Dear Miss Young,
I red your story, well the english part and i can tell you that they tried the sam on me. First there was a Mr Thomson Kato an Mr Fofana both in Abidjan Cote 'd Ivory. The story went like this Mr Thomson lost his father an sister in a sort of gun fight an the moneny $15.000.000 was stashed away on a secured bank accound till his 25th birthday. After asking legel proof and 2 phone calls they stopped writing me no more mail no more aswers they just stopped.

The second time started this weekend about a young girl 21 years old lost her mother wheb she was 8 raised by her father whom got killed in a carr crash stashed a way 9 million in a suitecase at the lavagarde securite assistance. The papers are very well made by them on a computer. ...

From: aicha malik <missaicha2121@yahoo.fr>
Sent: May 6, 2005
Subject: mypictures and proposal

My dear,
Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I am Aicha ,21years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs..Mailk My father was a highly reputable business magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.
It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.Febuary 2000.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
But God knows the truth!
My mother died when I was just 4 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2000 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he has the sum of nine million,United State Dollars.(USD$9000 000) left in one of the private security and trust company
He further told his lawyer that he deposited the money in my name,and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary but legal documents to this consignment and the company. I am just 21 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do.Now I want an a partner overseas where I can transfer this funds. 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.
Sir,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 as your sister?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
Aicha... mailk

From: aicha malik <missaicha2121@yahoo.fr>
Sent: May 6, 2005
Subject: details of this transaction

Adam ,
DEAREST,
Thanks for your response to my proposal and I appreciate your willingness to assist me over this investment program in your country.However, as i knowledge in the business world i rely on your knowledge, wisdom, trust, sincerity, directives and honesty to invest this fund in a lucrative venture in your country.But can you precisely give me a details of the business where this fund will be invested?In line with my proposal this fund in question U.S$9million in a trunk box was deposited BY mylate father with a private security company here in Abidjan- Cote d'ivoire for safe keeping.But due to security reasons mylate father registered the trunk box as family treasure containing family valuables not as money for security reasons. The treasure is under the custody of the security company at a daily demurrage bill of U.S$50 though mylate father paid upfront for the safe keeping.Precisely the upfront payment my father made for the safe keeping of the treasure had expired for some months now and i am owing the company for some months.Right now the topmost priority and first step to take is to plan with you on how best to lift this fund to your country while i will join you for the investment set up and settlement.
Therefore can you prepare an urgent travel arrangement to meet with me here in Abidjan-Cote d'ivoire as that will enable us:
1. To meet and know each other face to face to ensure some amount of confidence and trust between us.
2. Discuss the modalities of the business where this fund will be invested.
3. Go together to the security company to clear the fund and carry the fund to the bank if we will decide to lift it by transfer to an account you will provide.
4. Plan how you are going to assist me to join you over there after the fund have been lifted .

Attached is my pictures again and also soon as i hear from you again. ,i will like you to contact the security company to apply for a change of ownership of our treasure as I have concluded to make you a co-beneficiary. Then i have mapped out 20% out of the total fund for this assistance to me and 5% to cover any miscellaneous expenses you might incur in the transaction such as your travel expenses,communication etc which will be reimburse to you as soon as you arrive here and we clear the treasure from the security company.
Please Dear sir i appeal for your moral and financial support,co-operation and urgency to bring this transaction to manifestation as soon as possible because I am getting depressed here everyday due to the fact that I am a student without any source of income and all my entire hope of survival is hinged on this fund in the security company.

Lastly,i assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and endeavour to keep this transaction absolutely confidential for our both security reasons for all my entire hope of survival is hinged on the fund.
May God be with you.
Sincerely yours,
AICHA MALIK.

From: aicha malik <missaicha2121@yahoo.fr>
Sent: May 8, 2005
Subject: more information about this transaction

My dearest ,
Honestly i appreciate all your plans and efforts to assist me over this transaction for our both interests.also sorry for my late response to you honestly is not intentional due to some fatal circumstance and poor condition of my health,
However i want you to understand the position of the fund now.
When my late father deposited the treasure containing fund he made an upfront payment for the safe keeping of the treasure but the payment has expired for some months now.
So i plead you to come to my aid as soon as possible and i solemnly promise you that i will reward you much more than i have promised.
I am pleased for someone sent by God to help me like you because i believe that you have taken my burden as yours and I shall enjoy the fruits of my labour with you as one family.
Furthermore my late father did not declare the contents of the treasure as money instead he registered it as family treasure containing family valuables for security reasons.
Moreso, the dummurage is $50 per day So now all I need to do is to plan with you on how to settle the security company these demurrage bills and carry our treasure out from their custody and then carry it to any of the international banks here for lodgement and onward transfer to your account. It is obligatory to settle the demurrage bills before we can be able to clear mytreasure from the custody of the security company.
Though i have discussed with the director about it and he assured me that the bill can be negotiable may be granting us the favour to pay part of it after which we will pay the balance. The 20% out of the total fund which i have proposed for you is just as a compensation for helping me and as soon as you come and we settle everything and bring out my treasure I will at once count out 20% out of the whole fund to you.
Then i can plan how to get my travel ducuments to join you in your country. perhaps I am in the city of Abidjan in a country called Cote d'ivoire(Ivory coast)in west Africa and my address is AVENUE 16 RUE 24 TREICHVILLE ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.also i will be in the airport to wait for you open your arrival.
Therefore i want you to prepare an urgent travel arrangement to meet with me here in Abidjan-Cote d'ivoire as that will enable us to go together to the security company and clear our treasure.
Then i have concluded within myself to make you a part and percel of this transaction so that we can work together. Contact the security company with the particulars as stated under this mail and apply for a change of ownership of mytreasure to your name because am going to authorised the director of the company now to attend to you as soon as you contact them as my foreign partner.
I still enclose their contacts as follows:

LAVEGARDE SECURITE ASSISTANCE
TEL:00225 07 811558/FAX:00225 21241158
e-mail:lagasecurite225@yahoo.fr
Director of operations:MR MOHAMMED OLIVIER

Please while contacting them do not disclose to them that the contents of our treasure is money for security reasons ok!
Moreso, as soon as the ownership is changed to your name and the proof is sent to you which the director of the company confided in me that it will be done within 24 hours, we will now inform them your date of arrival so that they will prepare the accumulated demurrage bill invoice for us. On getting all these things done you will now arrive to bring the transaction to conclusion as i have given you every details for this transaction i expect you to treat it with dispatch.
I insist that this transaction will be absolute confidential between you and i and no other third party for our both security reasons.
Every expenses you are going to incur in this transaction will be reimburse to you as soon as you arrive here and we go to the security company and retrieve mytreasure.
Once again i thank you for your willingness and your effort to make this transaction succesful..and pls remember to give me your telephone to enable me call you,
I am awaiting for your response.
My love and regards to you.
Sincerely yours,
Aicha Malik.

On 25th June, E.K. informed me of an old "Linda Sankoh" scam with the same pictures:

From: linda sankoh <lindasankoh04@yahoo.com>
Sent: November 19, 2004
Subject: Find attached the documents/Photo

Dearest E.K.,

Thanks alot for your love and kindness, i'm very glad you are really keeping me abreast about the situation of things i wanted to reply your last mail before i saw your current mail, i had to go thru it first just to make sure i don't mixup things how is your studies, now that you've given me a better details of your country of abode it make it easier for me to know the exact place you are at the moment, thanks for the info you have provided regarding your acadimical background the Lord almighty will surely see thru your exams, how would life be with me without your courage,this secret i am revealing to you is because you have really given me so much loving shoulder to lean on, so i think it's time i let the cat out of the basket, please my dear take your time to go thru these vital documents i'm forwarding to you, and promise me you will not tell anybody about this our secret untill i relocate to your country where we can plan ahead on how to retrieve this my inheritance from the Trust company here in the Ivory coast, just for curiosity sake you can call the MD number on the said documents, just for you to know what is on the ground, please take note the Trust company does not know the true content of the said deposit, the Deposit Agreement will explain better to you, concerning my photo you asked for i've sent you one again, and i'm hoping to get yours soonest, now that you have provided your numbe i will try to give you a call one of this days, at the moment the communication system is very poor because of the war going on here, that not withstanding i'll try to call you soon, and lastly concerning the money you promised sending for my passport i have aleady informed the guy that you are sending it hopefully this week, honestly i am eagerly awaiting to see your swift action.

May The Lord almighty guide you as you continue to stand by me.

Yours ever willing,
Linda.

I you go to the Certificate of Deposite page, you will find several documents with the same "Certificate of Deposit code" !

Dear P.J.
Thanks for your mail,
We will like you enter into a business project with our fund ; all we wanted from you honesty and plainness to guide us in investement project in your country
We contacted a banker here in ABIDJAN IVORY COAST and he told us that for him to transfer this huge money to your country , you should contact him because i told him that you are my fiance and that you want to assist us retrieve this fund and transfer it to your account in your country for investement that requires an urgent attention.
The name of the Bank Manager is DR.DONALD WILLIAMS and his email is info_bankline@yahoo.ca or bankworldline@yahoo.fr .

As soon as you contact the bank , he said he withdrawn the deposition in suspence account (money) and re- lodge it to your non -resident account which you will open with his bank here and from your account , the bank will transfer the money to your account in your country because going by what he said, this fund deposited in suspense account can not be withdrawn locally unless transfered oversea which is the reason why i need your assistant.
There is serious civil crisis here that is why we need to move out from here to your country before the forth comming election of which the rebel forces are speaking fire of what they do if they did not wine the election.

As soon as you confirm that the money has entered your account after the remittance , we shall start to come to join you with the letter of invitation that you will write to us so that we use it to obtain our travelling visa to join you.
I will like you to contact the bank manager with the email and ask him what should be done and have him explained to you precisely the requirements of transfering this fund to your reach.
I need a man , a very special man , who is willing to accept me in love , willing to take my love and ready to offer love to me in return.
You shall be dealing with my brother George on phone with me.
Our offer to you is 10% of the total sum of $11million for your assistants and if you handle the investement of the fund in a good busines project, we offerr again 20% of the total annual turn over while 80% shall be ours
You can reach us on phone 225-07-98-64-21 and thanks for your phone, i will call you with george my brother to enable us have discuse with you on phone.
If you are ok with our offer and explanation , contact our banker on the email above given and let us know what you have discused with him as condition of transfer
Am sorry that the first picture i sent you did not reach you , i herein re-send it and i do hope you will like it.
Awaiting to hear from you.
Yours in love
SILVIA