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Fraud email example:

From: "Prince Abelle Ajovi" <princeajovi2003@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: princeajovi2003@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2007 13:47:23 +0000
Subject: Please I Need Your Help From Prince

Sir/Madam/Ceo

My Greetings to you,

I am a crown prince of one of the largest ethnic group (EWE) that made
up the republic of Togo. We have been major opposition to the doctorial selfish rule of the late president Gnassigbe Eyadema. Immediately after the demise of the late ruler 2005 we thought our suffering is gone, alas we were wrong as his son Faure Eyadema manipulated every body even the House of Parliament to ascend the throne.

The AU (African Union) which is an authorized body in a matter of this nature intervened to bring him to order, but failed. As he went ahead to conduct an election within a short period and he won. He hanged on to power not without an underground elimination of the perceived opposition, which claims the life of my elder bother & my beloved father King Kojo Ajovi

Fortunately for me I escaped to another country on information from one of the official from my ethnic who is also a member of the same
government. Although I had not met you formally but I hereby solicit for your assistance in respect of my present condition. After the demise of my father all our assets and local bank accounts had been frozen. However he had a large deposit sum of Nine Million Five Hundrend American Dollars ($9.5Million UDollars) which was in a Vault Deposit Company outside our country.

He anticipated, the president was after his life and his
was right as he was murdered. Now it is obvious I cannot return to my
country so soon hence I need your assistance to secure this fund in a
foreign account for safekeeping. I want to invest this money in you
country and stayed there until after this present regime is out power. For further clarifications please visit this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togo
If this agreed on I will tell you what next to do.

Thanks

Prince.Abelle Ajovi

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