The donald Bako scam
Hey ppl I just got this email (I also read a few other quite similar ones on www) Tell me what you think, I had such a laugh...
From : donald bako <dbako>
Reply-To :
Sent : 19 January 2007 12:16:05
Subject : FROM DONALD BAKO RICHMOND GOODAY/////FROM DONALD BAKO RICHMOND
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
WEST AFRICADearest One,
It is a good a thing to write to 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 Donald Bako Richmond as ,20years old and my junior sister Yvette Zara Richmond the children of late parents Mr.and Mrs. Francesca Andre Richmond from a Royal family in Ghana.
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 2003.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!
Our mother died when I was 13 years old,and since then our father took us so special. Before my fathers death on Febuary 12 2003 he told me he has the sum of Eleven million,seven hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$11.700,000)left in one of the leading security company
here in Abidjan cote d`Ivoire.He made the deposit of the fund in a metalic trunk box as containing family valuable that belongs to a foreign partner.He further told me that he deposited the box in my name as all the documents bear my name as the depositor,and for the company not to open the box he made the the beneficary as foreign partner.
I am just 20 years old and a university undergraduate,my only junior sister is 17years old and really we
cannot handle the retrivemet of this fund alone without the help of a foreign partner .This is because we have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.
The death of our father actually brought alot sadnees to our life.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 us as your family ?
2. Can we completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you ?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
My sincere regards,
Donald Bako.
You can also find other ones on teh www
Hehe, i red exactly the same story in magazine. Also the guys from magazine wrote back, made a conversation, and in the end that Donald asked to send some money for something, cant remember, maybe postage. I bet you wouldn't hear from him anymore after transfer.
Its only a trick to get rich.
Yup, one word:S-C-A-M
Poor old Donald, must be so frustrating for him all that money that he cant get his hands on, and worse still he has to ask of all people e+ players to help him
Heh, i've got one of those too. You see guys, you underestimate Donald. In reality, it's a very cunning ruse... only it's a reality none of the good E+ people have ever visited before.
So as you can see, somewhere in a pararell dimension, in which USA has a smart president, Bill Gates is a Canadian police officer and Paris Hilton decapitated herself, when she realized how bad and crappy her "music" is, hundreds of people opened their email inboxes, read the same message, and laughed their asses off.
I dunno what's so cunning about that, but i did the same, so it must make sense.