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From: armed suleman <armedsuleman_22@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: armed_suleman01@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 02:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear lovely one
Dear lovely one
I am writting this letter with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously. I am asking for your assistance after I have gone through your profile that speaks good of you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me
to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation now. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. well, i am Armed Suleman 20years old Boy and I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it as an emmergency.
In nutshell, My (late) father Mr Joseph Sulemanwas a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in Accra and Abidjan respectively. But he was killed along side with my mother during last year's Rable attack and all his properties was totally
destroyed. However, after their death I managed to escape with a very important document (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE (US$10.5m) Ten million Five hundred
thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my late father in the bank which i am the next of kin.
Meanwhile,i am saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me transfer the money over to his country and into his
possession pending my arrival to meet with him. Furthermore,you can contact the bank for confirmation and i will issue a letter of authorisation on your name,that will enable the bank to deal with you on my behalf. I am giving you this offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist me or take me as your child and manage the money. I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum.
As a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund to your nominated account overseas Conclusively,i wish you send me a reply
immediately as soon as you recieve this proposal,please write me back with my parivet email address. armedsuleman_22@yahoo.com please i am wating to hear from you please.
Wating to hear from you.
Armed Suleman.
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