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From: edward taylor <edwardtaylor008@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 01:09:53 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: MUTUAL BUSINESS COLLABORATION.
From:Mr Edward Taylor
Telephone:+27-83-482-5274
MUTUAL BUSINESS COLLABORATION.
Attn:Sir,
No doubt,I know you will be surprise to receive this business proposal.I got your contact from the chamber of commerce and industry here in Johannesburg when I was making enquiries for my investments in your country.Although I did not disclose my business intention to them rather I decided to contact you directly.
Firstly,let me introduce myself.I am Mr Edward Taylor son of Mr Charles Taylor the former president of Liberia.My father has agreed to relinquish power as step down as the president of Liberia.He took this painful decision due to the pressures mounted on him by the international communities especially the United States of America.He agreed to resign and seek asylum in a neighboring country in order to give peace a chance. My father has been a freedom fighter who had fought all his life for the well-being of the Liberians but due to the multi-tribal nature of our country, rebels from the enemy tribes have fought the ruling government to the point where he has became almost impossible to maintain peace and stability hence his acceptance of an asylum offer from President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria under some conditions. One of the conditions is that an international peace keeping force must be on the ground before he goes into Asylum. This is just to buy more time so that
our wealth could be relocated to foreign countries for investment.
As a result of his current predicament, he asked me to come back immediately from Philippines where I was working with our consulate. Upon my arrival, he disclosed to me about the sum of EIGHTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR (US$18.5M) he deposited in the vault of a private security company in Johannesburg, South Africa.He said that this money was taken to South Africa through diplomatic means with the assistance of an African head of state. He had wanted to transfer the money directly into a foreign account via bank to bank transfer but due to the fact that all eyes are on him, he chooses this as an alternative.
My father instructed me to seek for a reliable person overseas that can provide an account where this money can be transferred to safely for possible investment in the most legal way. We are ready to offer you 20% of this sum for your assistance while 5% will be set aside for any expenses that may arise in the course of the transfer. You can contact me through my South Africa telephone and fax numbers as I am now in South Africa with the rest of my family except our father who leave since to Nigeria. You should note that this transaction is 100% risk free and the transfer will be done in the most legal way.
Thanks as I await your immediate reply.
Regards,
Mr Edward Taylor.
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