Dear Alex in SF,
I am well confident of your capability to assist me in
a transaction for mutual benefit of both parties, ie
(me and you) I am also believing that you will not
expose or betray the trust and confidence I am about
to establish with you. I have decided to contact you
with greatest delight and personal respect.
Well, I am FEDRICK SANKOH, son to FODAY SANKOH
who was arrested by the ECOMAOG PEACE KEEPING FORCE
months ago in my country Sierra Leone.
Few days before the arrest of my father, he confided
in me and ordered me to go to his underground safe and
move out immediately, with a Deposit Agreement and
Cash Receipt he made with a security Company in
Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire where he deposited One Iron Box
containing USD$ 25million dollars cash (TWENTY FIVE
Million dollars). This money was made from the sell of
Gold and Diamond by my father and he have already
decided to use this money for future investment of the
family.
Thereafter, I rushed down to Abidjan with these two
documents and confirmed the deposit of the box by my
father. Also, I have been granted political stay as a
Refugee by the Government of Côte d’Ivoire.
Meanwhile, my father have instructed me to look for a
trusted foreigner who can assist me to move out this
money from Côte d’Ivoire immediately for investment.
Based on this , I solicit for your assistance to
transfer this fund into your Account, but I will
demand for the following requirement:
(1) Could you provide for me a safe Bank Account where
this fund will be transferred to in your country or
another neaarby country where taxation will not take
great toll on the money ?
(2) Could you be able to assist me to obtain my
travelling papers after this transfer to enable me
come over to meet you in your country for the
investment of this money ?
(3) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable
business venture that would not require much technical
expertise in your country where part of this fund will
be invested ?
Please, all these requirements are urgently needed as
it will enable me to establish a stronger business
relationship with you hence I will like you to be the
general overseer of the investment thereafter. I am a
Christian and I will please, want you to handle this
transaction based on the trust I have established on
you. For your assistance in this transaction, I have
decided to offer you 15% percent commission of the
total amount at the end of this business. The security
of this business is very important to me and as such,
I would like you to keep this business very
confidential.
I shall expect your urgent response thanks.
my regards
FEDRICK SANKOH TEL.+22507950141.
― Alex in SF, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
I got one from Jonas Savimbi's son, and one from General Sani
Abacha's son. What gives? I didn't reply, natch.
― Nathan Barley, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
Yeah, I've had four or five of these. It amazes me that some people
have fallen for it - quite a few people have lost thousands, somehow.
I mean, even if you thought you'd at least ask for more info, why
would you give these people your bank account details, or whatever it
is that they use? Surely no one (two words is best, according to
Fowler) gives them money?
― Martin Skidmore, Thursday, 6 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)
one month passes...
I received one from a so-called "Arnold Savimbi" who claims to be son
of Jonas Savimbi. Internet searches on Google and Yahoo found no such
person (surprise surprise). However, given Jonas' reputation as a CIA
puppet and murderer, it wouldn't surprise me if he had a con artist
son.
On an internet search for "Jonas Savimbi's son", I turned up the
following:
"The Canadian ambassador also met with Jonas Savimbi's son, Ara jo
Sakaita, who has publically denounced his father." as part of an
article about diamond smuggling at:
http://www.actsa.org/Angola/apm/apm0605.html
What surprises me most is that I would spend any time researching
this at all.
― Gary S, Wednesday, 31 July 2002 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)