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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: Adline Harrison <adline_harrison004@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: adline_haris@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:07:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Goodday from Adline Harrison
Hello Dear,
Goodday dear one! I hope my mail finds you in good health. I am Adline Harrison, from Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. I am the only child of late Mr &Mrs ADAMS HARRISON. My mother died when i was a kid. Recent, my father died in fatal car accident when he was coming back home from business trip with his car, his car collided with luxurious bus and he died at a spot. Before the death of my father he was a wealthy cocoa and gold merchant here in our country. Now, i am in problem with my wicked uncle, since after my father's death my wicked uncle is maltreating me, he has collected my late father's properties and he can't care for me. I was offended for him taken my late father's properties and he threatens to kill me. In order to protect my life, i decided to leave everything and ran out from the family house to hide myself in another village from where i am sending you this mail, also i am planning to relocate to another country for my comfort.
My major reason for leaving the house is because of some money valued US$3.6m (Three Million Six hundred thousand United States dollars) which my late father deposited in a suspense account with a bank here in our country. My wicked uncle and the family members have no idea about the money because my late father made the deposit in confidential way. Since after the death of my father i have been asking the bank to release the money to me but the bank refused because according to the agreement which my father signed during the deposit, i am not allowed to withdraw money from the account unitl i reach 24years. But since my father is dead, the bank manager wants me to appoint my Guardian that can receive the money on my behalf, so that they will transfer the money immediately. The bank assured me that as soon as i present my guardian to the bank, they will comply and transfer the money to the nominated account without delay.
Therefore, I wish to seek your assistance for me to appoint you to the bank as my gaurdian so that you will work with the bank on my behalf for the transfer of the money into your account and immediately after the money is transferred to your account, you will send me some amount for my Visa and Ticket so that i will come over there to meet you and further with my education while you help me to manage the money and invest it into lucrative investment so i can use the profits for my future.
Please i want you to understand that i don't want to handle this transaction with my relatives or any person in my country so that my wicked uncle will not know about the money until i relocate after the transfer. I will be glad to give you 15% of the money for your assistance after the transfer, and when i meet with you there we shall discuss your percentage upon any profits of investment.
Please, I need your honest assistance, and i will be grateful if you will help me handle this transaction urgent and confidential whereas i continue hiding from my wicked uncle and relatives until we finish the transfer of the money. I hope to hear from you soon so that we can proceed.
Thanks,
Yours, Adline Harrison.
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