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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: LARRY BLAIR <larr_blair551@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <larry_blair555@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:36:16 +0000
Subject: I AM A TEENAGER AND I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.
Dearest Mentor,
I am very much happy to write to you with this meddiun, with the trust bestowed on you by my late father when he was still alive.This goes a long way in telling me how serious minded you are.
I am Larry Blair a 16 years old boy. I am the first son of Engr. Greg Blair who works as an engineer with Shell International Company West Africa before he died through an auto accident last year. My Mother Lizy divorced my father five years back and all efforts made by me to reconcile my mother and my late father could not hold , because my mother decided never to have any thing with my father any longer. And that made me to hate my mother. After the death of my father last year, I was unable to pay my school fees and my father had the sum of US$8.6m,(Eight million and six hundred thousand United States Dollars) with a bank here in Togo and I have gone for the release of the money to me, the bank refussed releasing the money to me , on the bases that I am not up to Eighteen years, because I will be seventeen by November this year.
This particular attitude exhibited by the bank has made me never to be happy with my self and all my aim now is to leave Togo and move up to complete my studies in United States of America.
It was because of the above reasons that made me to contact you and to present you to the bank since you are more than Eighteen years of age which will enable the bank to release the fund to you.
I decided to contact you because I saw your contact in my late father's diary while going through it. And the only foreign contact I came in contact in my late father's diary.
My question is that, Did you know my father before? Have you come in contact with him before? Can I have the confidence in you? Can you direct me on what to do with the money after we must have realise the money? What is your profession? and what is your job currently?
I have all the information about the money that will lead to the transfer of it to you. Infact as from now henceforh, I will be calling you and refering to you as my mentor. So, I will like to hear from you as soon as you receive this mail, let me know if you would be in condition to realise this fund with me which is my only hope. I would also like to know what you would like to be your share or percentage from the money after we must have realise the money, because I have made up my mind to relocate to US as soon as the money enters into your account. May the Almighty God Bless You. Waiting for your urgent response.
Yours sincerely,
Larry Blair
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