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, I can 100% guarantee that 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:     Benedit micheal <benedit_micheal4@yahoo.cn> Reply-To:     micheal_benedita200@yahoo.cn Subject:     From Benedit Micheal Date:     Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:10:21 +0800 (CST) (00:10 EDT) Avenue 5 Lot 172 Cocody  Quarters Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire  West Africa.   Dear One, I am writing this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously. I am  miss Benedit Micheal and I have inherited fund from my late father Chief Koffi Micheal  who died in recent crisis in Cote d'Ivoire.  I wish to request for your assistance in investing this sum in lucrative venture or manufacturing and real estate management in your country. I have Six million,Five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($6.500,000) to invest and I will require your assistance in receiving the fund into your account.  I will be glad to give you some reasonable percent from the total sum for your assistance. Before the death of my father on September 14/9/2007, he gave me all the necessary legal documentation concerning the deposit of the fund in the bank, I am 20 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds and after the transaction I will come and reside permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convinient for me to return back home if I so desire. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I also want to invest the fund under your care because I am ignorant of business world. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask these few questions: 1. Can you honestly help me from your heart? 2. Can I completely trust you? 3. What percentage of the total money will be appreciateable by you? Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Immedaitely I confirm your willingness, I will send to you my picture and also give you more details about myself and the bank where my late father deposited the fund, so that you can reach the bank and confirm the existence of the fund as well, because seeing is believing. I  am waiting for your immediate response. Best Regards Benedit Micheal   [ 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.

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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