thinktank

Of late, I’ve been receiving emails from strangers in Africa who say they have large sums of money held up in some bank and need my help to get it out of their country. I’m sure some of you have received such mails too. The best part is they make sure the email doesn’t go into your Spam folder. What the heck is it all about? I’ve been “contacted” by at least 4 such individuals in the past 6 months and they all have the same pattern…here’s the latest one:

Hello,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my brother intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of ($5,500,000.00) which my late father kept for us with a Finance House in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons. Now I and my brother decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons. We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the finance house and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes,

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund Please reach me through this email address jennifer_ka86@yahoo.com , for further corresponding.

I await your soonest response.
Respectfully yours,
Jennifer Kossa

Write in if you can shed some light on this scam…