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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: "MRS MARRIAM TAYLOR" <marriam4rill@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marriam3@uk2.net
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 19:35:42 +0000
Subject: GOOD NEWS WE MEET
Dear Sir,Madam My name is Mrs Marriam Taylor from Sierra-Leone, the wife of Eward Taylor the Former Personal Assistance to the present Minister for Mines and Natural Resources in-charge of the diamond production sales in my country Sierra-Leone. Unfortunately some months ago before the peace pact in my country, my Husband and his colleagues were killed by rebel group of Mr. Foday Sankoh during an inspection visit to the rich diamond mining area in the village of Izumba, were the rebels laid an ambush and open fire on the convoy killing my Husband and some of his colleagues who were on their way to the diamond mining zone. Following the peace pact that was introduce by the united nation keeping force some months back,my Son deem it fit to say that it is right time for us to leave the country for safety and for europe or any other stable economic bloc with the $12.5.million dollars deposited by my late Husband in a finance firm in Dakar-Senegal on my name a!
s the next of kin or beneficiary.(the Deposit documents are with me now and will be faxed to you upon request).I contacted you based on you are a trustworthy person sieter or brother after i got your contact from a profile that speaks very good of you in the internet.I want you to assist me and my Son so that i can transfer this fund to your account for safe keeping pending our arrival to your country, to start up an investment in your country through your wise advice. You will act as my international business representative and also my family business associate,so that the bank will transfer this money to your account for safe keeping. me and my Son are now in Dakar-Senegal for the facilitation of this transaction. Please kindly communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal through my Telephone Number 221 5181350 for us to discuss the modalities of seeing this transaction through.However, if you are not disposed to assist kindly destroy !
the letter in view of the families interest and personal security. I
count on you greatly for your assistance.Please,if where i contacted you is not okay with you,do not hestiate to tell me and provide another address where i will be contacting you.A good percentage awaits you for your assistance. reply to (marriam343@myway.com <../src/compose.php?send_to=marriam343%40myway.com> or marriam343@uk2.net <../src/compose.php?send_to=marriam343%40uk2.net>) Expecting to hear from you soon. Yours Faithfully, Mrs Marriam Taylor.
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