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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: Festus fologo <festusfofana0@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: festusfologo0@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:17:01 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: BE BLESSED & REPLY URGENT.
FOLOGO FESTUS,
ILOT 14, Rue du Commercier,Abidjan,
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivoiry Coast)
West Africa.
Kind Attention,
Greetings. My name is Festus FOLOGO. I am making this contact to you in good faith and hope that it will transpire into mutual relationship for now and in future to come in confidence and believing that is the wish of God.
I am the only son of the late MR. & MRS. DAVID FOLOGO, 23 years of age, from Cote D'Ivoire (Ivoiry Coast) in west Africa, with my younger Sister (Rebecca). Our father was a Gold and Cocoa Merchant and also a know politician in my country. He was poisoned to death Six (6) months ago by his associates.
It may interest you to know that I got your impressive information through my search for help and I decided to contact you for your assistance in partnership regards the transfer of US $12.500,000.00 (Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ) deposited by my late father in a bank here in Abidjan (Ivoiry Coast). He called me before his death on his sick bed and told me about this money that he used my name his only son as the next of Kin to deposit the money because Our Mother died many years ago hours after the delivery my Sister (Dany) who is 18 years old, based that we lost our mother so early, our father took us so special.
He also told me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned, And that we should seek for a reliable foreign partner in any country of our choice we will stand as our guardian to transfer this money for investment purpose for our future life.
We are seeking your kind assistance, to help us transfer and secure this money in your country for investment, and to serve as guardian of the money since we are stills tudents, and to make arrangement for us to come over to your country to further our education. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total amount as you make up your mind to help orphans like us for your humble assistnace after the transfer of the money. And assuring you that this transaction is 100% risk free and very legal.
We expect your urgent response stating all your necessary details as soon as you receive this message and please make this transaction secret within your heart for security reasons and hope to have this transaction finalised soonest.
May God Bless you.
Sincerely yours ,
Festus Fologo And Sister (Rebecca).
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