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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 Thompson <rita52thompson@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: ritathompson2007@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:35:36 +0100 (CET)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP
From: Rita Thompson
My Dear ,
I know that this letter will come to you supriseinglybut i will not like you to be silent how i manage to get your e-mail contact, i will explain that to you when we meet each other in person.please don't be afred.
I am Rita Thompson the only daughter of late former Director of finance Minister,Gen. Duke Thompson Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal. My late father diverted this money meant for purchase of ammunition,for the country,during the peak of disastrous civil war in my
country, now he has deposited the money with one of the Security Company hear ,
My late father told me that The Security Company official indeed does not know the exact content of the Box because they where deposited and declared as Family Valuables Jeawearies. handing over to me the certificate of the private deposit and the with drawl agreement he made with the Security Company and also instructed me to go. I have been
able to trace this company and confirm the Existence of this deposit made by My late father. where I am residing under political asylum.
Now the war in my country is over with the help of ECOMOG soldiers, the present government of Sierra Leone has revoked the passport of all officers who served under the former regime and now ask countries to expel such person at the same time freeze their account and confiscate their asset, it is on this note that I am contacting you, all I needed from you is to furnish me with your private telephone and fax number. For you to assist me transfer this money in your private bank account, the said amount is ( Ten Million United State Dollars) USD$10 000 000.
I am compensating you with 15% of the total money Amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your country, were their is stabilities of Government, political and economic welfare.
My late Father Gen, Duke Thompson gave me the photocopies of the certificate of deposit issued to me by the security company on the date of deposit, for you to be clarify because, I do not expose my self to anybody I see, I believe that you are able to keep his transaction secret for me because this money is the hope of my, it is important and i have gone to the company and verify this deposit with them and i have write an application of release to the company, which they have agreed and that is why i need your urgent assistant to your country, and secondly, the political crisis in this country is becoming something else.
Yours Faithfuly.
Rita Thompson.
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