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Below is a suspected Email Scam. This is for display purposes only. The Department of Commerce Trade Program is only sharing the information as a possible scam and therefore are not responsible for the contents of the email. All email addresses and phone numbers have been removed. The email is in the original format and has not been modified (except listed above) in anyway.

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ATTN: carey hester

good day to you, I write to solicit your assistance for a transaction of mutual benefit, and I believe that you will treat this with utmost confidence. I implore you excuse me of any embarrassment this letter might cost you, as we have not met before.

I am douglas, It happens that five months ago , my father who was the chairman of the committee set up by the SIERRA-LEONE GOVERNMENT to monitor the revenue generation from the sales of DIAMONDS, he died after engaging in a motor accidents on his way home from a national conference in Freetown. He was admitted in the hospital for eight (8) days before he finally died, while I was with him in the hospital , he disclosed a secret to me which I am about to share with you.

Before my father finally died in the hospital, he told me that he has $16 million cash in a truck box coded and deposited in a security company in EUROPE as a BONDED SHIPMENT. He said that the security company is not aware of it's contents, that on producing a documents which am now in possession of it, I will only have to pay the demurrage, after which the box will be released to me. He further advised me not to collect the money without the assistance of a foreigner who will open a local account in favour of his company for onward transfer of the funds to his nominated overseas account where i can peacefully invest the money. He said as a civil servant, I AM NOT SURPOSED TO OWN SUCH MONEY? AND I would face lots of problems at the bank if I try to deposit the funds in my name without the assistance of a foreigner.

It is in view of this that I have decided to contact you for assistance with the following conditions:

1)That this transaction is treated with utmost confidence, and absolutely secret which it demands.
2) That the money would be transferred to an account where the incidence of taxation would not take much toll.
3) You would have 20% of the total funds for your assistance while 5% will be for your expanses you would have incurred.

Please, contact me Immediately if you can be of assistance. I am at the moment now in ABIDJAN IVORY COST, you can call me at once with my direct number *** ******** or reply me through my e-mail adress. to enable you get through when calling, make sure you do not exclude any digit from the numbers. he also left with me 95kg of gold,which we can discuss later.

Thanks for your coo-operation

YOURS SINCERELY

douglas ugombo