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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: kady bakassa <kady_3bak@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: kady_2bak@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:11:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Dear Friend,
EL-ELYON GUEST HOUSE
OSU
ACCRA,GHANA
Dear Friend,
GREETINGS IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY, AND MAY HIS GRACE CONTINUE TO
ASSIST YOU AND I, AS YOU OPEN YOUR HEART IN HELPING ME OUT OF THIS
UNBEARABLE SITUATION OF MY FAMILY DISASTER. PLEASE GIVE ME THIS GODLY HELP
FOR OUR ALMIGHTY WILL REWARD YOU IN ABUNDANT.
I AM KADY TRAORE, THE DAUGHTER OF LATE COLONEL BAKASSA TRAORE WHO DIED
ON AFTER HE WAS BADLY TORTURED BY THE SECURITY AGENTS OF THE PRESENT
GOVERMENT OF PRESIDENT LAURENT GBAGBO OF THE REPUBLIC OF COTE D,IVOIRE
FOR HONOURING THE INVITATION TO A DINNER BY THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR WITH
HIS TWO COLLEAGUES,AFTER THE DINNER THEY WERE ARRESTED BY THE SECURITY
AGENT OF
THE PRESENT REGIME AND WAS ACCUSSED OF BEING TRAITORS TO THEIR
MOTHERLAND KNOWING THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS BETWEEN COTE D'IVOIRE AND FRANCE.THEY
WERE TORTURED AND DETAINED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED
IMMEDIATELY WE RUSHED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HIS PRIVATE DOCTOR
BATTLED TO SAVE HIS LIFE BUT HE DIED 4 DAYS LATER ON SUNDAY 3 JULY 2005 FOR
VERIFICATION YOU CAN SEE FOR YOUR SELF THIS WEBSITE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4649533.stm MY FATHER KNOWING HE
WON,T SURVIVE CALLED ALL OF US BY HIS DYING BED AND INSTRUCTED US TO
LEAVE THE COUNTRYTO GHANA WHERE WE ARE PRESENTLY AS
OUR COUNTRY COTE'IVOIRE(IVORY COAST) IS NO LONGER SAFE FOR US AND
IMMEDIATELY DIRECTED ME TO GO TO THE SAFE IN HIS ROOM TO GET ONE ENVELOPE
FOR HIM BEFORE I GOT BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE ENVELOPE I MET THE
WHOLE FAMILY CRYING,MY FATHER HAS PASSED ON LEAVING INSTRUCTION OF WHAT TO
DO WITH THE ENVELOPE TO MY MOTHER.
ON THAT I SEEK YOUR HELP ASSISTANCE TO HELP US RECIEVE THE SUM OF 7
MILLION EUROS DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN A PRIVATE BANK IN GHANA,THE
ENVELOPE HE INSTRUCTED ME TO GET CONTAINS THE DOCUMENTS OF THE FUNDS
WHICH WAS DEPOSITED BY MY FATHER AND ME AS THE NEXT OF KIN.WE HAVE ALREADY
GONE TO THE BANK WHERE THE BANK MANAGER ADVISED US TO GET A TRUSTED
PERSON TO SERVE AS
THE RECIEVER OF THE FUND IN HIS ACCOUNT ABROAD SINCE THE MONEY WAS
DEPOSITED IN AN SUSPENSE/DORMICILIARY ACCOUNT WHICH I WILL BE ACCESSIBLE
WHEN I AM 25 BUT I AM ONLY 20 NOW,THAT MY FATHER DID, NOT KNOWING OF HIS
UNTIMELY DEATH.
SIR, I AM SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
(1) TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERED THE
BANK MANAGER SAID IT CAN BE AN EMPTY ACCOUNT SO FAR IT IS VALID.
(2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND AND HELP US WITH INVESTING.
(3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME AND MY BROTHER TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL SETTLING FOR
US IN YOUR COUNTRY.
MOREOVER, SIR, WE ARE WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS
COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEA.AND ON YOUR
RESPOND TO THIS PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE WE WILL FURTHER SEND TO YOU DOCUMENTS
OF THE FUND TO SEE AND ALSO MY PHOTO AND IDENTITY.PLEASE THE BANK
MANAGER ADVISED TOTAL CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE WHOLE ISSUE TILL YOU RECIEVE
THE FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT.
MY BROTHER ALASSANE SERVES AS SPOKES PERSON FOR THE FAMILY BECAUSE HE
IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WRITES AND SPEAKS ENGLISH AS HE
HAD HIS EDUCATION HERE IN GHANA THE REST OF MY FAMILY SPEAKS FRENCH AND
ALSO THE FUND IS DEPOSITED IN MY NAME BUT I SPEAK TO YOU IF YOU
UNDERSTAND FRENCH.
FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING US AS I
BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BRING A GOOD RELEATIONSHIP TO OUR LIFE
AND I PRAYED MAY THE GRACE OF THE ALMIGHTY BE WITH YOU NOW AND EVER
MORE.
URGENTLY AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.
THANKS
BEST REGARDS
KADY BAKASSA
kady_2bak@yahoo.com
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