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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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From: Linda Ajana <linda_ajana3ci@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 23:20:45 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Please I Need Your Humble Assistance


FROM Ms. LINDA AJANA.
Avenu 12 Reu 47 ABIDJAN
DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
EMAIL;linda_ajana0ci@yahoo.fr

Dearest one In christ,

My name is Ms.LINDA AJANA 19 years old the only child of Late Mr. VINCENT AJANA the former Director of military inteligence and special acting Director General of the Cote D' Ivoire COCOA coperation( CDICC ). I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to retrive,transfer and invest USD 25.5 million belonging to my late father which is deposited in a security company here in Abidjan.

This money is revenues from solid minirals and cocoa sales which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out. Following the break out of the war,almost all government offices coperations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The CDICC was loothed and burnt down to ashes,and COCOA worth millions of dollars was stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office.

Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and my father was a key target because of his very sensitive training as a former retired military officer and appointment in the CDICC.Regreatably my father was captured and murdered along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our official residence in Abidjan,the capital city of Cote D' Ivoire was armbushed by Fordey Sanko the notorious rebel leader.My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.

Now am alone here in our country without parents and relatives, or any body to care for me at this my tender age. Before my mother died,she told me that my father deposited sum of US$25.M with a security company here in Ivory Coast which he made from the Cocoa sales and contracts and that i should pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who would help me to retrive the consignment box (ONE METTALIC TRUNK BOX) and invest the money in a profitable business venture overseas. She told me to do this quickly so that i can leave Ivory Coast with my cousin brother-ARTHUR who is here in the Refugee camp with me and,then settle down abroad.

She gave me the deposit certificate document which was issued to mylat father during the time he made the dposit with the security company to prove the deposit which i must send to you and then told me that my father used my name as the only daughter to deposit the trunk box in the security company custody. She told me that the reason why my late father deposited the fund in the trunk box is for safety of the fund in the box.She further disclosed to me that my father did not disclose the content of the consignment box to the security company just because of security reasons so that the fund shall not be confisticated.

My mother died afterwards. May her spirit and the spirit of my father rest in perfect peace. I have gone to the security company to make inquires about this trunk box and I spoke with the Director of security company who assured me that everything is intact and promised to release the consignment once i applied for claim by my late father's foreign partner who shall come for the claim on my behalf.However,the director is very concerned because of my age. I am 19 years and as such advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent me at the security company.

If you are willing to assist me retrive the consignment box that contains the fund us$25.5M,please let me know immediately so that you will arrange for the claim of the consignment box in your favour as the new beneficiary so that the consignment box can be relesed and delivered directly to your address in your country for future investment on my behalf. I am offering you 20% of the total money as compensation for your humble assistance in accodiance with my mothers advise. I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country such as REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT and you would also get a school for me so that i will continue my education there in your country as i do not want anything to hinder my education career as it is my future.

Please there is urgent need for the money to be rtrived and deliver to your country because of the political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I am hoping to hear your urgent response.

Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
Yours sincerely
LINDA AJANA.



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