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Fraud email example:
From: "amina ahmed" <miss_amina01@latinmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:22:53 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Urgent Assistance Needed From Amina Ahmed
BUSINESS ASSISTANCE
DEAREST ONE,
DEAR GREETINGS, PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO=20
BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.DEAR,IT IS MY GREAT INTEREST AND THE TRU=
ST=20
WHICH I HAVE IN YOU,THOUGH WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE,NEITHER HAVE WE SEEN=20=
FOR THE FIRST TIME,BUT BEFORE I PICK UP YOUR NAME AND WRITE TO YOU I=20=
PRAYED OVER IT THAT GOD SHOULD DIRECT ME TO A TRUST WOULTHY AND GOD=20
FEARING PARTNER WHO WILL HELP ME OUT OVER MY PROBLEM.
FOR THIS PERMIT ME TO GO INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU,SINCE I=20=
HAVE MADE UP MY MIND TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR NAME AND=20=
CONTACT FROM THE IVOIRIAN CHABERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES I PRAYED=20=
OVER IT AND SELECT YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO ITS ESTEEMING NAT=
URE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE AND TRUST WORLTH=
Y PERSON THAT I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THE RECOMMENDATION.I MUST N=
OT HESITATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS.
I AM AMINA AHMED; THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE MR AND MRS MOHAMMED AHMED.
MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT AND GOLD PRODUCER HERE IN=20=
ABIDJAN,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO=20=
DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCCUS ON A=
=20
BUSINESS DEAL. WHILE MY MOTHER DIED WHEN AM STILL A KID.SO MY FATHER=20=
TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.
BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 30TH DEC. 2003 IN PRIVATE HOSPITAL=20
HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT =
HE=20
HAS A SUM OF, (THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS]LEFT IN TRUNK BOX AT THE SECUR=
ITY COMPANY AFFLIATE IVORY COAST AND THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY=20=
DAUGHTER FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSITING OF THE FUND.
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH AND SOME=20
HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES SUPPOSED TO BALANCE HIM FR=
OM THE DEAL THEY HAD THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES,TH=
AT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A GOD FEARING FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE COUNTRY OF MY=
CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURP=
OSE,(SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT).
DEAR, I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
1]TO HELP AND RECIEVE THIS BOX IN YOUR COUNTRY
2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS SINCE I AM A GIRL OF 23 YEARS.
3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER=20=
MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENT PERMIT IN YOUR COUNRY FOR ME.
4) SOMEONE TO TRUST FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FUND.
MOREOVER DEAR, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 25% OF THE SUM AS COMPENSATION=
FOR EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS BOX TO YOUR DE=
SIGNATE OVERSEAS. ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS.
BEST REGARDS,
AMINA AHMED.
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