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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: Benjamin Koroma <benkoroma5@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:24:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your assistance is needed(Urgent)Reply me
Attention, My name is Benjamin Koroma from Sierra- leone),my father own an international Diamond company in my country and was the Executive Director of Flybird Diamond cooperations untill he was killed by Rebel soldiers during the recent war crises in my country, after the death of my father me and my mother flew to Abidjan, untill my late father Attorney came to locate us with an envelope containing some documents including his testament that he kept $33 ,000,000.00 {Thirthy three Million u.s Dollars} and diamond worth $6 million u.s dollars in two trunk boxes with a security and insurance company in Ghana using my name as the next of kin. We left Abidjan immediately to Accra Ghana and came for the claim of the consignment. We were told at the company to provide all the relevants documents that was given to my father at the time of deposit and the documents were provided and confirmed and we were told that my father has already registered the consignment on express transfer to
leave Africa.Presently we are living in the refugee camp in Accra Ghana. Now at the moment the consignment(2 trunk boxes)has taken to my late father foreign partner in London by the security company diplomat and since then my late father foreign partner has not been able to be reached not until the diplomat has found out that he is dead,so now the consignment is brought back.So, please I will want you to help me claim this consignment and invest this funds for me in your country because my late father has advise me not to invest this funds in Africa and told me to transact with his foreign partner in London when he was on his sick bed before he died. My mother would have spoken to you, but she can not speak English very well, please if you are willing to help us claim the consignment from the security company in Ghana and help us invest the funds, we will give to you 20% of total money invested. I will also want us to sign a financial contract agreement for the mutual benefit of
this transaction since we have not met before now, I can see that you are a good person, please get back to me. I will be waiting for your prompt response.Hoping to hear from you soon.God bless you.You are however to reply me through my email address. Best regards, Benjamin Koroma.
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