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PLEASE HELP ME
17th September 2004

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Report Summary
Date Reported
17th September 2004
Apparent Sender
HENRIETTA HEN
Return Address
HENRIETTA HEN <henriettahen77@yahoo.com>
Subject
PLEASE HELP ME
Format
HTML
Method

Another 419 variation. Email requests you help transfer 'family' funds from the Ivory Coast. If you go along you'll be stung for 'administration fees' but you'll never see any money!

Bogus Web Content?
No
URL of web content

N/A

RISK LEVEL
MEDIUM
WARNINGS

1. If you reply to the email you'll be taken for a ride with the promise of money just round the corner, but you'll be stung for hidden cost after hidden cost and you'll never recieve the promised money. There is none.

2. A dead giveaway is the noticable lack of useful information about the sender, and no supporting references. The English is also very bad, although this is usually deliberate to make it seem like the sender is not a native English speaker.

 

" Dear, I am Miss Henrietta Hen,  the only child of late Mr IDOMA HEN of ivory coast. "...

If you have received this email, please remember that it is very common for these email scams to be redistributed at a later date with only slightly different content or the same but with the fake page(s) hosted by a different provider. Also, once you have received one of these hoaxes, it is also common place to receive at least another one and usually a day or two after the first, although not necessarily from the same apparent sender.

 

The Spoof Email ...


Dear,

I am Miss Henrietta Hen,  the only child of late
  Mr IDOMA HEN of ivory coast.
My father before his death was the managing director
  of HenIdoma holdings,west africa,limited .
  I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and
reputable institution/person who can handle a very
strictly
  and confidential transaction which involves  a
reasonable
sum of money.
I need your urgent assistance to move the sum of
$4.5 million (four.five million American dollars) that
was kept in a security company in europe by my late
father , with my name Miss Henrietta Hen as the next
of kin
  I  have concluded to go into investment with it that
is why
  i am soliciting for your help in removing the
fund from security company in Europe.
I need you to be my foreign partner in this project
so as to assist me in concluding all arrangements with
the company on how to move the fund to your account
for  investments.
I can not travel to Europe now due to the fact that
my travelling documents was seized by my fathers
relatives because they are scrambling for his wealth
too.
I want to place the fund in a very good business in
your country under your care for 3 years for
investment purpose but our profit will be shared
annually,70%for me and 30% for you.
  Be also informed that it is risk free as I have all
the original documents from the security company in
Europe.
Please note that it is vitally important that you
accord this business the utmost secrecy and
confidentiality it deserves.
As  I look forward to your immediately
response. Please feel free to ask questions
if need be as they will be answered accordingly.
Best regards,
Henrietta Hen


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