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Fraud email example:

From: "koffi kamah" <koffi_kamah@latinmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 20:16:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE


FROM MR KOFFI KAMAH
ABIJAAN,COTE D'IVORE
IN WEST AFRICA


APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS
RELASTIONSHIP WITH YOU,I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM THE RECOMMENDATION BY A
MISSIONARY WOMAN I MET HERE IN ABIDJAN,ALTHOUGH I DID NOT MENTION MY
PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU FOR REGARDS TO THE ASSISTANCE I NEEDED FROM
YOU.FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.


I AM MASTER KOFFI KAMAH AND MY SISTER THERESA KAMAH,THE CHILDREN OF
LATE MR AND MRS DAVID KAMAH,MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MARCHANT
LIVE IN ABIDJAN,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF COTE D'IVORE,HE WAS POISONED TO
DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING ON BUSINESS.WHEN
MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984 MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL
BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH NOVEMBER
2000 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN,HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS
BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF USD 12.500.000.[TWELVE MILLION
FIVE HUNDREND THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS]LEFT IN A FIXED /SUSPENSE
ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE THE PRIME BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN, THAT HE USED MY
NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME
THAT IT WAS OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
ASSOCIATE,THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A [GOD FEARING ]FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY
OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR PROPER
INVESTMENT PURPOSE,SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT

DEAR I AM HONORABLE SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:1] TO
PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT INTO WHICH THIS MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED
TO.2]TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AND MY SISTER ARE STILL
YOUNG AND OPHANS,I AM 26 YEARS OLD WHILE MY SISTER IS 22 YEARS OLD.3]TO
MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY IN ORDER TO FURTHER
OUR EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.[4]TO
ASSIST ME LOOK FOR A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS WHERE THIS FUND WILL BE
INVESTED ON AFTER TRANSFERING THE FUND


MOREOVER SIR, I AND MY SISTER THERESA ARE WILLING TO OFFER 20% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR ACCOUNT OVERSEA.FURTHERMORE YOU CAN INDICATE
YOUR OPTION TOWARD ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD
BE CONCLUDED WITHIN FOURTEEN[14]DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST
ME.HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST. THANKS AND GOD BLESS

BEST REGARDS

KOFFI KAMAH


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