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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: Anthonia Williams <anthonia.williams0030@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: miss.anthonia@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2008 04:19:42 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Please Dear One.
Greetings Dearest one,
I felt greatly impressed to contacting you on this matter and I know that you will be a God sent to me. Permit me to inform you about this financial transfer, I have prayed over it and I know that God will use you to help me and also go into business relationship with you. I know that God understands us more than we understand ourselves in every condition.
Since we have not known or written before, I have to introduce myself, I am Miss. Anthonia Williams, 23 years of age the only daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Albart Williams, my father was a Gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 29th January 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. he secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of 15.5Million U.S Dollers) deposited in Bank here in (Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire), that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin in depositing the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management. Please, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways to help me and take me as a family member of yours:
1- To assist me in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into.
2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am still in the university before they left me.
3-To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to help me secure a residential permit in your country after the transfer is completed.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incure. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you showe interest to assist me.
Please contact me immediately you receive this message through my e-mail address. All I need from you is your honesty in all we do. The total amount currently in the Bank is 15.5million US dollars and I need your help in this. I will give you more information in our next communication.
God bless you,
Yours sincerely,
Anthonia Williams.
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