Henson
05-13-06, 06:20 AM
I'm not certain if this belongs in this particular forum or not, but this is a friendly warning for all.
I received a classic 419 scam letter (also known as the Nigerian Scam) in my email inbox this morning from tim_coul4@yahoo.co.in. It is posted in its entirety below:
Ahoy Henson
Subsim Message sent to you follows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Timothy Coulibaly.
Avenue 16 Rue 13
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast.
Greetings in the name of the almighty, and may his grace continue to
assist you and I, as you open your heart in helping me out of this
unbearable situation of my family disaster. Please give me this godly help
for our almighty will reward you in abundant.
Please permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up my
mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will. I am Timothy Coulibaly,
22 years old and the only son of my late parents Mr and Mrs Coulibaly,
my late father was a highly reputable business merchant in a cocoa who
operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days.
Unfortunately I lost him mysteriously died in France during one of his
business trips abroad last year October 2005. though his sudden death
was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of
his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth. My
mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my late father
took me so special. Before his death on, October / 9th / 2005, he called
the secretary who accompanied him in hospital and told him to call me,
on my arrival to the hospital my father told me that he deposited the
sum of ten million US Dollars.(10 000,000 USD) Which the money was left
in an suspense/domiciliary account which I will be accessible when I am
28 but I am only 22 now, that my father did, not knowing of his
untimely death.
Because the money was deposited in an suspense account in one of the
leading bank in Africa. He further told me that he deposited the money in
his name, and I as the next of kin and finally issued a written
instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary
legal document to all his properties. I am just 22 years old and a
University undergraduate and really don’t know what to do. Now I want an
account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have
suffered lot of set back as a result of family enmity and incessant
political crisis here in Ivory coast. Please, I am in a sincere desire
of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas
will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few question:
1. Can I completely trust you?
2. Can you honestly help me as your new family?
3. To serve as the guardian of this fund and help us with investing.?
4. To provide a bank account where this money would be transferred the
bank director said it can be an empty account so far it is valid.
5. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account?.
Please, Consider this and get back to me through my personal mailbox at
::(ti_coul@yahoo.fr )
Thanks an I will be looking forward to here from you that you have
approve my proposal.
Thank you, my sincere regards,
Timothy Coulibaly.
#######
The following is an email sent to you by tim001 via your account on
Subsim.com Radio Room. If this message is spam, contains abusive or other
comments you find offensive please contact the webmaster of the board
at the following address:
subsim@subsim.com
Include this full email (particularly the headers). Please note that
the reply address to this email has been set to that of tim001.
Please do not respond to this letter, as even simply responding in the negative can be dangerous. I also recommend banning this IP if possible. I am a moderator on another board and have seen this before. These people cruise internet message boards (usually dating boards and free job boards, but several others as well) to get email addresses and names to target for scams. Apparently we have one here. I would have just sent this to the webmaster, but it is a danger to other posters as well.
Anyone who has questions about the Nigerian Scam can go to this (hilarious) website: http://www.419eater.com/
If this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move or remove it.
I received a classic 419 scam letter (also known as the Nigerian Scam) in my email inbox this morning from tim_coul4@yahoo.co.in. It is posted in its entirety below:
Ahoy Henson
Subsim Message sent to you follows
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From Timothy Coulibaly.
Avenue 16 Rue 13
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast.
Greetings in the name of the almighty, and may his grace continue to
assist you and I, as you open your heart in helping me out of this
unbearable situation of my family disaster. Please give me this godly help
for our almighty will reward you in abundant.
Please permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up my
mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honour against your will. I am Timothy Coulibaly,
22 years old and the only son of my late parents Mr and Mrs Coulibaly,
my late father was a highly reputable business merchant in a cocoa who
operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days.
Unfortunately I lost him mysteriously died in France during one of his
business trips abroad last year October 2005. though his sudden death
was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of
his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth. My
mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my late father
took me so special. Before his death on, October / 9th / 2005, he called
the secretary who accompanied him in hospital and told him to call me,
on my arrival to the hospital my father told me that he deposited the
sum of ten million US Dollars.(10 000,000 USD) Which the money was left
in an suspense/domiciliary account which I will be accessible when I am
28 but I am only 22 now, that my father did, not knowing of his
untimely death.
Because the money was deposited in an suspense account in one of the
leading bank in Africa. He further told me that he deposited the money in
his name, and I as the next of kin and finally issued a written
instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary
legal document to all his properties. I am just 22 years old and a
University undergraduate and really don’t know what to do. Now I want an
account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have
suffered lot of set back as a result of family enmity and incessant
political crisis here in Ivory coast. Please, I am in a sincere desire
of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas
will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few question:
1. Can I completely trust you?
2. Can you honestly help me as your new family?
3. To serve as the guardian of this fund and help us with investing.?
4. To provide a bank account where this money would be transferred the
bank director said it can be an empty account so far it is valid.
5. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you
after the money is in your account?.
Please, Consider this and get back to me through my personal mailbox at
::(ti_coul@yahoo.fr )
Thanks an I will be looking forward to here from you that you have
approve my proposal.
Thank you, my sincere regards,
Timothy Coulibaly.
#######
The following is an email sent to you by tim001 via your account on
Subsim.com Radio Room. If this message is spam, contains abusive or other
comments you find offensive please contact the webmaster of the board
at the following address:
subsim@subsim.com
Include this full email (particularly the headers). Please note that
the reply address to this email has been set to that of tim001.
Please do not respond to this letter, as even simply responding in the negative can be dangerous. I also recommend banning this IP if possible. I am a moderator on another board and have seen this before. These people cruise internet message boards (usually dating boards and free job boards, but several others as well) to get email addresses and names to target for scams. Apparently we have one here. I would have just sent this to the webmaster, but it is a danger to other posters as well.
Anyone who has questions about the Nigerian Scam can go to this (hilarious) website: http://www.419eater.com/
If this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move or remove it.