Miss Mary Sowa, has US$9,500,000.00 in Ivory Coast

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From:     Miss Mary Sowa <missmarysowa@gmail.com>
Reply-to:     missmarysowa@yahoo.com
Subject:     Can i trust you?
Date:     Sun, 7 Dec 2008 15:57:42 +0000 (10:57 EST)

Dearest one,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise because we do not
know each other before, but I have my reason for contacting you
believing God that this will usher in a long term relationship base on
transparent honesty. I am Miss Mary Sowa, 19 years of age and
contacting from Liberia. I am an orphan being that I lost my parents
in a war that held in our country.

My late father was a cocoa and timber merchant until his death. He
was assassinated by the enemies during the crisis here. Before his
death he made a deposit of Nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars (US$9,500,000.00) in a storage company here in Ivory
Coast. This fund was meant for a purchase of a cocoa processing
machine before the war broke up.

Please, I am soliciting your assistance for the retrieval of this fund
from the Storage Company and also safe-keep it in your country or any
safer place of your choice pending when I will come over to meet with
you for investment arrangements and also for the continuation of my
education.

Kindly indicate your true willingness and capability of helping me out
of this situation.
I have resolved to give you 15% of the total sum and also you shall
benefit from the investment.

Thanks and best regards.
Miss Mary Sowa

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