She's a Sierra Leonean national held in a refugee camp in Burkina Faso. And she can't access her father's inheritance without a foreigner (me, thanks to her prayers!) becoming trustee of the $8.6 million held for her at the fictitious Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.Because I've been revealed to her by divine intervention, this damsel in distress promises to transfer all the funds to me. Lucky guy, am I.
Or, if so choose, I can simply pay for her passport so she can escape the camp and come be my "obedient" lover. Then we'll get her father's inheritance together. (In a nice touch of credibility-enhancing creativity, the "father" character is concocted to be Sierra Leone's former and now-deceased minister of interior affairs. )
Whatever I choose, it's inevitable that I'll soon be asked to call a fake banker and give my bank acccount information. Or, another route is Western Union, whose overseas transfers are permanent and cannot be refunded.
The photos he sent? Ripped off from an unsuspecting blogger, social networking member or other Web dweller who has no idea her image is being used for criminal purposes.
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Subject: PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY
To: PMMF Custodian
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:24:59 AM
Dearest,
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. My name is Miss Sandra Norman Samuel Hinga, 25yrs old female and I held from Sierra Leone. Actually it takes once to know a friend by one day and we will start learning each other gradually, I want us to be friends though I know distance is far but I believe that love is a bridge that can connect far distance to be closer.
My Likings are, honesty, trustworthy, friendly, Kind, caring, respectful, tolerance, Patience, realistic person. my disliking are liars, cheaters, self centred, disrespectful, too dominating, negative out look on life. About my family My Father Is an Ex defence Minister but he died During President Foday Sankoh's Reign, While My mother a nurse in Freetown the capital of Sierra Leone before her death in year 2000. view this website http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/samuel-hinga_norman_167.html.
After the burial of my father, my step mother and uncle conspired and sold my father's properties to an Italian expatriate which they shared the money among themselves and live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father's briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in one bank At Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.
I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money for a better life so that I can take care of myself and start a new life at the same time continue my education, on my arrival, the Bank Director whom I met in person told me that my father's instruction to the bank is that the money would only be release to me when I am married or present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas.
I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso for transfer of the money 8.6million US Dollar to your bank account overseas. I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister.
Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well I will say that my mind convinced me that you may be the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my stepmother has threatened to assassinate me.
The amount is ($8.6 USD) Million United State Dollars and I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina. You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country. However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies.
It is my intention to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am afraid of my wicked stepmother who has threatened to kill me and have the money.
I am presently in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso under the care of Rev Father John Dialo, my intention was that as soon as I succeed in withdrawing the fund from the bank, I shall use it to establish here in Burkina due to the fear of my step mother,
I want to go back to my country but now the bank insist on the agreement reached between them and my father before I cant have access to the fund. I need your assistance; I know no body here so I had to make my way into refugee camp.
This is father John private number +226 762 768 86, please when you call tell him that you want to speak with Juliet Sam. Staying in Room G12.
Sincerely yours,
Sandra
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Re: PLEASE REPLY IMMEDIATELY
From: PMMF CustodianSent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 1:10:49 PM
Wow. This is really interesting. Are you sure you've e-mailed the right person? I don't have any relationship with the people you're mentioning, but I sure am sympathetic to your situation.
All the best,PMMF Custodian
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MORE ABOUT ME
To: PMMF Custodian
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 12:38:35 PMHi Dearest. Once again I appreciate your concern and your willingness so far to assist me, the most important thing I need from you right now is your love, honesty and trustworthiness. I choosed you because I believe with you I will get out of this condition.
According to the financial governing laws of this country, people under refugees are not allowed to participate into monetary transaction or operate personal bank account or engage in any business and that is why I seek for your help so I can get my freedom. I want you to understand more about my situation here in the camp, I am e-mailing you from the office of the Rev.Father who is pastoring at the church in the refugee camp, I have explained to him a little about my life though not everything.
Meanwhile, life is just not easy since I don't have any body here to take care of me. I am also short of money as there are no benefits for us here when my father has left some thing that I can live with. I don't have access to further my education, no access to clean water, no access to good food here in the refugee camp, life has not been easy for me.
I'm only surviving through the aid of the Rev. Father who is pastoring at the church in the refugee camp, he has permitted me to be receiving phone calls from you through his office telephone number; which is as follows: 00 226 762 768 86 remember to ask of me Miss. Sandra Samuel Hinga Norman the Sierra Leonian
girl when you call.Moreover, I wrote to the bank where this fund is deposited into, for them to advise me on what to do in order to have access to my late father's inheritance, the legal department of the bank told me that in a situation like mine, that the best solution is by soliciting for assistance of a reliable foreigner who can assist me claim and receive the fund on my behalf as I wish. I then decided to contact you, hoping that with your advanced knowledge we can be able to work together, so that if all things works out for us, we can go into life partnership if you wish because I am not yet married.
Though it took me time to make up my mind to contact you and offer you this proposal of mine of which my whole life depends on. I will furnish you with all the vital informations covering the deposit with the bank, only if you can promise me that you are not going to betray me or sit on my inheritance after it might have gotten into your custody, please tell me more about yourself in your next mail.
Please understand that there is no illegal involvement in this matter as everything that will make it successful and legal will be processed, you are going to deal with the holding bank directly. What I'm required to do according to the holding bank procedure, is to introduce you to the holding bank as my partner or trustee, authorizing you by the law of the bank to claim and receive the fund on my behalf.
I will send to you the contact of this bank where the fund is, for you to establish immediate contact with them for the released and transfer of this fund. Finally, I am suggesting that if we can go into life partnership as time goes on which means that the proceedings from the investment in your country shall be shared equally between the both of us because I do not know much about international business and
I am putting my entire inheritance of my late father to your care because I want you to be in total control of my funds as soon as the fund arrives your country.
All I want from you now for me to guide you on how to achieve this successfully is for you to send me:
1. Your full names
2. Your contact address
3 Your phone numbers
4 your photo,
5. your occupationthese informations will enable me to write to the bank and submit to them your details introducing you as my partner and trustee. May God bless you and your family, please can you send me your photos. I am waiting for your soonest response.
Love with care from, Many hugs and kisses!Your friend,
Sandra
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Re: MORE ABOUT ME
From: PMMF Custodian
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 2:13:11 PMOh my. I just don't know what to think of all this. I have to say, though, that I've always had a thing for exotic African women, and I am just smitten with the photos you have sent me. And the the way in which you write. So beautiful.
I would love to help you, but I'm scared that if I do, you will betray me and leave me all alone. If I do this, I promise I will not spend any of the money transferred to me.
Although I am somewhat wealthy, money is just not important to me. What matters is love. And I really want to believe that you are genuine.
I have been waiting for a girl like you. So long, I've been looking too hard. I've been waiting too long. Sometimes I don't know what I will find. I only know it's a matter of time. When you love someone, it feels so right, so warm and true. And I need to know if you feel it, too. Maybe I'm wrong, please tell me if I'm coming on too strong. This heart of mine has been hurt before, so this time I want to be sure.
I hope you understand. Give me some more assurance that you love me truly, and that you want to spend your entire life with me.
Meanwhile, I'll give you the information you requested. My true name is PMMF Custodian. My address is [Fake Address]. You can call me at [Fake Phone Number]. I am employed as the custodian of archival records for PMMF Enterprises, based in New York City. And I have attached my photo. Please respond back soon. And I am very excited that perhaps what you say is all true.
P.S.: I have decided to hold off for now on sending you my photo, until I hear back from you.
Luv,PMMF Custodian
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Re: MORE ABOUT ME
From: SandraSent: Friday, June 26, 2009, 3:58:51 PM
Dearest,
Thank you for sending your information though i could not see your handsome photo as you mentioned. My dear, communicating with you gives me hope each moment am compelled to think of it.I think there is something unique about you that I can’t really understand but all the same, I believe it’s the wish of God that some one like you will ever come to my life after all the suffering that I have been facing here.
Initially, in my first instance of contacting you, I had to go into fasten and prayer asking God to give me a good man who understands life. at the end I chose to contact you but still wondering what the outcome will be, having this thought grumbling around in my mind, if my email could be responded to and in the same vain; praying that you wont fill embarrassing over my mail.
I desprately waitin for your picture and even without reading through your mind, the sounds of your words tell me that we are meant to be together. I thank you for appreciating my person, and accepting me to be your partner. But at the moment, I want you to understand that life in this camp is never easy, the principal of rules of law does exist among the refugees especially we in Africa, often our right is been denied and above that, we are exposed in undesirable environment, no money to afford good medication and no good water and food.
If you really love me as you claimed, please do your possible best to help me out.
Like I said in my last mail, my father deposited the sum of 8.6 million in the bank of Africa Ouagadougou branch with my name as the next of kin. But when I go to the bank over the fund, the bank transfer officer whom I met in person told me that it will not be possible for me to have access to the fund due to my refugee statue and the law abiding my father agreement reached with the bank during the account opening. Thus he advises me to get a trusted foreigner who could stand as trustee to make the claim on my behalf. This off course was one of the fundamental reasons why I decided to contact you. I need your opinion over this matter please, my intention was that you help me to apply for the fund, than as soon as its transferred into your account over there, you can send some part to me down here to enable me obtain an international passport and other related travelling document and come over to stay with you or do you want me to come over before the transfer?, then while I am there, you can apply for the fund?
I need to know your opinion because after reading your email, I told the reverend my intention to come over there in your country but he let me realise that if I am having such intention, it is better I start making way for it, start by obtaining an international passport hence I told him that my step mother seize my passport He assures me that with his influence as reverend that the consular will accept to give me the passport at the same rate which they collect from the indigenes. What shall I do? I don’t have even money to take care of myself in this camp.
If you love me, help. All that I want to say you cannot regret knowing me and I will obey you and honour you as wife could to her husband starting from the day we will meet face to face. You remain the one I love, my heart longed to stay in your bossom.
Love
Sandra
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Re: MORE ABOUT ME
PMMF Custodian FridaySent: Friday, June 26, 2009, 7:38:21 PM
My Dear Sandra:
I must say that I am beginning to be overwhelmed with excitement. I have butterflies in my stomach right now as I type these words. It must truly be God's will that we have come together in this way.I think you will find that I am a very good, trustworthy man. I have worked hard to make my fortune in this world, and even with the security of my wealth, I have learned that money does not buy one happiness, and money certainly can't buy you love. I think you understand this, my dear Sandra.
So as a gesture of my loving spirit, I want you to come stay with me first, and then we shall pursue your inheritance, which I would want you to spend as you please. I cannot take this money from your departed father in good conscience. I have all the money I need in the world on my own. I only want your love.
I will give you all that I've got to give if you say you love me, too. I don't care too much for money, because money can't buy me love. Tell me that you want the kind of thing that money just can't buy. Because I don't care too much for money. Money can't buy me love.
I spend my time between Texas and New York City, and I invite you to come stay with me and we will have so much money, but most of all, we will have love. I have been looking at your photographs for long hours since our last communication, and I must say that I am so very excited, so very taken with your beauty. I dream of you constantly.
What can I do to help you get this passport? I cannot wait to have you here with me.
Your truest lover,PMMF Custodian
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I've reported the scammer's e-mail addresses, etc., to Yahoo and MSN. And the good folks at RomanceScam.com provided me with some excellent intelligence in a matter of minutes. I highly recommend these folks if you get these kinds of e-mails. Rather than deleting them, take a little effort to report them. These scammers make millions every day from gullible and lonely dupes who fall for the romance angle, so I'll do my small part to thwart them. (And have a little fun in the process.)
The Yahoo e-mail IP Address used by "Sandra" is from a proxy server at a specific address and ISP in North America, which I have been advised to not reveal in the interest of maintaining the integrity of the investigation.
Thanks again to RomanceScam.com and the friendly members who helped me.
Stay tuned for updates.
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