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From: Amina Farouk <farou1am@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: farouk2am@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 08:57:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Mrs. Amina Farouk Very Urgent
From Mrs. Amina Farouk Very Urgent
Dearest One,
My name is Mrs. Amina Farouk the wife of Late General Ibrahim Farouk the former Director of military inteligence and special acting General Manager of the Sieria Leone Diamond mining coperation( SLDMC ). I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest (USD 12million)belonging to my late husband which is deposited in a bank here in Abidjan.
This money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sales which were under my husband possession before the civil war broke out. Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices, coperations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized.
The SLDMC was loothed and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my husband office, many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and my husband was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition and appointment in the SLDMC. Regreatably, my husband was captured and murdered along with his brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our official residence in freetown was armbushed by Fordey Sanko the notorious rebel leader.
Before before my husband was killed, he told me that he deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and contracts in a bank here in Ivory Coast and that I should pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who would help me and my son to transfer and invest this money in profitable business venture overseas.
I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with the Manager of International remittance who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help me transfer this money to my husband foreign partners bank account as soon as I provide my late husband partners foreign bank account for them.
If you are willing to assist me and my son, please let me know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the bank. Please note that I will offer you 15% of the total money as compensation for your noble assistance.
I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country.
Please there is urgent need for the money tobe transferred to your account because of the political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I am hoping to hear your urgent response.
Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
Thanks
Yours,
Mrs Amina Farouk.
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