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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: "Anthony Johnson" <sucess_aj@yahoo.ca> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2006 01:37:07 +0100
Subject: URGENT PLEASE
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Good day.
From Mr. A. J. Karume (Gen.) Email: anth_sucess@yahoo.com <mailto:anth_sucess@yahoo.com> Date: 7th july 2006
Dear Friend,
I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with utmost secrecy and confidentiality, I got your address through professional relationship in discharging My duties for our government. My name is Mr. Anthony Johnson Karumee, the chief of security and operations for former president Charles Taylor of Liberia.
Please I humbly beg you from the bottom of my heart to listen very carefully, the situation in my country is very critical and chaos, uproar and hostilities had brought the country to its knees and from intelligent report the center cannot hold anymore for former president Charles Taylor and his Collegues pro his betrayer by the Nigerian Government and been handed over to face War Crime Charges in Serrie- Leon Free Town.
The intense pressure from united states, united nations, international community and west African peace keeping [ECOMOG] had made him [former president Charles Taylor] to be weak and been captured to face war crime charges against humanity{ he may start revealing people am afraid}. Listen very carefully, you know my country Liberia is very rich with diamonds, and having been in position as former chief of security and operations I was able to accumulate so much diamonds which i had sold to generate close to $12 Million over the years and it is this fund that I want to move to you for safe keeping.
The fund is in two boxes in dollar denomination and presently in a safe security vault in Europe and our arrangement is to deliver the boxes to you through diplomatic courier service with your name as the beneficiary within few days. Please would you do me a favour to receive this fund for me? Else the government in power will seize the fund and plunder it.
If you are capable and know that you will truly and honestly help me, write me now, time is no more on my side as myself and my wife are in Gambia and still in hiding.
We will give you 30% of the fund and I will come to your country to take my part. Extend a friendly hand and help Us.
Please bear in mind that this fund is not a looted or stolen money but rather a hard earned money generated.
Pls. if you are willing to help kindly forward to me your responds to this emails address: ( anth_sucess@yahoo.com <http://us.f378.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=anth_sucess@yahoo.com> ) with the following details about you:
1. Your full names
2. Preamble about yourself (marital status, occupation) 3. Telephone and Fax numbers
We urgently await your reply
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. A. J. Karume (Gen.)Good day
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