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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: helina ndu <helina_ndu3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <lina.lamine@sify.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 13:55:03 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT ENQUIRY
Date 10 Oct,2007
Miss. Helina Ndu
#25 B, Moses Ndu Avenue
Freetown,Sierra Leone.
Hello,
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
My name is Miss. Helina Ndu Young, from Sierra Leone, the only surviving child of Late Hon. Moses Ndu Young, who was the Director of Finance in the Federal Finance Ministry in Sierra Leone. And as you maybe aware that my father was assassinated by the government agents, during the political war in the country few years ago and my mother, as I was told, got separated with my daddy few years after I was born.
I am about 19 years now, though still in school. My daddy's attorney has informed me that my late daddy WILLED large sumof money ($8 Million USD) to me and to my brother,(who is late now also) The money is with a Security Firm. And according to him, he is getting old and wants to retire from service as a lawyer, he therefore want me to get hold of this money now.
It is my wish to go into good and profitable business like my daddy was before he joined politics. And it was on this note I decided to carried out a personal search where I got your contact with a believe that you willsincerely assist me clear and invest this money into any good and business there in your Country or any other good place if your country by-law do not permit foreign investors, pending when I will be through with my studies,and come over to join you to run the business.
I have discussed with my guardian who approved and encouraged my plans for this, and suggested that I should inform any one who is to assist me to keep everything relating to this very confidential.
You will be compensated with 30% of the total money for your anticipated assistance and co-operation . If this proposal is acceptable to you, please urgently mail me back,including your telephone and full address formore details.
Thank you in anticipation.
Regards,
Miss.Helina Ndu
NB: please i apologize for any typing error,I am just learning how to use the computer
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