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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: stephen kojo <stephenkojo1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: stephenkojo01@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:26:51 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: CALL FOR HELP
FROM FATHER STEPHEN KOJO..
ST PETERS CATHOLIC CHURCH
TRECHVILLE AV12 RUE 19 ACCRA GHANA.
Email: stephenkojo01@yahoo.com
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise, when God remembers His people, this is how miracle will come to them, Let me introduce myself to you. I am REV.STEPHEN KOJO, in St. Peters Catholic church in Accra Ghana
I heard the death of Dr. And Mrs. Johnson Williams from the republic of South Africa. Before his death, Dr. Johnson was an Ambassador of South Africa. They are my church members, they went home For the Christmas holidays on the 5th December 2002 and on the 12th December, they had a ghastly motor accident In which the wife died instantly and Dr. Johnson Williams died five Days later in the hospital.
After their burial, His three (3) children came to me in Abidjan here, His eldest daughter Grace Williams, disclosed to me what her late Father told her before his death, that her father deposited two metallic Truck Boxes containing $12.5million in a Private security and safe deposit company there in Canada. According to her, she said that her late father registered these Boxes as family valuable properties not as money for security reasons, That the security company does not know the Real contains of the Boxes. She showed me the relevant documents issued To her late father by the security company in the time of deposition of The Boxes. She told me that her late father planned to invest this Money into Hotel business there in Canada Before his death.
She said that her father told her to look for a foreign partner who can Help them to invest this money and take care of her and her younger Ones. She came to me to help her locate for a foreigner who can help them With good faith, I told her that no one Can assist them without any commission, then we discussed to give you 15% of the total amount of the money for you to assist them in this Following ways:
My dear, these is the ways I want you to help them.
(1) To help them get resident permit to stay in your country.
(2) To make sure that they continue their education in your country.
(3) To help them retrieve these Boxes from the security company here in Abidjan to your country.
(4) To help them invest this money in your or any other country of
Their choice.
Their ages are as follows;
Miss Grace Williams’s 18 years
Mr. Eric Williams 16 years
Miss Linda Williams 14 years
Also I will be allowed to visit them in your country any time I want.
As soon as I receive your interested message, I will give you the Contact of the security company and than we discuss on how to ship these Boxes to your country. Immediately you receive this mail try to get back to me for more details.
Best Regards,
Father Staphen Kojo,
Co coordinator.
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