KINDEST ATTENTION!

["max." <maxwell99@rediffmail.com>]

email: maxwell99@rediffmail.com
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KINDEST ATTENTION,


PLEASE PERMIT ME TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE IN SO INFORMAL A 
MANNER. THIS IS NECESSITATED BY MY URGENT NEED TO REACH A
DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY FOREIGN PARTNER.THIS REQUEST MAY
SEEM STRANGE AND UNSOLICITED BUT I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE AND
PRAY THAT YOU TAKE MY REQUEST VERY SERIOUS.

I AM MR.MAXWELL TRAORE, A REKNOWNED BUSINESSMAN IN ONE OF THE
REBEL-HELD TOWNS, BOUAKE (ONE OF THE WAR ZONES IN IVORY COAST)
I RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM A RELIABLE SOURCE WHO DESCRIBED
YOUR COUNTRY AS BEING ECONOMICALLY CONDUCIVE FOR INVESTMENT AND
HER PEOPLE AS TRANSPARENT AND TRUSTWORTHY TO
ENGAGING BUSINESS, WHICH MADE ME TO WRITE YOU. AS YOU MAY WANT
TO KNOW AND TO MAKE YOU LESS CURIOUS, I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
FROM AN INTERNET SITE THAT PORTRAYED YOU (YOUR
ESTABLISHMENT) IN GOOD LIGHT.

ON THE 17TH OF SEPTEMBER 2002. THE REBEL LEADERS, UNTIL THEN
WERE LOYAL SOLDIERS TO THE GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT LAURENT
GBAGBO CONTACTED ME IN MY OFFICE WITH THE BUSINESS OF
IMPORTATION OF ARMS. WITHOUT THE PREMONITION OF WAR, I ACCEPTED
THE JOB. THE SOLDIERS PAID ME THE SUM OF TWENTY MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$ 
20.5) ON THE SPOT AND TOLD ME TO EXPEDITE ACTION. SINCE I AM
NOT INTO IMPORTATION OF AMMUNITION AND BECAUSE OF THE URGENCY,
I IMMEDIATELY STARTED MAKING SEVERAL CONTACTS WITH BUSINESSMEN
ACROSS THE GLOBE.

TWO DAYS LATER, HEAVY FIGHTING BROKE UP IN CENTRAL BAOUKE AND
KORHOGO EVERYWHERE WAS IN DISSARRAY AND I LOST EVERYTHING THAT
TOOK ME SO MANY YEARS TO ACQUIRE. I HAVE NO OPTION THAN TO DO
AWAY WITH THE US$20.5M.MY WIFE AND I QUICKLY MADE AN
ARRANGEMENT WITH A RED CROSS RELIEF WORKER WHO USED HIS
OFFICIAL VAN TO MOVE THIS MONEY TO ABIDJAN, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT
KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE BOX. PRESENTLY, THIS FUND HAS BEEN
DEPOSITED WITH A SAFE AND RELIABLE SECURITY COMPANY IN ABIDJAN
WHERE I AM HIDING FROM THE REBEL WHO DECLEARED ME WANTED. I DO
NOT WANT TO INVEST THIS MONEY IN ABIDJAN DUE TO UNFAVORABLE AND
UNSTABLE ECONOMIC CLIMATE. AS A RESULT, I KEPT THE MONEY IN A
CUSTOM BONDED WAREHOUSE WITH THE SECURITY COMPANY. SO THAT I
CANNOT LAY MY HANDS ON IT UNTIL IT GETS TO YOUR COUNTRY, WHERE
I WILL COMMENCE INVESTMENT.

THE ONLY ASSISTANCE WE NEED FROM YOU WHICH I BELIEVE YOU WOULD
DO FOR US ARE THE FOLLOWING:

 1.MAKE IMMEDIATE ARRANGEMENT TO TAKE THE DELIVERY OF THE    
   DEPOSIT (FUND) AT THEIR EUROPE OR AMERICAN COMMISSION AGENTS.

2.ASSURANCE FROM YOU THAT YOU WILL NOT SIT ON OUR SHARE WHEN 
  THIS FUND GETS TO YOUR COUNTRY. MY WIFE AND I AGREED THAT YOU
  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT WHILE THE
  PRINCIPAL SUM WILL BE INVESTED IN A VIABLE BUSINESS VENTURE
  WITH YOUR ADVICE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WILL LIKE TO BUY A 
  PERSONAL HOUSE WHERE MY WIFE, MY TWO SONS AND I WILL RESIDE.

UPON CONFIRMATION OF YOUR INTEREST TO HELP US AS OUR FOREIGN 
PARTNER TO CLAIM THE DEPOSIT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY ON OUR
BEHALF AT ANY OF THEIR COMMISSION AGENT CLOSER TO YOU, I SHALL
FURNISH YOU WITH THE DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE
CONSIGNMENT TO BE SCHEDULED IN YOUR FAVOUR BY THE SECURITY
COMPANY PREPARES AN AIRWAY BILL AND TAGS THE CONSIGNMENT IN
YOUR FAVOUR. YOUR PRIVATE FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS ARE NEEDED
TO ENHANCE THE SPEEDY CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION (OUR ONLY
HOPE IN LIFE NOW) URGENTLY.

KINDLY TREAT AS URGENT AND CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE
ABOVE E-MAIL ADDRESS. I HAVE NOT ACQUIRED A NEW PHONE AS I LOST
ALL MY PROPERTIES IN BOAUKE.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.MAXWELL TRAORE.

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