This is the 2nd email I received in just over 2 weeks in my personal email from a mystery/make pretend member on our forum. Sure would be cool to be able to find the person who is generating these ignorant emails. The from line in the email said...kwaussi from Harley Davidson Forums.

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From Edwin Kwaussi
Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody Quarters
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
kwaussi1982@yahoo.fr

Good day Dear One,

Greetings and How are you today,I am Edwin Kwaussi I would like you to permit me to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint relationship and business with you in your country.
I have a substantial capital I honourably Inherited from my late father late Chief Marcel Kwaussi
who deal in Cocao-coffee platation and share from family Gold, diamond Minining site.The Epmgigo rebels killed Him recently in poltical crisis in our country that have resulted to war since this past two years.

I intend to invest this money in profitable areas in your country into a very lucratives business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us .
Most especially is for you to help me come over to your base if possible for You be able co-operate with me to become my business partner in your country and create ideas on how money will be invested, properly
managed and the type of investment after the money is transferred to your custody with your assistance.
I inherited this sum from my late father whom the rebels killed because he was not supporting their selfish intrest to topple the president Gbagbo the present president.Meanwhile, on indication of your willingness to handle this transaction sincerely by protecting my Interests and upon your acceptance of this proposal.I would furnish you with the full detailed information, procedure, amount involve is below and we shall mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for helping me to secure the release of the deposit and investing the fund into a lucratives profitable venture in your care.It is The sum of Eight Million,Five Hundred Thousand USD $8.500.000USD I shall be glad to reserve this respect and opportunity for you, if you so desire, but do urge you to give the matter your immediate attention it
deserves.I want you to be rest assured that everything is in order and legitimate it was due to the political
crisis in our country that have resulted to war which cause everybody to find a way to get out the country,
that make's me to use this medium to request for your assistance hoping that you will not let me
down.
This money is legitimately acquired by my late father from sales of cocoa-coffee and diamond dealings.
Looking forward to your prompt response
Thanks and God bless
Edwin Kwaussi
Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody Quarters
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire
kwaussi1982@yahoo.fr

 

I haven't gotten any of these from this site, but I see them all the time. First, let me start by saying...anyone who gets fooled by this probably shouldn't be allowed to use the internet

Second...when I see these, I take it as an opportunity to use as many four letter words as possible in one reply email. Hell...sometimes I even invent new words.

Todd

 

LISTEN UP....back when that scam first started, a freind of mine fell for it (little bit different story in the e-mail) and sent money to the guy. Needless to say, he spent the next 6 months trying to get his money back. Took him for $375.00 American. I see you're savy to what's going on...but make sure you don't have any family or freinds that would fall for that crap. Peace.

 

I've tried several times to write back to these guys over the years but most of the time it's a dead end. They use phony addresses and names and you have to be an email IP server guru to figure out where that stuff comes from.

I really would like the chance to give 'em a good cussin' if I could ever get through to them. Let them Nigerians know that I hope a herd of flea infested rhinos would stampede and run them all over (the scammers).

 

Too bad about your bud losing that $375, that's a pretty fair amount of cash to just never see again. I've heard that some older folks got these emails and lost several thousand dollars. I can't believe anyone could take money from a retired person like that and be able to live with themselves. Takes all kinds, usually the worst kinds.

 

got the same email this morning

 

TX, your buddy actually got off cheap. I know $375.00 is nothing to pizz at but it could have been worse off. I get these faxes, blind e-mail, etc. at work all of the time from Nigerian/Syrian/Insert Country Here diplomats/widows/insert person here that need to move hundreds of thousands if not even more outrageous amounts of money "out of their country" and we'd be kind enough to let them park the cash in our bank account, of course we'll be cut in for a percentage.

There must be enough people falling for this crap out of greed, ignorance or both to keep these things going, they've been around for as long as there's been an Internet, telelphone or plain old snail mail.