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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: "joshua adjei" <joshuaadjei0603@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: joshuaadjei2k6@yahoo.de
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:38:40 +0000
Subject: Best timing
>From Mr. Joshua Adjei
Tel: 49 699 7944 0073
Fax: 49 180 5482 0269980
Email:joshuaadjei2k6@yahoo.de
Greetings,
This letter may come as a surprise because we have not met but was borne out
of my sincere desire to establish a business/mutual relationship with you. I
got your contact through internet email search.
My name is Mr.Joshua Adjei , the son of Chief Bernard J. Adjei (the former
financial director of the sierra- Leone national mining corporation) who was
killed and mutilated by the military junta led by Major, Paul Koroma after
over-throwing the elected government of President Tijan Kabba. Though, I do
not know to what extent you are familiar with events and disturbances in
Sierra-Leone but it has a consistent features in the CNN, BBC news
bulletins. The pressure of war drove the rest of our family out of
Sierra-Leone into exile in Frankfurt where we have been living under
political asylum for 5 years.
Sadly, my mother died of cancer 3 months ago and was buried here in
Frankfurt,Germany. Prior to her death, she handed me over a certificate
meant for a secret deposit,which my father made in a security company in
North-America
The deposit which is worth $45,000.000 (Forty-Five Million U.S. Dollars)
was money paid to the mining corporation under him by its overseas customers
in the heat of the conflict. He made the deposit in his name with the hope
of converting it to his personal use at the end of the war but was killed
when the conflict intensified as a result of his opposition to the rebel
forces. I have contacted the Security Company to confirm the deposit and
establish ownership. Due to the death of my mother and the continued
hostility in Sierra-Leone, I have decided to solicit for the assistance of
an honest and trustworthy person or company that will assist in the business
re-investment of the money. I cannot do it alone due to my present social
status and total ignorance of the business world. You will be given a
negotiable percentage of the money at he end of the transaction.
If you are honest, trustworthy and interested in the above proposal, contact
me immediately through the numbers indicated above for more details. You
must maintain absolute confidentiality to ensure success. Please, indicate
your personal Tel./Fax nos. when replying by fax.
Call me immediately on 49 699 7944 0073.
Best Regards,
Mr.Joshua N. Adjei
Tel: 49 699 7944 0073
Fax: 49 180 5482 0269980
Email:joshuaadjei2k6@yahoo.de
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