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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: "Prince. Arthur Atobi" <arthur_atobi68@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <arthur_atobi2007@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:13:02 +0100
Subject: WAR IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY !
WAR IS A CRIME TO HUMANITY ! My Dear, Good day,This very Confidential request should not come to you as a surprise. It is because of what is happening to my family that urged me to contact you. My name is Prince. Arthur Atobi, the second son of Mr. Paul Atobi of Darfur sudan. At the height of the current political crisis in my country, in which the Rebel group of the opposition party in my country fights with the government forces in their bid to take over the government of our country, my father and my elder brother were brutally slained to a painful death on the 6th of October 2005, in their struggle to protect some civilians who ran to take refuge in our house. My father,during his life on earth was a prominent business man who trades on Diamond and Gold from some west African countries. He publicly criticised the crude policies and crime against humanity on the civilians by the Rebel Forces, in which they amputate young boys and girls for their failure to fight. I therefore decided to move my mother and younger sister to Central African Republic, for refuge. My Father, before his death, deposited the sum of Eighteen Million United States Dollars [ $ 18,.000 000.00]with a finance house in the Republic of Ghana. For a cash and carry Diamond an Gold business with his business customers, which he never completed before he met his untimely death in the night of that faithful day. In view of this,and as the only surviving son on my father, l decided to come to Ghana to conclude arrangements on how to secure this fund and transfer it to a foreign country with the help of any foreigner. I therefore humbly solicit for your sincere and transparent assistance to help me claim,clear and accommodate this fund in your country for safe keeping, until l join you for futher investment with the fund since my country is not safe again for any transaction. Now this is what l actually want you to do for me; l want you to be presented to the finance house as the person l contacted to assist my family clear and accommodate this fund.To finally assist my family in managing this fund in any lucrative field in your country for at least three years after l must have joined you to start a new life. Please, l hope you will be a very honest and reliable person to deal with, and also grant and view this very request with favour and much understanding of our unexpected bad situation presently because the saying said,(MAN IS GOD TO MAN). Pls endeavour to bear in mind the confidential nature of this my request,i emphasize you keep every bit of it to yourself so as to protect my family's future and yourself rendering this help. You will be entitled to 20% of the total fund for gratification,upon the successful conclusion of this transaction. Thank you in anticipation of your positive response. Best Regards, Prince. Arthur Atobi, ACCRA, REPUBLIC OF GHANA
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