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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: williams abraharm <williams_a31@live.com>
Reply-To: <williams_ab97@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:09:41 -0400
Subject: CRY FOR HELP
My Friend, With all due respect,i got your contact in my search for an honest person abroad,who can assist me in a good business deal and my instinct motivated me to write you. I hope you will be kind enough to digest my mail and assist me in this regards. My name is Williams Abraham,i am 21yrs old, I am a citizen of Sierra Leone. My Late father, Chief Frank Abraham was a prominent Gold and Diamond dealer,he was also one of the paramount chiefs in my country before his untimely death in a plane crash. My parents were victims of the deadly plane crash that took the lives of over 110 passengers in Cotonou, Republic of Benin on December 25, 2003.My parents were on their way to Beruit (Lebanon) to celebrate the Christmas holiday when they met their sudden death. The untimely death of my parents has made me an orphan besides i am the only child of my parents. You can check about the plane crash in the following links below. www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/-46k news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm - 31k - www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/200312/26/content_293549.htm - 20k - After the untimely death of my parents,I discovered some important documents through my father's personal lawyer indicating that my late father had deposited the sum of EIGHTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS(US$18MILLION) in a Trust company in a border town in Republic of Benin for safe-keeping because of the continoues socio-economic and political instablity in my country. With the assistance of my father personal lawyer,i have made successful claims of the money at the Trust company in Benin by virtue of my legal rights as the only child and next of kin of my late parents. Now, i have decided to transfer the money out of Benin to your country for investments and banking because of the political and economic instability nature of African countries. I am willing to give you 25% of the total amount if you will be willing to help me transfer this money into your account in your country or any good country. I would also like you to arrange for me to come over to your country where I intend to settle down and complete my education , 5% of the money shall be set aside for all the expenses that might be incurred in the course of transferring the money into your personal account or any account you may provide and shall be used to reimbursed ourselves for all incurred expenses while 70% shall be for me. Bear in mind that the task of investing the money wisely in your country or any country of your choice shall be solely done by you and such investments shall be solely controlled and managed by you because of my inexperience until i finish my education.There will be a partnership agreement between me and you in the areas of investments and profit sharing. I hope you will handle this matter with altmost confidentiality and transparency. If you are willing to assist me in this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me for further details. I shall be very glad indeed to hear from you as soon as possible. Yours sincerely,
Williams Abraham
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