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Fraud email example:
From: "Isabel Kone" <isabel_k1@latinmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:59:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: FROM MISS ISABEL KONE MOYA.
FROM MISS ISABEL KONE MOYA.
FROM ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.=20
=20
GREETINGS TO YOU MY DEAR. I SAT MY APOLOGY INTRUDING INTO YOUR PRIVACY.=
MY NAME IS MISS ISABEL KONE MOYA. FROM IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA. I AM =
THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE PARENTS MR. AND MRS. KONE MOYA. MY FATHER =
WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUSINESS MAGNATE WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF =
IVORY COAST DURING HIS DAYS. I AM 22 YEARS OLD DEAF GIRL.
=20
IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT MY FATHER PASSED AWAY MISTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURI=
NG ONE OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD IN THE YEAR 12TH.FEBUARY 2004. THOU=
GH HIS SUDDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN MASTERM=
INDED BY AN UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME. BUT GOD K=
NOWS THE TRUTH!
MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST 6 YEARS OLD,AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOO=
K ME SO SPECIAL.
=20
BEFORE HIS DEATH ON FEBUARY 12 2004 HE CALLED THE SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPA=
NIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF SEVEN MILL=
ION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS.(USD$7.5 MILLION) IN A C=
ONSIGNMENT BOX LEFT IN A STORAGE AND SECURITY TRUST COMPANY HERE IN A=
BIDJAN. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT=
HE WAS POISONED.
=20
HE ALSO GAVE AN OUT STANDING INSTRUTION TO THE COMPANY THAT THE CONSIGN=
MENT MUST BE SEALED AND WELL KEPT UNTIL I ASK FOR IT. AND IT WAS DEPOSI=
TED AS AN FAMILY VALUABLE PROPERTY TO AVOID PROBLEM OR TAMPARING BY THE=
OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.BEFORE USE,
=20
I AM JUST 22 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T =
KNOW WHAT TO DO. NOW I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT F=
ROM THE SECURITY COMPANY THEN I WILL COME AND LIVE WITH YOU.
=20
THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOTS OF SET BACKS AS A RESULT OF POLI=
TICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST.THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGH=
T SORROW TO MY LIFE AND I WISHED TO INVEST THE MONEY UNDER YOUR CARE WI=
TH YOUR ADVICE PLEASE. I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTAN=
CE IN THIS REGARDS.YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.N=
OW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:-
=20
1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME TO RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT?
2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME?=20
3.WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU =
AFTER THE MONEY IS IN YOUR CONTROL WHILE I COME OVER AND FINALIZE MY ED=
UCATION?
=20
PLEASE,CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THROUGH MY =
EMAIL. IMMEDAITELY I CONFIRMED YOU WILLINESS THEN I WILL GIVE YOU MORE =
DETAILS ON HOW TO RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT.PLEASE ALL I WANT YOU TO BEA=
R IN MIND IS THAT I REALLY NEED YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. PLEASE DO NOT FAI=
L TO RESPOND AT MY PRIVATE YAHOO EMAIL ID AT( isabel_kone@yahoo.fr ) IF=
YOU ARE ACCEPT TO ASSIST ME.
=20
THANKS.=20
YOURS SINCERELY GIRL
MISS ISABEL KONE MOYA.=20
=A1Miles de amigos con tus mismas aficiones! http://www.latinchat.com
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