A con? Surely not
Just received this email (in response to an advert I posted last year for private students)

My Dear,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son George intend to establish in your country.Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.
I can confide on you for the brighter future of my children since you are a human being like me. There is this huge amount of Fifteen Million five hundred thousand united states dollars. ($15.500.000.00) which my late Husband kept for us with a Security Company here in Abidjan Cote D'ivoire before he was assasinated by unknown persons.Now I and my son George decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough for security and political reasons.

We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the Security company and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). the transport industry
3). Five star hotel
4). Real Estate

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund. You can call my son George for more explanation on this number: +225 0734 6934

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,

Mrs Helen

(number unstarred after request)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 21:55, 2 replies)

Why asterix out the numbers?
We can all enjoy winding up the perpetrators of this masterful con.
EDIT: Hehehe, I shall remember to call- if I don't forget.
(Tip-Top Tomcat but you can call me Tommo, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 22:08, closed)

Silly scam artists.
jobscams.blogspot.com/2007_04_06_archive.html

Search for "helen"... its even got the reply email address teehee
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Wed 24 Oct 2007, 23:36, closed)