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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: "joseph dakotan" <josephdakotan01@colombia.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 17:13:01 +0000
Subject: From Joseph And Amanda Dakotan
*From Joseph And Amanda Dakotan
24 Rue de marcony.
Bouake Cote d'ivoire.
Sir/Ma,
This letter may come to you as a suprise based on the fact that I have not
had any previous contact with you. Briefly, I am Joseph Dakotan the only son
of late Chief.koffo Dakotan former director of Sierre Leone Gold and Diamond
Corporation who was murdered by assailants believed to be working for his
political enemies.
Shortly before this unfortunate incident, my father had informed me about an
important business deal he had executed with some of his colleagues in the
office. He told me that he had diverted some money totaling fifteen million
US dollars (US$15M) which they had realized from the sale of gold and
diamonds in the black market.
He showed me some lodgement documents with which he had deposited the money
encased in a trunck box with a security /safe deposit company in Abidjan,
Cote d Ivoire.He informed me in confidence that seciurity company did not
know the exact contents of the box ; rather, he told them that it contained
African art work that he had assembled for his overseas partner who would
soon be coming to claim them for exportation.
As a result of this explanation, the box was accepted for safe-keeping by
the
security company without inspection. When the political situation in
Freetown, Sierre Leone worsened, I escaped into Abidjan, Cote d Ivoire with
my only younger sister and had since contacted the security company,
identified myself properly and informed them about the sad fate my father
had suffered.
I presented the lodgement documents and they confirmed that they have the
trunk box in their vault. So I informed them that I intend initiating
contacts with my fathers overseas partner who owns the consignment so that
he can come and take delivery of it. My decision to retrive this box,
transfer the money and start a new life forms the basis of this enquiry from
you.
Now my 16-years-old sister and myself are alone in this strange country
suffering without any care or help. without any relation, we are now like
refugees and orphans. Our only hope now is in this fund our father deposited
in the Security company to this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in
the followings ways,to assist me claim this fund from the Security Company
as my father's business parthner abroad and co-beneficiary, to retrieve this
money from the Security Company in your name and trasfer it to your
country, to make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on our
behalf in your country and you as the caretaker,to secure a college for my
little sister and my self in your country to further our education and to
make arrangement for our travel with you to your country after you have
transferred this fund.
If you can assist me on these points above, I shall give you 10% of the
total
money while setting aside 5% for all incidental expenses that may arise in
the course of actualising the transaction (such expenses as phone calls fax
messages ) Please i need to inform you that this matter is confidential, I
want you to treat it as such please.
Best regards,
Joseph & Sister
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