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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: michel machaba <machaba_m08@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: michel.machaba@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2006 07:46:27 +0900 (JST)
Subject: OFFER
Mr. Michel Machaba
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH
ABIDJAN COTE-D'IVOIRE
BP ABIDJAN 01
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
INTRODUCTION: I am Mr. Michel Machaba a Civil Servant in the Ministry of Health here in Abidjan. I know this proposal will come to you as a surprise because we have not met before either physically or through correspondence. I got your contact from our chamber of commerce here in Abidjan Ivory Coast and have no doubt in your ability to handle this proposal involving huge sum of money.
THE SUBJECT: My father Mr. Chris Machaba (Now Late) was the Royal Head of my community, BUAKI (a Cocoa rich town) in Ivory Coast. My community produces 5.8% of the total Cocoa production in Ivory Coast and 0.2% of the Dollar value of any sold Cocoa is paid to my father as royalty by the Federal Government. My father was also the Chairman of BUAKI Special Cocoa Trust Fund. In his position as the Royal head and Chairman of the Cocoa Trust Fund, he made some money which he left for me as the only heir to inherit. The said fund is Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($14.5m). This Money originated from the accumulated royalties between 1981-2005. He deposited this Money in BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST (BCEAO) (CENTRAL BANK OF WEST AFRICAN STATES) with an open beneficiary to the Bank pending when he would finish arrangement to transfer it abroad. He was planning this when he suddenly died late last year of Heart Attack.
THE PROPOSAL: Just before my father died he called my attention to the money and charged me to look for a foreigner who would assist me in Acceptance/investment of the funds abroad. As the fund has open beneficiary, right now there is nothing I can do because I can not lay my hands on the fund because he left instruction with the bank that the fund will only be transferred abroad upon my provision of foreign account where it will be transferred. Secondly as a civil servant Ivory Coast Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.
So I would be very grateful if you could accept to help me achieve this great objective. I promise to give you 20% of the total funds if successfully taken to your country as compensation for your assistance. Five percent (5%) would be set aside to take care of all expenses that may come up during the transaction.
To indicate your interest, contact me urgently and confidentially for more information and the roles you will play in this business with the above telephone number or Email address. All the legal Documents concerning this Money and the procedures on how to transfer this fund will be sent to you upon your acceptance.
Finally, I want to assure you of your security on this transaction now and after successful transfer of the fund to your account. The transaction is 100% risk free. Provided you can give me a very strong assurance and guarantee that my share will be secured. Please remember to treat this matter as very confidential. Remember once again that time is of the essence in this business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.
May the almighty God bless you,
Yours faithfully
Michel Machaba
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