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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: "John Nkoma" <johnnko798@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 15:23:52 -0800
Subject: urgent needs.
From: Mr. Johnson Nkoma.
Attention/C.E.O/
(1) It is my pleasure to acquaint you with this proposal for The purpose of our mutual investment in your country. I am Mr. Johnson Nkoma the only Son of late George Nkoma from Sierra Leone. My late father was a Gold and Diamond merchant based in Freetown Sierra-Leone. As a result of the political instability of Sierra-Leone, my beloved late father came to Nederland Holland with the sum of USD12, 500,000.000 (US$12.5m) which he deposited in a Security Financial Institution in Nederland Holland with the help of his private and confidential lawyer in (UK) London whom I live with as my present father.
(2) When my beloved late father deposited the fund, he reached agreement with the Security Financial Institution that the fund belong to his business foreign partner that based in your country, his private and confidential lawyer (UK) London advised him to did that for security reasons.
(3) when I arrived in Nederland Holland last year with all the Legal Documentations to clam the fund, the Security Financial Institution was asking me for my beloved late father business foreign partner that based in your country, which is when my lawyer advised me to seeking for an foreign partner/avenue to transfer this money to a reliable and trustworthy individual for investment programmers.
(4) I am now in (UK) London as a refugee because of the political crisis in my Country Sierra Leone. Please understand that my purpose of contacting you is to be into partnership in business with your companies or we can create new companies as a life partnership, but remember the companies will be under your name as a Citizen. Please I need to transfer this money urgently because delay would not help at all and I need to relocate based on the political instability in this sub-region, to enable me continue my education because I was medical student before the sudden death of my father.
(5) Your coming to Nederland Holland is to stand as my beloved late father foreign partners to sign the necessary Documentation in the office of Security Financial Institution in Nederland Holland for the release of the fund and you will provide your companies account or overseas account where the fund will be transferred, As soon as everything is done in Nederland Holland, I will go back with you to your country for the Investment.
(6) I?agreed to officer you 25% out of the total money, then 5% will be use to cover all the expenses both local and internationally, while remain 70% will be for my investment in your country.
(7) I will send you all the Legal Documentations as soon as I hear from you.
Your immediate response would be appreciated.
Best regards
Mr. Johnson Nkoma.
God Bless you.
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