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From: maria nita <marianita102003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:52:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Dear Respectful Belove Mr.Emony Murrell.........I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPOND.
Dear Respectful Belove Mr.Emony Murrell,
Thanks alot for your reply,infact i have almost lost hope that you will never respond to our proposal but i am happy that your reply was received here at the most appropriate time.As you can see in our proposal to you, that the money was deposited in a box here in COTE D'IVOIRE and contains $5million dollars,in the security company.The main reason why you were being contacted is for you to assist claiming the box from the security company.
I thank you for your urgent kind response ,may God continue to be with you. All you said were well understood.I appreciate your willingness and acceptance to assist us out of our situation.I contacted you after 7 days of praying and fasting seeking God divine direction in contacting the right person like you. God said in his world that many are call but few are choosing ,which is in your case.
We would like to settle down finally in your country under your guardian and as you may want it. You see,we are God fearing family, with faith and i know my God will never miss direct me, In life without trust,nothing can be done hence i trust you and decided to confide in you my life and future which i strongly believe you will accept as a honest sincere trustworthy person i believe you are.
Therefore,if you can assist us as mentioned above you stand advantage of 20% of the total money for your assistance and 5% for any expenses you might incurre in the process of this transaction, once more you are required to treat this transaction strictly confidential.
I shall give to you the contact of the security company in my next message to you,for confirmation,but you have to promise us that you will not disclose the actual content of the box to the security company officials.In addition,i want you to know this transaction is 100% legal,risk free and genuine.if you can handle this transaction please kindly let me know in time.
I shall also personally introduce you to the security company so that you may require from them the procedures to claim the consignment.Your immediate reply is urgently awaiting for, so that i can engage in the next line of action.
Please read this mail carefuly this money is deposited in the security company as a family valuable for the safety of the money according to my late father and make sure you keep this business very secret because even the security company where my late father deposited the money does not know the real content of the box so as soon as I receive your assurance that you can retrieved the consignment i will send you all the documents that is needed for you to claim the box.
Please Dear Belove Mr.Emony Murrell, understand me very well that as soon as I receive assurance from you that you will help us i will send you the contact of the security company here in Abidjan so that you can arrange with them for the claiming of the box.This box was deposited in my late father's name and he made my name (Miss Maria Nita) the next of kin to be. We would like to leave with you as one family as soon as the box that contains this money has being claim out of the security company then we can invest it in a good and profitable business that you might choose for us and i will make you to be our investment broker.
Please I will like you to treat this transaction highly confidencial and top secret for our security.
With the grace of God I believe you can help us.
Once again Dear Belove Mr.Emony Murrell, there is no risk in this business this money belongs to my late father and no other person know about this money except you and us that is why you have to keep everything secret for the safety of the money.
I will like you to send your private telephone number for easier communication in order to hear the voice of the trust worthy person we are entrusting our hope and future with.
Thanks and God bless you.
Sincerely yours,
Maria Nita for family.
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