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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: RITA ALANE RITA ALANE <rita_alane44@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <rita_alane1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:27:36 +0000
Subject: Dear Beloved One,
Dear Beloved One,
I am Mrs Rita Alane from LOME-TOGO, I am 58 years old, i am a deaf and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my brain. By all indication my condition is really deteriorating, and my doctors have courageously advised me that i may not live beyond the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I was brought up in a motherless babies home, and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child. My husband and i are true Christians, but quite unfortunately, he was among the people that lost their lives in that crash.For more on the plane crash log on to http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/ 3348109.stm (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/ africa/12/26/benin.crash/ index.html) Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $800,000,00 eight hondred thousand dollars with a Bank. Presently, this money is still in their custody, and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money after keeping it for so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over as a result of my illness, or they get it confiscated. Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoingtreatment. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested in any organization of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless babies home where i come from. I want you good humanitarian, to also use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows around .I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but i had to take a bold step towards this issue,and i hope you will help see my last wishes come true. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I will also issue you a letter of authority which will prove that you are the new beneficiary of my funds. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from you soonest.
Awaiting your reply
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Rita Alane.
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