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An Email with the Subject "FROM :EDEMA FAMILY." was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:36:39 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "raphedema" <raphedema@centrum.sk>.
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FROM :EDEMA FAMILY. TEL :+225 07 73 99 70. ABIDJAN, COTE D' IVOIRE. WEST AFRICA. BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. MY NAME IS RAPHAEL EDEMA. NATIONALITY OF SIERRA LEONE. I AM 25 YEARS OLD, STUDIED MARKETING IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE UNIVERSITY. I LOST MY FATHER YEAR BACK. MY FATHER WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING ON A BUSINESS TRIP. MY LATE FATHER WAS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF GOLD AND DIAMOND UNDER TIJAN KABBAH GOVERNMENT. MY MOTHER IS AGED SHE IS 62 YEARS NOW AN OLD WOMAN. I HAVE THREE YOUNGER ONES WE ARE ALL LEAVING IN COTE D'IVOIRE SINCE PAST FOUR MONTH. IT IS MY DESIRE TO WRITE FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY US. MY FATHER DIVERTED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY WHICH HE DEPOSITED WITH ONE GOOD BANK CALLED BICICI WHEN HE WAS ALIFE, IN FACT IN A BRIFE IINTRODUTION. ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU. THIS MONEY TOTALING US$ 6,000,000.00 ( SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLAR ) NOW WE ARE SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. HOWEVER, WHAT WE NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE WE ARE INEXPERENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ALL DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE DEPOSIT MAY BE GIVEN TO YOU FOR YOUR VERIFICATION. WE REALLY NEED TO MOVE THE FUND OUT OF AFRICA TO ABROAD. I AND THE REST OF MY FAMILY HAVE DECIEDED TO GIVE YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE. THE WORLD IS FULL OF BAD PEOPLE PLEASE CAN YOU PROVE YOUR GUNUITY TO US FOR US TO HAVE YOU AS A PARTNER. SORRY I AM NOT SAYING YOU ARE BAD PERSON BUT CONSIDER THAT THIS IS MONEY AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOTTEN. IT IS INHERITACE AND LAST HOPE. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME BEFORE TAHT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSNESS ASSOCIATES. THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE SUCH AS REAL EASTATE MANAGEMENT, HOTEL MANAGEMENT OR ANY OTHER INVESTMENT WICH YOU KNOW THAT MAY GIVE US A GOOD PROFFIT IN YOUR COUNTRY. SHOW YOUR INTEREST AND WE PROCEED ON THE NEXT STEP OF ACTION. AFRICA IS NO LONGER CONDUSIVE FOR US TO STAY. YOU CAN CALL US ON TEL NUMBER ABOVE. OUR BEST REGARDS. RAPHAEL ON BEHALF OF THE FAMILY.