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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: Sonia Kone <soniakone3001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: soniakone2000@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:29:58 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT ASISTANT
Goodday,
This business proposal to you is strictly confidential, with due respect.Sorry at this perceived confusion or stress you may have receiving this letter from me, Since we have not known ourselves or met previously.Despite that, I am constrained to write you this letter because of the
urgency of it.By way of self introduction, Am a Philippines woman the wife of late, hunureble Duglas.W.Kone, he worked with America Embassy for years and hold Political positions in Cote.D.Voire , he died in year 2003 .My three daughters , my step son and I are trapped in obnoxious custom.
and traditional norms.We have suffered maltreatment and untold hardship in the hands of my late husband's family, simply because I did not bear a male child [heir apparent] for my late husband. By tradition, all that my late husband had, [wealth] belongs to his brothers/family. And myself is to be remarried by his immediate younger brother which I
vehemently refused.They have taken all that I suffered with my husband to acquire
including treasures, houses and his bank particularseized by them. I wanted to escape to the United State of America [USA} with my children on exile, but again they conspired and stole my international passport and other traveling document to further frustrate me. Thank God, two weeks ago, my late husband lawyer received Key Text Code [KTC} from a Security & Finance Company
here in Cote.D.Voire that my late husband deposited of U.S $ 10.4 MILLION USD
(TEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS )
with this company.
It has therefore, become very necessary and urgent to contact someone a foreigner like you to help me receive/secure these consingnment after the consignment has been claim from the secuirity you can shall assist me to place the funds in a reliable bank Account
(presumably an empty Bank Account,if available) and to help invest it on our behalf as well, while we find a way of getting out to meet with you in your country.These consignment are kept on an "OPEN BENEFICIARY MANDATE"with the Security Company to avoid detection, seizure or diversion. i and my daughters have desided to give you 15% of the total amount of money after we have duely completed the transaction my late
husband attorney have had several telephone discussions
with the Assistant Director of the security company, who has express willingness to help me on meeting the company's demands. This is why I have contacted you to help save my children and I, receive these consignment on our behalf. But, you would need to give me sufficient assurance that if you help me, you
would not divert the funds. This is all my children and I have got to live on.Please, I have reposed my confidence in you and hope you will not disappoint me. I look forward to your urgent response, Stay blessed. As soon as you resive this latter send me your contact
1.Your full name.
2.Direct mobile telephone and fax numbers.
3.Home and office address
Madam Sonia kone
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