The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search resulting from an e-mail that you received, YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

This is an internet scam! Do NOT send these scammers money for any reason. [ BEGIN SCAM E-MAIL ]   From:     jacobdavid24@yahoo.co.jp Subject:     APPEAL FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE. Date:     Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:01:10 +0900 (JST) (Mon, 15:01 EDT) Please reply to my private email address From: Jacob David Av.14 RD 16,Apt.29B, Triechville Abidjan, Cote D Ivoire. Private Email: ( jacobdavid24@yahoo.co.jp ) Dear Friend,                                        Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you .I am Jacob David. The child  of late Chief and Mrs.Morgan David JP. My father was a very wealthy GOLD and COCOA merchant both in Accra- Ghana and Abidjan the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire respectively. His business associate on one of their business outings poisoned him to death.When my mother died on the 21ST October 1996, my father took me so special because I was motherless. Before the death of my father on the 29th November 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, He confidently called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of US$ 9,500,000 (NINE MILLION FIVE HOUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) kept in a private security company here in Cote D'Ivoire.He also said that the security company does not know the content of the Trunk Boxes which he used my name as the Beneficiary/Next of kin.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 purposes and further my education. I want to present you as the foreign partner to my late father and change the beneficiary status to your name for the claim. I humbly seek for your assistance in the following ways:   (1) To assist me to clear this fund from the security company as my late father's partner and transfer it to your account successfully. (2) To serve as my guardian in this fund since I am a student with no business experience. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my Education Moreover, I am willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me, as I believe that this Waiting to hear from you soonest. Have a nice day and remain blessed. Yours Truly, Jacob David NB: Please reply to my private email address above   [ END SCAM E-MAIL ]

It's important to note that any real people or legitimate organizations mentioned in these scam e-mails have absolutely no connection with this scam! The scammers never use their real names. They frequently take on the identity of real people to help them convince you that they are genuine. Whatever these scammers tell you, DON'T believe a word of it!!!

This is just a small sampling of the many hundreds of advance fee fraud e-mails received each day here at 419 BAITER headquarters. It is 100% pure B.S. Purity Guaranteed!

There are many different types of 419 scam (examples) but they all promise you something (fortune, job with salary / commision, low-interest loan, lottery prize, cheap gold dust / diamonds, work visa, etc.) in return for a small 'fee' or some kind of remittance. Of course, there is no fortune, no job, no loan, no prize to be had. It's just a ploy to get you to willingly send them money.

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