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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: akouvi eric <akouvi99eric2003@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 04:49:03 -0800 (PST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE.
Dearest.
kindly, permit me to inform you of my predicament though I apologise for any inconveniences it might course you but I write you today based on the fact that I 'm being left alone in this part of the world and I must not hesitate to confide in you.I am Akouvi Eric, and the only child of late Mr and Mrs Appolus Eric.my father was a very wealthy oil dealer here in Lome-Togo,
before he was murdered by his business associates while I lost my mother five years ago in a motor accident and my father took me so special because I am motherless. before the death of my father on the 6th Aug.2002 in a private hospital here in Lome-Togo, he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has the sumof(USD$11MILLION) deposited in a trunk box with my name as the beneficary,in asecurity company here in lome
he also made me understand that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business associates while on a business outing with them and he instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me transfer this fund out of my country and invest it wisely in his country.
the purpose of this mail is to seek the transfer of this money to your country before this peoples will kill me too as I’m now hiding in a local hotel here inLome-Togo and I will compensate you with $1m of this money if we can negotiate and reach a compromise because you will also assist me to invest this money properly in any lucrative business in your country and l hope you will not turn me down because I am counting on you for my dear life.
I am waiting anxiously to hear from you,
My regards to your family.
Akouvi Eric.
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