Scam Targets Struggling Students

College costs are out of control, and most students struggle financially to make ends meet. That makes the latest Nigerian 419 scam all the more despicable - it's targeting students, promising "20,000 dollars in (the) form of a 'Student Financial Grant'." Here's a copy of the latest scam (note: poor spelling and typographical errors intentionally left intact):

Dear ,Freind
I am Barrister Nwalusi Jideofor (SAN), the personal attorney to late Mr.Joseph Parks, a citizen of America who died in a ghastly car crash along Shagamu Expressway on the 21st of April last year, and who until his death worked for Julius Berger PLC. in Nigeria. This letter is in accordance to a demand he made in his will before his death. My late client willed that 35%of the funds he had in deposit with a certain security company here in the country be disbursed as financial grant to Students in America. To thateffect, each of the beneficiaries will recieve a total sum of 20,000 dollars in form of a "Student Financial Grant". I have taken it upon myself to fulfill this request by my late client considering most especially the fact that he was both a friend and a client. Your school is one amongst three school i have selected through my search on the internet for schools with minimal financial funding schemes to students and prospective students.
This letter therefore is just a notification to you who happens to be one of the randomly selected students to benefit from this scheme.You are hereby requested to get back to me via my personal email address njideofor47@yahoo.es as soon as possible if interested in the scheme.
Thanks.
Regards,
Barr. Nwalusi Jideofor (SAN).
http://nwalusijideoforesq.zzn.com/

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