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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?CHARLES=20TAYLOR?= <charlestaylor07@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: charlestaylorx5@yahoo.it
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 09:04:57 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Urgent
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: charlestaylor07@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Sir,
I am Charles Taylor, the immediate past president of Liberia. I am writing you this letter in confident believing that you will assist me get out of the difficulties I am into. I know we have not met, and you will be surprise why should I write you. I write you because I believe that I will like to deal with somebody whom I don?t know to avoid betrayer. I am trusting you, and I believe you will not betray the trust I am imposing on you.
I have a story to tell you on why I need your assistant. I have a problem in my country between the rebels and my government, on the cost of making sure that there is peace in my country to avoid more blood shed in Liberia, I was offered an asylum by the Nigerian government in which I accepted to go to asylum in Nigeria. I departed for Nigeria on 11th of August, 2003, I am now located at the city of Calaber in the eastern town of Nigeria with my family. As I am now in asylum in Nigeria, the world crime tribunal in Sierra Leone wants me to answer charges in Sierra Leone, I am now under a heat because different organizations wants me to be extradited to sierra Leone, I need your assistance to safe guard what I have for my children as all of my accounts and properties has been frozen by the united nation order and I would not like of this transaction to associates with my name to avoid it being frozen again by the united nation, because I don?t know whether I will be alive or n!
ot.
When I was leaving Liberia for Nigeria I deposited a 200kg of diamonds and also US$225m, (two hundred and twenty five million Daolars) in a Financial Firm in Europe. The Director asked me what the content was, I told him it was official documents and personal properties, I told him he will help me send it to a friend in overseas for safe keeping.
I will be delighted if you will accept to instruct the Financial Firm to send this create containing the diamonds and the money to you because I will like you to assist me in disposing the diamonds and also help me to invest the money in your country by buying shares worth up to 30% and also saving 30% for my children. I am prepared to give you 40% of the total sum. I believe that the trust I am imposing on you will not be betrayed, if you accept to assist me, please send me an email: char_taylor77@yahoo.ca , call me on my direct mobile phone line 234-805-3516725 though I am afraid that my phone line is being monitored, just call me and tell me to read my mail, Immediately I hear from you I will give you the
contact of the Financial Firm in Europe and also instruct him to cargo
the creates to you.
Thanks for your co-operation. I wait for your urgent
response.
Yours faithfully,
Charles Taylor
- CHARLES TAYLOR
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