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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: "billy biros" <birosf3000@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: birosf300@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:19:42 +0000
Subject: FROM BILLY BIROS AND MARIA BIROS
FROM BILLY BIROS AND MARIA BIROS
AVE 3 RUE 7, GONZAC
ABIDJAN, REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE
WEST FRICA.
Dearest One,
With due respect and heartful of tears we write this letter to you. My name
is Billy Biros and Maria Biros we are the children of Late General Alexandre
Birosthe former Director of military inteligence and special acting General
Manager of the Sieria Leone Diamond mining coperation( SLDMC ). I am
contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest (USD18.5
million) belonging to my late father which is deposited in a bank in
Abidjan. This money is revenues from solid minirals and dimonds sale which
were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out.
Following the break out of the war, almost all government offices,
coperations and parastatals were attacked and vandalized. The SLDMC was
loothed and burnt down to ashes, and diamonds worth millions of dollars was
stolen by the rebel military forces who attacked my fathers office.
Many top government officials and senior army officers were assasinated and
my father was a key target because of his very sensitive military possition
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 armbushed by Fordey
Sanko the notorious rebel leader.
My mother sustainded very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her
untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast.
Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or
any body 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 contracts at this bank here in Ivory
Coast and that we should pray and find a trustworthy foreign business
partner who would help us to transfer and invest this money in profitable
business venture overseas.
She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast with our
cousin brother-Arthur who is here in the camp with us and, then settle down
abroad. She gave us the the bank document to prove the deposit and then told
us that my father used my name as the only son to deposit the money in the
bank. She told us that this is the reason why we came to Ivory Coast.
My mother died afterwards. 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 who assured me that everything is intact and
promised to help me transfer this money to my foreign partners bank account
as soon as we are ready and I provide my partners foreign bank account for
them.
But the manager is very concerned because of my age. I am 24 years and as
such advised that I should look for a matured person that will represent me
at the bank. If you are willing to assist us, please let us know immediately
so that you will arrange the transfer of the money to your account with the
bank. Please note that I can offer you 15% of the total money as
compensation for your noble assistance in accodiance with my mothers advise.
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, my little
sister and cousin so that we can finish our college education.
Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account
because of the political crises they are having in Cote d'Ivoire now. I am
hoping to hear your urgent response so that I can not look for another
foreign partner.
Thank you and may God bless you and your dear family.
Yours sincerely,
Billy and Maria Biros
On behalf of our late parents,
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