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OJ
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Initially Posted - 09/30/2006 : 17:43:23

Hello OJ

You received the following message from: pascal_4u (pascal_dikko02@yahoo.com)

At: http://catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/

From: Pascal dikko
Av.12 RD 16,Apt.39B, Triechville
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
Private Email: pascal_dikko@yahoo.com
Dear One,
PLEASE I REQUIRE YOUR CONASSISTANCE.

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you .I am Pascal dikko . The son of late Chief and Mrs.Alaine Dikko JP. My father was a very wealthy GOLD and COCOA merchant who based 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 1994, my father took me so special because i am motherless.

Before the death of my father on the 29th November 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, He sincerely called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of US$10,500,000 (TEN MILLION FIVE HOUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) kept in a security company here. He also said that the security company does not know the content of the Trunk Boxes. He also put my name in Depositing the 1 boxes as the beneficiary and 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 you to assist me in clearing this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose, such as real estate management. My interested areas of investment are; REAL ESTATE, HOTELS, PETROLUM INDUSTRY & MINING, TRANSPORT or in any good investment you may advise me on. I am honorably seeking for your assistance in the following ways.

(1) To assist me to clear this fund from the security company and transfer to your account successfully.
(2To provide a bank account into which this money would be transfer into.
(3) To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a student with no business experience.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my Education

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 20% 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 transaction would be concluded within 14 days, from the day you signify interest to assist me.

Waiting to hear from you soonest. Have a nice day and
remain blessed.

Yours Truly,
Pascal Dikko

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dlucier
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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 18:03:59

Yes!

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John P
Captain

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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 19:32:27

too funny

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 19:37:05

I removed him as a message board user, for what little good that does.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 20:28:50

Kevin,
Thanks for taking care of this right away. This is known as a Nigerian 419 scam. You can read more about it here: http://www.419eater.com/. A fair number of people like to string these guys along just for fun which is what the above site is about, some of the stories are simply hilarious. Personally, I can't be bothered, but I worried about my mom or someone I knew falling prey to these guys so I made sure I was informed about them just in case. If you just want to know more about the scam in general, simply Google for "419 scam".

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Tom Potter
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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 20:49:46

My Spam blocker caught it.

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Justin
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Response Posted - 09/30/2006 : 21:41:21

I had fun with one of these 419 scammers last year. I didn't do as much as those on 419eater.com, such as actually scamming money out of the scammer, but it was entertaining leading them on.

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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 10/01/2006 : 09:53:11

Whenever they offer more than 10% it makes me suspicious.

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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 10/01/2006 : 10:30:00

What! You mean I shouldn't have sent my life savings????

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Gary B.
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Response Posted - 10/01/2006 : 12:26:46

I get way too many of these. Is there a government agency to whom these can be forwarded? I thought I had a site, but I never heard from them after forwarding many of these. What a pain.

Gary B.
s/v Encore! #685 SK/SR

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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 10/01/2006 : 12:38:00

There is no government agency that cares. I got hit with a related scam, and knew it was a scam immediately, but played along to see where it would go. I actually ended up with a check from a Tennessee casino for $275,000 (worthless) that I have framed on my wall. I tried to get the FBI interested, but unless you actually lose money, there is no crime committed, and they "take a report", but do nothing else that I can detect.

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oldsalt
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Response Posted - 10/02/2006 : 09:45:29

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ClamBeach
 What! You mean I shouldn't have sent my life savings????
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There are some caveats:

Read the prospectus before you send money.

This type of investment, while well worth consideration due to the diversity it offers, should make up no more than 10-15% of your total portfolio.

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