Pius Jones from Ivory Coast with Fifteen million u.s dollars

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From:     Pius jones <pjsvinaa@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To:     pjsvinaa@yahoo.co.jp
Subject:     confidential
Date:     Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:25:54 +0900 (JST) (08:25 EDT)

Greetings,

My Dearest One,

My name is Pius Jones,

I am male,22 years of age and I am from Ivory
Coast.I know that this mail may look very worrying and
disturbing to you as I do not know you in person but I
will plead that you go through it closely and help me
because I am really in need of your help at this point
in time.

My late father,Vicent Jones was a very rich
cocoa farmer who was into exportation of cocoa
products.he was poisoned by unknown person last year
and this is why I am contacting you now.I have only a
younger sister who is only 16 years of age.My father
deposited an amount of money $15(Fifteen million) u.s dollars in a bank here in Ivory Coast(West Africa)This deposit was not precised rather it was left as
FOREIGN PARTNER,please this is why I am contacting you
now to stand as the foreign partner and the next of
kin which is the beneficiary to the money.I have
avoided disclosing this to any of our relatives
because we do not know who killed our father and the
person may also start seeking for our death after
knowing that we can succed in future.

Please help me with my younger sister transfer this
money to your account from here.I will like to come
over to your country with my only sister immediately
this transfer is executed into your account.I know
that anything you wish as your compensation in helping
us will be good for us because this help must come from a foreigner who does not know my background.

when I gets your response to this mail I will give you the necessary information reguired to carry on the transfer.

I will appreciate your urgent reply.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
Pius jones.

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