warning, the following is filled with hilarity.
"From: Miss. Marika Kuku
Abidjan. Cote D'Ivoire West Africa
Email: marika_kuku15@yahoo.fr
Dear One,
My warmest greeting to you in the name of the Lord.
I am Marika Kuku, I inheritated an important some from my late father who died in recent crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. I wish to request for your assistance in investing this sum in lucrative venture or manufacturing and real estate management in your country. I have Five million, seven hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($5,700,000) to invest in this transaction and I will require your assistance in receiving the fund in your account in your country. I will gladly give you some resonable percent from the total sum for your assistance.
Before his death on September 2005, he gave me all the necessary legal documents to the deposit of the fund in the bank, I am 20 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do. Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds and after the transaction I will come and reside permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convinient for me to return back home if I so desire. 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. I also want to invest the fund under your care because I am ignorant of business world.
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 from your heart?
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. Immedaitely I confirm your willingness, I will send to you my picture and also give you more details about myself and the bank were my late father deposited the fund, so that you can reach the bank and confirm the existence of the fund as well, because seeing is believing.
Please always reply me through this my private email:
marika_kuku15@yahoo.fr
marika_kuku15 at yahoo.fr
for security reason.
Awaiting your immediate response and may God bless you.
With love,
Marika Kuku"
I sent the following reply to this obvious scammer, out of pure curiosity and maybe a little insanity
"Dear sweet Ms. Marika Kuku i feel deeply for your loss and would like to help you, but i honestly know little of the business world myself, i would like to say im reliable, as this sounds like a really good opportunity, but to be honest, i might slip up and end up losing your money in a scam or some such, it would be much better to find some one who knows more about this sort of thing, Also you should be careful, i hear about scams all the time and i would hate to hear some one took advantage of you, i hope you are able to find some one to help you, and i wish i could do more."
Next i was contacted on a messenger which happened to share the same email address, i present the following log as evidence of this pure humorous exchange.
[14:33] marika_kuku15: hi
[14:33] marika_kuku15:
[14:34] marika_kuku15: are you there?
[14:34] marika_kuku15:
[14:34] marika_kuku15: this is marika
[14:34] marika_kuku15:
[14:34] ME: hmm
[14:35]
[14:35]
[14:35]
[14:35] marika_kuku15: how are you today?
[14:35]
[14:36] marika_kuku15: i just recive your mail
[14:36]
[14:36] marika_kuku15: please i want you to help me ok
[14:37] marika_kuku15: i really need your assistance that is why i contact you ok
[14:37] ME: i dont even know where to begin
[14:38] ME: ive never even imagined handeling such a larger amount of money
[14:38] ME: why did you contact me anyhow ?
[14:38] marika_kuku15: no i will give you more datails about me ok
[14:39] marika_kuku15: my god know why he ask me to contact you in this transaction ok
[14:39] ME: heh
[14:40] ME: well
[14:40] ME: i will try to help, but i think we should make sure we dont mess this up and take our time
[14:41] marika_kuku15: no i promiss you god is on my side ok
[14:41] ME: it would help to know more about you i think
[14:42] marika_kuku15: i want you go and check your mail right now because i want send you my family badgrand ok
[14:42] ME: ok
[14:42] marika_kuku15: you will see everything about me and how i am suffring since i lost my perents
At this point i decided to have a little fun, I was going to play the email game (oh noes, it isnt working!")
[14:43] ME: Tell me when it is sent
[14:44] marika_kuku15: ok
[14:46] marika_kuku15: i have send the mail right now check ok
[14:46] ME: ok
[14:47] marika_kuku15: please read carefully so that you will understand ok
[14:47] ME: hmm
[14:47] ME: it hasnt come yet
[14:47] marika_kuku15: ok wait abit
[14:48] marika_kuku15: chack again
[14:49] marika_kuku15: have you got it??
[14:49] ME: hmm
[14:49] ME: no
[14:49] marika_kuku15: why ok i will re-send it again
[14:51] ME: hold on
[14:51] marika_kuku15: check again
[14:51] marika_kuku15: you got it?
[14:51] ME: I think ym account was bouncing, you might need to send it now
[14:52] ME: ill check
[14:52] marika_kuku15: i can't understand you
[14:52] ME: My account wasnt working right, i just fixed it, but i dont know if your mail will get through
[14:53] marika_kuku15: it supose to be there by now, enter your account and check again
[14:53] ME: im doing my best, sometimes my account doesnt work right
[14:53] ME: it isnt there
[14:54] ME: Ok, try one last time, i did a reactivation thing on my account
[14:54] ME: it should work
[14:54] marika_kuku15: you mean you can't enter your account?
[14:55] ME: Im in it, Yahoo had shut my account off, so that i dont get email, i just reactivated it, so i will get email
[14:55] ME: but i did so after you already sent your email, so i did not get them
[14:56] ME: Just try one more time ok ? im sorry for the trouble :)
[14:56] ME: fairly sure it will work
[14:56] marika_kuku15: SO YOU MEAN I SHOULD SEND THE MAIL AGAIN,,
[14:56] ME: yes
[14:56] ME: i think you have capslock key on
[14:58] ME: hello ?
[14:59] marika_kuku15: i have also send it again now please check ok
[14:59] ME: ok
[15:00] marika_kuku15: or did have another mail box Again??
[15:00] ME: its isnt there :(, i dont know why it isnt working
[15:01] marika_kuku15: why?
[15:01] ME: i dont know, lets try another email
[15:01] marika_kuku15: send me another mail now ok
[15:02] marika_kuku15: are you there?
[15:03] ME: yes
[15:03] ME: i normaly use this email
[15:03] ME: i have to setup a new one
[15:04] marika_kuku15: you mean i should wite 4 the new one now??
[15:04] ME: ======@====.com
[15:04] ME: send it to here instead
[15:05] ME: yahoo is not working today i guess
[15:05] marika_kuku15: OK WAIT NOW
[15:05] ME: ok, caps lock agian
[15:07] marika_kuku15: i have send it again
[15:07] marika_kuku15: check now
[15:08] ME: i got it
[15:09] ME: finnaly lol
[15:09] ME: sorry, not funny, im just a little nervous
[15:09] marika_kuku15: you said what?
[15:09] ME: It is in my mail
[15:09] ME: im reading it
[15:10] marika_kuku15: ok
[15:11] ME: you want a picture of me ?
[15:11] ME: i do not look good
[15:13] marika_kuku15: no don't so so ok i need your picture
[15:14] ME: i didnt understand
[15:15] marika_kuku15: i mean you shoul send me your picture ok
[15:15] ME: hmm
[15:15] ME: i dont normaly send my picture out
[15:15] marika_kuku15: why
[15:15] marika_kuku15: are you true with the mail?
[15:16] ME: yes
[15:16] ME: it just seems risky
[15:17] marika_kuku15: no think so ok
[15:17] marika_kuku15: i hope i can fund a nice school your country?
[15:17] ME: There are many nice schools here
[15:18] marika_kuku15: ok
[15:19] marika_kuku15: now i want you to email me back
[15:19] ME: i will send a photo i took a few weeks ago
[15:19] marika_kuku15: ok send it now
[15:19] marika_kuku15: are you married?
[15:19] ME: no
[15:19] ME: im not very attractive
[15:20] marika_kuku15: how did you mean?
[15:20] marika_kuku15: How old are you?
[15:20] ME: i am 42
[15:21] marika_kuku15: ok am 22yer
[15:21] marika_kuku15: please i need you see your picture ok
[15:22] ME: i sent
[15:22] ME: Like i said
[15:22] ME: it is not good
[15:23] marika_kuku15: i want to see your face ok
[15:23] ME: i sent email
[15:23] marika_kuku15: you mean you have sent me a mail?
[15:23] ME: yes
[15:23] ME: with a picture
[15:24] marika_kuku15: ok let me chek
[15:24] ME: send me your picture then ?
[15:25] marika_kuku15: but i have got it yet
[15:25] marika_kuku15: send it to marika_kuku15@yahoo.fr
[15:25] ME: i did
[15:26] marika_kuku15: i should wait a bit
[15:26] ME: it will arrive i promise
[15:26] marika_kuku15: you said what?
[15:27] marika_kuku15: can you send me you direct mobile line?
[15:27] ME: i dont have one
[15:28] marika_kuku15: you don't have phone number to reach you?
[15:29] ME: No, i have no cellphone, and my home phone is currently not working
[15:29] ME: not many people call me anyway
[15:30] ME: did you get mail ?
[15:30] marika_kuku15: YES NOW I GOT YOU PICTURE
[15:30] marika_kuku15: you look so week
[15:31] marika_kuku15: you look so sweet
[15:31] ME: heh
[15:31] ME: thas nice of you to say
[15:31] marika_kuku15: i love your picture dad
[15:32] marika_kuku15: am happy to meet with you
[15:32] marika_kuku15: i so muck thanks God
[15:33] ME: *smiles*
[15:33] marika_kuku15: yes
[15:34] marika_kuku15: now i want to give you the contact of the bank so that you can speck with the band director concerning this fund
[15:34] marika_kuku15: i can wait to see you
[15:34] ME: Well
[15:34] ME: Can i see a picture of you first ?
[15:34] ME: i did send you a picture of me
[15:35] marika_kuku15: ok i will do that now ok
[15:36] marika_kuku15: wait ok
[15:36] ME: ok
[15:40] marika_kuku15: i have sent it to you
[15:40] marika_kuku15: i will still give you a nother one tommorow ok
[15:41] marika_kuku15:
[15:41] marika_kuku15: are you there?
[15:41]
[15:41]
[15:41] marika_kuku15: thank
[15:41]
[15:42]
[15:42]
[15:42] marika_kuku15: you have got the mail now
[15:42] marika_kuku15: ok am listening
[15:42]
[15:43] marika_kuku15: with who?
[15:43]
[15:44] marika_kuku15: I CAN4T UNDRESTAND YOU
and here is the picture she sent me, lol
