My chance to get rich!
Got this in email yesterday. I didn’t want Pam to be the only one getting rich the easy way. :D All I can say is that I guess that’s got to be one damn big trunk box to hold $11.8M. By the way, Ivory Coast is the world’s largest producer of cocoa beans, and Ghana is second.
Assalam w alaykum.
I am Mrs Zeinab Kaleem Arikama, from Sierra Leone republic, residing in Cote d’Ivoire. I am married to Mr Kaleem Arikama, who deals in Cocoa and Gold business in Cote d’Ivoire for twenty five years before he died in the year 2002. We were married for twenty years without a child; because of his love to me he refused to marry another wife.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were a good Muslim. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$11.8 Million, in a security company here in Cote d’lvoire, presently this money is still in the custody of the security company here in Cote d’lvoire, sealed in a trunk box.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition and I can not survive this cancer illness, I decided to donate this fund to any organization or a good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a person or company that will use this fund for orphanages, widows and other peoples that needs help.
l took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not even good at all because they are responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all his properties and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by those that conspired for his death.
This is why I am taking this decision, I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the almighty, for he will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health condition also the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always that is why you have to keep it confidential by using only e-mail to contact me, I don’t want them to know about this development.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company also issue a letter of authorization to enable the security company release the consignment that contained the fund to you.
My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Muslim, please always be prayerful all through your life, contact me on the this email address and any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another person, or organization for this same purpose.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. 20% of the total fund will be yours while 80 % will be use as I already instructed in this mail, hoping to receive your response immediately.
Transferring this money outside Cote d’Ivoire is the only way I can have peace of mind, because it will prevent my husband relatives knowing about this money.
Thanks.
May Allah be with you.
Mrs. Zeinab Kaleem Arikama
November 29th, 2005 13:22
just send me you bank account number and routing number you know the ones your checks so I can wire the money to you… or i can withdraw all the money in your account….whichever!
Yup, get those from time to time….
November 29th, 2005 13:53
I’ve done that hundreds of times and I’m a millionaire 27 times over. I’ve also gotten a lot of perscription drugs, stock tips and, uh, enhancement, along the way!
November 29th, 2005 15:00
you are so lucky. jump on this one!
November 29th, 2005 15:08
so ya know how I was going to send you chocolate.
I kind of ate it. :(
i’ll try to get more!
November 29th, 2005 15:49
Wow! And you didn’t even have to buy a lottery ticket! Most excellent fortune…yep!
November 29th, 2005 16:41
Hey, this gal wrote me, too! Hope you delayed more than me, since I’m all about 20$ of 11.2 million in cash.
November 30th, 2005 07:25
OLD SCAM .OUT OF DATE .TRY A NEW ONE
November 30th, 2005 07:51
I want to start an email scam. “In the name of ALLAH send me your chocolate and ye shall be blessed with 100 virgins!”
Or something like that.
November 30th, 2005 08:32
Very entertaining :D I love Men’s Health by the way - it’s way more intresting than any female equivalent. And do not overlook the articles with wrinkled sheets - they often deliver a good laugh :)
November 30th, 2005 18:50
be sure to do the right thing with that $$ Jon
November 30th, 2005 19:32
Reply! But bcc a bunch of people. I’d love to know how they follow up on these scams.
November 30th, 2005 23:03
Ha! Once you’re a billionare will you sponsor a fun race in an exotic locale for the whole RBF family?? And send us all some chocolate?
December 1st, 2005 10:03
Hey, good for you! I just got a personalized one the other day. I guess I had an uncle in Togo… (not!)
December 1st, 2005 10:36
HEY! WTH? I got that letter, too! OK, so we have to split it, hmm? LOL!
December 1st, 2005 11:31
Good luck just finds you doesn’t it?
Drinks are on Jon!!
December 1st, 2005 23:54
NPR did a story on these scam e-mails a while back. They said that some people got so annoyed with them that they tried to scam the scam artists back. The “victim” would string the scam artist along, saying that they would give their bank number just as soon as they got some more information from the scam artist, or if the artist would meet them in person. The scam artist would get excited and do everything the “victim” asked, but when the time came for the scam artist and “victim” were to meet, the latter was nowhere to be found …..
December 2nd, 2005 13:06
I would love to know how well this stuff works (eg the stats of the success.
December 4th, 2006 20:27
I got this mail too! what’s this?