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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: wailers weah <wailers_w@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:26:20 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From Wailers Family.
From: Mr. Weah Wailers.
Country: Liberia, West Africa.
E-mail: w_wailers11@yahoo.com
Dear ,
First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other before; I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
I am Mr. Wailers Weah from Liberia, West Africa. I write to inform you my desire to invest, and to buy a living house in your country. I am the first son of Mr. Opong Weah; my father was a diamond/gold merchant in my country.
My father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way traveling out of my country with two of my younger sister's due to present crisis that is occurring in our country (Liberia). My sister's died on the spot while UN peace keepers rescued my father, and he was taken to hospital for medical treatment, were he later died.
Before his death he revealed to my mother about a deposit he made with a security company in Ghana containing 55 kilos of raw gold and $12.6 million, (twelve million and six hundred thousand us dollars). for safekeeping as family treasures. My father did not disclose any of the content of the boxes to the security company to avoid the officials from raising eyebrows to the funds.
Presently my mother and I are in Ghana to notify the security company for the claims, and we are staying in the refugee camp. Therefore I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this money, because my father told me that it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instability coupled with economic and political instability facing African countries, considering all this fact and the high economic growth in your country that is why we want to invest in your country.
For your mutual assistance in actualizing this our objective, my mother and I have agreed to offer you 25% of the total amount of the money. All the vital documents covering the deposit and the ownership are intact, which will be sent to you on your notifying us of your willingness to assist.
Note: I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this transaction as a top secret to yourself alone.
Also i will want you to forward across to me your direct Tel/Fax number for more information’s about this transaction.
I am waiting for your urgent and positive feedback.
Best regards,
Mr. Weah Wailers.
For the entire family
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