Advance Fee Frauds and Email Scams
Stanly & Becky Kwesi of Abidjan (2007)
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Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 03:19:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM STANLY & BECKY( please urgently assist us)
From Stanly & Becky Kwesi,
Abidjan Ivory Coast,
West Africa.
Dear One,
I am Stanly (22Years old) while my sister Becky Kwesi (20Years old). We are the children of late Mr&Mrs Kwesi who was a rich,famous and wealthy cocoa merchant and Gold dealer based in Abidjan ,the economic capital of Ivory Coast. We know that our letter will come to you as a suprise;we prayed over it and inspirationally,we selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the inspiration given to us by God almight as a reputable and trust worthy person that we can do business with. And by the inspiration,we will not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business in which we are seeking for your attention to help us transfer the sum(USD 10,500,000.00)Ten million five hundred thousand United State American dollars into your account for an investment purposes,Such as real estates and stock markerts,as this money was deposited with my name Stanly kwesi in the bank as next of kin before the sudden death of our father.
Therefore,why we contacted you is for you to help us invest this money in your country and help us to locate a nice school to continue our education,also you will help us to get our resident permit in your country as we will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of Africa because of our uncle who killed our father is after our lives because of this money.
Please dear, I and my sister is willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your urgent assistance to us .please kindly get back to us as quickly as you receive this message for security reason and for more details.
Yours sincerely,
Stanly & Becky Kwesi
