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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: "Steve Don" <dst_22000@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dsteve0@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 12:54:56 +0100
Subject: SOS
DEAR SIR/MADAM,
I MAKE THIS CONTACT TO YOU IN RESPECT OF OUR PLIGHTS BASED ON THE DESIRED
THAT YOU WILL ASSIST I AND MY MOTHER.
MY NAME IS DON STEVE THE SURVIVED SON OF LATE MR. NELSON W. DON AND MRS.
ELIZABETH DON FROM LIBERIA BUT I AND MY MOTHER (MRS. ELIZABETH DON) WERE
RESIDING IN BUDUBURAM REFUGEE CAMP, IN ACCRA GHANA AFTER THE LIBERIAN WAR
LED BY WARLORD (EX-PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR) WHO IS CURRENTLY FACING HIS
COUNT CHARGE TRIALS, IN UN COURT SERRIE LONE). I AM CONTACTING WITH YOU ON
MY DESIRE TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY AND TO BUY A LIVING BUNGALOW IN YOUR
COUNTRY WHERE I AND MY MOTHER WILL LIVE AND RUN OUR INVESTMENT THROUGH YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND WE WILL LIKE TO INVEST PART OF THE FUND/GOLD VALUE IN YOUR
ESTABLISHMENT AS SOON AS YOU ASSIST US ACCOMMODATE THE FUND/RAW GOLD VALUE
IN YOUR ACCOUNT, I AND MY MOTHER SHALL
PREPARE TO COME OVER TO MEET YOU FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT OF MY LATE FATHER MR.
NELSON W. DON WAS SHOT ALONG WITH MY TWO YOUNGER SISTERS IN LIBERIA FROM
OPPOSITION GROUP MY TWO SISTES DIED ON THE SPOT, DURING THE PAST LIBERIAN
CRISIS, WHILE UN PEACE-KEEPING FORCES TOOK MY FATHER TO HOSPITAL FEW DAYS
LATER MY FATHER DIED. BUT BEFORE MY FATHER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL HE REVEALED
TO ME ABOUT HIS 100KG RAW GOLD/USD10,000,000.00
HE DEPOSITED IN ONE FINANCE INSTITUTION IN ACCRA GHANA FOR SAFE
KEEPING. MY LATE FATHER WAS GOLD MERCHANTS WORLDWIDE. PRESENTLY, I AND MY
MOTHER ARE IN GHANA, RESIDING IN BUDUBURAM REFUGEE CAMP IN ACCRA GHANA TO
NOTIFY THE FINANCE INSTITUTION FOR THE CLAIMS OF MY LATE FATHER'S FUND/RAW
GOLD DEPOSITED IN THEIR CUSTODY.
THEREFORE, I WANT YOU SIR/MADAM, TO EDUCATE ME ON HOW I CAN INVEST THE
FUND/RAW GOLD IN YOUR COUNTRY, BECAUSE BEFORE MY FATHER DIED, HE LEFT DYING
INSTRUCTIONS THAT I SHOULDN'T INVEST THIS FUND/RAW GOLD IN AFRICA DUE TO THE
FOLLOWING REASONS:
1. MARKET INSTABILITY IN OUR COUNTRY,
2. POOR ECONOMY IN OUR COUNTRY,
3. POLITICAL INSTABILITY THAT ALWAYS FACING AFRICA AS A WHOLE.
IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE REASONS I HAD DECIDED TO CARRY OUT MY LATE FATHER'S
DYING INSTRUCTIONS TO INVEST THE FUND/RAW GOLD IN YOUR COUNTRY THROUGH YOUR
ASSISTANCE AND TO OFFER YOU 35% FOR YOUR WHOLESOME ASSISTANCE TO US.
FURTHERMORE, I HAVE MY LATE FATHER'S PROOF OF FUND/RAW GOLD THAT IS ORIGIN
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT THAT BEAR MY LATE FATHER'S NAME AS THE BENFICIARY
WHICH I CAN SEND TO YOU ON YOUR REQUEST AS SOON AS YOU
PROVIDE ME YOUR CONTACT PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS INCLUDING YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL
CONTACT AND ADDRESS.
PLEASE CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL TO ENABLE ME DETAIL YOU
MORE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW CONCERN THIS ISSUE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPECTED CO-OPERATION. AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DON STEVE
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