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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: maria garcia <mariagarcia4@web.de>
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:05:50 +0200
Subject: From: FRED AMATA
/From: FRED AMATA//Spain Europe ./Reply to: frd=5Famata@yahoo.com [mailto:fr=
d=5Famata@yahoo.com]// /Dear Sir,/// /Permit me to inform you of my desire o=
f going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact f=
rom an international brochure because I do not know any body I will contac=
t. I prayed over it and believed that you will be a reputable and trust wo=
rthy person that I can trust and do business with, I must not hesitate to =
confide in you for this simple and sincere business assistance. I am Fred =
Amata the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mabel Amata of blessed mem=
ory./// /My father until his untimely death was a very wealthy cocoa merch=
ant in West Africa ; my father was poisoned to death by his business assoc=
iates on one of their outings on a business trip to our cocoa plantation i=
n Abidjan a neighboring country from my country West Africa . My mother di=
ed when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before t=
he death of my father on 16th November 2005 in a private hospital in Accra=
Ghana . He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the=
sum of Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars USD ($1=
2,500, 000.00) he deposited with a private security firm in Spain, which h=
e used my name his only son as the next of Kin in depositing of the money =
with the private security firm in Spain. The security firm is not aware th=
at the box contains money and my father warned me to keep this as a top se=
cret till I get a reliable foreigner that will assist me get the box out a=
s his foreign partner. He also explained to me that it was because of this=
money that he was poisoned by his business associates who wants to take o=
ver the cocoa plantations in Ivory Coast and other African countries. My f=
ather at his sick bed told me to seek for a foreign partner in a country o=
f my choice who will assist me to claim the money and also help me in tran=
sferring the money into his account and use it for investment purpose such=
as real estate management or hotel management. I successfully came to Spa=
in after I survived two deadly attacks from unknown men whom I believed wa=
s sent by my late fathers associates who believed that I will be an obstac=
le to them in claiming my late father's shares and properties. I have gone=
to the security company here in Spain and confirmed the deposit of the bo=
x with them. The officer I met told me that my late father signed an agree=
ment with them that it is only him or his foreign partner that has the leg=
al right to ask for the release of the box and that it is his son (me) tha=
t will appoint his partner if he is no more alive./// /Please, I am sincer=
ely seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) to assist me claim =
the box containing the money from the security company as my late fathers =
foreign partner. (2) To serve as a guardian of this fund. (3) To make arra=
ngement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to=
secure a resident permit in your country because I cannot go back to my c=
ountry till I am a full grown man./// /Moreover, sir I will like you to te=
ll me what you will take from the total sum as compensation for your effor=
t/input after the successful release and transfer of this fund into your b=
ank account in your country. Please you should indicate your interest towa=
rds assisting me by writing me an email via mu private email address: frd=5F=
amata@yahoo.com , above as I believe that this transaction would be conclu=
ded within seven days (7) days you signify interest to assist me. Please k=
eep this proposal confidential./// /Thanks and God bless. /// /Best regard=
s, /// /Fred Amata/
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