Ping.
Posted on 03/14/2007 7:09:15 AM PDT by dynachrome
From Ms Helen Nana From frfrfrfr | 03/14/2007 4:06:51 AM MDT read
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)
Sounds legit to me! NOT
Why do I always miss out on all the really good offers?
I have heard of scams like this from Nigeria but this woman is from the Ivory Coast so it is probably OK.
Oh my, I got one of those letters from the account manager at First Monument Bank in Ghana! The person with the same last name as mine died in a plane crash in Africa and had no next of kin. He left $14.5 million in his account and the manager said he could get the bank to release the money to me since I had the same last name! One catch, he got 50%, I got 49% and the 1% left was for any next of kin that might come forward at a later date. DON'T RESPOND! :)
LOL, beyond snarky replies, some people string scammers along and end up getting them to waltz their way into the hands of the authorities, waste (relatively) large amounts of their own cash, or humiliate themselves. It is called "scam-baiting".
http://www.419baiter.com/
http://419eater.com/
Ya beat me to it. A couple more sites.
http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com
http://www.scamorama.com
Naaaah..... You're too late
I already sent them the $2500 transfer fees.... (yesterday)
It's mine.... mine... mine I tell you....
The Nigerian /Cote-d'Ivoire inheritance/charity/mission money is all mine... this email says so.... so there.
And Dat's (NOT!)the TRUTH-H-H-H-H-H-H-TH
(apols to lilly "edith ann" tomlin)
Another popular scam going on currently is when you sell something in the paper or on Ebay, the buyer wants to send you a cashiers check for a lot more than the sale price. You are then supposed to send back the excess money. It is a scam! The cashiers check you receive is fradulent. A good site explaining this by a lady that sells horses for a living here (she likes toying with the scammers, also):
http://www.bustedupcowgirl.com
I got it too. I lamost went for it. Is there still time?
"Is there still time?"
She called me "dear one". She wants dynachrome's studly body. Will she take a 3 party, Canadian, post-dated cashiers check copied at Kinkos, I wonder?
{General Chat-Duratar}: (HelenNana):Need rogue to open lvl53 [Metallic box]!!!11!1 Will tip!!1!1!!
I got it too...it's mine, I tell you...MINE!!!
I received it too. I don't know about you, but I am going to invest my life's savings and give her my whole two cents worth.
Ping.
Do people seriously fall for this stuff?
"fall for this stuff?"
The number of businesspeople that fall for it are frightening. Greed overwhelms good sense, I guess.
Actually, ya'll are all out of luck, because I just called my dear friend the president of the Ivory Coast and told him about "THE REAL CONTENT OF THE METALLIC TRUNK BOX." Helena Nana had better make herself scarce for awhile.
"Ivory Coast"
The new hotspot for scammers, I guess. A newer one is from one of Saddam Hussein's relatives. Knows where Saddam hid all that money and needs a little help getting it out. LOL
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