JFJ Forums

I just recieved a Private Message on this Forum which I am copying here. Is this normal practice?

jacob0
Newbie
Posts: 0
Group: Registered
Joined: Apr 2007
Status: Offline
Reputation:  


From :jacob david
From :jacob david
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Please contacted me through my private
Emailjacobdavid0@yahoo.co.jp)

APPEAL FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
Dear ,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact from our country chambers of industry (internet department). I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given
to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that
I can do business with and by the recommendation ,
I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple
and sincere business .

I am jacob david only son of late Mr. and Mrs. david Morgan . My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on october 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Six million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($6,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money
would be transferred to.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15%
of the total sum as compensation for your effort/
input after the successful transfer of this fund into
your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

Please contacted me through my private
Emailjacobdavid0@yahoo.co.jp)

Best regards,
Mr jacob david.

Got the same one myself. I think the idea is to seek out folks who are likely the most gullible and stiff them in a "get rich" scheme.

Simply being generous and charitable is not the same as being "gullible". We are to be wise as serpents and harmless as doves (most of the time, anyway).

You do a service making this open and known, when alot of us have allowed ourselves to slack a little in our diligence. Thanks for the reminder. Shalom.

[size=x-large]They send out tens of thousands of these letters counting on the greed of the recipients.  We don't have any idea of how many people get stung and how much. If one has learned not to allow themselves to want what they have not earned they usually won't get trapped by con men.

I got one to, it landed in the bucket!