Scam Com: Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast, Next of Kin Needed

The following scam com example is a scam letter from Abidjan, Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire. The typical scam communication usually takes place through email. The scam com author tries to get the potential scam victim to respond with personal information. The check scam commences when the victim is sent a check to be cashed. The proceeds of the check are then sent back.

The theme found in this scam communication is the scammer who is looking for the scam victim to pose as next of kin which is one of the many themes used in the African scam coming from the Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire. Unlike the phishing scam com that uses a fake website, the African scam letter usually states that millions of dollars are waiting for the scam victim.

This scam letter utilizes the classic next of kin theme. A large proportion of the scams coming from Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast are replicas of the Nigerian scam letter. Ivory Coast or Cote d'Ivoire in French is a distant neighbor of Nigeria in West Africa.

Dear FriendThursday, March 27, 2008 5:15 PM From: "cesar kodja" Add sender to Contacts To: "cekodj4@mixmail.com"

Dear Friend, I am Mr.Cesar Kodja and I have a very urgent and confidential business proposition for you and for our overall mutual interest. On June 6 2001, an American engineering consultant/contractor with the Banque Atlantique, Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire Mr Barry Kelly made a numbered time(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at USD$10,000,000.00( Ten million dollars) in my branch. Upon, maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply. After a month we sent a reminder, and finally we discovered from his contract employers Port Autonome D'Abidjan(PAA), that Mr.Barry died in an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Barry did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork. This sum USD$10,000,000.00 is still floating in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year if no one will come forward to claim it. According to Ivorian Laws, at the expiration of 7 years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Ivorian government if nobody applies to claim the funds consequently; my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as a next of kin of Mr Barry Kelly. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. Be rest assured that this would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent reply.

Sincerely, Mr Cesar Kodja.

This scam com example is for demonstration. Do not respond to this scam communication. Report a scam to authorities such as the FBI. Scams such as these should be identified and avoided. Scams coming from overseas indicating that they are from foreign countries come with a wide variety of themes. Once the basic themes are recognized, new and different themes can be identified. One of the most common scams coming from Africa is the Nigerian inheritance scam. Communications like this, once understood, can be spotted in other scam letters as well. This particular scam is the basic inheritance scam but in this case it comes from Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast.