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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: "williams amani" <williams.amani198912@gmail.com>
Reply-To: williams.amani@cosmo.edu.tf
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:12:40 +0200
Subject: Dearest one (Foreign Investment Project Assistant
From Prince Williams Amani/Appeal for Assistance.
Refugee Camp, 4-1 Rue Des Republicain,
Chu De Cocody 17 bp.1246 Abidjan 17
Abidjan-Cote D'ivoire
Reply to Email: *williams.aman1989@yahoo.fr* <williams.aman1989@yahoo.fr>
*Dearest one (Foreign Investment Project Assistant)*
*Devine Greeting to you, I'm Prince Williams Amani from Sierra Leone .*
It is my pleasure to contact you for life security in saving my life and
investing my inheritance in your country through your offering assistance to
me as a foreign busines partner to my late father to secure his deposit
funds with (SGBCI BANK) Abidjan, for my identification, I am the surving
son of the late Chief Venantius L.Amani who was poisoned to death during
interogation in the police detention custody by our bad government because
of his possition, I came accros your contact while serching for investment
oppurtunity bussineses where to put this funds into for security purposes to
avoid government eye on it because my late father was a minister of works
and importation,
I read about your business firm from your country chambers of commerce
and have
considered you capability, and reliable to stand as my legal appointed
beneficiary/trustee to my late father's bank for the release of my
inheritance, for the fact that my uncles are after me to kill in other to
claim my late father's properties that belogs to me now*, I'm writing you
from Rep of Cote d'Ivoire where i ran to and have been taking refuge after
Murder of my dear beloved father by the rebels in my country Sierra Leone. *
**
*Because of the political crises and accusation that my late father was not
making good acount to the community, the goveernment probe and seize his
assets living only his vessel which he owns with a foreigner, before he was
killed he sold his shipping company last year and deposited the sum (US$18,
300,000.00) for foreign investment project with one of the bank here in Cote
d'Ivoire where I am presently purposely for this funds, this funds are
deposited for investment project before he died suddenly, Please, I have
prayed before contacting you with the trust that you will be a help to me
with my situation in Ivory Coast now as i am not safe here, I'm seeking for
your assistance to transfer this Money to a new account for you and me,
which will be purposely for an investment Project in your country and also
relocate to your country to further my education *
**
*I have submited the deposit certificates of this funds and my identity as
instructed by my late father to this bank, and they informed me what will be
requierd for the release of this funds by which we have to legalised and
normalise this documents at the judicial court and embassy for security
purposes and that i have to loose 10% tax to deposit insurance company, and
I'm aslo willing to offer you with 20% of the total sum for your own
assistance and government taxes in your country, *
**
*This bank has informed me that the swift transfer from their bank here
is 100% risk provided we loose 10% to deposit insurance because of the
nature of the deposit, and all required to is to open a non resident
domiciliary account into my beneficiary names in other to do the change of
ownership with your name, and i believe this poject will lead us to a good
relationship and paretnership, all i need is your masimum assistant **to
relocate me out of africa because of my terrible situation and as soon as
you receive this mail contact me through my private E-mail : (
williams.aman1989@yahoo.fr** **) for more details as this project will be
very profitable if we work together with good faith, The bank here is ready
to transfer the money to the foreign account i have to provide, *
**
**Once I hear from you I will give you details of the deposit
* *
Truly Yours
Williams Amani Jnr.
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