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FROM: REV SISTER MARY AMAH
MONACO CENTRE FOR THE BLIND.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I'M A 42 YEAR OLD REV SISTER MARY AMAH, A NATIONALIST OF BAHAMAS AND BASED

IN MONACO, FRANCE.

I REALY DO HOPE THAT MY MAIL TO YOU WILL NOT BE AN EMBARRASSMENT TO YOU
AS I AM WRITTING YOU FOR THIS FIRST TIME AND AT THE SAME TIME ASKING FOR
YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ONE OF MY FRIEND WHO HAD CONFIDED IN ME IN
MATTER RELATING TO HIS FINANCIAL POSITION IN ONE OF THE EUROPEAN
SECURITY COMPANIES.

MY FRIEND`S NAME IS DR. DIMITRIS KOSKOV, HE IS A RUSSIAN BY NATIONALITY
AND A NUCLEAR RESEARCHER AND HAS BEEN WITH ME IN MONACO FOR THE PAST 2
YEARS AS A BLIND PERSON AND I HAVE TRIED MY VERY BEST TO BE OF
ASSISTANCE TO HIM IN EVERYWAY SINCE HE LOST HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION NEAR HIS HOME IN RUSSIA WHICH EVENTUALLY RENDERED HIM
BLIND AND PARTIALLY DISABLED.

DR. DIMITRIS KOSKOV HAS CONFIDED IN ME TO LET ME KNOW THAT HE HAS THE
SUM OF US$20.5,000,000 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS INVESTED IN A
EUROPEAN SECURITY COMPANY THROUGH SOME GROUP OF FINANCIAL ADVISORS. THE
INVESTMENT HAD BEEN WITH THE GROUP FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND DUE TO HIS
FAILING HEALTH, DR. DIMITRIS, HE ASKED THAT I HELP HIM PULL OUT HIS
MONEY FROM THE FINANCIAL GROUP SINCE HE HAS MADE UP HIS MIND TO DONATE
THE MONEY TO CHARITY THROUGH ANY SINCERE NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN
EUROPE OR AMERICA.

AS A RESULT OF HIS FAILING HEALTH, DR. DIMITRIS HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO
TRAVEL OR EVEN RECOGNIZE ANYONE. BUT HE HAS HANDED HIS DOCUMENTS TO ME
FOR ME TO MAKE MY VERIFICATIONS. I HAVE DONE THE SAME, AND CONFIRMED
THAT INDEED, DR. DIMITRIS IS WORTH US$20.5,000,000.00 DOLLARS IN CASH.

I HAVE MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS TO PULL THIS MONEY OUT MY SELF, BUT DUE TO
THE FACT THAT I AM NOT A NATIONAL OF FRANCE, AND CONSIDERING MY POSITION

AS A REVEREND SISTER IN MONACO, I COULD NOT PULL OUT THE MONEY ON MY OWN.
I DID EXPLAIN TO DR. DIMITRIS, AND HE ASKED THAT I LOOK FOR ANY CAPABLE

PERSON WHO CAN ASSIST ME AS HE WANTS THE MONEY TO BE GIVEN TO ANY
CHARITY ORGINASATION BEFORE ANYTHING HAPPENS TO HIS FAILING HEALTH. HE
DISCLOSED TO ME THAT THE FIANCIAL ADVISORS ARE AWARE OF HIS FAILING
HEALTH AND COULD CAPITALIZE ON THIS TO SIT ON THE MONEY IF ANYTHING
HAPPENS TO HIM.

THIS IS WHY I HAVE SORT YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE, AND AS A GOOD GESTURE
FOR ALL THAT I HAVE DONE FOR DR. DIMITRIS, HE PROMISED TO GIVE ME SOME
PART OF THE MONEY WHEN I HAVE PULLED OUT THE MONEY AND THE REST HALF
DONATED TO A SINCERE CHARITY HOME OF ORGANISATION.

HE TOLD ME THAT HIS STAY IN MONACO WAS FOR PROTECTION FROM THE RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT AS HE HOLDS A LOT OF SECRET WHICH HE WOULD NOT LIKE TO REVEAL
TO ANYONE. I HAVE EQUALLY GIVEN DR. DIMITRIS THE NEEDED SUPPORT AND
PROTECTION HE NEEDED SINCE HE CONFIDED IN ME.

I DO HEREBY SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION IN ASSISTING DR. DIMITRIS, AND
ALSO HOPE THAT YOU CAN INTRODUCE ANY NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION IN YOUR
COUNTRY WHO WE CAN DONATE THE MONEY TO AS INSTRUCTED BY DR. DIMITRIS.

THE 40% OF THE MONEY PROMISED BY DR. DIMITRIS WOULD BE SHARED EQUALLY
BETWEEN YOU AND I AS SOON AS WE HAVE PULLED OUT THE MONEY FROM THE
FINANCIAL ADVISORS.ALL THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS BACKING DR. DIMITRIS'S
MONEY IS INTACT AND ARE WITH ME RIGHT NOW, I CAN SCAN THEM AND SEND
COPIES TO YOU FOR YOUR OWN VERIFICATIONS TOO.

PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION VERY CONFIDENTIAL AS I
EXPECT THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL SECURITY NATURE OF THIS
INFORMATION.


AS I WOULD BE COUNTING ON YOUR ESTEEMED CO-OPERATION AND ASSISTANCE, I
EXPECT TO HEAR FROM YOU WITH YOUR CONTACT DETAILS SO I CAN CALL YOU TO
HAVE A WORD WITH YOU BEFORE I SEND YOU THE DOCUMENTS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU SOONEST.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

SINCERELY YOURS,

REV SISTER MARY AMAH.
MONACO CENTRE FOR THE BLIND.

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