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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: "Mrs.Rebecca Melone" <remelone@superposta.com>
Reply-To: rebecca1952melone@ymail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:47:27 -0700
Subject: THE TEARS OF A DYING WIDOW...
THE TEARS OF A DYING WIDOW...
I sincerely apologize for not taking your permission before contacting you
while also asking you to pardon my poor English, as I am half educated. It
is rather unfortunate that I am writing this mail to you in deep tears while
lying on a hospital bed due to chronic cancer of the lungs waiting for the
time to pass unto eternal glory. My ordeal is quite complicated but I will
appreciate it if you give a little time to hear me out.
First, I would like to start by introducing my self to you. I am Mrs.Rebecca
Melone from Cotonou, Republic of Benin in West Africa as stated above. I was
born on the 7th of April 1952 in a small village and grew up as a petty
trader until I met my husband who was a Cocoa Trader. We
got married and lived happily together but had no children. This never
bothered us as we were good Christians and never blamed God for that.
Three years ago, I lost my husband in a motor accident while going on his
trade. His death was the beginning of my unfortunate ordeal. I had to
undergo a lot of ritual procedures based on tradition by his family members
to find out if I had a hand in his death. Part of the ritual
was being forced to drink water from his dead body. It is a common thing
that happens to African Women.
This was not all as all properties belonging to him in my possession was
taking away from me and was made an outcast. I lived alone for 3 years as a
widow with serious agony while praying to the Lord to take charge. Unknown
to his family members, my late husband had a total sum of $18, 000,000 USD
(Eighteen Million United States Dollars) which was left secretly in a Bank.
His lawyer who presently resides in Nigeria Secretly revealed it to me.
Since I have no close family to give it to as I am the only daughter of my
parents who died long ago and do not intend to give it to the family of my
late husband, I thought it would be good to find someone reliable
who could use the money to help the poor and needy hence my contacting you.
I will appreciate if you utilize the funds properly as instructed.
Kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I can provide you with
contact information of the Lawyer in Nigeria who you will contact for
further details to collect the funds. May God bless you as you take up this
opportunity to help the poor and the needy!
Regards,
Mrs.Rebecca Melone
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