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From: frank kente <frankkente@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:07:53 +0200
Subject: From Mr Frank Kente
From Mr Frank KenteTEL+27-839-615-5374Email:frankkente@hotmail.com Dear My name is Frank Kente and my sister's name is Joy Kente, we are the children of Late General John Kente the former Director of military intelligence and special acting General Manager of the Sieria Leone Diamond mining cooperation (SLDMC). I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest USD $15 million united state dollars belonging to my late father, which is deposited in a bank in South Africa. This money is revenue from solid minerals and diamonds sale which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out. Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices cooperation’s and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was looted and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was stolen by the rebel military forces that attacked my father’s office. Many top government officials and senior army officers were assassinated and my father was a ! Key target because of his very sensitive military position and appointment in the SLDMC.Regreatably my father was captured and murdered along with half brother in cool blood during a mid-night rebel shoot-out when our official residence in Freetown was arm bushed by Friday Sanko the notorious rebel leader. My mother sustained very sever bullet injuries, which resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in South Africa. Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or anybody to care for us at our tender ages. Before our mother died, she told us that our father deposited some money which he made from diamond sales and gave to us the contact of the bank here in South Africa, and that we should pray and find a trust worthy foreign business partner who would help us to transfer this money and invest this money in profitable business venture overseas. She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave South Africa. To! Settle down abroad. She gave us the bank document to prove the deposit and then told us that my father used my name as the only son as the next of kin/beneficiary to the account where money is in the bank. She told us that this is the reason why we came to South Africa. My mother died after wards. May her spirit rest in perfect peace. I have gone to the bank to make inquires about this money and I spoke with the Manager of International remittance Department who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help me to transfer this money to my foreign partners bank account as soon as I provide my partners foreign bank account for them. However, the manager is very concerned because of my age. I am 19 years and as such advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent as my investment manager at the bank that will help me to invest the money so that the bank can transfer the money to the person for investment. If you are willing t! O assist us, please let us know immediately so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your bank account with the bank. Please note that I can only offer you 15% of the total money as compensation for your noble assistance in accordance with my mother’s advice. I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very good in your country and you would also get a school for me and my little sister so that we can finish our college education. We are hoping for your urgent response so that we cannot look for another foreign partner. Thank you and May God bless you and your family. Yours sincerely,Mr Frank Kente
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