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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: "JAMES KALU" <jameskalu@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: jameskowosika2005@i12.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 08:10:32 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE
Dear Friend,
I am James K Owosika, a member of the board of Africa Relief
Fund(ARF).Having consulted with my colleagnes,it is withtrust and
confident,i have the privilege to request for your urgent assistance to
transfer the sum of thirty million united state dollars
(US$30.000.000.00)into a secured bank account abroad.The above amount
resulted from an over-invoiced contract amount executed,commissioned with
Africa relief fund,and paidfor about two years ago by a foreign
contactor.This action was intentional and since then the fund has been in
the account of (ARF) with africa development bank.
This Agency was empowered to administer trust fund well over five hundred
million united state dollars($500,000,000,00) five for the provision of
relief materials to troubled spots in west africa sub-region,we are expected
to stay only one month to six weeks here in liberia to provid relief
materials to the affected victims.We are now ready to transfer the fund
($30,000,000,00) overseas for our personal business investment, and that is
where your assitance is needed.
The simple mode of operation is just for us to apply for the release of the
fund in your name and you will serve among the foreign contractors that
supplied welfare materials to ARF.We will arrange all the needful documents
to back up this claim.Some of these countries below have benefited from the
materials supplied since two to three years, Sierra-leone,Liberia,Democratic
Republic of Congo,Guinea Bissau etc.The materials supplied are Clothing of
various kinds,Blankets, Rice, Soya beans,Milk,Sugar, Salt,Drugs and
Footwears.
Please if you are capable of working this project with us get back to me
quickly via this email:jameskowosika2005@i12.com,and also forward the
underlisted requirements to enable us facilitate and secure the payment
approval for immidiate remittance of the fund into any of your norminated
account which you may provid.(1)Your full name,Address, company name (if
any)and Your Private Telephone and Fax.
Preferebly, open a new Bank account for this transaction.The total sum
($30,000,000,00) will be shared as follows.25% for you, 70% for us and 5%
will be used to pay back both parties for any expenses incured in the course
of consummating this deal.The transfer is 100% risk free on both sides,all
parties involved will be very much protected by a silent but active
agreement whose greatest tent will beconfidentiality.
We need just 2 weeks to complete this deal as soon we get your possetive
response.
Kind Regards
James K Owosika.
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