Ivory Coast next of kin scam

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I recieved this letter:

From: Joy Bany Doudou <joy_d224@yahoo.ca>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 05:35:44 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Call For Assistance


Dearest One,

With due respect, trust and humanity, I write this letter to you seeking your help and assistance, though it is difficult since we have not met before. In Abidjan regarding your business profile and sincerity, I beleive that you are capable and reliable in handling this urgent international transaction of this sorft.

I am Mis Joy Bany Doudou, The daugther of Professor Bany Doudou. His political name is Emile Boga Doudou, The Former interior minister and a great politician in cote d' ivoire political arena. Because of my father's sincerity, He was killed on the 19th of september 2002 by unknown soldiers inhisresidential house during the coup plot in cote d' ivoire. See BBC news for more information about my late father's death.(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2268718.stm)

Before his death he disclose to me about the diplomatic money he deposited in a [security company] containing us$9.3million (Nine million Three hundred thousand dollars) and my name was the next of kin and the original document of deposit is intact. The fear of money not raising eye brows here in cote d' ivoire I decided to contact you seeking for your help, For you to stand for me in the security company as my late father's business partner which I will be going to introduce you to them as my late father's business partner as soon as I hear from you. I will give you more information on how you will go about the whole thing because I have made contact with them.

I want to assure you that this transaction.is 100 % risk free as no other person knows this box apart from me and you. dear, as for your reward and kind assistance I have resolve to give you 15% of the total amount and 5% for any expenses that might be incured in the course of this transaction.

I planned to invest the rest of the money in your country under your guidiance if only you will believe me and help me do this transaction together. Only God knows who is honest in this world,If you are willing to help me try as much as possible, and also trust worlthy person please reach me through the email to enable us proceed in earnest towards concluding all transaction. dear, bear in mind that my life depend on this fund and I do hope that this money will be safe when finally transfer into your new account. I do hope of establishing a rewarding and good relationship with you and your family after this transaction hoping to hear from you as soon as possible.

I am 23 years old, single, I am also a christain but I was ment to understand that a woman has no religion untill she is under a man or family. I promised to abide the any religion you and your family are into

I will also like you to tell me if you can come down here so that you will comfirm every thing your self but if you can not come down here, there is no problem, I will give you the contact of the security company for you to contact them and discuss with them on how they will deliever the consignment to you over there.

Thanks for your co-operation and God bless.

Best regard

Mis Joy Bany Doudou.


and than she said she have a good lawyer

finally i sent them more than 20000$ to Ivory Coast and UK


so what to do now - i do not know

may be someone have an advise fopr me???


cordially

Vlad

[Rob]

Vladislav, you've already received responses about the same question that you send via the contact form. I'll post them again, in case you didn't receive them:

Hello Vladisav and welcome to Fraudwatchers. I am sorry to tell you this, but it is highly unlikely that you will be able to get your money back. The best course of action for you is to file a complaint with your local law enforcement. They would be the only one that could help you recover any money.

and

Hello Vladislav,

Thank you so much for using our Contact form.

I'm sorry to hear you were scammed. You didn't provide much detail, but I assume you were scammed over the internet in some fashion, by a website or possibly through email, and that you sent the money by bank transfer or Western Union. If so, it's very unlikely that the scammers will be arrested or that your money will be returned. You can notify the service you used to send it (Western Union or your bank) but they will not return the money you sent. It's also very likely that the scammers are not in the UK, even though they claim to be. It's more likely they are using a forwarding phone number, starting with +4470. You can let me know what information you have, but it's doubtful any of the information you have is traceable.

There really is not much chance of identifying or arresting a particular scammer for arrest. We try to educate potential victims and prevent them falling prey, but actual arrests of scammers are very few and far between. The typical email/online scam does not leave enough evidence for an easy investigation. Scammers use public web cafes in other countries, anonymous prepaid cell phones, anonymous free email addresses, forwarding numbers that appear to be in one country but actually forward to a phone in another, fake names, fake IDs and fake documents. Identifying them is usually impossible.

Setting up a web page is quick and easy and does not require that you identify yourself with a piece of verifiable ID. Western Union and Moneygram are quite anonymous, and fairly untraceable. Though you can provide a "receiver address", the transfers can easily be picked up anywhere. Usually with false ID, if ID is even asked for. Stolen credit cards are often used to pay for internet services such as web hosting for scam sites.

And that doesn't even begin to touch the problem of international
jurisdiction issues. If a scammer in one country appears to be using a free email service or webhost based in another country to defraud someone in yet another country, who investigates? Foreign authorities are not always willing or able to cooperate. And given the losses, it is sometimes not "worth" the resources they would spend to investigate.

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oh thanks a lot for your reply!!!

i did made a request to Metropolitan Police with all details of those peaple who trying to get more money from me - but they do not want to investigate this

there phone numbers are still availible

they are ;

Mr.David Jackson +447031904411
Mr.Goff Coloon +447077085551
both named as emploeyrs of Abbey NAtional Bank

in Ivory Coast
Mr.Adesugba OLusoji +22505705667 +2348082573204

and now i recieved such message from them:

THIS MESSAGE IS TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH TO ENGLISH.

TO. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.

WE ARE COMMUNICATING TO YOU FROM IVORY COAST IN WEST AFRICA. WE CONTACT YOU TODAY BASED ON THE REPORT WE HAD GOTTEN SO FAR ABOUT YOUR ILLEGAL INVOLVEMENT INTO FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES.

WE ALSO WANT TO INFORM YOU THAT ONE OF THE MAN WHO IS SO POOR AND YOU PEOPLE USED HIM AND DUMP HIM, HIS NAME IS MR. OLUSOJI, HE IS DEAD THIS MORNING BECAUSE WE HAD DETAINED HIM FOR DAYS NOW AND HE CLAIMED HE NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS HAPPENING EXCEPT THAT HE WAS OBEYING EVERYBODY INCLUDING YOU VLADSLAV BARACHNY WITH A PROMISE THAT IF YOU PEOPLE SUCCEED, HE WILL BE COMPENSATED.

FROM OUR INVESTIGATION SO FAR, HE OLUSOJI WAS AN INOCENT SOUL WHO JUST DIED FOR WHAT HE NEW NOTHING ABOUT BECAUSE THE ACCLAIMED BOSS MR. MARK JIMMY HAS DISAPPEAR INTO TIN AIR.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU MUST STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY EITHER BACK HERE IN AFRICA OR ELSE WHERE, BECAUSE FOR ALL THE MONEY YOU LOST IT IS TO TEACH YOU A LESSON BECAUSE IF YOU D NOT AGREE WITH THEM TO MOVE MONEY FROM AFRICA OR ACCEPT TO RECEVE THE MONEY, THEY WILL NOT COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO TAKE YOUR MONEY AWAY FROM YOUR POCKET, SO YOU MUST BACK OFF OR WE ARRANGE FOR OUR OFFICIALS TO ADMINISTER THIS CASE T YOUR COUNTRY AUTHORITY IN ( RUSSIA ) AND YOU WILL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDING TO THE LAW.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO DO THE DEAL WITH THEM MAKES YOU EVEN MORE A CRIMINAL THAN THEY DO BECAUSE IF YOU REFUSED AT THE FIRST PLACE, THEY WILL NOT CONTINUE NOT TO MENTION YOU SENDING THEM MONEY AND NOW THIS INOCENT MAN JUST DIED OUT OF NOTHING.

FOR EVER PATICIPATING IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS WITHOUT THE APPROPRIETE AUTHORITIES? IS EVEN MORE CRIMINAL THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGIN. SO YOU VLADSLAV BARACHNY HAS COMMITTED A CRIME PURNISHABLE WITH A SETRIOUS CONSIQUENCE THAN THE CULPRIT OF THIS FRAUD.

WE HAVE YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT COPIES AND YOUR ADDRESS. WE HAVE WARNED YOU TO BACK OFF AND DO NOT COMMUNICAT ANY BODY EITHER FROM THE IVORY COAST AGAIN OR ELSE, YOU WILL FACE THE ROT WITH IUT AUTHORITIES HERE AND THAT OF YOUR COUNTRY RUSSIA ONCE WE ADMINISTER OUR JUDGEMENT TO THE RUSSIA GOVERNMENT OVER YOU ENCOURAGING CRIMINAL ACT AND HELP FRAUD TO DEFRAUD THE IVORIEN GOVERNMENT.

KONAN COULIBALY
NATION CRIME CONTROL DEPARTMENT


from adress ECOWAS NATIONS SECURITY" <ecowas_nationalsec_ci@yahoo.fr>

oh my GOD!!

WHAT TO DO NOW???