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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: "FROM HARRISON AND TINA DIKKO" <harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 20:04:35 +0200
Subject: FROM HARRISON AND TINA DIKKO
FROM HARRISON AND TINA DIKKO
ABIDJAN(COTE D'IVOIRE)
WEST AFRICA
TELL :+22506211066
EMAIL <mailto::harrison_dikko4me@yahoo.fr>harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr <mailto:harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr>
ATTN:
APPEAL /FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
DEAR,
PERMIT US TO INFORM YOU ABOUT OUR DESIRE TO GO INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. WE GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM A SITE HERE IN OUR COUNTRY COTE D'IVOIRE.AND AFTER OUR PRAYERS AND FASTING, WE HAD THE REVELATION THAT YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY ASSIST US. I AM HARRISON AND MY SISTER NAME IS TINA DIKKO, AN IVORIAN IVORY COAST NATIONALITY.THE ONLY CHILDERN OF MR AND MRS.CAMARA DIKKO.OUR FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA MERCHANT, BASED IN ABIDJAN, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTINGS TO DISCUSS ON A BUSINESS DEAL . WHEN OUR MOTHER DIED ON JUNE 24, 2003, OUR FATHER TOOK US SO SPECIAL SINCE WE ARE MOTHERLESS .BEFORE THE DEATH OF OUR FATHER ON MARCH 26,2004 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS ADMITTED, HE CALLED US SCRETLY TO HIS BED SIDE AND TOLD US THAT HE KEPT A SUM OF US$6,500,000 (SIX MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) IN A BANK IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE=!
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THAT HE USED OUR NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO US THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND THAT WE SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF OUR CHOICE WHERE WE WOULD TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR AN INVESTMENT PURPOSE, SUCH AS : REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT OR STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT . WE ARE HONOURABLY SOLICITING YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE AS FOLLOWS. :
(1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO.
(2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THESE FUND, SINCE ME AND MY SISTER HER VERY YOUNG I AM 22 AND MY SISTER IS 19 YEARS OLD.
(3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US IN YOUR COUNTRY TO
CONTINUE MY EDUCATIONAL CAREER AND TO PROCURE US A
RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY.
WE ARE INCLINED TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS A MODE OF COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORTS AFTER THE TRANSFERRING OF THESE MONEY TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS. PLEASE WE WILL BE VERY HAPPY IF THIS TANSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN FOURTEEN
(14)WORKING DAYS FROM NOW.WE ARE EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEST REGARDS.
HARRISON AND TINA DIKKO.
CALL US +22506211066
N.B: WE WILL LIKE YOU TO GIVE US YOUR DIRECT
TELEPHONE NUMBER IN YOUR REPLY OF THIS PROPOSAL.
MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU TAKE CARE OF
AN ORPHAN LIKE US AMEM.
PRIVATE EMAIL: harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr <mailto:harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr>
harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr <mailto:harrisonandtina4me@yahoo.fr>
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