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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: veronique okonte <verooko03@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:22:32 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from veronique very urgent please.
Good day to you
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but i got your
contact
through the internet
when i was seaching for a reliablie person who will assist me as i need
a
reliable and honest business partner outside
I am writting this letter with due respect and
heartful of tears since we have not known or met
ourselves previously.
I am asking for your assistance
after I have gone through a profile that speaks good
of you. I will be so glad if you can allow and lead me
to the right channel towards your assistance to my
situation now.
I will make my proposal well known if I
am given the opportunity. I would like to use this
opportunity to introduce myself to you. well, i am
Veronique Okonte 21years old young lady and I know that this proposal might be a surprise to you but do consider it
as an emmergency.
In nutshell, My (late) father Mr Mathias Okonte
was a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based
in Abidjan of ivory coast respectively. But he
was killed along side with my mother during last year's
Rable attact and all his properties was totally
destroyed.
However, after their death I managed to
escape with a very important document (DEPOSIT
CERTIFICATE (US$10.m)Ten Million U.S Dollars deposited by my late father in the Security company
which i am the next of kin.
Meanwhile,i am saddled with the problem of
securing a trust worthy foriegn personality to help me
transfer the money over to his country and into his
possession pending my arrival to meet with him.
Furthermore,you can contact the company for
confirmation and i will issue a letter of authorisation
on your name,that will enable thecompany to
deal with you on my behalf.
I am giving you this offers
as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance
to assist me and manage the
money. I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum
as a mode of compensation for your effort after the
successful transfering of these fund to your
nominated addresst overseas
Conclusively,i wish you send me a reply
immediately as soon as you recieve this
proposal,please write me back with this email
address (verooko03@yahoo.com) Until then,i remain with the best regards
Veronique.
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