Williams Alfarouk

The e-mail here is just one type of the thousands of scam e-mail variants sent out each day by 419 scammers. If you've received an e-mail even remotely similar to the one on this page or if you have arrived at this page via an internet search, I can 100% guarantee you...YOU HAVE RECEIVED A SCAM E-MAIL!

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From:     williams alfarouk <alfaroukwilliams9@gmail.com>
Reply-To:     willi.alfarouk@yahoo.com
Subject:     From Williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.
Date:     Sat, 2 Aug 2008 20:36:05 +0000 (16:36 EDT)

>From Williams Alfarouk/Appeal for Assistance.
Dearest One,
Greetings in the name of God. Am Williams Alfarouk from Sierra Leone. I am writing you from Rep of Cote d'Ivoire where i Have been taking refugee after the brutal war and Murder of my parents by the rebels during the renewed Fighting in my country Sierra Leone. Because of the war my late Father sold his shipping company and took me to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300,000.00 Million(Eigtheen Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote 'Ivoire. Please, I am writing to you because of the way he deposited this fund. He said to me that unless i find a foreign partner will the bank release the fund for me and that is why i have come in contact with you. With the trust in God that you will help me resure my inheritant out of the bank costudy. I have prayed before contacting you with the trust in God that you will be of help to me with the current political situation in Ivory Coast now, am seeking for your honest assistance to transfer this money to your account for a good investment project in your country and also relocate to your country to further my study. I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum for Your assistance. Please for your good information this transaction Is 100% risk free and in no way connected with any illegal transaction, Please help me to get out of this terrible situation and my Almighty God will bless you Please kindly get back to me through my private email ( willi.alfarouk@yahoo.com) call me through my private phone for more discussions. If you accept to be of help.
Best Regards
Williams Alfarouk

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