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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: "EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON" <ephraimkallon@centrum.sk>
Date:
Subject: MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU
=46ROM EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON=20
Avenue 12 Rue 47 ABIDJAN=20
DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN=20
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE=20
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Please contact us through this our privet EMAIL ADDRESS. ( ephraimkallo=
n_j1985@yahoo.fr ) PHONE (+225 08 69 59 44)
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Dear,=20
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Good Day and God bless as i introduce my self to you with all faith and=
hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end. though I=
know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but please it was b=
orne out of a desperate need for assistance,=20
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I have the intention to introduce myself to you My name is EPHRAIM the =
only son and my sister's name is JOY KALLON the only daughter . I got=
your contact from the Ecowas Information Center in Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoi=
re here. My source of your contact gave me the courage and confidence t=
o rely on We are the children of late CHIEF ISAAC KALLON. I am 21 Years=
old, our father died years ago, in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of =
Serria Leone. He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold minin=
g sale, he has succeeded in saving $6.2 millions dollars ( six million =
two Hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) during his Business on Gold, before =
he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire near by country to our c=
ountry to save his money for security reasons because of the political =
problem in our country. Unfortunately he is dead and i will not want th=
e money to be kept like that without any investment purpose. so i am co=
ntacting you with full trust that you will not let us down.=20
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This money is revenues from legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold min=
ing sale, which were under my fathers possession before the civil war b=
roke out. Following to the break out of the war, almost all government =
offices, cooperation's and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. Du=
ring our late father=91s business on Gold, before he went on a trip to =
Republic of Cote D=91Ivoire near by country to our country to save his =
money for security reasons because of the political problem in our coun=
try unfortunately rebels kills him and our mother took us to Abidjan Iv=
ory Coast here and during the war in our country Our mother sustained v=
ery sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely and painful de=
ath in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.
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Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relative=
s or any body to take care of us at our tender ages. Before our mother =
died, she told us that our father deposited some money which he made fr=
om diamonds and gold mining sale, In one of the bank here in Abidjan, =
So my mother advice us that we should do praying and fasting to find a =
trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our late fathers forei=
gn business partner, who would help us to transfer this money to he or =
her account and invest this money in profitable business venture in his=
country or anywhere in abroad and also help us to come over to he/her =
country and stay with him as his own blood children and to continue our=
education which termineted because of the war in our country, She told=
us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle=
down in abroad because of the political problems here now in ivory coa=
st. She gave us all the vital documents that covers deposited money in =
the bank here in abidjan and she told us that our late father reached a=
n agreement with the bank that this money is for onward transfer to a f=
oreign account to any of his foreign business partner but he did not gi=
ve any name to the bank that i shoud look for a trusth worthy and GOD f=
earing person who will stand as my fathers foreign business partner to =
transfer to his account she told us that our father used my name as the=
only son to deposited the money as next to kin. She told us that this =
is the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My mother died af=
ter words. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.
I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke w=
ith the director of the bank who assured me that everything is intact a=
nd promised to help us to transfer this money to any of my fathers fore=
ign business partners immediately within 72 working hours as soon as i =
provide our fathers foreign business partners details to they bank he a=
lso said that my father did not introduce any name to they banks as his=
foreign business partners that i should submit my late fathers foreign=
business partners details to they bank so any name will be highly acce=
pted to the bank as my late mother also told me, However, the manager =
is very concerned because of our age. I am 21 years why my younger sist=
er is 19 and as he advised that i should look for my fathers foreign bu=
siness partners that will represent me at the bank he also told us that=
our late father reached an agreement with they bank that the money is =
for onward transfer to a foreign account and entered my name his only s=
on as the next to kin. he pleaded that I should look for any of my fath=
ers foreign business partners in abroad who will help me to transfer th=
is money out of here to his account.
We need help from you to help us submit your name to bank as our father=
s foreign business partner transfer this money to your account for inve=
stment and who will be sincere to get traviling papers and invert us to=
his country with out cheating us or doing bad to us on my arraival wit=
h my sister, In accodiance with my mothers advise, I'm willing to give =
you 20% of the money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for a=
ny expense you incure in thistransaction and you will use the rest to i=
nverst in good business and be the gurding, I am interested in any prof=
itable business or commercial venture which you consider very good in y=
our country or abroad to inverst this money, please mail us immidately =
urgent to know your stands before looking else where you're the first p=
erson we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as poss=
ible to enable us to beat the said time.=20
Now permit us to ask these few questions:-=20
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1. Can you honestly help us as your own person?=20
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2. Can we completely trust you?=20
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3.Hope our percentage offer is good accepted by you?=20
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Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as poss=
ible.=20
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Yours Sincerely, =20
EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON
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