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Dearest One,

Good day to you, I hope my mail meets you in good health. Please do not be surprise to receive this letter. I am coming to you in good faith with believe that you will not let me down in this unpleasant situation. I will be thankful to you if you could understand my plight and touch your heart to help me out.

I am Miss Nina John the only child of Late Chief & Mrs John Nado of Cote d'Ivoire. My father was a wealthy businessman who deals on Cocoa and Diamond. My father was killed last year on his way to business trip. The enemy who killed my father was not discovered till now and it makes me to be afraid because I might be the next target by the enemy. I am the only child, my mother died two years after my birth and my father did not marry another wife. My immediate uncle has made live difficult for me since the death of my father because he wants to claim my late father properties which rightfully belong to me as the only child. It is my belief that my wicked uncle has hand in the death of my father because of his greedy attitude over my father's wealth.

I am contacting you because of the sum of US$8.9M (Eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which my late father deposited in a bank here in my country with my name as the next of kin. The wicked uncle did not know anything about the money that is why i ran out from the family so that I can contact you to assist me to transfer the money into your account because the bank did not agree to release the money directly to me. The bank wants me to provide somebody as my guardian who can receive the money on my behalf according to the content of my late father's Will.

I will be glad to give you 20% of the money for your assistance after the transfer, and furthermore you will have share in the profit of the investments.

Please contact me with this private mail ninajohn225@live.fr


Thanks,

Yours Nina John


Disney's comming out with a movie next year :rolleyes:
 
Sweet! You're totally set for life! And all you have to do is share your account number. What a deal. :smile:

I used to have a collection of these emails, letters and faxes. My favorite is the one where the Nigerian National Oil Company asks if they can park some money in my account. My second favorite is the one that tells me some distant cousin of mine I've never heard of died in a traffic accident in Burkina Faso, and like Thurston Howell, brought all of his money with him, and they need my account information to send it to me.

Love it.
 
I've been crying my eyes out since I read that :cryin:
 
I'm in tears, but it ain't from cryin'
 
That's a fairly transparent scam.

But I got this, purporting to be from the local Tax authorities and it looks a lot more likely to snare gullible people:

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]Dear Applicant:


We have reviwed your tax return and our calculations of your last years accounts a tax refund of 178.25 is due Please submit the tax refund request and allow us 3-6 days in order to process it.

A refund can be delayed for a variety of reasons.
For example submitting invalid records or applying after the deadline.

Please submit the form attached to your email in order to complete your tax refund


Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs

--------------------------------------------------------------
Copyright 2009, HM Revenue & Customs UK All rights reserved.
TAX REFUND ID: A29R119
[/QUOTE]

And the form:

Fake Tax Refund Form

Seems a lot slicker a scam than the usual con....
 
I've heard that a current scam running is you'll receive an email from a friend or family member, someone you actually know, saying they are on vacation in <insert place here> and have been robbed. All credit cards, atm cards gone and they can't leave until the hotel is paid. Please help and send 2100 - 2500 to <insert hotel account here> and they'll pay you back when they get home. Certainly sounds plausible, doesn't it? If you get one of these, call your friend's home to verify.
 
And an Amazon scheme sayin' your order cancellation has been processed, with a link to a 'net addy to go and check it.

Phishin' scheme. Baad juju.
 
"Best Regards,
HM Revenue & Customs"

Right there is the most blatant giveaway that this is a scam.

A real message from HM Revenue & Customs would end "You got lucky this time, you worm".....
 
:lol:
 
I got one last fall claiming to be from Treasury Secretary Paulson, asking for help to steal the first 800 some billion stimulus package and could I provide an account to hide it in where I could keep 20%. Still stupid, but I give credit for thinking big...
 
it's real... no kidding.
 
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