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From: Promise Salif <p.salifxx2@yahoo.co.th>
Reply-To: promise_salif90@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:36:28 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: I want to invest in your country.........
I want to invest in your country.........
Dearest one
Permit me to inform you about my desire to go into business relationship with you.
I am promise salif the only daughter of Mr and Mrs. Michael salif, my father was a very rich business man, based in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings to discuss on a business deal.
When my mother died, my father took me so special since I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 26th nov 2007 in a private hospital where he was admitted, he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sum of us$10,000,000 (ten million united states dollars) in a bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire .
That he used my name promise salif as the next of kin in deposit of the fund he also explained to me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business partner and that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I would transfer this money and use it for an investment purpose, such as: real estate investment or stock market investment .I am honourably soliciting your kind assistance as follows.
(1) To provide a bank account or how this money will be transferred
(2) To serve as the guardian of this fund, since I am a girl of 21 years old.
(3) To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational
career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.
I am inclined to offer you 20% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your efforts after the transferring of this fund to your account in your country. Please, I will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded within seven (7) working days from now. I am expecting hearing from you as soon as possible,
N.B: I will like you to give me your direct telephone and fax number in your reply of this proposal.
May almighty God bless you as you do care for an orphan like me.
Anticipating to hearing from you.(promise_salif90@yahoo.fr)
Yours faithful
promise
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