Posted By Alexander Falconer Not the usual topic, but thought to warn all my self esteemed colleagues Please be aware, a Mr Koffi Akimbo is picking off e.mail addresses from the forum, and asking for your humble assistance in retrieving some $6.5M from a Nigerian account! As many of you are probably aware this is a new slant on an old scam.

Posted By Raymond Rapp Not again! Fortunately it is not enough to tempt me. Regards

Posted By Alan Hoskins Mr Akimbo's e-mails get trashed before they even get to my Inbox - wonderful things Spam Filters... A

Posted By Jasonjg I have responded to him loads of times in my humourous non dignified ways when bored and I now think he wants to Kill me lol.

Posted By Steven So thats where he got my e-mail address from!!

Posted By Jasonjg He is definetly on one today, FROM MR KOFFI AKIMBO I GOT YOUR EMAIL CONTACT FROM http://www.iosh.co.uk PLEASE CALL ME WITH THIS PHONE NUMBER TO DISCUSS HOW YOU WILL ASSIST ME THIS TRANSACTION, (+225) 08148400 CALL ME NOW THANKS DEAR ONE, PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I KNOW THIS MAIL MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, SINCE WE HAVE NOT KNOWN OR WRITTEN BEFORE. INTRODUCING MYSELF, I AM KOFFI AKIMBO, THE ONLY SON OF THE LATE MR AND MRS ADAMS AKIMBO, MY FATHER WAS A GOLD AND COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ACCRA, GHANA AND ABIDJAN (IVORY COAST), HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR BUSINESS TRIPS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE 2005 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF USD $6.5( SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ), DEPOSITED IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE PRIME BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN IVORY COAST , THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE SUCH AS EXPANSION OF HIS EXISTING COCOA BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OVERSEAS. DEAR, I AM HUMBLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. 1) TO ASSIST ME IN RETRIVING THIS MONEY FROM THE BANK 2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND. 3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS, WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFESET ANY EXPENSES WE MAY INCUR. FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME. MR KOFFI AKIMBO NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX BELOW; koffi_akimbo6@yahoo.fr My reply = Please send more details in French

Posted By Bill Fisher Many thanks for raising awareness on this scam and for those respondents sharing their experiences and knowledge. No further value will be got from additional postings - so the message is now locked.