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The scam letter presented here is another current Internet scam. It involves a scammer pretending to be a wealthy refugee orphan in Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in Africa. One noticeable aspect of this particular Internet scam letter is that it uses the name of God to implement a fraud. There are many similar Internet scams that use this tactic to manipulate scam victims. There are some similarities between the current scam letter and the Nigerian inheritance scam where the scam victim is asked to pose as next of kin. Current Internet scams include scam emails that people receive telling them that they can have a vast fortune of millions of dollars just by helping out a helpless orphan from Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The current scam letter claims to come from Ivory Coast but many also come from African countries such as Nigeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone and Ghana. Other African countries might include Sudan and South Africa.
From Miss Monica Smith From Miss Monica Smith Dearest One, I am Miss Monica Smith the only daugther to late Mr Paul Smith,I am 19 years old, I belive you are the rightful person to assist me without any problem or betrayal of trust among each other and I want you to know that it is the spirit of the Almighty God that led me to you. Please,I also want to let you to know that I don't have any Family to help me here I purposely came here because of the Consignment my Late Father Deposited with here in Abidjan Cote divoire.and I am also here as Refugees waiting for the time God will bring someone who is Trustworthy that will come and help me out with the retreving of this consignment out from the security company.and I belive that you are the one that God have shown me. The consignment contains the sum of $5.3 Million Dollars. This Transaction is 100% risk free because it was Deposited in my name Miss Monica Smith as the next of kin.but I am very young to able to follow up with the security company and that was my reason why I contacted you. Please I want you to indicate both your Home Address with your personal Telephone Numbers.My late father's name is Mr.Paul Smith, and my mother's name is Mrs Maryrose Smith but both of them has died. After the security company deliver the consignment to you and Fund has been Transfered into your Account.You will now visit me here in this camp and meet with the Refugee management on how you will take me along to your country to continue my edcation.I want you to assure me that you will help and invest this Fund wisely and you will also be a share holder in the bussiness for 10 years if there will be any changes later. I have discussed with the Director of the security company when I went to verify for the Existance of the consignment and he confirmed to me that they can deliver the consignment in any part of the world of our choice through their diplomat. if we come up with their Requirements. I want you to know that after this consignment has been deliver to you I am planning to continue my education in your country with out staying any longer in this country. Please I will like you to indicate your seriouseness to this Transaction because the country are about starting their election wich,we dont want to be a victim of civil war, I will be waiting for your quick responce to my mail,as soon as possible you read my message.Please I will like you to send down to me your full data, So that I will take it to the security company and present you to them,but that will be after I have speak with you on phone.
Yours Sincerely, Many recent scam letters seem to use religion as a tool to get the scam victims confidence. Mentioning God or Christ is becoming common in many current Internet scams. The scammer hopes to estabolish some sort of common identity with certain scam victims. This would make the scammer more trustworthy and believable in the eyes of the scam victim. As in many scam letters, this one has mispellings and bad writing. Scams such as the current Internet scam should be avoided and reported to authories such as the FBI. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |