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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: aisha kone <aisha3_kone@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:13:15 +0100 (CET)
Subject: URGENT REPLY!
Abidjan, Cote dIvoire
Dearest One,
REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. Introducing myself, I am Aisha Kone, 22 years of age the only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kone Richard, my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips.
My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on November 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 Six Million Two Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars.USD ($6,250,000.00) left in one of the bank in Abidjan he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the money.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management here on how best to transfer this money to overseas please.
I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1)To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still 22 yrs.
3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country.
Moreover, 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, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incur. furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.
God bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Aisha Kone.
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