Inheritance scams
Please Your Responce Urgently Needed nathalieh159@gmail.com
Scam Email received June 22, 2018 from ham_nathalie59@yahoo.com
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ham_nathalie59@yahoo.com
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Please Your Responce Urgently Needed
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Please Your Responce Urgently Needed
Please Your Responce Urgently Needed – nathalieh159@gmail.com
Dear Beloved, I am Mrs Nathalie Hamon, I am from (France) but based in West Africa Burkina Faso since eight years ago as a business woman dealing with gold exportation, I have a dream and desire of building an orphanage home in your country, but presently my health condition will not allow me to carry out this project my self, as my doctor has already told me that I have just few period of time to leave because of my present health condition (ovarian cancer disease) I have $4.5 Million US Dollars at (ECO BANK PLC) here in Burkina Faso and I have decided to Will the money to your name for you to use it to execute the orphanage home project in my name in your country. If you have the mind to help me in this project please write me on my privete email address (nathalieh159@gmail.com ) for more details on the way forward With kind Regards, Mrs Nathalie Hamon nathalieh159@gmail.com
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