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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 adel <will_adel2000@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 12:31:58 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: GOD 'S WILL


FROM- MR WILLIAMS ADEL

ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE

Dear One,

It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not
be able to see you face to at first. I am WILLIAM ADEL, The son of late
MR JOHN ADEL from ZULU IN Republic of South Africa (SA) I am 23
years of age. My father was a wealthy Cocoa and Gold merchant in South Africa before his untimely death.

After his business trip to Abidjan Côted Ivoire, to negotiate on a Cocoa bisuness. A week after he came back from Abidjan, he was assassinated with my mother by unknow assassins.Which my mother died, instantly but my father died after five days in hospitals, on that faithul afternoon. I did'nt know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was if knew he was going to die.

He my father, (MAY HIS SOULREST IN PERFECT PEACE) he disclose to me that he deposited the sum of $8.5MILLION US Dollars ( EIGTH MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND) with a bank in Abidjan,
Côte d?Ivoire. That the money was meant for his cocoa business he wanted to invest in Abidjan, Côte d?Ivoire through, according to my father he deposited the money in a fix deposit account.He simple handed me the documents issued to him by the bank and the bond agreement that he made with the bank and instructed me to seek for a life time investment abroad.

Right Now I am in Abidjan COTE D' IVOIRE to locate where the bank is and I have succeded in locating the bank here in Abidjan, Côte d?Ivoire and also confirmed the existence of fund with the bank with most honest and confidential. I want you to assist me to transfer this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use
it for an investment purpose.I am honourably seeking
for your assistance in the following ways.

(1)To assist me to transfer fund from the bank to your account uccessfully.
(2) to provide a bank account into which this money would be transfer to.

(3)To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a boy of (23)yrs.


Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help in the transfer of this
money to your country. Because this is my only hope in life.

Awaiting anxiously to hear from so that we can discuss
the modalities of this transaction.

Please if this proposal is acceptable, Please do call me for details or
send an email to me with above email address .

Thanks for your kind attention and and mutual
understanding.

Looking forward to hear from you immediately.
Best Regards
MR WILLIAMS ADEL













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