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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: Sherif Sambo <sherif_sambou1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: sherif_sambo@babbalu.com
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:59:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PRIVATE/CONFIDENTIAL
From: Sherif Sambo
Address: Accra-Ghana,
Dear Sir,
I am Mr Sherif, Accounts supervisor with National Bank, Freetown , Sierra Leone . I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6, 2000, a Foreign Diamond consultant/contractor with the Sierra Leonean National Diamond Corporation, Mr. Simon Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at SD$2,700,000.00, (Two Million, seven hundred thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder and finally I discovered from his contract employers, the Sierra Leonean National Diamond Corporation that Mr. Simon Kelly died from a rebel attack. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Simon Kelly did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of USD$2, 700,000.00 has carefully/confidentially been moved out to International Commercial Bank in the Ghana for safe-keeping. No one can ever come forward to claim it. According to Sierra Leonean Law, at the expiration of 8 (eight) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Sierra Leone Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I want you as a Foreigner to stand in as the rightful owner of the money. It's deposited in Escrow Account. In the circumstance, I want to present you as the rightful owner of the deposit in the Bank so that you can be able to claim them with the help of my attorney. This is simple. I would like you to provide immediately your full names and address as well as your direct telephone and fax number so that the Attorney will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in the right place as the owner of the boxes. The money will be moved out for us to
your nominated bank account in your country and share in the ratio of 60% for me and 30% for you, while 10% will be used to take care of every expenses we might incure. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and this will guarantees the successful execution of this transaction on your behalf, please reply immediately via my email address. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction and swing into the necessary action while I confide in you hoping you will not betray me at last. Thanks as I look forward to receiv your positive respond
Mr Sherif Sambo
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