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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: Collins Prince <collins_prince2001@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: collins_prince1@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 12:01:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello,
Hello,
I apologise for any surprise which this mail might cause you as we did not know each other before. I am now in Abidjan the economic capital of Cote d’Ivoire where I am contacting you from. I am the only surviving child to late Chief Mr/Mrs. Prince A. Amah citizen of Sierra Leone.I lost my parents in a car accident which occurred in my city. My father was affected as a result the accident and he suffered the sickness and later died in a hospital in my country. My late father was a well known supplier and dealer of agricultural equipments, cocoa and alluvial gold dust.
I am seeking for your urgent assistance to transfer my late father's fund value (US$14.5 Million) which he deposited in a security company here in Cote d’Ivoire . He wanted to invest this money for cocoa business in a foreign country before his sudden death. Now I want your assistance to transfer the money into your foreign account in your country for investments purposes so that I can come over there to further my education while you will invest the money for me untill i finish my education.
I have informed the security company about the transfer but I have no person overseas where the money can be transferred. Again due to my age the security company did not accept to handle the transaction with me until I present someone to represent me for the transaction, this is why I contacted you so that you can represent as my guardian and handle the transaction for me. I don’t want any person in of relatives to know about this transfer because after the death of my father, his wicked brother who collaborated with the mechanic man to planned the accident seated on his properties and turned me to be slave in my father’s wealth. But he did not know anything about this money which I want to transfer and we have to be fast about it so that I can relocate for good. Because of his evil plans against me, I ran away from my family house and hide myself somewhere from where I came here now and communicating to you now. He can not find me until we have complete this transfer
and I finally come over to meet you. I have with me all the relevant documents about the deposit.
I am willing to offer you a good percentage of the money as reward for your assistance to transfer the money into your account and help me come over there to stay and continue my education.
I will furnish you with more details as soon as i hear from you.
Thanks you in advance for your acceptance to assist me.
Collins Prince
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