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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: Mr.Valentine Kone Guei <valentinekoneguei@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: valentinekone_guei@yahoo.com.au
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:48:01 +0300
Subject: GREAT MASSAGE
Attn: sir,
I send this message to you, demanding anxiously for urgent assistance.
I made up my mind to forward this offer to you, after brief outstanding
information I read concerning you, in internet where I got your
contact.
I am Valentine Kone Guei 24 years old, the son of ex-military leader
Robert Guei of Cote d'Ivoire, who is now dead. With growing disturbing
grievances in my heart I am letting you to know that my late father was
immediately gunned down by his colleagues, immediately been suspected to
be behind the ongoing military uprising in my country Ivory Coast.
I final lost my father in hospital in Abidjan commercial city, and my
mother was also reported to me to has been killed on her working place.
Immediately, it occurred to me that the whole family life is in danger.
Obviously I stumbling escape out of the country to Dubai were I am
schooling in one of the American university now in sharjah United Arab
Emirates. I am making this contact to you, requesting for your urgent
assistant to assist me claim out one hundred and twenty millions united
states dollars.$120,000,000,us dollars my father kept in security company
as a family valuables which he did not disclose the real content.
This money is kept secret in the security company to be used to achieve
his political goals but unfortunately to him he did not live to
accomplish his goals. I need this consignment to be claim to be so that you
will transfer this money into your foreign account were curious eyes will
not see it for my own personal use and investment.
I am taking this initiative to avoid any government trace and
confiscation of my family achievements. I am looking forward for you to
provide me the entire necessary assistant, to secure and claim this
consignment and transfer the money to your country. I am assuring you for
assisting me to transfer this money to your foreign account I will
offer you a very good percentage and I am also promising you that you will
definitely benefit from this claim which I will offer to you 15% of the
total fund for your assistance, while 10% for any expenses you incur
during the transaction..
PLS NOTE: For the safety of my life and for the successfully and
smooth accomplishment of this fund transaction claim of the consignment
that I am looking forward to transact with you, I urge you to keep this
message secret. I count in your full co-operation in this offer. I am
waiting anxiously for your urgent respond; I am also in possession with
all the whole relevant documents.
Regards,
Mr. Valentine Kone Guei
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