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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: AMINA AHMED <mrs_amina_ahmed1@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:41:48 +0000
Subject: Beloved Friend,
Beloved Friend, Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange=
to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early th=
is year, I prayed and got your E-mail i.d from your country's guestbook whi=
ch i have been with my late husband and liked to visit once more if God wil=
l in his infinite mercies. I am Amina Ahmed from Switzerland,I am 40 years =
old,i am suffering from a long time cancer of the lungs which also affected=
my brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it =
is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that i =
may not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage has g=
otten to a very bad stage.=20
=20
I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late husba=
nd for twenty years without a child,my husband died in a fatal motor accide=
nt Before his death we were true believers.
=20
Since his death, I decided not to re-marry and sold all my inherited belong=
ings and deposited all the sum of Ten million U.S dollars ( US$10.M )with F=
irst Inland Bank Plc. Presently, this money is still with them and the mana=
gement the bank just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive =
the money, for keeping it so long will amount of lossing the money or rathe=
r issue a letter of authorization to somebody of my choice to receive it on=
my behalf since I can not come over to them because of my illness or consi=
der the money be confisticated. Meanwhile, I'm with my laptop on my hospita=
l bed here in london where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of t=
he lungs and My doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.
=20
It is my best wish to see that this money is invested to any charitable org=
anization of your choice, and use it to promote Christianity, Islam and as =
well as distributing each year among the widows, less privilege ones, orpha=
nages and the motherless babies home across your country. I want you as God=
-fearing person, to also use this money to fund mosque, church and assure m=
e that you will act accordingly as I stated herein without deviating from m=
y heart desire.
=20
I took this decision before I rest in peace due to what I gone through duri=
ng my days of up bringing as an orphan with motherless babies home in my co=
untry=20
because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply and inform=
ation, I shall give you the contact of the First Inland Bank for you to con=
tact them on the matter and thereafter, I will also issue you a letter of a=
uthorization that will prove you as the beneficiary of my fund.
Please reply me through this my private email address: mrs_amina_ahmed1@yah=
oo.fr
Hoping to hear for your immediate reply soon. Yours in the Lord, MRS.AMI=
NA AHMED.
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