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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_sankoh12@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:09:21 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Greetings=20To=20You=20And=20Your=20Household=2E?=
Dear Friend,
REQUEST FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
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I know this request may be of suprise to you,mostly on how i got your
esteemed contact,for i do not intend to suprise you,i got your contact
from my late father"s business diary as a result of my desperate search
for a reliable/honest individual who will understand my feeling and
what i am going through.
I am John Sankoh,the son of late chief Antony Sankoh a native of
freetown,republic of seirra leone,west africa.my father was a close
friend/business partner to the deputy minister for mining and Natural
Resources(Dr Abel Majeed Haoun)(Deputy to Mrs .Cecilla Bannerman)in
seirra leone.
Untill his death,he has been doing business secretly with the minister
and at the same time representing him in all business correspondence
both locally and internationally unknowinghly.
Before the death of my father,i been the only son,he secretly told me
that he had the sum of $22million(us dollars) deposited with a private
security firm in Ghana.
These funds were realized from the sales of gold dust,this he
transacted on behalf of the minister.the minister has no access to this
funds as the funds could not be traced to him or any of his relative
and he does not have the contact details of the contact of the security
firm were the funds is been deposited. After my fathers death ,i did
search his safe and discover all the documents which my late father did
use to deposit the money as consignment on his name on behalf of a
foreign bussiness partner unknown to me.
Before his death he use to do business in Europe ,Arab and America that
is why i believe that my fathers partners will be in one of this
country. Based on this, the minister has been running after my life
asking me if i know were my father deposited the money befor his death
which i did deny.My fathers uncle advised me to leave the country,that
is why i left for Ghana and that is were i am staying right now for
security reasons.
The reason why i am contacting you is that i want to claim the funds as
consignment from the security company as the beneficiary's next of kin
and you as my late fathers foreign partner who will receive the
consignment on my behalf in your country but the security company does
not know the real content of the box because my father told them that
the box contains gold and diamond and the box is sealed and look and
the keys are with me.the money shall remain in your custody till my
arrival in your country.it can be transferred to your account in eny of
this country i have mention that my father use to do business as i am
still interested in doing business in these country.Meanwhile the money
can be invested into risk-free profitable ventures and there shall be
an agreement to protect my intress.
I have all the documents to enable you claim the consignment from the
security firm. To make this deal reliable,i need a commitment from
you that it will be kept confidential,your telephone and fax numbers
including mobile for easy comminications,your permanent address as well
as some form of identification.
For your reliable assistance,i will reward you with 25% of the money
and we shall use 10% to carry out every expense that will be incured
during this transaction and the investment process 65% shall be for my
family. I thank you in advance in anticipation for your assistance in
enabling me achieves this goal. The nature of your business does not
necessarily matter,please contact me if you are interested in assisting
me.this will enable me scout for another partner in the event of
non-interest on your part.
Please Contact My Private Email john_sankoh12@yahoo.co.uk
Best regards,
John Sankoh
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