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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: "lawson cheney" <cheney_lawson@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: cheney_1983@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 07 Sep 2006 12:53:38 +0200
Subject: Good Day,
Good Day,
How are you today?I am Miss.Cheney Lawson am 23 year old girl from Sierra
Leone. I lost my father a couple of months ago. My father was a serving
director of the Agro- exporting board until his death. He was assassinated
by the rebels during the last political uprising. Before his death he
deposited a trunk box with a security company here in cote d'ivoire that
contians 10.5 $US Million Dollars for onward shipment to his partner of
which no name was giving this money was made for the purchase of cocoa
processing machine and development of another factory before his untimely
death.
Being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without
number, there is no guarantee of lives and property.I can not stay here in
this country cos of my step mother she want to take every thing my father
has worked for and left me with nothing she has collected the house cars and
other propertie now she want me to tell her where to find the deposit
document of the trunk box is i told her i will but i ran away with it i am
right now hidding in a refugee camp .I want you to do me a favour to receive
this trunk box in your country or any safer place as the beneficiary. I dont
know what to do now i am really confuse and i dont know whom to run to for
help my step mother is really after my life this money was deposited as a
family valuables and it was deposited in a deplomatic means the security
company dont know what is inside the box and i will not want them to open
it.
Why i contacted you now is for you to stand and recieve this trunk box for
me as my foriegn partner so you can help me claim this box from the security
company i have gone there time with out number they said the trunk box was
deposited for onward shipment so it most be shiped to a foriegn partner but
my dad is late now and no name was giving to the company they said i should
go and check his decument and get the name of his part and his contact then
they can ship it to him or i should come with my mother that is my step
mother this make every thing more hard for me so i am begging you in the
name of God to come to my rescue. i really need to leave this country as
soon as possible .
Please if you are willing to assist me I will like you to send me your
1. Your full name, contact postal address
2. Your phone and fax numbers.
3. Occupation.
Once i confirm this I will submit it offical to the security vault house as
my late father foriegn business partner so that the security company will
ship the trunk box to you please dont turn this request down help me please
indicate your interest in replying soonest.
Yours,
Miss.
Cheney Lawson
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