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African scams tend to state a wide variety of strange sounding or foreign sounding cancers. In this particular scam letter example from Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, the scammer claims to be dying of cancer of the pelvics. Also, many times the a next of kin scam such as this one will combine with another type of scam such as the charity scam. Since the scammer has no children or relatives, they decide to leave their fortune to someone to start a charity. The scam victim gets to keep part of the proceeds as a result. One notable difference in this scam letter that is not common in the majority is that the scammer states that they want the proceeds to benefit Madrassas and orphanages that study the Koran. It is as if the scammers are targeting the Muslim population in this scam letter. Usually, the email is intended for the general population regardless of race or religion. However, since Christ is mentioned in many African scam letters, it should not be too much of a surprise. My Dear Good Friend,
I look forward to your response. My Dear Good Friend, How are you today and your family? I do believe that Allah is really in control. Please, I would like to introduce myself as Mrs.Judith Sanko,From Abidjan Cote D Ivoire, widow to Late Alhaji Jude Sanko (for Consular for the Cote Divore,I have been recently been daignosed of Cancer of the Pelvics. I am writing from my sick bed, And Please consider the transaction on it's content and not the fact that you have not known me before. I need not to know how I came across your contact information because there are many such possibilities these days.I decided to do this after praying over the situation. There is this (USD$10.5Million) my husband has in an account with the bank here in Abidjan which I am the next of kin. With my health condition and because my husband and I have no children, I am looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of kin. This person will apply to the bank and request for the transfer of the fund to his/her bank account. This is on the condition that you will take 25%of the fund for yourself, 5% used for expenses, while you will use the remaining 70% for the less previlege people in the society. This is in fulfilment of the last request of my husband, that a substantial part of the fund be used to carter for the less previleged Madrassas and also to orphangess expecially to children who will become Hafiz_e_Quraan. If this conditionis acceptable to you, you should contact me immediately with your full names and contact information so that I will submit your name to the my lawyer as the beneficiary and also send the authorization that will give you the right of next of kin to the account in the bank. The lawyer will also give you a text of the application which you apply to the bank.I cannot predict what will be my faith by the time the fund will be transfered into your account, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as i have described above.And also Furnish Me with your information's below as you agreed to follow up with me;
Your Full name;............................
I look forward to your response.Allah Hafiz Mrs. Judith Sanko One of the best ways of identifying a scam email involves noticing the specific type of greeting that is stated. Many African scams will use a greeting such as "good friend" or something similar. A red flag should go up anytime a scammer's greeting is seen in an unopened email. Other frequently used greetings found in African scam emails include: "hello," "urgent," "dear friend" and "attention." Other considerations that should be taken into account include the dying person theme along with the need to find a next of kin. Mispellings are common among African scams. If the scammer uses a foreign sounding last name, this could also be used as a clue to identify a scam letter. Hafiz e Quraan are people who study the Koran. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to African Scams Home Page |