Ivory Coast e-mail Scam

I've seen a lot like this. Always a sob story. This one is a mom dying of cancer, and her husband left her a lot of money when he was killed. She wants you to take her money and invest it in a business for her kid. I've also seen it as relatives of recently ousted middle eastern regimes trying to hide their money by giving it to you and paying you a large fee to hide it. I've even seen this as a woman who was trying to hide her dead husbands money because women aren't aloud to have wealth in her country. They are all trying to pull your heartstrings. Just remember  if you had millions, would you trust it some random person whose email address you found? These are all scams.

below is the scam e-mail:

Greetings to you and your family,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from an International web site directory, prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by their recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Mrs. Elinasa, a widow to one of the secret foreign diplomatic four runners to the ousted president Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast, my husband was brutally killed by foreign western agents prior to the political conflict in Ivory Coast, I have been suffering from long time illness precisely Cancer which aggravated to a partial stroke in August last year, i am dying soon according to my doctors with only a child Charles who is 16 years old now. I have some funds we inherited from my late husband, the sum of 4.5Million (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) secured under the custody of a safe security banking institution. Having known my condition I decided to donate part of this fund to a good charity organizations and orphanage homes and to invest the rest into a good and profitable business in your country for the betterment of my Son’s future.

I want him to inherit the fund but he cannot carry out this alone due to his age and mentality as a child and to keep my Late husbands relative away from having any idea of this Deposit i took this bold decision to contact you personally as a foreigner for assistance so that the bank can transfer the money out of this Country in your name as my foreign partner once I present you.
As soon as I hear from you I will explain in full details all you need to know and do about this matter.

Please I want you and your family to always pray for my healing and always be prayerful to God in all the days of your life.

Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Elinasa and Son.