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FROM : Master lbrahim quattara
MISSIONARY QUARTERS
PLATEAUX ABIDJAN
FOR URGENT ATTENTION
EMAIL lbrhmquattara@yahoo.com

Dearest One,

With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of God who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you. I am Master lbrahim quattara the son of Mr Christopher quattara from Republic of Zimbabwe really in dear need to get somebody who will safe guard the interest of me and my treasure. Briefly, my father Mr Christopher
quattara was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire and had a branch office in Accra Ghana.

My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many countries in Europe, America and Asian countries. According to my father, my own mother died when I was about six years of age which means that I did not even know my mother very well.

The story is that my father Mr Christopher was
poisoned to death by his business associates about some months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in Abidjan. But when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me that he deposited the sum of Ten Million seven hundred thousand United State Dollars (USD10.7M) in a security firm here in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire, this money was kept for me his only son. Right now I am here in Abidjan, the commercial city of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa.

My problem now is that since my father has been
poisoned to death by his business associates, I don’t even trust any other person here again and to this effect, I do contact you. Right now, I want you to help me in the following ways:


1) I want you to help me retrive this money from the security firm and then provide a bank account where this amount here (USD10.7M) can be transferred.


2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal guardian until I finished my studies as I'm just 24 years of age.


3) You are going to procure admission for me to
continue my studies in one of the known university in your country.


4) That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to Abidjan here so that me and you can see each other and we can then do the transfer of the fund to your account at the same time and I will go back with you to your country for the fund investment.


5) You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for your assitance to me.

I appreciate if you consider my condition and help me, and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response through my email address.

THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF MY LATE FATHER’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

Waiting for your immediate response.

Thanks for your understanding

Master lbrahim quattara

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"Part of the difficulty in shutting down scams is that they invariably crop up again in slightly different forms. For example, today's Nigerian Scam, where a consumer receives a letter or an e-mail from a fictitious Nigerian exile wanting to transfer millions of dollars, is just a variation on the Spanish Prisoner scam which dates back to 1588. The only difference is that the original scam used parchment and the promise of a hidden treasure chest," said Senator Campbell.-- Senator the Hon Ian Campbell Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Australia

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"Part of the difficulty in shutting down scams is that they invariably crop up again in slightly different forms. For example, today's Nigerian Scam, where a consumer receives a letter or an e-mail from a fictitious Nigerian exile wanting to transfer millions of dollars, is just a variation on the Spanish Prisoner scam which dates back to 1588. The only difference is that the original scam used parchment and the promise of a hidden treasure chest," said Senator Campbell.-- Senator the Hon Ian Campbell Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer of Australia

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The only time 419 scams will be useless is when EVERYONE knows they exist,it matters not which country they come from,once you know you never respond,like a magic trick,once you know how its done ,its fasination ,evapourates.As its not possible for everyone to know,there will always be greedy fish to be caught on the
419 line,that is dangling in the sea of plenty(OF PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW)

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WORLD PEACE 4 ALL

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I came across your contract file , which is marked "X" and fund
release disk painted Red....The only instrument needed for the release of your fund is called
Hard Disk HB2...so
that i will punch the computer ktt system and fund will be transferd
into your account within 24 banking hours. Then I will clean up the
tracer and destroy the file....Please know that even if you did not execute any contract here in
nigeria....

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LOL!.
Guys,
most of these so called 419 letters are so pathetic that I cant help but wonder what type of people could fall for this type of balderdash anyway?
LOL!!

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Biafra is inevitable.Illegitimis nil carborundum.

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A 500 level student of University of Lagos, posing as the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Nuhu Ribadu, has milked a gullible American of a whopping $750,000 (about N97,125,000). The crook, Chima Larry Ikonji, has however, landed in EFCC net.

The American, Mr William Ellison, had reported to the EFCC that for close to two years Ikonji had been collecting varying amounts of money from him via the Western Union Money Transfer on the pretext that he was Nuhu Ribadu. He claimed to have lost more than 750,000 dollars to Ikonji, but the suspect said he collected $29,500 only from the victim.

Daily Sun gathered that Ikonji got his claws into Ellison, who is based in the United States, when he sent the American an email claiming to be the chairman of EFCC, Mr Nuhu Ribadu and has over 450 million U.S. dollars he wished to lodge in Ellison’s bank account for safe keeping.

One of the detectives investigating the case told Daily Sun that "the suspect, through email and phone calls, introduced the second suspect, Blessing Onochie, his fiancée to Ellison as his secretary. Ikonji told the man that as the chairman of the commission, he did not want such amount of money to be found on him. The American agreed to assist him. Obviously, there was an agreement of percentage for him.
"Ikonji later asked him to send some money which he would use to get some certificates and other things that would facilitate the clearing and sending of the money. That was how he started collecting money from the man."

Ikonji, a young man in his early 30s and his fiancée spoke with Ellison on phone severally.
The party, however, came to an end for the duo when Onochie, as usual, walked into the Oceanic Bank at Lawanson Lagos and attempted to pick 1, 000 dollars and 3, 000 dollars, respectively sent by Ellison. The bank cashier suspected foul play when he discovered that another lady had also come to claim the money meant for one Rosemary Nwanni.

It was gathered that Onochie had identified herself with a driver’s licence, while the other lady, identified as Sule Stella Laurenta of the Olabisis Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, presented an international passport. They were both handed over to the EFCC.

Through interrogation, Onochie revealed the name of Ikonji who was later held. EFCC operatives called Ellison who told them he thought he had been dealing with Nuhu Ribadu of the EFCC.
Ikonjo, who was not ready to go to jail without a fight, said ‘Ellison was telling the story in the wrong way. According to him, Ellison had been like a godfather to him and Blessing Onochie. He said he first made contact with the man when Blessing had an accident and needed a surgery, revealing that the man took pity on them and started sending them money, beginning with the one for Blessing’s surgery and treatment.

The only person who did not fit into the jigsaw puzzle was Lauretta, who told EFCC detectives that her best friend’s boyfriend, identified simply as Wale, had approached her in school to assist him collect some money through Western Union.

Lauretta, 24, a 200 level undergraduate, followed Wale to Lagos and went to the bank while the man waited outside. Detectives reckoned that Wale bolted when the lady took too long to come out.
Detectives are working on the theory that Wale is a member of Ikonji and Onochie’s gang, who decided to play a fast one by going to cash the money for himself through a proxy.

The EFCC spokesman, Mr Osita Nwajah, said Ellison had forwarded to the commission mails sent by Ikonji in which he claimed to be Nuhu Ribadu. He said that no one has an excuse for falling prey to advance fee fraudsters, popularly known as 419 because so much information, through advertisements, had been issued to warn people about con men.

"We have adverts in different languages. We have leaflets and billboards everywhere. If you are not sure about anything, ask someone, find out how to reach EFCC and verify information. This does not have to do with Nuhu Ribadu alone, but people should beware of big profit business investment. You want to make big profit where you put little things. It doesn’t work that way," Nwajah said.

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Subject: Please i need your assistance very urgent
From: "Patrick Alamieyeseigha" <patric_alam@z6.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 18, 2005 10:16 am
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Dear,
Compliment of the seasons to you and your household.
I am writing this mail to you from where I take my refuge. Although, this mail will be coming to you as a surprise basically because you knew me from no where and have in no way met before, but do not be frightened at what the content of the letter will be. It is coming to you as a seek for an assistance and at same time a n opportunity which we both will benefit from.
Firstly, I am Patrick Alamieyeseigha, a son to Governor Alamieyeseigha of Bayelsa state in Nigeria.
Owing to my father's problem in London with the British police in connection with the discovery of some huge amount of money in his bedroom and all that, I write to seek for your assistance possibly.
Unfortunately, he has been moving some money out of the country through the security company but this time he was taking some with him and that amounted to his problem, He is presently being detained in London.
Meanwhile, he had informed me to leave the country for my refuge from where I would contact the security company where he has deposited some other of his money.
Therefore I had to leave my country for Dubai City UAE as it was the easiest place I could be for now till I plan further I have already contacted the security company and was informed that whenever I am ready I can start the process of moving the money amounted to Euro 28M (twenty eight million euros) to any foreign representative according to my fathers instruction.
The foreign representative could stand as the beneficiary so that the fund could be moved in his.
On the other hand the fund would not be moved by the beneficiary rather, the security company would present a Diplomat who can hand over the fund to the foreign beneficiary.
Please do reply soonest through my private contact email address which is (patric_alam@z6.com)as it is urgent and confidential.
I am ready to offer you 20% of the total sum as per my father's instruction. I asrue you, at end you will have nothing to regret.
I will be waiting earnestly to your swift response.
Thanks and may God bless you and your family.
Mr. Patrick Alamieyeseigha.
NB: You can as well search via internet to confirm the legitimacy of this mail. Search (www.nigeriaworld.com <http://www.nigeriaworld.com> to read about my father and his predicament.

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Dear Sir/Madam,


It's a little unusual writing to someone without having gotten a
previous acquaintance with the intended recipient. But I had to in this
situation, because I do require your assistance. So, Pardon me for
disseminating unsolicited mail to you and informerly co