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[subject:] => THE CHURCH NEED YOUR HELP
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FROM FATHER .JOHN EDWARD ST JAMES THOLIC CHURCH TRECHVILLE AV12 RUE 19 ABIDJAN-COTE DIVOIRE
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise, when God remembers his people, this is how miracle will come to them
Let me introduce myself to you. I am REV.John in St. John cahtolic church in Abidjan Cote divoire
I heard the death of Dr. And Mrs. Johnson williams from the republic of South Africa. Before his death, Dr. Johnson was an Ambassedor of South Africa in Cote d ivoire. They are my church members, they went home for the christmas holidays on the 5th Dec ember 2002 and on the 12th December, they had a ghastly motor accident in which the wife died instantly and Dr. Johnson Williams died five days later in the hospital.
After their burial, His two (2) children came to me in Abidjan here, His eldest son Barry Williams, disclosed to me what his late father told him before his death, that his father deposited two metallic Trunck Boxes containing $12.5million in a private security and safe deposit company here in Abidjan Cote divoire. According to him, he said that his late father registered these Boxes as family valuable properties not as money for security reasons , that the security company does not know the real contains of the Boxes. He showed me the relavant documents issued to his late father by the security company in the time of depostion of the Boxes . He told me that his late father planned to invest this money into Hotel business here in Abidjan before his death.
He said that his father told he to look for a forieg partner who can help them to invest this money and take care of him and her younger one. He came to me to help him locate for a foreigner who can help them with good faith, I told he that no one can assist them without any comission, then we discussed to give you 15% of the total amount of the money for you to assist them in this following ways:
My dear, these is the ways I want you to help them.
(1) To help them get resident permit to stay in your country. (2) To make sure that they continue their education in your country. (3) To help them retrive these Boxes from the security company here in Abidjan to your country. (4) To help them invest this money in your or any other country of their choice .
Their ages are as follows; Mr Barry Williams 22years Miss Linda Williams 19 years
Also I will be allowed to visit them in your country any time I want.
As soon as I receive your interested message, I will give you the contact of the security company and than we discuss on how to ship these Boxes to your country. Immediately you receive this mail try to get back to me for more details.
Best Regards, Father John Edward. Co ordinator.
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FROM FATHER .JOHN EDWARD ST JAMES THOLIC CHURCH TRECHVILLE AV12 RUE 19 ABIDJAN-COTE D’IVOIRE
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise, when God remembers his people, this is how miracle will come to them
Let me introduce myself to you. I am REV.John in St. John cahtolic church in Abidjan Cote d’ivoire
I heard the death of Dr. And Mrs. Johnson williams from the republic of South Africa. Before his death, Dr. Johnson was an Ambassedor of South Africa in Cote d’ ivoire. They are my church members, they went home for the christmas holidays on the 5th Dec ember 2002 and on the 12th December, they had a ghastly motor accident in which the wife died instantly and Dr. Johnson Williams died five days later in the hospital.
After their burial, His two (2) children came to me in Abidjan here, His eldest son Barry Williams, disclosed to me what his late father told him before his death, that his father deposited two metallic Trunck Boxes containing $12.5million in a private security and safe deposit company here in Abidjan Cote d’ivoire. According to him, he said that his late father registered these Boxes as family valuable properties not as money for security reasons , that the security company does not know the real contains of the Boxes. He showed me the relavant documents issued to his late father by the security company in the time of depostion of the Boxes . He told me that his late father planned to invest this money into Hotel business here in Abidjan before his death.
He said that his father told he to look for a forieg partner who can help them to invest this money and take care of him and her younger one. He came to me to help him locate for a foreigner who can help them with good faith, I told he that no one can assist them without any comission, then we discussed to give you 15% of the total amount of the money for you to assist them in this following ways:
My dear, these is the ways I want you to help them.
(1) To help them get resident permit to stay in your country. (2) To make sure that they continue their education in your country. (3) To help them retrive these Boxes from the security company here in Abidjan to your country. (4) To help them invest this money in your or any other country of their choice .
Their ages are as follows; Mr Barry Williams 22years Miss Linda Williams 19 years
Also I will be allowed to visit them in your country any time I want.
As soon as I receive your interested message, I will give you the contact of the security company and than we discuss on how to ship these Boxes to your country. Immediately you receive this mail try to get back to me for more details.
Best Regards, Father John Edward. Co ordinator.
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