by Chris Fuller
Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:22 am
These are scammers pretending to be orphans and/or refugees residing in Côte d'Ivoire. All the following emails do indeed come from Côte d'Ivoire, but their writers are not orphans and refugees there: the stories are invented, and the millions of dollars' inheritance that they claim they want to share with you do not exist.
The scammers (who are nearly always male) frequently pretend that they are female, and send photographs of attractive young women as 'their own' pictures. They hope that if, perhaps, you are not primarily attracted by the prospect of a share of their non-existent money, then you will be attracted by the prospect of a lovely young lady like this falling in love with you. However, they are equally willing to call you 'Mum' or 'Uncle' or 'Dear Friend', if they believe that this approach will work better.
Their aim is to introduce you to their bank or lawyer or both, and maybe a pastor as well, who will tell you about the necessary fees to be paid to enable the money to be moved to your bank account. As well as transfer fees or courier fees, there may also be fees for documents such as a Power of Attorney and an Affidavit of Oath.
The fake orphan or refugee will pretend to be very upset and worried if any hesitancy over paying for the above is shown, and beg you not to leave her to suffer alone.
It is all a lie. There is no money to transfer, and there is no orphan or refugee depending upon you. The scammer just wants your money.
The next three all pretend to be the daughters of wealthy cocoa merchants:
And this is a scammer pretending to be Nina Johnson, another orphaned refugee:
IP Addresses used include:
200.65.129.2 - Proxy, Mexico
196.201.91.49 - Côte d'Ivoire
41.207.28.230 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
41.189.51.131 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Also uses email address: [email protected]
Nina's Bank: [email protected]
The Bank President: [email protected]
Nina's Lawyer, Barrister Collins Ejimof: [email protected]
The scammers (who are nearly always male) frequently pretend that they are female, and send photographs of attractive young women as 'their own' pictures. They hope that if, perhaps, you are not primarily attracted by the prospect of a share of their non-existent money, then you will be attracted by the prospect of a lovely young lady like this falling in love with you. However, they are equally willing to call you 'Mum' or 'Uncle' or 'Dear Friend', if they believe that this approach will work better.
Their aim is to introduce you to their bank or lawyer or both, and maybe a pastor as well, who will tell you about the necessary fees to be paid to enable the money to be moved to your bank account. As well as transfer fees or courier fees, there may also be fees for documents such as a Power of Attorney and an Affidavit of Oath.
The fake orphan or refugee will pretend to be very upset and worried if any hesitancy over paying for the above is shown, and beg you not to leave her to suffer alone.
It is all a lie. There is no money to transfer, and there is no orphan or refugee depending upon you. The scammer just wants your money.
IP Address: 41.189.33.148 - Côte d'Ivoire
from Wahiba Alimar: [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Sun, Oct 25, 2009
subject My Dear friend,
My Dear friend,
I am Miss Wahiba Alimar, the only daughter of my late parents.I need your help to retrived the consignment that my late Father deposited with a security company and to transfer the consignment fund my father left for me in the security company before he died
I want to invest the money in your country and continue my studies.the money is ($ 4.5 million) I will give you 20% of the Total money for your help. I assure you in the name of the almighty Lord and I will tell you more Once you get back to me and also send you my pictures and the documents of the consignment I am awaiting your reply.
I will be expecting your reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss Wahiba,
IP Address: 41.207.196.80 - Côte d'Ivoire
from pat <[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Thu, Oct 22, 2009
subject please i need you help
From Pat Idaah
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
West Africa.
Dear One
After going through your profile i decided to contact you for friendship and assistace.I am Master Pat Idaah the only child of Mr and Mrs Mohammed Idaah,my father was killed on a coup plot by the rebels because of not insupport of the coup, before his death he told me as his only child because my mother died when am young and told me about the money($9.500.000)
he deposited in a bank here in our country before his dead he told me that i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this our country to his account for investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education then the person will be managing the investment...Dear am solicating your assistance to help me transfer this money out of this country for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country.
Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss on what will beyour compersation for this assistace.
Thanks
Faithfully
Pat Idaah
IP Address: 41.189.38.231 - Côte d'Ivoire
from Vivian Nna: [email protected]
reply-to [email protected]
date Tue, Oct 20, 2009
subject FROM VIVIAN NNA
From Vivian Nna
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa.
Compliments of the season,My Dearest One.
I am Miss. Vivian Nna the only Daughter Of Late Mr. And Mrs. Harmann Nna from Cote d'ivoire. I am an Orphan being that I lost my Parents. My Father was a serving director of the Agricultural board in Ivory Coast here durring His days.
My Father was poisoned to death by his Family members because of His wealth... Before his death He made a deposit of Five Million Five hundred thousand USA Dollars ($5.500,000.00) With a BANK here in my country. This fund he intended to buy a cocoa processing machine before His death.
I want you to help me for to retrieve this fund from the bank and transfer it to your account there in your country or any safer place outside my country as you will be the beneficiary and recipient of the fund.
Dear my plan is to come over to Your country and further my education after the transfer,While You will be the person to do investment in any Good investment or business there in Your country. This is my reason for writing to you. And l am willing to offer you 15% out of the total fund as you help me receive this fund in your account, Please if you are willing to assist me ,indicate your interest in replying me through my private Email; [email protected] ,
Waiting to hear from You as soon as You read my massege.
My Best Regards
Miss Vivian Nna.
IP Address: 41.202.92.202 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
from miss_madinah_abed <[email protected]>
date Thu, Oct 15, 2009
subject From Miss Madinah Abed
My Dear,
I am Miss Madinah Abed young medical student from Cote d’Ivoire West Africa .
I would like to go into a partnership with you; it is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confident in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount ($10.500, 000, 00 Dollars) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars which my late Father deposited on my name in the suspense account with one Bank here in Abidjan before his Death.
Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside my country for security and political reasons. I want you to help me claim and retrieve these fund from the Bank and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes, since the money is deposited in a suspense account, and due to the deposit nature I can not have access to the fund until it is transferred out from the account that is why I am contacting you to assists me and see that the Bank transfer the money into your personal account for to me to leave this country and meet you over there
.
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.
If you can be of assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund, and again we are going to invest together and share what ever profit we make together, I want you to get back to me as soon as possible so that I will tell you what next step to take to enable us conclude this transfer.
I am waiting for your soonest response.
Yours Sincerely,
Miss. Madinah Abed
IP Address: 41.207.201.5 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
rom ms linda <[email protected]>
date Thu, Oct 15, 2009
subject From Ms Linda Paul Raymond,
From Ms Linda Paul Raymond,
Ave14 Rue2 Cocody Abidjan,
Cote D' Ivoire
May This Mail Fine You Well.
Cavary Greeting to you in the mighty name,I know this mail will come as suprise to you but in a brief introduction. My name is Ms Linda Paul Raymond,I am a citizen of Sierra Leone,but residing in Abidjan Cote D' Ivoire Because of my sutiation today.
I am 20 years of age.It is my pleasure communicating with you for the first time and believing that it will lead to a better relationship between us.
I have an inheritance from my late father before he die that I would like you to help me claim so that i can immediatly join you there in your home to continue my education as you will invest the fund's with you there under your care.
The amount is US$17.300.000.United State Dollars, I want you to stand as my father in the lord in claiming the money from the Bank/Finance Institution.
I am ready to part with 25% of the total sum to you if only you assist me to claim the money and assist me also in investing some money in the work of God.
I will give you more detail and forward all vital information as soon as I hear from you.I will also plead for your full contacts details like,
1.Full name
2.Direct Tel/Fax Number
3.Home/Office Address
4.Age/Sex/Occupation
5.A copy Of Your Passport/ID Card
6.Bank Account Details Informations
7.Bank Address And Swift Code.
Please kindly forward those contacts informations details of you to me so that i can forward it to the Bank/Finance Institution where the money is deposited as i will also give you their full contact details for you to contact them for the relaise of the fund's for further prosses.
You can reply to my private email address
[email protected]
Thanks And God Bless
Your's In The Lord,
Ms Linda
IP Address: 41.202.75.51 - Côte d'Ivoire
from Brou Claudine <[email protected]>
date Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 8:00 AM
subject my dear ,
my dear ,
Please answer me as soon as you receive this mail.
Please i want you to help me so that i can get the money deposited by my late father before he died so that i can invest and continue my education in your country.
My father made the agreement on the deposit that only me his daugther to identify the foreign partner so that he can get the money.
This why i contact you. please i want you to assist me now Please all i want to you is to stand as foreign partner of my father so that this money must be our possession so that i can invest and continue my education.
First i want you to know that i don't contact you because you are rich, no. I contact you because i believe that you are the good personn who can invest this money for me and
you can take care of me.
Please i want to know you first and trust you because my father had told me that before i bring the foreign partner i must TRUST HIM first, so as God direct me to your way i will be with you.
Please sorry for this question i ask you now:
Are you married
How many children do you have now
How old are you
Please send me your address, your full name, and your phone
thank you
Am waiting for your response..
Sister Claudine
IP Address: 41.207.26.23 - Côte d'Ivoire
from [email protected]
<[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
to [email protected]
date Mon, Oct 12, 2009
subject MAY GOD BLESS YOU
Good day,
I am Solomon Johnson. I am 20years old while my younger sister Rita Johnson is 18years old.We are the only children of Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Our late father David Johnson , died and left us and our mother Mrs Rosemary Johnson who waslater killed. My late father Chief David Johnson was the former Director of Sierra Leone Mining Corporation and owns many properties before he died which he left to my mother Mrs Rosemary Johnson for us his children.
Within a year of my fathers death, my Mother Mrs.Rosemary,was killed by hired killers, after my mother was killed my fathers lawyer called I and my younger Sister to hand over my late fathers documents to us. after my fathers lawyer have handed over the documents to me, our uncles started demanding for the Documents of my late fathers wealth.I now called my fathers lawyer, he came and told my uncles that my father made a will that all his properties belongs to his children.
After my fathers lawyer have made that statement my uncles started fighting against us to an extend he went and arranged for hired killers to kill I and my younger sister.The first time they came to our home when I wasn't around,my younger sister Rita was shot and two of our security men was killed also before the police men came, they had escaped, that made us to park out of the compound we thought it will be over that way but it continue happening, that makes us to stop going to school.Because we are afraid let something not happen to us in school premises,That is the reason why we contacted you as an honest person so that you can help us have a cliam on the money my late father concealed in a box and kept it in a security custody as family valuables belonging to his foreign business partner abroad.
The content of the box is ($10.500,000) Ten million five hundred thousand United State Dollars. US ,and it is been deposited in a sesurity company here in Abidjan Cote D Ivoire . I will be greatful if you can tell me the percentage that will be suit for you when the security company brings the box to your country successfully. Also you are going to send to us a letter of invitation so that we can come over to your country and continue our education. Please do your best to help us and God will bless You.
Please, Consider this and get back to us as soon as possible by telephone +22507288787.
Thank you so much. My regards to your family.
My sincere regards,
SOLOMON & RITA JOHNSON.
IP Address: 41.202.94.247 - Abidjan Côte d'Ivoire
From: abdul wumi <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, Aug 29, 2009
Subject: Dear Respectful One,
Dear Respectful One,
GREETINGS,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by their recommenddations I must not hesitate to confide in your for this simple and sincere business. My name is Miss Wumi Abdul the only Daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Abdul from Guinea Bissau in West Africa.
I contacted you to know if you can be of help and assist me and my brother over our inheritance deposited for us by my late father who died as a result of poison from his business associates in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire West Africa.
After the death of my father I and my younger brother try to seek asylum to London but I was successful and my brother is still in the refugee camp in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire .
Before the death of my father he deposited the sum of US$12,500 000.00 with a security company .
During the deposit he agreed with the security company that his foreign partner will come for the collection of the money which he deposited and declared with them as family valuables in a trunk box. Due to the agreement he made with the Security company I and my ked brother cannot make this claim without presenting a foreigner who will stand and act on our behalf as the foreign partner to my late father. I could have chosen someone in africa but they are very greedy . I will not like to do anything with them.
This is why he told me before his death to look for a reliable and trust worthy foreigner who will assist me in this regard if anything wrong happens to him.
Now that he have been poisoned to death I and my brother are calling for your assistance to help us get this money into your account so that we can have access to the money in your country.
Most importantly, during the deposit he did not expose the real content of the box as he deposited and declare it as family valuables. So you will not let any body know the real content of the box as only both of us and i my brother knows the real content of the box.
Secondly, you will also help us to invest the money in your country while me and ked brother will come over to meet you for business investments which you will advise. In all to be our guardian as we don't have any body now to look after our welfare.
Once you get the money into your account you will send some money for us to prepare our travelling documents to meet you in your country.
To enable you act on our behalf send to me your current telephone and fax numbers, Full name and address, which I will submit to the security company informing them that you are my father's foreign partner and co- beneficiary to this box through my younger brother.
Once I receive your next mail i will give you the contact of the security company for you to make contact with them on our behalf. I will also release the certificate of deposit for you so that you will contact them without any mistake.
Please we need urgent attention to this problem as all our hope depends in this money to survive in life.
For your kind assistance i and my younger brother have resolved to give 15% of the total sum for your kind gesture to assist us in this transaction.Please our future is in your hands.
Help us and God will bless you in all.
Waiting for your quick response
Contact me on my email address;([email protected])
From Miss Wumi Abdul
The next three all pretend to be the daughters of wealthy cocoa merchants:
IP Address: 41.207.193.32 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
from Cynthia David <[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
date Mon, Oct 12, 2009
subject From:Cynthia David.
From:Cynthia David.
Country:Ivory coast,Abidjan.
Date 12:10:2009.
Dearest One,
Please permit me to intruce myself to you, My Name is cynthia David,it is a Good thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will.Iam Cynthia David 22 years old girl and the only daughter of my late parents chief Usman David(the cocoa merchant managing Director), My father was a highly reputable well known as the cocoa merchant managing Director during his days.It is sad to say that he passed away,may his soul rest in perfect peace(Amen)
Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an his brother who killed him just because his wealth But God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just baby, and since then my father took me so special. Before his death,he secretly told me about this money he deposited in the bank here and used my Name as the next of kin who will inherited his money when he daughter as the only daughter,My late father love me so much and very pround of me,i miss my father so much.
He further told him that he deposited the money in my name, and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary and legal documents to this fund. I am just 22 years old student and really don't know what to do. Now I want Assistance where I can transfer this money,and the amont witten in the file documents is (8.500us dollars) This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of my Uncle who try to kill me and claim the money from me as he requested the docuemnts of this money from me and i refused that is why i decided to transfer this money so that this money will be save and i will contine my education and invest this money with your help,.
I have maped out 20 % of the total money for your compasation for just helping me out. i want you to know that is transaction is legal and 100% risk free,i have the legal Document that relating to this money, i realy need your fruit respond so that we can proceed,and you can ask me any question you will like to known about this transaction and i will give you all need to known about this transaction and include the documents that i will send to you when we accepted to help me and you will keep it for yourself safety till you recieve this money in your bank account
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your daughter?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. I have map out 20% for your assistance ,Please consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Thank you so much.
With Sincerely
Cynthia David
IP Address: 41.207.0.110 - Côte d'Ivoire
from adeline assi <[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
date Mon, Oct 12, 2009
subject From Adeline Assi
From Adeline Assi
Dear,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business .
I am Adeline Assi the only duagther of late Mr. and Mrs.Agams Assi . My father was a very wealthy 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 late father last yaer in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Nine Million, United Stat Dollars US D 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 the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates 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 . Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 21years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.Moreover,
Dear, i am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within four (7) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks And Best regards,
Adeline Assi
IP Address: 41.207.212.94 - Côte d'Ivoire
from rose richard <[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
date Fri, Jun 19, 2009
subject From Miss Rose Richard.
From Miss Rose Richard.
Email ([email protected])
Dear One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you , I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendation by the director for a reputable and trustworthy person l can do business with and by the recommendation l must not hesitate to confid in you for this simple and sincere business.
l am Miss Rose Richard.the only Daughter of late Mr Richard Jean,
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan
here, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on business. My Mother Susan died on the 20th october 1998 and my father took me so special because l am motherless. Before the death of my father on 29th november 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why? (1) he conplained that I am too young to be managing my life,
2,that I have not finished my university education as he planned for
me,(3)no body to take care of me again as a young girl, but after much
crying, he still passed an instruction to me that he has a sum of
Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ( $10.500.000USD ) left in a bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will contniue my education to start my new life.
You know that i am trusting in you based on the word that my father told when
He was telling me to look for somebody outside country, he told me that why he want me to look for someone outside is that GOD told Abraham to go for a place where no body knows him to make his own nation , that since i am the only one left that he will like me to pray when ever i want to this transfer into any body's account,so that "GOD ALLMIGHTY' will send someone who will be in GOD far to assist me, he also told the bank on the paragraph four of the agreement that the money must transfer out side the country to anybody of my choice .
He said that, is to make sure that I did not begin to make use of the money here so that his enemies will not get at me. dear, I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. dear. l am
honourable seeking your assistance in the following ways.
(1) to serve as my gaurdian in your country while I will depend on your
expert advise since l am a girl of 21 years.
( 2 ) to make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.Moreover dear, l am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as Compensation for your effort /input after the successfull transfer to your Country overseas.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project would beconcluded within fourteen ( 14 ) days you signify interest to assist me.
Hoping to hearing from you soonest. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to a needy fellow.
Best wishes
Miss Rose Richard.
please, reply me on this my private email box
( [email protected] )
And this is a scammer pretending to be Nina Johnson, another orphaned refugee:
IP Addresses used include:
200.65.129.2 - Proxy, Mexico
196.201.91.49 - Côte d'Ivoire
41.207.28.230 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
41.189.51.131 - Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
Also uses email address: [email protected]
Nina's Bank: [email protected]
The Bank President: [email protected]
Nina's Lawyer, Barrister Collins Ejimof: [email protected]
From: ninajohnson <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.
To: [email protected]
My Dearest One,
I am nina johnson, i need you to stand as my guardian to retrieve my inheritance usd $4.8 Millions Dollars which my father deposited in a bank here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire before his assasination for reasons which I will let you know as soon as I hear from you.
Yours Sincerely
Miss nina.
My Dearest,
Thanks for your love and careing to help me,really,i have been helpless since the death of my parents,as death seperated us,and prevents me from having my life for real,but i thank God for this great opportunity that my late father kept for me,because it is my only hope and future.as i am trusting and believing in you,after going through your message.i believe that you are Gods sent to help me out,as i am suffering here in the refeguee camp without no help,and i am afraid of telling any one concerning this money,because i have went to the bank to make some withdrawal to the money,but the bank manager told me that their bank wrote an agreement with my late father,stating that unless i present a foreign partner to their bank,that the money should not be release to me for safety and security.this is my reason of contacting you to help me to see that the money is transfer to you,while i come over there to continue my education,while you invest the money in any bussiness that you like.
Right now,i am staying in the refeugee camp here,which is not convinienece to my health,because no one is taking care of us here.after my discussion with the bank manager,he told me clearly that immediately i present a foreign partner of my choice to their bank,that it will take their bank only 92 hours to make the transfer,immediately all the legal papers are change in your name and sign by my self,as you being my choosen partner for the transfer to take place,this is why i am begging you,because i am ready to offer you % 20 of the total amount,just to see that you help me out,as you will be the same person to invest the money.
The bank manager said that i should forward to their bank the following bank inormation of yours,to enable the transfer to take effect,also for the changing of all the legal papers to be carried out in your name as my foreign partner to their bank.
your full name and address
phone and fax number
also your bank information.
a copy of your passport photo
Please i will be waiting to hear from you,as i know that you will be there as my guardiane,
Thanks for your kindness.
I remain yours sincerely,
Miss nina johnson.