From: "Tempo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emmatempo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:46:16 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend, Can You Be Of Help To Me & My Mother?

DEAR SIR,

I HOPE THIS EMAIL IS REACHING YOU IN A GOOD HEALTH? MY NAME IS EMMANUEL TEMPO AND I AM FROM SIERRA LEONE. I FOUND YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS ON A WEBSITE WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER.

FOR SOMETIME NOW I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH DIFFICULTIES IN LIFE. IT ALL STARTED WHEN I LOST MY FATHER.MY FATHER WAS A GREAT GOLD MERCHANT IN SIERRA LEONE, HE WAS INTO IMPORT AND EXPORT OF MAINLY CRUDE OIL. HE WAS POISONED BY ONE OF HIS BUSINESS COUNTERPARTS AFTER A DISPUTE OVER A BIG CONTRACT FROM A OIL COMPANY IN MY COUNTRY THAT WAS AWARDED TO MY LATE FATHER IN SIERRA LEONE.

AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER HIS FAMILY MEMBERS MADE AWAY WITH ALL THAT MY FATHER HAD, AND SENT ME AND MY MOTHER OUT OF MY FATHERS HOUSE, AND SOLD THE HOUSE, WE COULD NOT FIND THEM AGAIN.

TWO WEEKS BACK MY MUM SHOWED ME SOME DOCUMENTS WHICH MY FATHER USED IN DEPOSITING THE SUM OF $9.8 MILLION DOLLAR IN A BANK IN BENIN REPUBLIC AND THE PICTURES AT THE TIME HE WAS SIGNING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BANK,AND HE USED MY NAME AS THE NEXT OF KIN. I WAS FILLED WITH JOY, AND I TRAVELED TO COTONUO WITH MY MOTHER.

WE GOT TO THE BANK AND PRESENTED THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT WAS GIVEN TO MY LATE FATHER AT THE TIME HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY WITH THE BANK. BECAUSE MY FATHER STATED AT THE TIME OF DEPOSIT THAT THE FUND WILL LEAVE AFRICA ON TRANSIT TO HIS FOREIGN PARTNER OVERSEAS FOR OTHER PURPOSE. I DID NOT KNOW THAT MY DAD WAS PLANING OF OPENING A COMPANY ABROAD.

WE WERE ADVISED BY THE BANK TO GET A FOREIGN PARTNER WHO IS RELIABLE TO HELP US RECEIVE THE FUND FROM THE BANK, SO WE WANT YOU TO BE OUR FOREIGN PARTNER AND HELP US CONTACT THE BANK HERE IN BENIN,SO THAT THE BANK CAN TRANSFER THE MONEY OF MY LATE FATHER TO YOUR ACCOUNT. MY SELF AND MY MUM HAVE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 30% OF THE TOTAL FOUND. THEN I AND MY MUM CAN COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AND START A BETTER LIFE.
PLEASE I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT, I TRUST YOU, AND I FEEL YOU CAN HELP ME AND MY MUM, THAT IS WHY I AM TELLING YOU THIS TOP SECRET.
AS I AM WRITING YOU THIS MAIL MY EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS, BECAUSE MY MUM IS VERY SICK AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY HERE IN BENIN, WE ARE LIVING WITH AN OLD LADY NAMED MRS CAROLINE KWESI WHO WORKS AS A GARDNER IN A COMPANY.

AFTER I HEAR FROM YOU I WILL SEND YOU THE DETAILS CONCERNING THE FUND.I WILL SEND YOU EVIDENCE OF DEPOSIT ISSUED TO MY LATE FATHER AT THE TIME HE DEPOSITED THE MONEY WITH THE BANK,MY FATHERS PICTURES, AT THE TIME OF DEPOSITING THE FUND WITH THE BANK,I WILL ALSO SEND YOU MY PICTURES.PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT ME,I CAN NOT TALK, AS PART OF MY TONGUE WAS CHOPED OF DURING THE CIVIL WAR IN MY COUNTRY SIERRA LEONE, SO I CAN NOT TALK CLEARLY.

THANKS I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY.

GOD BLESS YOU,

SINCERELY,

EMMANUEL TEMPO.