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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: "Prince Nicholas" <princenicholas4real@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:57:45 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY
I pray that my decision to contact you will be given
Genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other
Before; I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
I am Prince Nicholas, from Sierra Leon, West Africa. I write to inform you of my desire to invest, and to buy a living house in your country. I am the first son of Prof. Adams! Nicholas ; my father was a diamond/gold Merchant in my country.
My father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way traveling out of My country with two of my younger sister's due to present crisis that is occurring in our country (Sierra Leon). My sister's died on the spot while UN peacemaker, keeping force rescued my father, and he was taken to hospital for medical treatment, which he later died. Before he died he revealed to me and my mother about the $22.5 million, (Twenty Two million and five hundred thousand us dollars). Which he deposited with a Bank of Ghana for safekeeping.
My father did not disclose the content of those funds to the Bank, to avoid the officials from raising eyebrows to the funds. Presently my mother and myself are here in Ghana to notify the Bank, for the claims, we are here as refugees. Therefore I want you to come down here in Ghana and be our beneficiary to this funds and withdraw this funds out from the Bank, as the ! direct beneficiary of those funds,and direct me on how best we can inv est this money, because my father told me that it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instability coupled with economic and political instability facing African countries rise, that is why we want to invest in Abroad.
For your mutual assistance, my mother and I have agreed to
Offer you 25% of the total amount of the money.and 5% will be for any expenses that we may come across doing process for thoes funds, why the rest 70% we be for me which i will like you to help put it into an investment in your country, We have all the vital documents covering the deposit and the ownership, which I can send to you through fax on request.
Note: I will like you to keep this as confidential as ever.
Forward to me your fax and phone or mobile numbers for easy Communications, through my private Email,p_nicholas4@yahoo.com ,
thank you
yours truly,
Prince Nicholas,! for the entire family)
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