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From: Vera Luis <vera_luis20@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <vera_luis@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:03:19 +0000
Subject: FROM MISS VERA LUIS EDWARD
FROM MISS VERA LUIS EDWARDFROM ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE. GREETINGS TO YOU MY DEAR. I SAT MY APOLOGY INTRUDING INTO YOUR PRIVACY. MY NAME IS MISS VERA LUIS EDWARD. FROM IVORY COAST, WEST AFRICA. I AM THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF MY LATE PARENTS MR. AND MRS. LUIS EDWARD. MY FATHER WAS A HIGHLY REPUTABLE BUSINESS MAGNATE WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF IVORY COAST DURING HIS DAYS. I AM 22 YEARS OLD DEAF GIRL. IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT MY FATHER PASSED AWAY MISTERIOUSLY IN FRANCE DURING ONE OF HIS BUSINESS TRIPS ABROAD IN THE YEAR 12TH.FEBUARY 2004. THOUGH HIS SUDDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN MASTERMINDED BY AN UNCLE OF HIS WHO TRAVELLED WITH HIM AT THAT TIME. BUT GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH!MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST SIX YEARS OLD,AND SINCE THEN MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL. BEFORE HIS DEATH ON FEBUARY 12TH 2004 ,HE CALLED THE SECRETARY WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL AND TOLD HIM THAT HE HAS THE SUM OF SEVEN MILLION ,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS.(USD$7.5 MILLION) IN A CONSIGNMENT BOX LEFT IN A STORAGE AND SECURITY TRUST COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED. HE ALSO GAVE AN OUT STANDING INSTRUTION TO THE COMPANY THAT THE CONSIGNMENT MUST BE SEALED AND WELL KEPT UNTIL I ASK FOR IT. AND IT WAS DEPOSITED AS A FAMILY VALUABLE PROPERTY TO AVOID PROBLEM OR TAMPARING BY THE OFFICERS OF THE COMPANY.BEFORE USE, I AM JUST 22 YEARS OLD AND A UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE AND REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. NOW I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY THEN I WILL COME AND LIVE WITH YOU. THIS IS BECAUSE I HAVE SUFFERED A LOTS OF SET BACKS AS A RESULT OF POLITICAL CRISIS HERE IN IVORY COAST.THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ACTUALLY BROUGHT SORROW TO MY LIFE AND I WISHED TO INVEST THE MONEY UNDER YOUR CARE WITH YOUR ADVICE PLEASE. I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE IN THIS REGARDS.YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS WILL BE HIGHLY REGARDED.NOW PERMIT ME TO ASK THESE FEW QUESTIONS:- 1. CAN YOU HONESTLY HELP ME TO RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT?2. CAN I COMPLETELY TRUST YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME? 3.WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN QUESTION WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU, AFTER THE MONEY IS IN YOUR CONTROL WHILE I COME OVER AND COMPLETE MY EDUCATION? PLEASE,CONSIDER THIS AND GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE THROUGH MY EMAIL. IMMEDAITELY I CONFIRMED YOUR WILLINGLINESS ,THEN I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS ON HOW TO RETRIEVE THE CONSIGNMENT.PLEASE ALL I WANT YOU TO BEAR IN MIND IS THAT I REALLY NEED YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. PLEASE DO NOT FAIL TO RESPOND AT MY PRIVATE YAHOO EMAIL ID AT( vera_luis@hotmail.fr) IF YOU ARE ACCEPT TO ASSIST ME. THANKS. YOURS SINCERELY GIRLMISS VERA LUIS EDWARD.
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