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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: eric kama <eric_kama005@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:57:05 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Assist Me.
LETTER OF ASSISTANCE
Mr Eric Kama
Abidjan ( Cote d' Ivoire)
INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
Dear Respectful,
I wish to solicit your help in investing my fund in
your country and our ressettlement, I am happy to
write and send this message to you. I hope you will consider and give it urgent and favourable reply.
My name is Mr Eric Kama, a citizen of
Sierra-Leone and the son of late Mr Kama kabila who before his death was the manager of Sierra-Leone
Gold and Diamond Corporation ( SGDC). I hope you are
aware of the war going on in my country for the past
five years now. It was in one of the attack by the
rebels that led to the killing of my father.
I am only surviving son because I went to a funeral when I hear of the killing of my father I felt unsafe in the country and I managed to enter Abidjan -Cote d' Ivoire through a fisher man who operate a fishing vessel through and fro in a coastal river between Cote d' Ivoire and Sierra Leone.
Please with me is (USD15.5) FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS contained in one metalic
box and presently deposited in security company as
family valuables.
My aim of contacting you is to seek your able
assistance as a front in transfering this fund abroad
in your account then as a business developer, you also
help us to wisely invest the money in areas you deem
lucrative and finally obtain a residential permit for
us to stay confortably there.
Please for God sake be merciful to me and agree to
help us transfer this money into your account abroad.
We agree to give you 20% to see this done for me . I
will send to you the proof of this transaction as
soon as I favourably hear from you and please I implore you to treat this transaction all secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons.
You can contact me on the above email address
May God bless you in abundance as you show mercy to
those that need mercy.
Best Regards,
Mr Eric Kama
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