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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: FAIT EVANS <fait_evans7@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:58:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP PLEASE
From Fait Evans
Daloua Temporary
Refuge Camp
Rrpublic Cote d'Ivoire
Dearest:
You may no doubt be surprise to receive this mail more especially as we
have never had any formal acquaintance in the past, However, I will
like to give you some thought to the salient issues raised in this mail.
I am Miss Fait Evans, 24yrs old from the war ravaged Sierra-Leone but
presently resident in Abidjan, Côte D’ Ivoire with my younger brother
James who is 18yrs old. My father, Mr Frank Evans who before his
assassination by the rebel troupes was the director general of the
Sierra-Leone Mining corporation(SLMC).
He was killed in our residence along side my elder brother and our
security guard. Fortunately, our mother, James and i were away the
country side at the time of the incident.
Before my father’s death, he made a deposit of $24.5million United
States dollars in a security and trust company in Abidjan Côte
D’Ivoire, this was proceeds of an over invoiced diamond sales to a foreign
company with whose assistance this deposit was made.
As at the time ofdeposit, the real content of the box containing this
money was not made known to the security company as they were declared
as family treasure.
Owning to the continuous harassment and intimidation of families of
politicians who served in the government of the former Military president,
major Johnny Paul Koromah we decided to flee the country.
Among our father’s personal effects gathered as we were packing from
the official resident was a certificate of deposit in his name issue by
the security and trust company in Côte D’Ivoire, we have since located
this company and established ownership of the consignment.
As a fall out of the events in our country, Sierra-Leone, we did apply
for and have beengranted asylum by the government of Côte D’Ivoire
sadly, two months after arriving here, our mother died from the what the
doctor described as cardiac arrest leaving James and I. James has since
dropped out of school as the circumstances of the death of our parents
continuous to haunt us.
It is in this light that I write to seek your assistance in order to
retrieve the funds from the security company and transfer same to your
country, using your account as receiving account while James and I will
regularise to finally leave for your country when the funds entered to
seek permanent residence.
Part of this money will be used to purchase a home for us while a
better part will be invested in profit yielding ventures in your
country with your guidance.
Should you decide to assist, an amount equal to 20% of the funds will
be paid to you as commission while 5% will be set aside for expenses to
be incurred by you and I in this transaction.
Best regards.
Miss Fait Evans
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