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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: mary bamba <marybamba205@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:15:41 -0800 (PST)
Subject: urgent assistant
APPEAL FOR URGENT
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
Dearest one
I know this message will come to you as a surprise because you never
knew me before. Nevertheless, I appeal to you to make time to go through
my message soliciting your assistance so that you can help me out of
this predicament. It is therefore, my pleasure to introduce this
transaction to you.
I am Miss.Bamba; the only daughter of late Mr.and Mrs.Douglas Bamba.
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic
capital of Ivory coast. My father was poisoned to death by his business
associates in one of their outings on a business trip.
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so
special. Before the death of my father on April 2003 in a private
hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me
that he has the sum of eight million United States Dollars ($8,
000,000,00). That this money was deposited in a security company here in Abidjan
in a consignment which he declared as family valuables to the security
company for security reasons and that he used my name as his only
daughter as the next-of-Kin. He informed me that the security company does
not know the real content of the consignment as money but as as family
valuables. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth
that he was poisoned by his busines associates. He told me that I should
seek for a reliable and trustworthy foreign partner in a country of my
choice who will help me to retrieve this consignment and transfer this
fund for investment purposes such as real estate business etc.
Sir, I am honourably seeking your assistance in
the following ways:
(1)To assist me in retrieving this consignment from the security
company.
(2) To provide a bank account into which this fund
would be transferred into.
(3) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am
only 21 years.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education .
Moreover, sir I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund
into your nominated account overseas.
Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I
believe that this
transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14 days you signify
interest to assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards,
Mary Bamba.
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