Scam mail from: STEVEN KONE

From: steven_kone2@terra.com.mx
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:11:45 +0100
Subject: From Steven Kone: I Await For Your Reply.
STEVEN KONE.
LOT 0081 COCODY -ABIDJAN
ABIDJAN- COTE D'IVOIRE.
WEST AFRICA.
REQUEST FOR INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

Dear Respectful,

Compliments of the day,

Permit us to inform you of our desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before. Our Mother died many years ago hours after the delivery my junior Sister (Maria) who is 19 years old as of today, based that we lost our mother so early, our father took us so special. We are only two from our mother's side,I and my sister (Maria). Introducing myself, I am STEVEN KONE, 25 years of age and i am the only son of the late MR.JOHN KONE. my father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Ghana and Abidjan (Ivory Coast) he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 20th August 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD $8.5M (Eight Million, five hundred thousand U.S Dollars Only) deposited in a Bank in (Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire) in a coded account for business investment, that he used my name as his beloved son as the next of kin in depositing the money.

He also explained to me that it was because of this his wealth that he was poisoned by his business 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 expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management overseas.Please I humbly seek for your assistance in the following ways. 1- To assist us in providing an account of yours where this fund can quietly be transferred into. 2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since i am still in the school with my junior Sister. 3- To make arrangement for us to come over to your country to futher our education and to help us secure a residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incure.Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting us as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify your interest to assist us.

God bless you.

Yours sincerely,
STEVEN KONE AND SISTER