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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: "hand" <hand5hands@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:17:28 +0100
Subject: cecile 419 !
Dearest One,
With due respect trust and humility,i'm mrs Mariam Joan Idris,i write you this letter seeking your hand of fellowship,help and assistance, though it is difficult since we have not met before in Abidjan or elsewhere regarding your business profile and sincerity, I believe that you are capable and reliable in handling this urgent internationl transaction of sort.
I am married to late Mr.Jonathan Idris,who before his death was a wealthy cocoa Merchant here in Cote d'Ivoire We were married for over 20 years without a child. Before the death of my husband we were both born again Christians.
But before his untimely death,he(My Husband) left the sum of US$10.5million(Ten Million and Five hundred Thousand)United States Dollars in a fix/suspence account in one of the prime bank here in Cote d'Ivoire. Which i have comfirmed to be truth from the bank,with all the legal documents regarding the deposition of the said fund which was handed over to me by my late husband before he left me(gave up the ghost).
More importantly,Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to a cancer problem which have been there for many years but due to the fact that the lost of my husband made the whole situation to worsen due to the love i have for him. The one that disturbs my heart the most is my H.B.P high blood pressure sickness. Having known my condition I decided to seek for your kind assistance and gesture.
With these,I have also decided to donate this fund to the Less Priviledged, Orphans and Charitable Organisations and also to support churches for the work of God.
Please i am coming to you so that you can assist me to do this noble work of God by providing me with your personal information eg.(1) Full name 2. Full house/office address 3. Full age data 4. Full occupation 5. Occupation and Marital status 6. Nationality 7. Full telephone, cell and fax numbers and I will let you know the next step to take towards actualizing this transaction as quickly as Possible.that will make me to be convinced that you can handle this with the fear of God as my health condition is fast going down.
I will be waiting to hear from you that,you cannot take advantage of my health condition to let me down regarding this transaction. I have agreed to offer you 15% of the total sum for your kind gesture and assitance.
I want your maximum cooperation and a total confidenciality of this for security reasons I am relying on you that is why i have been able to tell you these.Besides,i will like us to hasten on this transfer before death will struck me of which i don't know the day and time.
I am sincerely waiting for your kind and urgent response as soon as your receive this mail.and kindly reply me with this email (mama10002_mariam@yahoo.com <mailto:mama10002_mariam@yahoo.com>)
Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs.Mariam Idris.
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