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From: biros_billy6@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 16:21:24 +0000
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?From=20=3ABilly/Maria=20Biros?=
BILLY &MARIA BIROS
AVENU 12 RUE 47 ABIDJAN
DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
Dear One,
My name is Billy&Maria Biros are the children of Late General Alexandral
Biros the former Director of military inteligence and special acting General
Manager of the Sieria Leone Diamond mining coperation( SLDMC ).I am contacting
you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest USD 18.5 million
belonging to my late father which is deposited in a bank in Abidjan. This
money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sale which were under
my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices,coperations
and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was loothed and
burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by
the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated
and my father was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition
and
appointment in the SLDMC.Regreatably, my father was captured and murdered
along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out
when our official residence in freetown was armbushed by Fordey Sanko the
notorious rebel leader.
My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely
and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives
or any body to care for us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she
told us that
our father deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and contracts
at this bank here in Ivory Coast and that we should pray and find a trustworthy
foreign business partner who would help us to transfer and invest this money
in profitable business venture overseas. She told us to do this quickly
so that we
can leave Ivory Coast with our cousin brother- Arthur who is here in the
camp with us and,then settle down abroad. She gave us the the bank document
to prove the
deposit and then told us that my father used my name as the only son to
deposit the money in the bank.She told us that this is the reason why we
came to Ivory Coast. My mother died afterwards. May her spirit rest in perfect
peace.
I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with
the Manager of International remittance who assured me that everything is
intact and promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners
bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for them.
However, the manager is very concerned because of my age. I am 20 years
and as such advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent
me at the bank.
If you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately so that
you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the bank.
Please note that I can only offer you 20% of the total money as compensation
for your noble assistance in accodiance with my mothers advise. I am interested
in
any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country
and you would also get a school for me, my little sister and cousin so that
we
can finish our college education.
Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account
because of the political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I
am hoping to hear your urgent response so that I can not look for another
foreign partner and also call immediately you recived this mail.
Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
Yours sincerely
Billy/Maria Biros
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