I received this
Dear One ,
I am Pierre Yao Laurent from Cote d'ivoire. I am an orphan being that I lost my parents during the crises in my country. My father late Françise Laurent was serving executive chairman of board of the Cocoa exporting board until his death .
He was assassinated by the rebels following the political uprising. Before his death he told me he had Five million three hundred thousand Usa Dollars deposited here in Abidjan, Côte d´Ivoire in a private security company .
My father told me , the Five million three hundred thousand us dollars was meant for investment in Europe before his untimely death. I have all the documents including the certificate of deposite of the trunk in the security company which my father handed over to me when he was at the hospital. He instructed me to look for a foreign partner who will help me to receive the trunk box in (his or her) country and also assist me to come over to his country to continue with my education and also help me to locate a profitable investment that will be profitable to both of us till I finish with my education and join him or her in the investment he might have established with the money the time I was in school . I do not know anything concerning business investment at present.
I will be more than happy if you accept my request to help me and receive the trunk box which contain the money into your country or any safer place as the beneficiary and recipient of the trunk on my behalf.Please note that the security company does not know the content of the box.
I have plans for investments in your country. This is my reason for contacting you. Please if you are willing to assist me as an orphan who does not have any family , reply back as soon as possible through my private email address :
pierreyalau@yahoo.com Thanks.
Best Regards,
Pierre.
My reply
Dear Two or may I call you Pierre?
How did you know my name was "One"? That's uncanny. Well done, a very bright person you must be
Firstly may I say how sorry I am to hear about your parents. It really makes you wake up and smell the coffee when something like that happens.
You say you have a trunk box for dispatch to my country. First things first, is this trunk box well made? Will it withstand the rigourous of a long journey across continents? Do you have a contingency plan such as masking tape and araldite in case it gets damaged on the journey?
Lets assume you indeed can provide such a re-assurance. I am intrigued by the investment opportunities you suggest. May I suggest an alternative?
The Northern Rock Building Society, safe as houses, and they could certainly store your trunk until your investments are ready for seeding.
Meanwhile we need to think about your education. What would you like to study? and where? May I suggest you let me know what you wish to do, and I may be able to help. If I may be be so bold you strike me as a sensitive type. I think a HND in Arts and Crafts at Barnfield Sixth form college, Luton might be right up your alley.
The UK is now a service economy, and nothing could prepare you better for life in my country than making straw dolls, some painting and maybe if you are really talented some investigation of sticky-backed plastic, as patented on our best known television programme "Blue Peter" which is not Blue, or presented by Peter
Anyway, thats enough for now
Yours in expectation
One
Lets see if I can get further than JC, who had a six email string going I think.
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