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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: dora alice <alice04dora@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 06:24:31 +0800 (CST)
Subject: FROM ALICE DORA, REQUEST FOR INVESTMENTPARTNERSHIP!
MISS Alice Dora
BUNGALO OF PEACE
RUE 1000 HENRI AV.
ILOT 88, LOT 0081 COCODY ABIDJAN
Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into
business relationship with you. I know this mail may
come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or
written before.
Our Mother died long ago when she was about to
delivered my junior brother FRANK, he is 18
years old as of today, based that we lost our mother
so early and i can not speak, our father took us so special we are only
two from my mother's side, I and my brother FRANK .
Introducing myself , I am MISS Alice Dora 20
years of age the only daughter of the late CHIEF and
MRS GBAKAH Dora, My father was a gold and cocoa
merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan ( Ivory
Coast ) , he was poisoned to death by his business
associates on one of their business trips.
Before the death of my father on 27th February 2002 in
a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called
me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of
USD$12.5M ( Twelve Million five hundred thousand U.S),
deposited in Bank in ( Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire , that
he used my name as his beloved daughter for the next
of kin in depositing the fund. He also explained to me
that it was because of this wealth that he was
poisoned by his business associates, that I should
seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for
investment purpose such as expansion of his existing
cocoa business and real estate management overseas.
I have make an arrangement with the Local bank manager
here on how best to transfer this money to oversea
Please i humbly seeeking your assistance in the
following ways.
1- To assist us in providing an account of yours
where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am
still in the secoundary school with my junior brother.
3)- To make arrangement for us to come over to your
country to futher my education and to help me secure a
residential permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset
any expenses we may incure.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting us as I believe that this transaction would
be concluded within the shortest possible time if you
signify interest to assist us.
NB: Please call /contact us immediately you receive
this message through the above phone and e-mail
address:alice04dora@yahoo.com.hk
God bless YOU
Yours sincerely
MISS Alice Dora
MASTER FRANK MICHEAL DORA
(JUNIOR BROTHER)
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