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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: =?big5?q?Mr=20SMITH=20WILLIAMS?= <diplomat_agent1@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: diplomat_agent2001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 02:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mr Smith Williams
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From:From Mr Smith Williams
Diplomatic courier unit
London-United Kingdom,
Please reply to my private email
(diplomat_agent2001@yahoo.co.uk)
I am a Diplomat attache to the Diplomatic courier unit of the International Diplomatic Corps here in London, we handle all clearance and delivery of all diplomatic luggages and parcel in and out of this country International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world have used our services to satisfaction.A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money from a PRIVATE VAULT COMPANY in Europe.
The benefactor and her children have been confined only to their country home and all their calls and movements are monitored, as a result, it absolutely impossible for them to do anything as regards retrieving the money. Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on their behalf.
In order to clear any misgivings or doubts that you may have, it is imperative that I give you an insight of who the benefactor is. I do not know how conversant you are with events and the fragile political situation in Liberia but it has made consistent headlines on CNN, BBC and several news bulletins around the world.
The benefactor is Mrs.Suzana Isaac Nuhan Vaye, wife of the late Deputy Minister of Works in Liberia (Isaac Nuhan Vaye) who was murdered by Taylor during the regime of President Charles Taylor on the false accusation and trumped up charges of trying to overthrow Charles Taylor.
The late Isaac Nuhan Vaye raised a substantial amount of money from Diamond Sales over a period of six years and these funds were carefully moved out and deposited in a private vault in Europe for safekeeping before his assassination by Charles Taylor.The amount accrued from the Diamond sales over this period of six years is USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars) and these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no criminal origin.
The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted when the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the source of the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.
For your assistance in this transaction, the benefactor and her Children have agreed to give you 25% of the total amount of money which is equivalent to US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) your role in this transaction involves among others,retrieving the funds on their behalf from the vault, and investing it in lucrative business of your choice,all the information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as providing the following information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of the transaction.
1) Your Full Name:------------------------------------------
2) Your Address:---------------------------------------------
3)Your Age:--------------------------------------------------
4)Your Occupation:------------------------------------------
5) Your Telephone Number:----------------------------------
6) Your Fax Number:------------------------------------------
7) Your Mobile Number:---------------------------------------
8) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:------------------------------------------------------
You can verify the authenticity of this letter on one of the worlds'
top Newspapers below:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-07-15-liberia_x.htm
I await your response Urgently.
Please reply to my private email
(diplomat_agent2001@yahoo.co.uk)
From Mr Smith Williams
****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential
and may be legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction, copying,distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly
prohibited
Please reply to my private email
(diplomat_agent2001@yahoo.co.uk)
- Mr SMITH WILLIAMS
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