved this mail.
NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION NEEDS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY FOR SECURITY REASONS.
NOTE AGAIN: THE OFFICIALS OF THE SECURITY COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE METALLIC TRUNK BOX, BECAUSE IT WAS REGISTERED AS FAMILY VALUABLES
CONTAINING AFRICA ARTWORKS.
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
Helen Nana,
NB/ Please reply me direct through my private email address (helennana225@yahoo.es)
That looks like the same guy, but a new incident. His first incident wasn't as successful. I guess he's getting better at it. Funny stuff.....
You mean I shouldn't have sent her the money?
It probably is the same guy. That particular one is the most recent one of several that involve hand carvings.
This link is to an ole boy who baits them back.....if you don't end up laughing out loud you don't have much of a sense of humor....Enjoy...
Thats got to be the funniest thing I have ever seen.
Free publicity? What's an exposed smammer to do with free publicity??
LOL .... hysterical......
Your expertise is needed.
You blew it, didn't you read the email. You'll never get the money now.
NOTE: THIS TRANSACTION NEEDS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY FOR SECURITY REASONS.
At least the scams over at Match.com have pictures of pretty young ladies 25 years my junior.
These are model quality pictures!
Have received 3 of those this week.
They tell you to contact them outside of "Match" and then the stories get strange.
Don't get me wrong, Match screens these as best they can, but it happens.
Mostly legitimate "Matches" over there.
Dear Ms. Helena, what you have are not African artifacts but instead pictures of dead United States Presidents and Founding Fathers. They are to be returned to the United States IMMEDIATELY! They have been lost for many years now and the entire country (minus a few NFL quarterbacks) have been searching for them all over the place. Please contact Special Agent Ethan Hawke of the FBI as soon as you finish reading this message. NOW.
http://www.freewebs.com/lowbridge
IIRC you had one on the string selling him the Brooklyn Bridge or the UN Building.
I spend a lot of down time @ work there, it's hilarious!
Did every single FReeper get one of these, or are some of us "special"? Like, do I have "maroon" stamped across my screen name?
Glad you enjoyed it....about a year ago or so I found that link here on FR...
That was hilarious!!!! The references to It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World were classic.
Max, you gotta read through this. http://www.freewebs.com/lowbridge/
There's a novelty ... an actual true statement in a 411 scam letter.
That dude is patient! I couldn't play that out that long. I tip my hat to him!
http://www.419eater.com
This one is even funnier. I'm reading through the first one on the list. It's a riot!
Thanks for posting the link, arizonarachel.
In one of the other ones, I think posted by another guy, he posed as Mick Jagger or something and sent these hilarious (photoshopped) pics to the scammer that he never caught onto. I think I nearly cried from laughing so hard. Here is the link:
http://www.419eater.com/html/user_subs/akim/akim.htm
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