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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: Michel Toure <mytyy316@msn.com>
Reply-To: <m.toure88@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:07:15 +0000
Subject: From Michel
From Michel
Dearest One
I know this mail may come to you as
a surprise, since we have not known or written before. I am Michel
Toure, I am contacting you on behalf of myself and my youger sister. We
are an orphans.
Nationality: Ivoirians. Our late Father Mr
Ferdinand Toure was a successful business-man whom before his untimely
death , was a Cocoa and Diamond Merchant based here in abidjan, Cote
d'lvoire.Both our Father and Mother were poisoned at a party organised
by one of his business associates. Before he died in a private hospital
here, my Father called me and told me that he deposited the sum of
US$9.5m (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand American Dollars), in a
bank here which he used my name as next of kin to deposit the funds as
the only son.
Due to the problem that have arised in our family
between my late Father's brothers over who should control his wealth
and subsquent death in the family, I have decided with my younger
sister to transfer this funds overseas for future investment after we
finish our education.
We want to leave here and come over to
your country to live and continue our studies, because our lives is no
longer safe here. We have heard from a reliable source that they are
planing on how to retrieve all the documents concerning the funds from
us, so that they can claim the funds.
Before contacting you, we
have spoken with the local bank manager and worked out modalities on
how to transfer the funds to your country.
Please, we humbly seek your assistance in the following ways:
1- To assist us in transferring this fund quietly into your account in your country.
2- To serve as the guardian of this funds since I am still in the university and my younger sister is still in the college.
3-
To make arrangement for me and my younger sister to come over to your
country to further our education and to help us secure a residential
permit in your country. Moreover, we are willing to offer you any
agreed (percentage) out of the total funds as compensation for your
efforts/input after the successful transfer of this funds into your
nominated account overseas, while some percentage will be set aside to
offset any expenses we may incur.
4- Furthermore, you can
indicate your option towards assisting us as I believe that this
transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time.
NB:
Please, if you are interested to help us, contact me immediately after
you read this proposal so that I may give you more details information
how this transfer could be carried out.
However, I wish to hear from you to know your decision concerning this proposal. Please reply very urgent.
Michel Toure
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